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WORLD TRADE G/MA/TAR/W/3/Rev.1
18October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3165)
Committee onMarket Access
TRANSPOSITION OFSCHEDULES INTO THE 1996 HARMONIZED
SYSTEM AND ESTABLISHMENT OFLOOSE-LEAF SCHEDULES
Additional Note bytheSecretariat
Revision
Inaddition totheinformation contained indocument TAR/W/93, dated 13October 1994, the
Secretariat hasprepared thefollowing revised listofcountries andthework tobecarried outin
connection withtheconsolidation ofschedules, theintroduction ofHS96 changes andthepreparation
ofschedules inloose-leaf format.
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1. Themembers listed below haveoffered ceiling bindings inthecontext oftheUruguay Round
negotiations andtheirschedules areinprinciple notaffected bytheHS96 changes. Theschedules
will,however, havetobetransposed intotheloose-leaf format:
Barbados
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
TheGambiaGhana
Grenada
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
KenyaKuwait
Lesotho
Maldives
MozambiquePeru
Solomon Islands1
Tanzania
Togo
2. Themembers listed below willhavetointroduce theHS96 changes (*where applicable) directly
intotheirURconsolidated schedules andsubmit them intheloose-leaf format:
Angola*
Antigua andBarbuda*
Australia
Bahrain*
Belize*
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Canada
Central African Rep.
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Dominica*Ecuador
Egypt
Fiji*
Hong Kong2
India
Japan2
Korea
Liechtenstein
Macau
Malta
Mauritius*
NamibiaNewZealand
Nigeria
Papua New
Guinea*
Poland
Qatar*
Romania
St.Kitts&Nevis*
St.Lucia*
St.Vincent and
theGrenadines*
Sierra Leone*Slovak Rep.
Slovenia
South Africa
Swaziland
Switzerland
Uganda*
United States
Uruguay
Zaire
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1Notyetverified
2Necessary documentation submitted
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3. Themembers listed below willfirstneedtoconsolidate theirpre-andpost-Uruguay Round
schedule, thenintroduce theHS96 changes andsubmit theschedules intheloose-leaf format.
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
CubaEuropean
Communities1
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
IndonesiaMalaysia
Mexico
Norway
Paraguay
Philippines
SingaporeThailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
4. Thefollowing members (under waiver) willfirsthavetofinalize thetransposition oftheir
schedules intotheHarmonized System andthenproceed asdescribed under 3above.
Bangladesh
ElSalvador2
IsraelJamaica
MoroccoNicaragua2
SenegalSriLanka
Trinidad &Tobago
5. Themembers listed below (under waiver) willfirstneedtosubmit thedocumentation related
tothetransposition oftheirschedules intotheHarmonized System andthenproceed asdescribed under
3above.
Bolivia2
GuatemalaMalawi Pakistan Zambia
6. Thefollowing members needtotranspose theirformer concessions intoaHSschedule before
proceeding asdescribed under 3above.
Benin+
Burkina Faso+
Burundi
Côted'Ivoire+Djibouti
Dominican Rep.
Gabon
Guinea (Rep. of)+Haiti
Madagascar
Mali+
Mauritania+Myanmar
Niger+
Rwanda
Suriname
7. Thefollowing schedule hasnotyetbeensubmitted
United Arab Emirates.
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1Necessary documentation submitted
2Nolonger under waiver
+Same basic schedule