WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/24/Suppl.5
24 October 2000
(00-4405)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES IMPOSED BY CHILE
ON POWDERED MILK AND LIQUID UHT MILK
Request for Consultations under Article 12.4
of the Agreement on Safeguards
Supplement
The following communication, dated 20 October 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Uruguay.
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I have the honour to request the Republic of Chile for consultations pursuant to Article 12:4
of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards in relation to Chile's imposition of a provisional safeguardmeasure on imports of powdered milk and liquid UHT milk.
The initiation of a safeguards investigation into imports of powdered milk and liquid UHT
milk on 21 June 2000 was communicated to the WTO by Chile on 30 June (G/SG/N/6/CHL/4 of
11 July 2000).  On 3 July 2000, Chile notified the WTO that the national investigating authority had
decided to recommend the imposition of a safeguard measure on imports of powdered milk and liquid
UHT milk (G/SG/N/7/CHL/3 of 13 July 2000).  Subsequently, on 20 July 2000, Chile notified theimposition of a provisional safeguard measure, adopted by Decree of the Ministry of Finance of
12 July 2000, consisting of a tariff surcharge of 16 per cent on imports of powdered milk and liquid
UHT milk  (G/SG/N/7/CHL/3/Suppl.1 of 26 July 2000).
According to the information available, Uruguay considers that there are not sufficient
grounds to justify the opening of the investigation decided upon by the Chilean authorities on
21 June 2000 and that the requirements laid down in the Agreement on Safeguards concerning
determination of the conditions necessary for a recommendation on the application of measures have
not been fulfilled.  Uruguay also considers that there has not been full compliance with the
Agreement's notification requirements.
Article 12:4 of the Agreement on Safeguards provides that consultations should be initiated
immediately after the provisional measure has been taken.  As such consultations were not held,
Uruguay requests that formal consultations under Article 12:4 of the Agreement be held as soon as
possible in order to examine the data and information provided and to receive further information onthe safeguard measure applied to imports of powdered milk and UHT milk.
I would therefore request you to set an appropriate time and date for the holding of these
consultations.
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