WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CZE/44
10 January 2003
(03-0135)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the volume-based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ) was
received from the delegation of the Czech Republic  on 19 December 2002.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS:  Czech Republic
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  Special Safeguard:  Volume-based
1. Description of product: Rape oil
2. Tariff item number: 1514 19 90, 1514 99 90
3. Trigger level: 11,504 tonnes
(as calculated in Annex 1)
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in current period: 11,763 tonnes (1 January – 11 September 2002)
5. Period of application: from 20 December to 31 December 2002
Annex 1 to Table MA:3
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level
Imports in the 3 preceding years: 1999: 7,673.7 tonnes
2000: 9,264.0 tonnes
2001: 10,670.2 tonnes
Average: 9,202.6 tonnes
Note: Since domestic consumption of the product is not taken into account, the trigger level is set at
125 per cent of the average quantity of imports mentioned above, in accordance with
paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  Its calculation is as follows:
11,503.3 tonnes = 125% of 9,202.6 tonnes
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