RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/3/SVN
27March 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0682)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
SAFEGUARDS
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.7OFMEASURES SUBJECT TO
THE PROHIBITION AND ELIMINATION OFCERTAIN MEASURES
UNDER ARTICLE 11.1OFTHE AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS
SLOVENIA
Thefollowing communication, dated 1March 1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofSlovenia, aSignatory oftheFinal Acteligible tobecome anoriginal Member oftheWTO.
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Notifications under Article 12.7oftheAgreement onSafeguards
IntheRepublic ofSlovenia thefollowing measures existed on1January 1995, asdescribed
inArticle 11.1(b) oftheAgreement onSafeguards.
1. Type ofmeasures:
Special export taxlevied onspecified products subject tothemeasure. Thepurpose ofthe
measure istorestrict exports ofdomestic materials and/or exhaustible natural resources necessary to
ensure essential quantities ofsuchmaterials toadomestic processing industry during theperiod of
restructuring ofthatindustry when thedomestic prices ofspecified materials arebelow theworld prices.
Themeasure isimposed inthespirit ofArticle XX,paragraph (g)and(i)oftheGATT 1947.
2. Members concerned:
Themeasure isnotapplied specifically toanyparticular Member orMembers.
3. Theproduct subject tothemeasure:
Tariff No. Description Special
Export Tax
44.01 Fuel wood, inlogs, inbillets, intwigs, infaggots orsimilar forms;
wood inchips orparticles; sawdust andwood waste andscrap,
whether ornotagglomerated inlogs, briquettes, pellets orsimilar
forms:
4401.10 Fuel wood, inlogs, inbillets, intwigs, infaggots orinsimilar
forms15%G/SG/N/3/SVN
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Tariff No. Description Special
Export Tax
4401.2 Wood inchips orparticles:
4401.21 Coniferous 15%
4401.22 Non-coniferous 15%
4401.30 Sawdust andwood waste andscrap, whether ornotagglomerated in
logs, briquettes, pellets orsimilar forms:
4401.309 Other 15%
44.03 Wood intherough, whether ornotstripped ofbark orsapwood, or
roughly squared:
4403.20 Other, coniferous:
4403.202 Sawlogs andveneer logsofother coniferous species 10%
4403.203 Forcellulose 10%
4403.204 Transmission linepoles, unimpregnated 10%
4403.9 Other:
4403.91 Ofoak(Quercus spp.):
4403.911 Sawlogs andveneer logs 10%
4403.912 Forcellulose 10%
4403.919 Other 10%
4403.92 Ofbeech (Fagus spp.):
4403.921 Forsawing andveneer 15%
4403.922 Forcellulose 15%
4403.929 Other 15%
4403.99 Other:
4403.991 Sawlogs ofother harddeciduous species 15%
4403.992 Cellular wood ofother hard deciduous species 15%
4403.993 Sawlogs andveneer logsofpoplar 15%
4403.994 Cellular wood ofpoplar 15%
4403.995 Sawlogs andveneer logsofother softdeciduous species 15%
4403.996 Cellular wood ofother softdeciduous species 15%
4403.999 Other 15%
44.07 Wood, sawn orchipped lengthwise, sliced orpeeled, whether ornot
planed, sanded orfinger -jointed, ofathickness exceeding 6mm:
4407.9 Other:
4407.91 Ofoak(Quercus spp.) 10%G/SG/N/3/SVN
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Tariff No. Description Special
Export Tax
4407.92 Ofbeech (Fagus spp.) 10%
4407.99 Other:
4407.991 Ofash 10%
72.04 Ferrous waste andscrap; remelting scrap ingots ofironorsteel
7204.10 Waste andscrap ofcastiron 25%
7204.2 Waste andscrap ofalloy steel:
7204.21 Ofstainless steel 25%
7204.29 Other 25%
7404.00 Copper waste andscrap 25%
7602.00 Aluminium waste andscrap 25%
7802.00 Lead waste andscrap 25%
7902.00 Zinc waste andscrap 25%