WORLD TRADE WT/BOP/N/17
19March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1120)
Committee onBalance-of-Payments Restrictions Original: English
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9OFTHE UNDERSTANDING
ONTHE BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Thefollowing communication, dated 13March 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheRepublic ofHungary.
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Theimportsurchargeof8percentintroducedon20March1995bytheJointDecreeNo.9/1995
of17March 1995 oftheMinister ofIndustry andTrade andtheMinister ofFinance, modified to
7percentwitheffect from1July1996andto6percentasfrom1October 1996, wasfurther reduced
to4percenton10March 1997 bytheJoint Decree No.2/1997 of18February oftheMinister of
Industry, Trade andTourism andtheMinister ofFinance, published intheOfficial Hungarian Gazette
(Magyar Közlöny) on18February 1997.