WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BOP/N/42
13 January 1999
(99-0092)
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE
BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Communication from Romania
The following communication, dated 7 January 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Romania.
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In accordance with the provisions of the Government Decision No. 984/29 December 1998,
published in Monitorul Oficial al Romaniei  (Official Gazette), Part I, No. 518/30 December 1998, the
import surcharge, established by Romania in October 1998 under the balance-of-payments provisions
of Article XII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and notified to the WTO on
6 November 1998 (document WT/BOP/N/41, 16 November 1998) has been lowered from 6 per centto 4 per cent, effective as of 1 January 1999, and has been in application at this level since that date.
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