WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/306
9October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4341)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.15
NORWAY
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedanotificationfromNorwaypursuanttoparagraph15
ofArticle 2.
TheTMB iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members fortheirinformation, pursuant to
paragraph 15ofArticle 2.
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Permanent Mission ofNorway
Geneva 19September 1997
WTO Secretariat
Textiles Monitoring Body
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
1202 Geneva
Notification ofEarly Elimination ofQuotas
Inorder tocontribute totheobjective oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC) of
further liberalization oftrade, andpursuant totheATC with particular reference toArticle 2,
paragraph 15,mostoftheremaining restraints willbeeliminated intwosteps. AllMembers directly
concerned havealready beennotified directly.
A. Therestrictions tobeeliminated from theendofthisyeararethefollowing:
Thequota onproduct category 1(woven jackets) willberescinded inrespect ofthe
Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, thePhilippines, Poland,
Romania, Singapore, theSlovak Republic, SriLanka andThailand.
Therestraint forproduct category 2(woven trousers) willberescinded inrespect ofHong Kong
andMacau.
Therestraint forproduct category 7(bed linen) willberescinded inrespect ofthe
Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, thePhilippines, Poland,
Romania, Singapore, theSlovak Republic, SriLanka andThailand.
Therestraint forproduct category 70(fishing nets)willberescinded inrespect ofPoland and
Romania.
B. With effect from theendof1998 thefollowing quotas willbeeliminated:
Product category 1(woven jackets) inrespect ofHong Kong andMacau.
Product category 7(bedlinen) inrespect ofIndia andPakistan.
Product category 70(fishing nets)inrespect ofKorea.
C. Initsnotification under Article 2,paragraph 1oftheATC, Norway included 54restrictions
inrespect ofWTO Members. Ofthese restrictions, 14haveearlier beenrescinded. Theresult of
thepresent notification willbetheelimination ofanadditional 32quotas and5quotas under Aand
B,respectively, bytheendofthisyearandbytheendofnextyear.
Norway requests thatthisnotification iscirculated toallWTO Members.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) OleLundby
Minister Counsellor
Deputy Permanent Representative totheWTO