. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/9/CHL/3
3 May 2001
(01-2265)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
INFORMATION TO BE NOTIFIED TO THE COMMITTEE WHERE A
SAFEGUARD INVESTIGATION IS TERMINATED WITH
NO SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED
CHILE
The following communication, dated 30 April 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Chile.
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Further to the notifications appearing in do cuments G/SG/N/6/CHL/5, G/SG/N/7/CHL/5 and
G/SG/N/7/CHL/5/S uppl.1, I hereby communicate that, pursuant to Decree No. 909 of the Ministry of
Finance ("exempt procedure"), published in the Official Journal dated 25 April 2001 (copy attached
hereto), it has been decided to terminate the provisional safeguard measure on imports of mixtures of
oils consisting of an ad valorem  tariff surcharge of 48 per cent.  The product in question is classified
under tariff heading 1517.9000 of the Chilean Harmonized Tariff.G/SG/N/9/CHL/3
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1. The following excerpt from Resolution No. 235-02-0301 of the National Commission
responsible for investigating the existence of distortions in the price of imported goods, created under
Article 11 of Law 18.525, is reproduced for the pu rposes of Article 18 of Supreme Decree No. 909
issued by the Ministry of Finance in 1999.
EXERPT
The National Commission responsible for investigating the existence of distortions in the
price of imported goods, created under Article 11 of Law 18.525, (Session No. 235 of
23 March 2001), having examined the evidence and background pertaining to the case, has issued
Resolution No. 235-02-0301 which stipulates that:
1. The investigation conducted in response to the safeguards application submitted by the
Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura and Promosol S. A. with respect to the importation of mixtures of
oils classified in tariff heading 1517.9000 of the Chilean Harmonized Tariff shall be terminated, and
no definitive safeguards shall be recommended for the said product;
2. A request shall be made to the President of the Republic, through the Ministry of Finance, to
withdraw the provisional ad valorem  tariff surcharge of 48 per cent on imports of the above-
mentioned product, established by Decree No. 3 ("exempt procedure") issued by the Ministry of
Finance in 2001.
2. The provisional ad valorem  tariff surcharge of 48 per cent applied as a safeguard measure on
imports of mixtures of edible oils classified in tariff heading 1517.9000 of the Chilean Harmonized
Tariff, established by Decree No. 3 ("exempt proced ure") issued by the Ministry of Finance in 2001,
has been withdrawn.
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