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Reference:
    WLI/101         27 November 2000  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
  
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS   AND RECTIFICATIONS TO  
SCHEDULE XXXVIII – JAPAN  
 
  
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
 
  I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the Certification of Modifications 
and Rectifications to Schedule XXXVIII –Japan, done at Geneva on 27 November 2000. 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
       M i k e  M o o r e  
       D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
00-5158          WT/Let/362  
   
 
  
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS 
27 NOVEMBER 2000 
 
SCHEDULE XXXVIII – JAPAN 
 
  WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1947 adopted, on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Proc edures for Modification and Rectification of 
Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25);  
 WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Decision, a draft 
containing modifications and rectifications to  Schedule XXXVIII – Japan was communicated to all 
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in document G/MA/TAR/RS/57 on 21 December 1998 and was approved on 7 November 2000; 
  
 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modifications and rectifications to Schedule XXXVIII – Japan are established in conformity with the above-mentioned Decision. 
 
 The annexed modifications and rectifications to the Schedule become effective in accordance with the notification given to that effect by the Government of Japan to the Director-General of the 
WTO upon completion of Japan's internal procedures. 
  This Certification is deposited with the Di rector-General of the WTO, who shall promptly 
furnish a certified true copy to each Member of the WTO.  It shall be registered in accordance with the 
provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.  
 
 DONE at Geneva this twenty-seventh day of November, two thousand.  
 
  
 
 
         M i k e  M o o r e   
 
  
 
  
Certified true copy: 
  
 
  
 
 Director-General  
   
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