. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/VAL/W/76/Add.7 
16 February 2004  
 
(04-0627) 
Committee on Customs Valuation     
   
NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY 
MEMBERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DE CISIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE 
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS 1 OR 2 OF ANNEX III OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
Note by the Secretariat
1 
 
Addendum  
  At its meeting of 12 April 2000, the Committee agreed that the Secretariat would prepare a 
reference note listing the various notification and reporting requirements of the Members which had 
been granted extensions of the delay for the applica tion of the Agreement or reservations to maintain 
a system of minimum values, as contained in the respective Decisions.  The table below includes all 
such Decisions taken by the Co mmittee or the General Council which are still active;  expired 
Decisions have been removed in this version of the table.    
MEMBER AND 
DECISION 
REFERENCE DURATION OF 
EXTENSION OR 
MINIMUM VALUE 
RESERVATION EXPECTED DATES 
OF PROGRESS 
REPORTS  EXPECTED DATES 
OF AVAILABILITY 
OF BASES AND 
CRITERIA FOR 
DETERMINING 
MINIMUM VALUES 
El Salvador Minimum value reservation, WT/L/476 7/03/02 –  
7/03/03 (Annex 1) 7/03/05 (Annex 2)  
 N/A By 30 September 2002  
publish and make available the data 
sources, 
methodologies, basis, criteria and other relevant information for determining the minimum values for 
the products listed.  
Guatemala 
Minimum value reservation, G/VAL/43  21/11/2001-21/11/2002 
and 21/11/2001-21/05/2003 and 21/11/2001-21/11/2004 Shall report by 21 
November 2002 and 21 November 2003 on the status of its implementation of officially-established 
minimum values for 
the listed products; N/A 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. G/VAL/W/76/Add.7 
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MEMBER AND 
DECISION 
REFERENCE DURATION OF 
EXTENSION OR 
MINIMUM VALUE 
RESERVATION EXPECTED DATES 
OF PROGRESS 
REPORTS  EXPECTED DATES 
OF AVAILABILITY 
OF BASES AND 
CRITERIA FOR 
DETERMINING 
MINIMUM VALUES 
Sri Lanka 
Minimum value reservation G/VAL/53 28/02/2003-28/02/2005 Shall report on the 
status of its implementation of minimum values for the listed products and present a work plan for 
the phase-out of those 
minimum values by 28 February 2004 by 1 September 2003, 
publish and make publicly available, the basis, criteria and other relevant information for determining the 
minimum values for 
the products listed. 
United Arab Emirates Extension of delay period G/VAL/55 10/04/01 – 31/12/03 N/A N/A 
  
  
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