RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/Q/MDG/1
1 November 2000
(00-4576)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLES 1.4(a) AND 8.2(b) OF THE AGREEMENT ON
IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES FROM MADAGASCAR1
Questions from the UNITED STATES to MADAGASCAR2
The following communication, dated 25 October 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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In its notification G/LIC/N/1/MDG/2, Madagascar reports that while its import licensing
regulations are contained in Decree No. 92-424 of 3 April 1992, it has abolished import licensing with
the exception of required prior authorization for the importation of "some strategic goods nevertheless
require prior authorization from the Ministries responsible."  Its earlier notification(G/LIC/N/1/MDG/1), however, indicated that it does not  have a licensing system, and there is no past
or current notification under Article 7.3.
- Please clarify if the prior authorizations re ferred to in G/LIC/N/1/MDG/2 operate under the
legal authority of Decree No. 92-424, or if there are additional legal instruments.  Please
describe the procedures applied for "prior authorization" for importation of these "strategic
goods" as requested in Article 7.3 of the Agreement to the Committee, e.g., in a notificationunder this Article
3.
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1G/LIC/N/1/MDG/2
2 G/LIC/4
3 See document G/LIC/3, Annex, for the Questionnaire used for notifications under Article 7.3.