WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/1/MAC/1
14August 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2388)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATIONS OFLAWS, REGULATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES RELATING
TOSAFEGUARD MEASURES
MACAU
Thefollowing communication, dated 4August 1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofMacau.
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Pursuant toparagraph 6ofArticle 12oftheAgreement onSafeguards, theGovernment of
Macau hereby notifies theCommittee onSafeguards ofthelegislation which could apply tosafeguard
measures covered bytheAgreement.
However, theGovernment ofMacau would liketodraw theCommittee 'sattention tothefact
thatthelegislation hereby notified, which wasenacted priortoMacau 'saccession toGATT, iscurrently
under review. Thereview inquestion isexpected tobecompleted inthenearfuture soastoensure
itsenforcement by1January 1996.
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LAW 50/80/M of30December 1980
Rules andRegulations onForeign Trade Operations
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[Export ofgoods ]
Article 16
(Purpose)
1. Thedefinitiveexportofgoodsisunrestricted.An"ExportLicense"mustbeissueduponrequest,
providing therelevant application form hasbeendulyandcorrectly filled out.
2. Theonlyexception totheprovisions inparagraph 1above applies togoods listed inAnnex A,
which aresubject toprevious authorization.
3. Thelistofgoods referred toinparagraph 2maybeamended byGovernor 'sDecision tobe
published intheMacau Government Gazette, asaresult ofeither agreements entered intobytheterritory
onself-limitation ofexports, orofspecial international traderulesandregulations thatmaybeadhered
tobyMacau.
4. Whenever thepublic interest warrants it,theGovernor mayprohibit, restrict, condition or
impose levies onexports ofanygoods whatsoever.
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[Import ofgoods ]
Article 29
(Purpose)
1. Thedefinitiveimportofgoodsisunrestricted.An"ImportLicense"mustbeissueduponrequest,
providing therelevant application form hasbeendulyandcorrectly filled out.
2. Theonlyexception totheprovisions inparagraph 1above applies tothegoods listed hereunder,
which aresubject toprevious authorization:
(a) Goods listed inAnnex B.
(b) Textile andgarment products orsemi-manufactured goods.
3. Thelistofgoods referred toinparagraph 2maybeamended byGovernor 'sDecision tobe
published intheMacau Government Gazette.
4. TheGovernor may, forsuchperiod oftimeasdeemed necessary, prohibit, restrict, condition
orimpose levies onimports ofsuchgoods whose admission intotheTerritory mayprove tobe
inadvisable, namely bypublic health reasons.
5. TheGovernor may,furthermore, suspend admission intotheTerritory ofgoods fromaspecific
origin, whenever suchmeasure isdeemed necessary intheinterests ofMacau 'sforeign trade.
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