WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/250/Add.1
26August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3477)
Original: Spanish Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Addendum
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived afurther notification fromtheDominican Republic
pursuant toparagraphs 8(a)and11ofArticle 2.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 11ofArticle 2,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members.
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Permanent Mission oftheDominican Republic
totheUnited Nations andOther International Organizations
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, 26May1997
Sir,
Withreferencetoyourcommunicationof30May1997requestingcertainexplanationsconcerning
thenotificationbytheDominicanRepublicofthesecondstageofintegration,mayIprovidethefollowing
clarifications:
1. Line51-04-10-00, corresponding totextile fibremonofilaments, should bereplaced
bytariff heading 54-04-10-00, which isincluded intheAnnex totheAgreement on
Textiles andClothing;
2. Headings 3921.90, 4202.22, 6405.20 and6406.99, included intheDominican
Republic 'snotification, relate precisely tothedescription ofthose products contained
intheAnnex totheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, aswewereabletoconfirm
from 1991 imports andourNational Tariff; therefore thepercentages calculated for
thefirstandsecond stages ofintegration remain unchanged.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) Angelina Bonetti Herrera
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization (WTO)