WORLD TRADE G/PSI/N/1/Add.7
24February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0736)
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
Notifications under Article 5oftheAgreement onPreshipment Inspection
Addendum
Article 5oftheAgreement onPreshipment Inspection provides thatMembers shallsubmit
totheSecretariat copies ofthelawsandregulations bywhich theyputthisAgreement intoforce, as
wellascopies ofanyother lawsandregulations relating topreshipment inspection, when theWTO
Agreement enters intoforcewithrespect totheMember concerned. Changes inthelawsandregulations
relating topreshipment inspection shallbenotified totheSecretariat immediately aftertheirpublication.
TheSecretariat shallinform theMembers oftheavailability ofthisinformation.
Previous notifications received arelisted indocuments G/PSI/N/1, G/PSI/N/1/Add.1-Add.6.
Since June1997, further notifications havebeenreceived asfollows1:
I. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PUTTING THE AGREEMENT ONPRESHIPMENT
INSPECTION INTO FORCE
Argentina: ExpedienteNo.090-000042/97delRegistrodelMINISTERIODEECONOMÍA
YOBRAS YSERVICIOS PÚBLICOS yelAcuerdo sobre Inspección Previa
alaExpedición aprobado porLeyNo.24.425; ElPrograma deInspección
dePreembarquedeimportaciones;ExpedienteNo.020-000680/97delRegistro
delMINISTERIO DEECONOMIA YOBRAS YSERVICIOS PUBLICOS;
Concursos oficiales.
Liechtenstein: Legislation ofSwitzerland applies toLiechtenstein (Swiss ordinance concerning
theimplementation ofpreshipment inspections dated 17May1995, see
G/PSI/N/1/Add.2).
II. OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TOPRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
Coted'Ivoire: Décret 93-113 du11mars 1993; Arrêté interministériel no.38du
12mars 1993; Avisauximportateurs etexportateurs no.93-002 du12mars
1993.
Kuwait: LawDecree No.13of1980 concerning customs; Listofimport prohibited
goods; listofgoods anditems exempted from customs duty; listofexport
restricted goods; listofprohibited exported goods; listofimported restricted
goods; listofprovisional seizures.
1Available forconsultation intheSecretariat (Office 3128).
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Mali: Décret 89-196/P-RM portant institution ducontrôle delaqualité, delaquantité,
desprixetdelaverification duchapitre douanier desmarchandises à
l'importation avant expedition; Programme deVerification desImportations.
Niger: Décret no.96-021/PCSN/MF/P du12février 1996modifié parleDécret no.
96-370/PRN/MEF/P du18Octobre 1996portant institution d'unprogramme
d'inspection etdevérification desimportations enRépublique duNiger; Arrêté
Interministériel no.0184/MFP/MCA/T/T du10Juin1996portant application
dudécret no.96-921/PCN du12février 1996.
Nigeria: Notification explaining phase-out ofPSIinNigeria.
Turkey: Communiqué ontheStatus ofInternational Supervising Companies
(Export 96/6).
III. MEMBERSNOTIFYINGTHATTHEYHAVENOLAWSORREGULATIONSRELATING
TOPRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
Australia
Mongolia
IV. CHANGESINLAWSANDREGULATIONSRELATINGTOPRESHIPMENTINSPECTION
Peru: Lassiguientes normas legales complementarais relativas alrégimen de
inspección previa alaexpedición: Decreto Supremo No.005-96-EF:
"Reglamento deInfracciones ySanciones delasEmpresas Supervisoras",
publicado enelDiario Oficial el8deenero de1996; Decreto Supremo No.
67-95-EF: "Crean subcomisión encargada deevaluar reclamos derivados del
incumplimiento contractual deobligaciones asumidas porlasempresas
verificadoras conlosimportadores", publicado enelDiario Oficial el5deabril
de1995.
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