RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/LIC/Q/CRI/1
29January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0324)
Original: English Committee onImport Licensing
NOTIFICATION OFREPLIES TOTHE QUESTIONNAIRE ONIMPORT LICENSING
PROCEDURES UNDER ARTICLE 7.3OFTHE AGREEMENT1
Question from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES toCOSTA RICA2
Thefollowing communication, dated 11March 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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Costa Ricahasindicated thatithascurrently onesingle licensing system inforce, governed
bytheRegulation ontheAllocation ofTariff Quotas (page 1,under 2).However, under theLaw
No.7472of20December 1994onthePromotion ofCompetition andEffective Defence ofCompetition
(seeG/SG/N/1/CRI/1,page11andG/SG/W/24,page5),CostaRicacanapplyexceptionallyanon-tariff
safeguard. How would suchaquota thenbemanaged?
1G/LIC/N/3/CRI/1.
2SeeUnderstanding reached bytheCommittee onImport Licensing (G/LIC/M/4, paragraphs 5,6,9and10).