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ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/433/Add.1
14 June 2002
(02-3316)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.17
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Administrative Arrangements with Chinese Taipei
Addendum
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a further notification from the
European Community pursuant to Article 2.17  The TMB is circulating this notification to WTO
Members for their information.G/TMB/N/433/Add.1
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European Commission
Permanent Delegation
to the International Organizations in Geneva
Head of Delegation
Geneva, 10 June 2002
Subject : Clarifications on the Notifications of the administrative arrangement  concluded
by the European Community and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu under Article 2(17) of the Agreement on Textiles
and Clothing
Dear Mr. Szepesi,
I wish to respond to your letter, dated 24 April 2002, requesting further clarifications on the notification
made by the European Community, pursuant to Ar ticle 2(17) of the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing, of the Administrative Arrangements c oncluded with the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen a nd Matsu (G/TMB/SPEC/476).1
First of all, I can confirm that the dispositions of Article 3.4, relative to the adaptation of the definition
of the definition quantitative limits following am endments of the combined nomenclature, will be
implemented in conformity with Articles 4.2 and 4.4 of the ATC.
The provisions of Article 4 of the Administrative Arrangement concerning circumvention are considered
as complementary information for the functioning of Ar ticle 2 of the ATC.  For transparency reasons the
two parties have agreed to include these provisi ons as they might affect the way the quantitative
restrictions are implemented.  Similar dispositions exist in most of  the Administrative Arrangements
that we have notified to the TMB under Article 2.17.
Finally, I can confirm that, regarding the consultations  foreseen by Article 4.2, if a mutually satisfactory
solution is found between the two pa rties, this solution would be al so subject to the provisions of
Article 5 of the ATC.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed for)
Carlo TROJAN
Ambassador
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