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WORLD TRADE G/C/W/107/Rev.1
24March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1178)
Council forTrade inGoods Original: English
21April 1998
BANGLADESH -ESTABLISHMENT OFANEW SCHEDULE LXX
Draft Decision onExtension ofTime-Limit
Revision
Considering thattheCONTRACTING PARTIES toGATT 1947, bytheir Decision of
18July19881,suspended theapplication oftheprovisions ofArticle IIofGATT 1947 totheextent
necessary toenable theGovernment ofBangladesh toimplement theHarmonized System on1July1988
andcarry outnegotiations subsequently;
Taking intoaccount that,bysuccessive Decisions, thetime-limit ofthewaiver granted to
Bangladesh hasbeenextended until30April 19982;
Considering thatbyaDecision of31January 19953theGeneral Council established alistof
waivers existing attheentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, which included thewaiver granted
toBangladesh fortheestablishment ofanewSchedule LXX;
Considering thatthedocumentation relevant tothetransposition ofBangladesh 'sSchedule into
theHarmonized System wascirculated on6December 1990 indocument SECRET/HS/29;
Noting thattheGovernment ofBangladesh hasinitiated consultations under Article XXVIII
withfourcountries andhasconcluded negotiations withthree ofthem;
Noting thattheGovernment ofBangladesh needs toconclude negotiations withtheremaining
trading partner;
Considering thattheGovernment ofBangladesh hasprovided theassurance thatitwillmake
every effort toconclude negotiations asearly aspossible;
1BISD, 35S/348.
2WT/L/239.
3WT/L/3 +Corr.1.
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ConsideringthattheGovernmentofBangladesh,havingfulfilledtherequirementsofparagraph1
oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers ofObligations under theGATT 1994 has,therefore,
requested afurther extension oftheexemption ofitsobligations under Article IIofGATT 19944;
TheGeneral Council, acting pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement,
Decides, inviewoftheexceptional circumstances outlined above, toextend thewaiver granted
toBangladesh bytheDecision of18July1988, until31October 1998.
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4G/L/227.