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ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/W/76/Add.5
14 May 2003
(03-2565)
Committee on Customs Valuation
NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY
MEMBERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DECISIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS 1 OR 2 OF ANNEX III OF THE AGREEMENT
Note by the Secretariat1
Addendum
At its meeting of 12 April 2000, the Committee agreed that the Secretariat would prepare a
reference note listing the various notification and reporting requirements of the Members which had
been granted extensions of the delay for the application of the Agreement or reservations to maintain
a system of minimum values, as contained in the respective Decisions.  The table below includes all
such Decisions taken by the Committee or the General Council which are still active;  expiredDecisions have been removed in this version of the table.
MEMBER AND
DECISION
REFERENCEDURATION OF
EXTENSION OR
MINIMUM VALUE
RESERVATIONEXPECTED DATES
OF PROGRESS
REPORTSEXPECTED DATES
OF AVAILABILITY
OF BASES AND
CRITERIA FOR
DETERMINING
MINIMUM VALUES
Dominican RepublicMinimum value
reservation, WT/L/4421/07/01-1/07/2003 N/A By 30 November 2001,
publish and make
publicly available, data
sources,
methodologies, basis,
criteria and otherrelevant information
for determining
minimum values for
the products listed.
El SalvadorMinimum value
reservation, WT/L/4767/03/02 –
7/03/03 (Annex 1)
7/03/05 (Annex 2)N/A By 30 September 2002
publish and make
available the datasources,
methodologies, basis,
criteria and other
relevant information
for determining theminimum values for
the products listed.
                                                     
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO.G/VAL/W/76/Add.5
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MEMBER AND
DECISION
REFERENCEDURATION OF
EXTENSION OR
MINIMUM VALUE
RESERVATIONEXPECTED DATES
OF PROGRESS
REPORTSEXPECTED DATES
OF AVAILABILITY
OF BASES AND
CRITERIA FOR
DETERMINING
MINIMUM VALUES
GuatemalaMinimum value
reservation, G/VAL/4321/11/2001-21/11/2002
and
21/11/2001-21/05/2003
and
21/11/2001-21/11/2004Shall report by 21
November 2002 and
21 November 2003 on
the status of its
implementation of
officially-established
minimum values for
the listed products;N/A
Madagascar
Minimum value
reservation, WT/L/40818/07/2001-17/11/2003 N/A N/A
Nicaragua
Minimum value
reservation, G/VAL/253/9/2000-3/9/2002 and
3/9/2000-3/9/2003
respectively for
products as listed in
DecisionBy 31 March 2001, 20
September 2001, 31
March 2002, 30
September 2002, 31
March 2003, shall
report on the status ofimplementation of
minimum values for
products listedBy 3 September 2000,
publish and make
publicly available,
basis, criteria and other
relevant information
for determiningminimum values for
the products listed
Sri Lanka
Minimum value
reservation G/VAL/5328/02/2003-28/02/2005 Shall report on the
status of its
implementation of
minimum values forthe listed products and
present a work plan for
the phase-out of those
minimum values by 28
February 2004by 1 September 2003,
publish and make
publicly available, the
basis, criteria and otherrelevant information
for determining the
minimum values for
the products listed.
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