WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/N/2/VEN/2
27 February 2001
(01-0960)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  Spanish
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
Notification under Article 5
VENEZUELA
The following communication, dated 14 February 2001, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Venezuela.
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I have the honour to notify herewith, pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Agreement
on Import Licensing Procedures, the institution of non-automatic licensing procedures for the
administration of tariff quotas on the following products:
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(a) List of products subject to import licensing procedures:
Milk and cream, not concentrated 04.01
Milk in powder not exceeding 1.5 per cent fat 0402.10
Milk and cream, concentrated, in powder, granules or other solid
forms, of a fat content by weight exceeding 1.5 per cent, notcontaining added sugar or other sweetening matter0402.21
Cheese 04.06
Soya beans 12.01
Palm nuts and kernels 12.07
Soya bean oil 15.07
Other oils 15.10
Palm oil 15.11
Sunflower seed or safflower oil 15.12
Coconut (copra) oil 15.13
Other vegetable fats and oils 15.15
Animal or vegetable fats and oils 15.18
Cane sugar 17.01
Soya cake 23.04
(b) Contact point for information on eligibility:
• Ministry of Production and Trade, Directorate-General of Agricultural Marketing
• Internet at the following address:  www.MPC.gov.ve
(c) The administrative body for submission of applications:
The Ministry of Production and Trade, through the Directorate-General of AgriculturalMarketing, is the government body competent to grant licences.
(d) Date and name of publication where licensing procedures are published:
Official Gazette No. 36831 of 17 November 1999
Official Gazette No. 37082 of 21 November 2000
Official Notice ( Aviso Oficial ) of 2 January 2001
(e) Indication whether the licensing procedure is automatic or non-automatic according to the
definitions contained in Articles 2 and 3:
The import licensing procedure is non-automatic.
(f) Administrative purpose of automatic licensing procedures:
Not applicable.
(g) Measure being implemented through the non-automatic import licensing procedure:
Administration of the tariff quotas under Venezuela's Schedule LXXXVI, Section I-B,
Agreement on Agriculture, negotiated in the Uruguay Round.
(h) Expected duration of the import licensing procedure:  One year
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