WORLD TRADE G/MA/IDB/1/Rev.1/Add.1
4December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5308)
Original: English Committee onMarket Access
MODALITIES AND OPERATION OFTHE INTEGRATED DATA BASE
Addendum
Thisaddendum toG/MA/IDB/1/Rev.1 incorporates twodecisions oftheCommittee taken on
2December 1997concerning: (1)thedeadlines forIDBsubmissions, pursuant tothedecision adopted
bytheGeneral Council on16July1997 ontheSupply ofInformation fortheIntegrated DataBase
forPersonal Computers (WT/L/255), and(2)access totheIDB.
A. Deadlines fortheIDBsubmissions
1. Asdescribed inG/MA/IDB/1/Rev.1, IDBsubmissions would consist ofimports, tariffs
containing bound andapplied duties, reference information andtariffcorrelation tables showing
changes inthetariff nomenclature from oneyeartothenext.
2. Concerning thedeadline forIDBsubmissions, Members aretosupply theirmatched
1996tariffs andimports and1997tariffs by30December 1997. Inviewofinherent difficulties
thatmaybeassociated withthefiling ofafirstsubmission, some limited flexibility inthe
deadline canbeenvisaged.
3. Forsubsequent submissions, thedeadline forthecurrent yeartariffistobe30March,
andforimports oftheprevious year,30September. Thiswould apply tothose Members which
basetheirtariffs onacalendar year. Forother Members, thedeadlines could beadjusted to
takeintoaccount thedates when thenational tariff comes intoforce.
B. Access totheIDB
4. Access totheIDBistobeprovided tothose countries negotiating theiraccession to
theWTO, onthecondition thattheythemselves havealready provided theSecretariat with
theinformation required fortheIDB,inconformity withtheabove deadlines andasdescribed
indocument G/MA/IDB/1/Rev.1.
5. TheCommittee willbekeptinformed periodically onthestatus ofIDBsubmissions
bythese countries inorder todecide whether theiraccess totheIDB should bemaintained.