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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SLV/9
23 February 2001
(01-0911)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning the administration of tariff quotas ( Table MA.1 ) for
calendar year 2001 was received from the Permanent Mission of El Salvador  on 15 February 2001.G/AG/N/SLV/9
Page 2Table MA:1
MARKET ACCESS:  El Salvador
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Implementation of market access opportunities:  Tariff and other quota commitments
Description of products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of
Part I of the Schedule)(from Section I-B (or I-A) of
Part I of the Schedule)
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Other cheese 0406.90 (a)  Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None
Cheddar, in blocks or in bars 0406.90.20 (b)  Allocation of licences  or of access to quotas to importers:  Carried out by public auction by
the Stock Exchange for Agricultural Products and Services of El Salvador (BOLPROES –
Bolsa de Productos y Servicios Agropecuarios de El Salvador).  Award Certificates
(Certificados de Adjudicación) are delivered and subsequently presented by the holder to the
Ministry of the Economy when applying for the respective import licence for the tariff quota ata preferential rate to be issued in accordance with the Regulations on the Opening andAdministration of Quotas.
(c)  Details of other arrangements:  Resolution No. 63 dated 12 December 2000, published in
Official Journal No. 18, Volume No. 350, dated 24 January 2001, authorized for the period
1 January to 31 December 2001 the distribution of 50 lots of 10 to 20 metric tonnes each, of
the annual tariff quota of 682 MT for "cheddar cheese, in blocks or in bars", tariff item0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC).  The preferential tariff of the tariffquota is 15%, and otherwise the rate is 40%.
(d)  Any other information:  None
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