WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/10/ARG/1/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/11/ARG/1/Suppl.2
G/SG/14/Suppl.11
G/L/195/Suppl.1
ORGANIZATION 22October 1997
(97-4277)
Committee onSafeguards Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE 12.1(C) AND ARTICLE 9,
FOOTNOTE 2,OFTHE AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS
COMMUNICATION REGARDING RESULTS OFCONSULTATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 12.3OFTHE AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS
ARGENTINA
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 26September 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofUruguay.
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Ihavethehonour towrite inmycapacity asrepresentative oftheMERCOSUR pro-tempore
Presidency inorder tonotify Resolution No.987/97 totheCommittee onSafeguards onbehalf ofthe
Argentine Republic. ThisResolution, which waspublished inOfficial Journal oftheArgentine Republic
No.28,729 of12September 1997, imposes adefinitive safeguard measure. AcopyoftheResolution
wastransmitted totheWTO Secretariat bythePermanent Mission ofArgentina byanotebearing today's
date.
Thisnotification ismade pursuant tofootnote 1toArticle 2oftheAgreement onSafeguards,
andinaccordance withArticles 92and93oftheRegulation ontheApplication ofSafeguard Measures
toImports from Non-Member Countries ofMERCOSUR, approved byDecision No.17/96 ofthe
Common Market Council andnotified totheWTO on21February 1997.
Itshould bepointed outthatResolution 987/97 carries intoeffect theintention previously
announced inthenotification submitted totheCommittee attheproper time in
document G/SG/N/10/ARG/1, toapply adefinitive safeguard measure pursuant toArticle 2.1(c) of
theAgreement onSafeguards.
Moreover, asmentioned indocument G/SG/11/ARG/1, Resolution 987/97 liststhedeveloping
countries towhich themeasure doesnotapply, inaccordance withArticle 9.1oftheAgreement on
Safeguards.
Lastly, withregard totheconsultations carried outunder Article 12.3oftheAgreement on
Safeguards (theresults ofwhich werenotified indocument G/SG/14), Argentina reiterates itsreadiness
tocontinue withthem, asmentioned inpoint 4ofthatnotification.
1Thisdocument cancels andreplaces document G/SG/14/Suppl.1 circulated 10October 1997.