WORLD TRADE WT/BOP/N/12
6August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3143)
Committee onBalance-of-Payments Restrictions
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9OFTHE UNDERSTANDING
ONBALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS
OFTHE GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Thefollowingcommunication,dated29July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHungary.
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Theimportsurchargeof8percentintroducedon20March1995bytheJointDecreeNo.9/1995
of17March 1995 oftheMinister ofIndustry andTrade andtheMinister ofFinance wasmodified
to7percentwitheffect from 1July1996 andto6percentasfrom 1October 1996.
Theabove modification isstipulated bytheJointDecree No.30/1996 of19June1996 ofthe
Minister ofIndustry andTrade andtheMinister ofFinance, published intheOfficial Hungarian Gazette
(Magyar Közlöny) on19June1996. TheJoint Decree isattached hereto.
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30/1996. (VI.19.) IKM-PM
Joint Decree oftheMinister ofIndustry andTrade
andtheMinister ofFinance ontheModification oftheJoint Decree
No.9/1995. (II.17.) IKM-PM ontheintroduction ofageneral import surcharge
Inexercise ofthepowers conferred bySection 2,Paragraph 2,subparagraph e)oftheDecree 21/1976.
(VI.29) MToftheCouncil ofMinisters ontheCommercial Customs Tariff, weorder thefollowing:
Section 1
Thegeneral import surcharge of8percentprovided forinSection 1oftheJointDecree No.9/1995
(III.17.) IKM-PM ontheintroduction ofageneral import surcharge willbemodified to7percent
asfrom 1July1996 andto6percentfrom october 1996.
Section 2
ThisDecree enters intoforce on1July1996.
ImreDunai Dr.PéterMedgyessy
Minister ofIndustry andTrade Minister ofFinance