WORLD TRADE G/LIC/N/3/PER/1
13September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3566)
Original: Spanish Committee onImport Licensing
REPLIES TOQUESTIONNAIRE ONIMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 7.3OFTHE
AGREEMENT ONIMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES
PERU
Thefollowingnotification,dated27August1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofPeru.
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ThePermanent Mission ofPeru totheUnited Nations Office andOther International
Organizations withheadquarters inGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld
Trade Organization (WTO) -Committee onImport Licensing -andhasthehonour torefer tothe
obligation toreply totheannual Questionnaire onImport Licensing Procedures (Article 7.3ofthe
Agreement).
Inthisregard,thePermanentMissionofPeruwishestoreiteratethecontentofitscommunication
of13February 1996(G/LIC/N/1/PER/1) totheeffect thatnoadministrative procedure relating toimport
licensing exists inPeru. ThePeruvian State guarantees therightofevery natural orlegalperson to
engage inforeign trade operations, without anyprohibitions orpara-tariff restrictions, inasmuch as
in1991 Legislative Decree No.668repealed thelicences, opinions, prior approvals, import register
andother prior conditions.
Hence,questions1to18oftheQuestionnaireonImportLicensingProcedures(G/LIC/3,Annex)
donotapply toPeru.
With regard toquestion 19,ontheavailability offoreign exchange, thePermanent Mission
ofPeruwishes tostatethatinPerutheStateguarantees thefreedom ofnatural andlegalpersons resident
inthecountry topossess, useanddispose offoreign currency bothinternally andexternally, asprovided
forinArticle 64ofthePolitical Constitution andArticle 5ofLegislative Decree No.668.