RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS29/3
28February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0732)
Original: English
TURKEY -RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OFTEXTILE
AND CLOTHING PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Malaysia, toPhilippines andThailand
Thefollowing communication, dated 22February 1996, from thePermanent Missions of
Malaysia, thePhilippines andThailand totheHong Kong Economic andTrade Office andthePermanent
Mission ofTurkey andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11
oftheDSU.
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Wehavethehonour torefertoWTO document WT/DS29/1 dated 15February 1996concerning
Hong Kong'srequest forconsultations withtheGovernment ofTurkey under Article XXII:1 ofthe
General Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 (GATT 1994) andpursuant toArticle 4ofthe
Understanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU) regarding the
unilateral imposition ofquantitative restrictions byTurkey onimports oftextile andclothing products.
Inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU, we,Malaysia, thePhilippines andThailand,
members oftheAssociation ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN), hereby formally express ourdesire
tobejoined insuchconsultations. Weconsider theunilateral imposition ofquantitative restrictions
byTurkey asincontravention withmany oftheprovisions oftheAgreements under theWorld Trade
Organization (WTO), including, butnotlimited to,Article XI,Article XIIIandArticle XXIV ofGATT
1994 andArticle 2oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC).