 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/71/Suppl.2 
8 April 2004 
 
 (04-1594) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   Spanish 
  
 
REQUEST FOR CONSULTATIONS CO NCERNING THE IMPOSITION 
OF DEFINITIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURES ON IMPORTS OF  
CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS, CALCIUM CARBIDE,  
GAS WATER HEATERS AND MATCHES 
 
Request for Consultations under Article 12.3
 
of the Agreement on Safeguards  
 
MEXICO 
 
Supplement  
  
 The following communication, dated 31 March 2004, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Mexico.  
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  Further to your letter of 29 March 2004, I here by confirm Mexico's request for consultations 
with the Government of Poland under Article 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards, concerning the 
imposition of definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain steel products, calcium carbide, gas 
water heaters and matches.   I take this opportunity to repeat that in accordance with the above-mentioned provision of the 
Agreement on Safeguards, these consultations shou ld be held with a view to reviewing the 
information provided, exchanging views on the me asure and reaching an understanding on ways to 
maintain a substantially equivale nt level of concessions and other obligations to that existing under 
the GATT 1994.   We remain at your disposal to set a mutually convenient date and time to hold these consultations. 
 
 
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