 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/COMTD/N/15/Add.2 
11 May 2004 
 
 (04-2108) 
Committee on Trade and Development Original:   English 
  
 
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES 
 
Notification by Canada 
 
Addendum 
  
 The following communication, dated 10 May 2004, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Canada.  
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NOTIFICATION REGARDING CANADA'S GENERAL PREFERENTIAL  
TARIFF AND LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRY TARIFF   
   
 This is to inform the Committee on Trade a nd Development that Cana da has extended for a 
further ten years, to 30 June 2014, the Gene ral Preferential Tariff (GPT) and Least-Developed 
Country Tariff (LDCT) and that Canada has recently made changes to the list of beneficiaries to the 
GPT and LDCT.   
 
I. EXTENSION OF THE GPT AND LDCT 
 On 29 April 2004, Royal Assent was given to  Bill C-21 extending the GPT and LDCT for a 
further ten years, to 30 June 2014.  These programs we re set to expire on 30 June 2004 as stipulated in 
sections 36 and 40 of the Customs Tariff .  This date has been changed to 30 June 2014.   
 II. CHANGES TO THE LIST OF BENEFIC IARY COUNTRIES FOR THE GPT AND 
LDCT 
 Effective 30 May 2002, Senegal was desi gnated as a LDCT beneficiary country. 
  Effective 24 July 2003, Mongolia was designated as a GPT beneficiary country.   
 
 Effective 1 May 2004, Canada has withdraw n entitlement to the GPT from the following ten 
countries acceding to the European Union:  Cypr us, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia.  
 
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