WORLD TRADE G/L/124/Add.1
2May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1914)
Original: English Council forTrade inGoods
JAPAN -MEASURES CONCERNING HARBOUR TRANSPORT
Request forconsultations byNorway
Addendum
Inacommunication dated 3April 1997, thePermanent Mission ofNorway requested thatthe
copies ofletters enclosed inthecommunication andaddressed tothePermanent Delegation ofthe
European Communities1andthePermanent Mission ofJapan2becirculated asWTO documents. In
theletters Norway askstobejoined intheconsultations between theEuropean Communities andJapan
concerning theabove.
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1SeeAnnex 1.
2SeeAnnex 2.G/L/124/Add.1
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Annex 1
Mr.M.Roderick E.Abbott
Ambassador
Permanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission
RuedeVermont 37-39
1202 Genève
RE: JAPAN -MEASURES CONCERNING HARBOUR TRANSPORT
Onbehalf oftheGovernment ofNorway, Ihereby request thatNorway bejoined inthe
consultations between theEuropean Communities andJapan concerning theabove.
Referenceismadetothecommunication,dated15October1996,fromthePermanentDelegation
oftheEuropean Communities totheGovernment ofJapan, circulated inWTO documents G/L/124
andG/L/124/Corr.1 inwhich theEuropean Communities requested consultations withJapan pursuant
toArticle VIII:2 ofGATT 1994 concerning theoperation ofJapan'slawandregulations (including
administrative guidance andpractices) inrespect oftheso-called "prior consultation" system ofthe
JapanHarborTransportAssociation.ReferenceisalsomadetoWTOdocumentG/L/154whichcontains
information totheeffect thattheEuropean Communities on5February 1997, inaccordance with
Article VIII:2 ofGATT 1994, officially requested theGovernment ofJapan toreview theoperation
ofitslawsandregulations inthelightofthatArticle.
Having amajor presence intheJapanese shipping market, Norway shares theEuropean
Communities 'concerns, laidoutintheabove mentioned documents, astothefunctioning ofthe"prior
consultation" system, andconsiders thatithasasubstantial trade interest inthese consultations.
Sincerely yours,
Terje Johannessen
Ambassador
Permanent Representative totheWTOG/L/124/Add.1
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Annex 2
Mr.Nobutoshi Akao
Ambassador
Permanent Mission ofJapan
Chemin desFins3
1209 Geneva
RE: JAPAN -MEASURES CONCERNING HARBOUR TRANSPORT
Onbehalf oftheGovernment ofNorway, Ihereby request thatNorway bejoined inthe
consultations between theEuropean Communities andJapan concerning theabove.
Referenceismadetothecommunication,dated15October1996,fromthePermanentDelegation
oftheEuropean Communities totheGovernment ofJapan, circulated inWTO documents G/L/124
andG/L/124/Corr.1 inwhich theEuropean Communities requested consultations withJapan pursuant
toArticle VIII:2 ofGATT 1994 concerning theoperation ofJapan'slawandregulations (including
administrative guidance andpractices) inrespect oftheso-called "prior consultation" system ofthe
JapanHarborTransportAssociation.ReferenceisalsomadetoWTOdocumentG/L/154whichcontains
information totheeffect thattheEuropean Communities on5February 1997, inaccordance with
Article VIII:2 ofGATT 1994, officially requested theGovernment ofJapan toreview theoperation
ofitslawsandregulations inthelightofthatArticle.
Having amajor presence intheJapanese shipping market, Norway shares theEuropean
Communities 'concerns, laidoutintheabove mentioned documents, astothefunctioning ofthe"prior
consultation" system, andconsiders thatithasasubstantial trade interest inthese consultations.
Sincerely yours,
Terje Johannessen
Ambassador
Permanent Representative totheWTO