WORLD TRADE G/TMB/11
14February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0552)
Textiles Monitoring Body
INFORMATION SOUGHT FROM WTO MEMBERS INTHE CONTEXT OFTHE
PREPARATION OFTHE TEXTILES MONITORING BODY 'SCOMPREHENSIVE
REPORT ONTHE IMPLEMENTATION OFTHE AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND
CLOTHING (ATC) DURING ITSFIRST STAGE, INACCORDANCE WITH
PARAGRAPH 11OFARTICLE 8OFTHE ATC
Inthecontext ofthemajor review tobeconducted bytheCouncil forTrade inGoods before
theendofthefirststage oftheintegration process contained intheATC (i.e.before theendof1997),
theTextiles Monitoring Body shall, atleastfivemonths before theendofthisstage (i.e.atlatest on
31July1997), transmit totheCouncil forTrade inGoods acomprehensive report ontheimplementation
ofthisAgreement during thefirststage, inparticular inmatters withregard totheintegration process,
theapplication ofthetransitional safeguard mechanism, andrelating totheapplication ofGATT 1994
rulesanddisciplines asdefined inArticles 2,3,6and7ofthisAgreement respectively (paragraph 11
ofArticle 8oftheATC).
Forthatpurpose, Members arereminded thatparagraph 2ofArticle 7states that“Members
shallnotify totheTMB theactions referred toinparagraph 1[ofArticle 7]which haveabearing on
theimplementation ofthisAgreement. Totheextent thatthesehavebeennotified tootherWTO bodies,
asummary, withreference totheoriginal notification, shallbesufficient tofulfil therequirements
under thisparagraph. ItshallbeopentoanyMember tomake reverse notifications totheTMB. ”
Members arealsoreminded thatcertain other provisions oftheATC, suchasparagraphs 3
and4ofArticle 3,contain notification requirements orpossibilities which mayberelevant inthecontext
oftheTMB’scomprehensive report. Inaddition, information related totheimplementation byMembers
ofparagraphs 2to4ofArticle 1,aswellasArticles 4and5oftheATC, might alsoberelevant.
Informationregardingdevelopmentsinallowingforcontinuousautonomousindustrialadjustment
andincreased competition intheMembers ’markets, asforeseen inparagraph 5ofArticle 1ofthe
ATC, mayalsobeuseful.
TheTMB,therefore,invitesMemberstosubmitsuchnotificationsorinformation,asappropriate,
totheTextiles Monitoring Body, intimeforittobetaken intoconsideration inthecomprehensive
report theTMB willfinalize inJune1997, andinanyevent notlater than30April 1997.