WORLD TRADE WT/L/102
24November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3672)
PAKISTAN -ESTABLISHMENT OFANEW SCHEDULE XV
Extension ofTime-Limit
Decision of15November 19951
Considering thattheCONTRACTING PARTIES toGATT 1947, bytheirDecision of29
November 19772andsuccessive Decisions, suspended theapplication oftheprovisions ofArticle II
ofGATT 1947 totheextent necessary toenable theGovernment ofPakistan tomaintain inforce the
ratesofdutyprovided initsrevised Customs Tariff, subject tocertain specified conditions;
Noting alsothattheGovernment ofPakistan hasimplemented theHarmonized Commodity
Description andCoding System (Harmonized System) in1988andthatithasconducted Article XXVIII
negotiations withninecontracting parties which expressed theirinterest;
Considering thattheCONTRACTING PARTIES toGATT 1947, bysuccessive decisions,
extended thetime-limit forthecompletion ofthenegotiations orconsultations until30June19953;
Considering thatthefootnote toAnnex IA,Section onGATT 1994, sub-paragraph 1(b)(iii)
oftheAgreement establishing theWorld Trade Organization requires theMinisterial Conference to
establish atitsfirstsession arevised listofwaivers granted under Article XXV ofGATT 1947 and
stillinforce onthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement;
Considering thatbyaDecision of31January 19954theGeneral Council established alistof
waivers existing attheentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, which included thewaiver granted
toPakistan fortheestablishment ofanewSchedule XV;
Considering thatparagraph 2oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers ofObligations under
theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 provides thatanywaiver ineffect onthedateof
entryintoforceoftheWTOAgreementshallterminateunlessextendedinaccordancewiththeprocedures
setoutinparagraph 1oftheaforementioned Understanding andthose ofArticle IXoftheWTO
Agreement onthedateofitsexpiry ortwoyears from thedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement, whichever isearlier;
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1Adopted inaccordance withtheProcedures onWTO Decision-Making under Articles IXandXIIoftheWTO Agreement
agreed bytheGeneral Council (WT/L/93).
2BISD 24S/15.
3L/7601.
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TakingintoaccountthatthenegotiationswerecompletedwithsevenMembersandareinprogress
withtheremaining twoMembers, andthattheGovernment ofPakistan hasgiven theassurance that
itwillmake every effort toconclude thenegotiations before 31December 1995;
Considering thattheGovernment ofPakistan, having fulfilled therequirements ofparagraph 1
oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers ofObligations under theGATT 1994, hasrequested a
further extension ofthewaiver until31December 19954;
TheGeneral Council, acting pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement,
Decides that,inviewoftheexceptional circumstances outlined above, thewaiver granted to
Pakistan bytheDecision of29November 1977 shallbeextended to31December 1995.
4G/L/6.