WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/L/375
G/SG/N/12/EEC/4G/SG/N/12/USA/2
3 May 2000
(00-1790)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.5 OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS TO THE COUNCIL FOR
TRADE IN GOODS CONCERNING UNITED STATES
ACTION IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN STEEL WIRE ROD
Joint Communication from the United States and the European Communities
The following communication, dated 20 April 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States and the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission.
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Documents G/SG/N/6/USA/6 (18 Febr uary 1999), G/SG/N /6/USA/6/Corr.1
(19 February 1999), G/SG/N/8/USA/4 (26 May 1999), G/SG/N/8/U SA/4/Suppl.1 (23 July 1999),
G/SG/N/8/USA /4/Suppl.2 (6 August 1999), G/SG/N/8 /USA/4/Suppl.3 (17 September 1999),
G/SG/N/10/USA/4 (18 February  2000) and G/SG/N/10/USA/4/Co rr.1 (28 March 2000) contain
communications from the United States concerning action under the Agreement on Safeguards in
respect of certain steel wire rod.
The United States and the European Communities are pleased to notify the Council for Trade
in Goods that they have agreed that their recipro cal rights and obligations in respect of the above-
referenced action under the Agreement on Safeguards and the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade 1994 will be maintained, and for this purpose they have agreed that as between them the 90-day
period set forth in Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX:3(a) of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 shall be considered to expire on 1 March 2003.
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