RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/MA/NTM/W/2
26October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3302)
Committee onMarket Access
DRAFT
DECISION ONREVERSE NOTIFICATION
OFNON-TARIFF MEASURES
TheCommittee, inpursuance ofitsmandate (paragraph (d)ofdocument WT/L/471s),agrees
that:
- Members shallhavethepossibility ofmaking notifications ofnon-tariff measures maintained
byotherMembersinsofarassuchmeasuresareneithersubjecttoanyexistingWTOnotification
obligations nortoanyreverse notification possibilities under theWTO Agreement;
- suchnotifications shallcontain:
- anindication oftheprecise nature ofthemeasure;
- whereapplicable,afulldescriptionoftheproductsaffected,includingthecorresponding
HSheadings orsub-headings;
- where appropriate, areference totherelevant WTO provisions;
- astatement onthetrade effects ofthemeasure;
- theMember maintaining themeasures shallcomment oneachofthese points; suchcomments
shallbeincluded intheInventory together withthenotification;
- incaseswhere theinclusion orthecontents ofthenotification ischallenged, further information
willbesought fromthenotifying Member. Inthesecases, theMembers concerned might hold
bilateral consultations withtheaimofverifying theexistence ofthemeasure anditsprecise
andcomplete description. Theresult oftheseconsultations shallbetransmitted totheSecretariat
forappropriate action (thatis,whether ornottoinclude thenotification intheInventory);
- thenewInventory ofNon-Tariff Measures shallbeopenfornotification asfrom thedateof
thisDecision. Theexisting Inventory ofNon-Tariff Measures (Industrial Products) shallcease
toexistwhen theGATT 1947 isterminated;
- theInventory ofNon-Tariff Measures shallcover allnon-tariff measures relating toallproducts
(Chapters 1-97oftheHSnomenclature);
1Thestatement orunderstanding contained indocument PC/IPL/M/9, paragraphs 6,7and8applies
alsotothisDecision.
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- theInventoryshallbemadeavailabletoMembersinaloose-leafformatinthe3WTOlanguages;
amendments totheInventory (including additions anddeletions) shall becirculated toall
Members bytheSecretariat;
- whenameasurewhichhasbeenthesubjectofareversenotificationisnotifiedbythemaintaining
Member under another WTO provision, themaintaining Member shallsonotify theSecretariat.
Upon receipt ofsuchnotification, theSecretariat shall, having satisfied itself thatthesubject
ofthetwonotifications isthesame, delete thereverse notification fromtheInventory andinform
Members oftheaction taken;
- theCommittee shall, attwo-yearly intervals ontheoccasion ofthereview ofthenotifications
ofquantitative restrictions, review thereverse notifications ofnon-tariff measures received,
onthebasis ofSecretariat analyses similar totheanalyses prepared fortheGATT Technical
Group onQuantitative Restrictions andOther Non-Tariff Measures.