RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/COMTD/N/2*
17May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1286)
Original: English
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OFPREFERENCES
Notification byJapan
Inacommunication dated 25April 1995, thePermanent Mission ofJapan hastransmitted the
following information onJapan'sGeneralized System ofPreferences Scheme.
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1. NewBeneficiaries ofPreferential Treatment
Thefollowing countries aredesigned asnewbeneficiaries ofPreferential Treatment asof
1April 1995:
- Armenia, Ukraine, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Albania, theFormer Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia, theRepublic of
Moldova, South Africa.
2. NewBeneficiaries ofSpecial LDC Measures under theGSPScheme
AngolabecameeligibleforSpecialLDCMeasuresundertheSchemeasof1April1995,whereas
Botswana, already abeneficiary ofSpecial LDCMeasures, changed itsstatus tothatofordinary
Preferential Treatment asofthesame date.
3. Announcement ofCeiling Quotas forFiscal Year 1995
TheCeiling Quotas forFiscal Year1995, listed intheattached Annex,1areofficially announced.
4. Reform oftheScheme forImplementation oftheUruguay Round
Various tariff reductions apply toagricultural products, including 12tropical products, asof
1April 1995, andalsotofishery products asof1January 1995, allofwhich arelisted
respectively intheattached Annex.1
*Thisnotification isrelated totheseries ofGATT 1947 documents circulated under thesymbol
L/7035 andAddenda.
1Available intheSecretariat (Room 2007) forexamination byinterested delegations.