No. _______________
WORLD TRADE G/SECRET/HS96/28
8 October 1996
ORGANIZATION
Original: Spanish
1996 CHANGES IN THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM
Submission of Documentation
Schedule XXXI - Uruguay
The following communication, dated 30 September 1996,has b een received from thePermanent
Delegation of Uruguay.
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The Permanent Delegation of Uruguay to the United Nations Of fice and International
Organizations at Geneva presents its compliments to the WTO Secretariat and transmits herewith the
attached documents in order to introduce changes in the Harm onized Commodity Description and Coding
System which have been in force since 1 January 1996 (HS 1996) , in accordance with the procedures
for negotiations under Article XXVIII (BISD 27S/27), the GA TT Council Decision of 8 October 1991
establishing the Procedures to implement changes in the Har monized System (BISD 39S/300) and the
General Council Decisions of 13 December 1995 (WT/L/124) an d 18 July 1996 (WT/L/173).
The proposed Schedule XXXI - Uruguay attached shows the exis ting bindings expressed in
the MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature, which incorporates the H S 1996 modifications. It is the
understanding of Uruguay that the new nomenclature does not violate earlier bindings.
A concordance table establishing the correlation between t he NADISA (Uruguay) and NCM
(MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature) nomenclatures is also atta ched.
Together with the information submitted herewith, account should be taken of the information
already presented by the MERCOSUR States Parties in the fram ework of the Committee on Regional
Trade Agreements, with reference to trade for the last three available years, as well as the documentation
contained in document WT/COMTD/1/Add.5.
Should any WTO Member consider it necessary, the MERCOSUR St ates Parties as a whole
are ready to conduct consultations or negotiations under th e relevant provisions of Article XXIV.6
and the Enabling Clause to examine the changes introduced by the Common External Tariff (CET)
and the HS 1996 and the maintenance of the general level of con cessions.
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If no objection is notified to the Secretariat within 90 days from the date of this document,
the changes to Schedule XXXI - Uruguay will be deemed to be app roved and will be formally certified.
Copies of the documentation (in Spanish only) are available for collection in the Market Access
Division (Ms. Hudry, Office No. 3142).