RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/BOP/N/3
25September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2801)
Committee onBalance-of-Payments Restrictions
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS MAINTAINED
BYISRAEL FOR BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PURPOSES
Thefollowing communication, dated 21September 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofIsrael.
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1. Withrespect tothephasing outoftheremaining restrictions maintained forbalance ofpayments
purposes, Iwishtoconfirm thatIsrael'sconversion ofrestrictive import measures intotariffs andtariff
quotas, according toitscommitment within theframework oftheAgreement onAgriculture ofthe
GATT 1994, willbeimplemented nolaterthan15December 1995, taking intoconsideration the
completion ofthenecessary domestic processes, asnotified totheCommittee onAgriculture.
2. Asaresult oftheabove, Israel willnolonger maintain anyrestrictions forbalance ofpayments
reasons, andishereby disinvoking thebalance-of-payments provisions oftheGATT 1994.