RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/MA/TAR/RS/57
21 December 1998
(98-5139)
Committee on Market Access Original:  English
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF
URUGUAY ROUND SCHEDULES
Schedule XXXVIII – Japan
The following communication, dated 21 December 1998, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Japan.
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Japan submits herewith the draft containing modifications and rectifications to
Schedule XXXVIII – Japan, in accordance with paragraph 3 of the Decision of 26 March 1980
(BISD 27S/25), with a view to ceasing to apply spec ial treatment in respect of the designated products
from 1 April 1999 pursuant to paragraph 2 of Annex 5 to the Agreement on Agriculture.
The tariff equivalent was calculated in accorda nce with the guidelines prescribed in the
Attachment to Annex 5 to the Agreement on Agriculture.
These modifications and rectifications will become effective in accordance with the
notification to be submitted to that effect by the Government of Japan to the Director-General upon
completion of Japan's internal procedures.
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If no objection is notified to the Secretariat within three months from the date of this
document, the modifications and rectifications to Schedule XXXVIII – Japan will be deemed to beapproved and will be formally certified.
Copies of this document, in paper form only (i n English), are available in the Market Access
Division (Ms. Wood, office 3142, tel: 739 50 79).
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