WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/POL/17
2March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0804)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning thevolume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3) was
received from thedelegation ofPoland on19February 1998.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS: Poland
Notification under Article 5oftheAgreement: special safeguard: volume-based
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1.Description ofproduct: Tomatoes prepared orpreserved otherwise thanbyvinegar
oracetic acid
2.Tariff itemnumber: 2002
3.Trigger level: 18,147 tonnes
(ascalculated inAnnex 1)
4.Volume ofimports entering territory incurrent period: 27,300 tonnes
5.Period ofapplication: from 22December 1997 to31December 1997
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: VOLUME-BASED: Annex 1toTable MA:3
Information required forthecalculation oftheTrigger Level
Imports inthe3preceding years:
1994
1995
1996
Average19,428
14,004
18,418
17,283tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
Consumption inthe3preceding years:
1994
1995
1996
Average39,829
40,704
33,418
37,983tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
Note: Since market access opportunities (defined asapercentage ofthecorresponding consumption
during thethreepreceding years) fortheproduct represent 46percent(i.e.arehigher than30per
cent), thebasetrigger levelfortheproduct concerned equals 105percentoftheaverage quantity
ofimports mentioned above. Taking intoaccount theabsolute volume change indomestic
consumption oftheproduct concerned from1995 to1996, thetrigger levelissetat105percent
oftheaverage quantity ofimports mentioned above, inaccordance withparagraph 4ofArticle
5oftheAgreement onAgriculture. Itscalculation isasfollows:
18,147 tonnes =105% *17,283 tonnes
>105% *17,283 tonnes +(33,418 tonnes -40,704 tonnes)
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