RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TRIMS/3
7December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3986)
Committee onTrade-Related Investment Measures
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5.5OFTHE TRIMS AGREEMENT
Decision
Atitsmeetingof19October1995,theCommitteeonTrade-RelatedInvestmentMeasuresadopted
thefollowing standard format fornotifications under Article 5.5oftheAgreement.
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1. Identification, byreferring totherelevant notification under Article 5.1,ofthepre-existing
TRIM thatisbeing applied toanewinvestment.
2. Description ofthenewinvestment towhich theTRIM isbeing applied.
3. Dateofapplication oftheTRIM tothenewinvestment.
4. Information ontheproducts covered bythenewinvestment ascompared withthose ofthe
established enterprises covered bythepreviously notified TRIM.
5. Explanation ofwhytheapplication oftheTRIM tothenewinvestment isnecessary toavoid
distorting theconditions ofcompetition between thenewinvestment andestablished enterprises,
andanexplanation ofhowitisensured thatthecompetitive effect oftheTRIM applied toa
newinvestment isequivalent tothecompetitive effect oftheTRIM applicable toestablished
enterprises.
6. Thedomestic law,regulation oradministrative guideline under which theTRIM isapplied
tothenewinvestment. Acopyshould besupplied totheSecretariat tobeavailable forinspection
byinterested delegations -unless thishasalready beendoneinconnection withtheoriginal
notification oftheTRIM.
7. Anyother information about theapplication oftheTRIM tothenewinvestment thatdiffers
fromthatpreviously notified inrespect oftheTRIM inresponse tosection (i),points 1-5and
10,andsection (ii)oftheformat fornotifications under Article 5.11andconfirmation thatthe
remainder ofthepreviously notified information isalsovalid inrespect oftheapplication of
theTRIM tothenewinvestment.
1Document G/TRIMS/1