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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/POL/23
16 November 1998
(98-4536)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the volume-based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ) was
received from the delegation of Poland  on 9 November 1998.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS – Poland
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard: volume-based
1. Description of product: Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen.
2. Tariff item number: 0203
3. Trigger level:
(as calculated in Annex 1) 38,901.7 tonnes
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in current period 42,177.02 tonnes
5. Period of application: from 23 October 1998 to 31 December 1998.G/AG/N/POL/23
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to MA:3
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level
Imports in the 3 preceding years: 1995 46,065.8 tonnes
1996 36,341.3 tonnes
1997 28,740.4 tonnes
Average 37,049.2 tonnes
Import penetration is taken into account:
Consumption in the 3 preceding years: 1995 500,372.6 tonnes
1996 528,581.5 tonnes
1997 496,394.4 tonnes
Average 508,449.5 tonnes
Note: Taking into account the absolute volume change in domestic consumption of the product
concerned from 1996 to 1997, the trigger level is set at 105 per cent of the average quantity of imports
mentioned above, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  Its
calculation is as follows:
38,901.7 tonnes = 105% * 37,049.2 tonnes
                         >  125% * 37,049.2 tonnes + (496,394.4 tonnes – 528,581.5 tonnes)
Since market access opportunities (defined as imports as a percentage of the corresponding domestic
consumption during the three preceding years) for the product are less than 10 per cent, the basictrigger level for the product concerned equals 125 per cent of the average imports.
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