RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/L/14
23June1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1704)
Original: English Council forTrade inGoods
3July1995
ISRAEL -ESTABLISHMENT OFANEW SCHEDULE XLII
Extension ofTime-Limit
Thefollowing communication, dated 15June1994, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofIsrael.
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On3December 19871,theCONTRACTING PARTIES suspended until30June1988 the
application oftheprovisions ofArticle IIoftheGeneral Agreement, toenable theGovernment ofIsrael
toimplement theHarmonized Commodity Description andCoding System asof1January 1988 and
carry outnegotiations subsequently.
ByeightsuccessiveDecisions,till31December1991,theCONTRACTINGPARTIESextended
thetime-limit toenable implementation oftheHarmonized System.
ThedocumentationwithregardtotheHarmonizedSystemwassubmittedtotheGATTSecretariat
andwascirculated asSECRET/HS/31 on22January 1992.
Attheendoftheprescribed 90days, three requests forconsultations under Article XXVIII
were received. Those consultations arestillinprogress.
Inorder tocomplete theprocess under Article XXVIII, sixmore extensions ofthetime-limit
were granted bytheCONTRACTING PARTIES, thelastoneon9December 19942extending the
time-limit until30June1995.
Replies totherequests ofthecountries concerned havebeenforwarded. Bilateral negotiations
havebeeninitiated anditishoped thattheywillbeconcluded within thenextfewmonths.
Inview oftheabove, anextension ofthetime-limit isrequested until31December 1995.
Wewould appreciate itifourrequest forextension could beconsidered atthenextCouncil meeting.
1BISD 34S/29.
2L/7597.