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WORLD TRADE G/TRIMS/2
31March 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0772)
Committee onTrade-Related Investment Measures
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5.1OFTHE AGREEMENT ONTRADE-RELATED
INVESTMENT MEASURES BYSTATES AND SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORIES
ELIGIBLE TOBECOME ORIGINAL WTO MEMBERS THAT ACCEPT THE WTO
AGREEMENT AFTER ITSENTRY INTO FORCE
Recommendation bytheCommittee onTrade-Related Investment Measures
1. Asrequested bytheCouncil forTrade inGoods atitsmeeting of20February 1995, the
Committee onTrade-Related Investment Measures hasexamined thequestion ofthearrangements
fornotifications under Article 5.1oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures bystates
andseparate customs territories thatareeligible tobecome original WTO Members butthataccept
theWTO Agreement afteritsentry intoforce.
2. Indiscussing howbesttoaddress thismatter, theCommittee recognized thedesirability of
ensuring theeffective application ofArticles 5.1and5.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment
Measures withrespect toallWTO Members. Inthisconnection, theCommittee noted thepractical
difficulty arising from thefactthattheperiod of90daysreferred toinArticle 5.1mayhaveexpired
atthetimeoftheentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forstates andseparate customs territories
eligible tobecome original Members thataccept theWTO Agreement after1January 1995. The
Committee urged suchstates andseparate customs territories whenever possible tomake thenotifications
required byArticle 5.1atthetimeoftheiracceptance oftheWTO Agreement, buttheCommittee
acknowledged thatthismight notalways bepracticable. Inviewofthesecircumstances, theCommittee
consideredthatitwasappropriatetorecommendthattheCouncilforTradeinGoodssubmitthefollowing
decision totheGeneral Council foradoption:
"(i) States andseparate customs territories eligible tobecome original Members oftheWTO
thataccept theWTO Agreement after1January 1995 shallhaveaperiod of90days
afterthedateoftheiracceptance oftheWTO Agreement tomake notifications under
Article 5.1oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures.
(ii) Thisdecision relates onlytotheperiod within which notifications aretobemade under
Article 5.1oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures anddoesnot
concern theduration ofthephase-out periods inArticle 5.2ortherequirements of
Article 5.4,bothofwhich would continue tobegoverned byreference tothedateof
entry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement itself.
(iii) Thisdecision shallnotaffect thesituation ofstates andseparate customs territories
acceding totheWTO Agreement under Article XIIofthatAgreement, which willbe
governed bytheirprotocols ofaccession."