RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/BOP/14
5November 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4663)
Committee onBalance-of-Payments Restrictions
NOTIFICATION FORMAT UNDER PARAGRAPH 9OFTHE
UNDERSTANDING ONBALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS
PROVISIONS OFTHE GATT 1994
Thefollowing notification format wasadopted bytheCommittee on21October 1996. Inorder
fortheCommittee tohaveabasis forthefollowing year'sschedule ofconsultations, itisproposed
thatnotifications becompleted andsubmitted totheSecretariat annually by15November.
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Annual Notification according toParagraph 9oftheUnderstanding on
Balance-of-Payments Provisions oftheGATT 1994*
1.Consulting Member
2.Type andfulldescription ofmeasure applied onbalance-of-payments grounds (surcharge,
quantitative restriction, prohibition, licensing, other)
3.Dateofinitial implementation ofabove measure andanychange
4.Announced time-table forphase-out and/or elimination, orifnotannounced, reasons
therefor
5.Domestic legalbasis (laws, regulations, decisions, public notice) andrelated policy
statements
6.Criteria usedforadministration ofthemeasure
7.Coverage (forgoods, including HStariff-line anddescription; forservices, including
CPC classification anddescription)1
8.Information ontrade flows affected bythemeasure
1 Lists maybeattached.
*"Onayearlybasis,eachMembershallmakeavailabletotheSecretariataconsolidatednotification,including
allchanges inlaws, regulations, policy statements orpublic notices, forexamination byMembers. Notifications
shall include fullinformation, asfaraspossible, atthetariff-line level, onthetypeofmeasures applied, the
criteria used fortheir administration, product coverage andtrade flows affected."