WORLD TRADE G/L/136
G/SG/6
ORGANIZATION 10December 1996
(96-5215)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
UNITED STATES -PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES
CONCERNING BROOM CORN BROOMS
Results ofConsultations
Communication from theUNITED STATES
Thefollowing communication, dated 6December 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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Pursuant toArticle 12.5oftheAgreement onSafeguards, andinlightoftheagreed format
fornotifications (G/SG/1, 1July1996), theUnited States provides thefollowing notification tothe
Council forTrade inGoods.
1. Specify theprovision under which theconsultations wereheld(i.e.Article 12.3orArticle 12.4)
Article 12.3.
2. Provide reference totheWTO document thatnotified thesafeguard action regarding which
consultations wereheldunder Article 12.3or12.4.
Thedetermination ofserious injury, uponwhich thesafeguard measure isbased, wasnotified
indocument G/SG/N/8/USA/1, dated 24July1996.
3. Specify theMembers involved intheconsultations, andprovide thetimeperiod during which
theconsultations wereheld.
Mexico andtheUnited States: 13August 1996 (Washington)
8October 1996 (Mexico)
Colombia andtheUnited States: 16August, 28August and27November 1996
Honduras andtheUnited States: 27November 1996
4. Describe theresults oftheconsultations
TheUnited States described therelevant provisions ofUSlawandthestatus ofthesafeguards
casethenunder review. Alsodescribed weretherange ofactions available totheUnited States, and
thepotential relevance tomajor supplying countries. Theother Members expressed theirviewthat
notariffaction should betaken against theirexports. Nomutually satisfactory resolution wasreached.