RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TMB/29 
26 January 2004 
 (04-0283) 
Textiles Monitoring Body  
   
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH MEETING OF THE TEXTILES MONITORING BODY 
 
Note by the Chairman
 
 
1. The Textiles Monitoring Body met on 20 January 2004. 
2. The TMB authorized its Chairman to provide WTO Members with the following information: 
3. In the context of its review of the notif ication made by one Member pursuant to 
Articles 2.8(c) and 2.11 of the Agreement on Tex tiles and Clothing (ATC), the TMB recalled that 
Article 2.8(c) states that “on the first day of the 121st month that the WTO Agreement is in effect, the 
textiles and clothing sector shall stand integrated into GATT 1994, all restrictions under this Agreement having been eliminated.”  The TMB also  recalled that Article 2.11 states that “[t]he 
respective programmes of integration, in pursuance of  paragraph 8 [of Article 2], shall be notified in 
detail to the TMB at least 12 months before their coming into effect, and circulated by the TMB to all Members”. 
4. The TMB observed that up until now only the Member referred to above had provided a 
notification pursuant to the provisions of Articles 2.8(c) and 2.11. 
5. The TMB decided to remind Members of the notification requirement contained in 
Articles 2.8(c) and 2.11 of the ATC.  The TMB obs erved in this respect that those Members which 
had notified, pursuant to Article 6.1, their intentio n not to retain the right to use the provisions of 
Article 6 were, in accordance with Article 2.9, deem ed to have integrated their textiles and clothing 
products into GATT 1994 and were, therefore, exem pted from complying with the provisions of 
paragraphs 6 to 8 and 11 of Article 2.  It w as also observed that, irrespective of the unambiguous 
commitments defined in Article 2.8(c) and also  in Article 9 regarding the full integration on 
1 January 2005 of the entire textiles and clothi ng sector into GATT 1994, compliance with the 
respective notification requirement, in particular  by Members maintaining restrictions under the 
provisions of the ATC, would contribute to the faithful implementation of the ATC. 
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6. The one hundred and seventh meeting of the TMB is scheduled to be held on 
9 February 2004. 
7. The full report of the one hundred and sixth meeting will be circulated at a later stage. 
 
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