WORLD TRADE WT/COMTD/N/2/Add.4
1May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1902)
Original: English Committee onTrade andDevelopment
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OFPREFERENCES
Notification byJapan
Addendum
Inacommunication of18April 1997, thePermanent Mission ofJapan hastransmitted the
following information onJapan'sGeneralized System ofPreferences Scheme.
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1. NewBeneficiaries forPreferential Treatment
Thefollowing fivecountries andaterritory were designated asnewbeneficiaries forthe
Preferential Treatment asfrom 1April 1997:
Azerbaijan, Eritrea (special treatment fortheLDCs wasoffered toEritrea), theRepublic of
Palau, theFrench Polynesia, theRepublic oftheMarshall Islands, theFederated States of
Micronesia (Trust Territory ofthePacific Islands wasdeleted duetothefactthatthesaidtrust
wasover);
2. Announcement ofCeiling Quotas forFiscal Year 1997
TheCeiling Quotas forFiscal Year1997, which arelisted inAnnex1,wereofficially announced;
3. Change ofRules ofCumulative Origin
Vietnam wasadded tothebeneficiaries oftherulesofCumulative Origins fortheAssociation
oftheSouth EastAsian Nations (ASEAN).
1Available intheSecretariat (Room 3062) forexamination byinterested delegations.