. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/SLV/2
25 July 2000
(00-3069)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
EL SALVADOR
The following communication, dated 13 July 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of El Salvador.
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Pursuant to Article 12.1 (a) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and taking into account the
model adopted by the Committee on Safeguards (G/SG/N/6, dated 7 February 1995) for notifications
under that Agreement, El Salvador hereby notifies that its investigating authority has initiated asafeguards procedure along the lines described below:
1. Date of initiation of investigation
- The resolution for initiation of the investigation was issued on 21 June 2000;
- it was published in the Official Journal a nd in a journal with national circulation, the
"Diario Co-Latino", on 26 June 2000;
- the resolution was notified to the known interested parties (importers, local or
applicant producers and the World Trade Organization) within the time-limit set out
in the relevant legal instrument.  The interested parties have a period of 45 days from
the date of this notification to submit evidence.
2. Product subject to the investigation
SAC Code Description
1006.10.90 Other
1006.20.00 Husked rice (cargo or brown rice)
1006.30.00 Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished
or glazed
1003.40.00 Broken rice
1904.90.10 Precooked rice
2302.20.00 Bran, sharps and other residues of rice
3. Reasons for initiation of the investigation
The investigation was initiated pursuant to an application submitted on behalf of the domestic
industry and on the basis of the information and evidence furnished in the application.G/SG/N/6/SLV/2
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4. Additional information
Further information on the conduct of the investigation, the period for the submission of
evidence at any stage in the proceedings may be obtained from:
Dirección de Política Comercial
Ministerio de Economía
Edificio C-2 tercera planta
Plan Maestro
Centro de Gobierno
Alameda Juan Pablo II y Calle Guadalupe
San Salvador
El SalvadorTelephone:  (503) 221 35 85
Fax: (503) 221 47 71
E-mail:  policom@sal.gbm.net
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