WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/37/Suppl.5
20 August 2001
(01-4056)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
REQUEST FOR CONSULTATIONS FROM CHILE UNDER
ARTICLE 12.3 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
Imposition of a Safeguard Measure by Argentina
on Imports of Peaches
Supplement
The following communication, dated 7 August 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Argentina.
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With reference to your note of 7 August 2001, this Mission will convey to its capital  the wish
expressed therein to hold the consultations requested by Chile either in Buenos Aires or in Santiago
with the participation of representatives of the Argentine investigating authority.
In this respect and without prejudice to the possibility of holding consultations in either
capital on a mutually agreed date, Argentina considers that its offer to hold consultations in Geneva
today also constituted an opportunity for constructiv e consultations in compliance with the letter and
spirit of Article 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards.
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