WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/L/458
G/SG/N/12/EEC/6G/SG/N/12/EGY/1
25 July 2001
(01-3696)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.5 OF
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS TO THE COUNCIL FOR
TRADE IN GOODS CONCERNING EGYPT'S ACTION
IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF POWDERED MILK
Joint Communication from the European Communities and Egypt
The following communication, dated 20 July 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Delegation of the European Commission and the Permanent Mission of Egypt.
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In relation to Egypt's safeguard measure on imports of powdered milk, which was notified to
the Committee on Safeguards in document G/SG/N/8/EGY/4-G/SG/N/10/EGY/4 dated 3 April 2001,Egypt and the European Communities are pleased to notify the Council for Trade in Goods that they
have agreed that their reciprocal rights and obligations under the Agreement on Safeguards and the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 will be maintained, and for this purpose they have
agreed that the 90-day period set forth in Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards and
Article XIX:3(a) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 shall be considered to expire
on 24 September 2003.
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