RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/VAL/W/17
17April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1683)
Committee onCustoms Valuation
Proposed Rectification oftheTextoftheAgreement
Ithasbeenbrought totheattention oftheSecretariat thattheSpanish translation oftheword
"maintenance" intheInterpretative Note toArticle 1oftheAgreement, which presently is
"entretenimiento" should bereplaced bytheword "mantenimiento".
Iftherearenoobjections tothischange being made intheCommittee, theSecretariat willinitiate
theformal rectification process, through theissuance ofaspecial document (WT/Let -series). Unless
objections areraised within thirty days, theSpanish textoftheAgreement would bechanged asoutlined
above.