ORGANISATION MONDIALE ORGANIZACI ÓNMUNDIAL
DUCOMMERCE DEL COMERCIO
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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Télégramme: OMC/WTO, GENÈVE
Référence: WLI/101 11April 1996
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
DONE ATMARRAKESH ON15APRIL 1994
COMMUNICATIONS FROM ECUADOR, KUWAIT AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Ihave thehonour toinform youthatIhave received thefollowing communication
from theGovernment ofEcuador:
TheGovernment ofEcuador wishes todelay application andreserves itsrights in
accordance with theprovisions concerning special anddifferential treatment for
developing country Members notparty totheAgreement onImplementation of
Article VIIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade done on12April 1979,
inkeeping with theprovisions ofArticle 20,paragraphs 1and2,oftheWTO
Agreement onCustoms Valuation, aswellasAnnex III,paragraphs 3and4ofthat
Agreement.
IalsohavethehonourtoinformyouthatIhavereceivedthefollowingcommunications
from theGovernment ofKuwait:
Article 20:1 oftheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIIoftheGeneral
Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994
TheState ofKuwait wishes toinform theDirector-General oftheWTO thatthe
Government oftheState ofKuwait requests todelay theapplication oftheprovisions
oftheAgreement forfive(5)years.
Article 20:2 oftheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIIoftheGeneral
Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994
TheState ofKuwait wishes toinform theDirector-General oftheWTO thatthe
Government oftheState ofKuwait requests todelay theapplication ofthecomputed
value method forthree (3)years.
./.
96-1265 WT/Let/72ORGANISATION MONDIALE DUCOMMERCE ORGANIZACI ÓNMUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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Furthermore, Ihave thehonour toinform youthatIhave received thefollowing
communications from theGovernment oftheUnited Arab Emirates:
Article 20.1 oftheAgreement onCustoms Valuation
TheUnitedArabEmiratesshalldelaytheapplicationoftheprovisionsoftheAgreement
ontheImplementation ofArticle VIIofGATT 1994 foraperiod offiveyears from
itsmembership oftheWTO, i.e.until9April 2001.
Article 20.2 oftheAgreement onCustoms Valuation
TheUnited ArabEmirates shalldelay theapplication ofParagraph 2(b)(iii) ofArticle 1
andArticle 6oftheAgreement ontheImplementation ofArticle VIIofGATT 1994
foraperiod ofthree years following itsimplementation oftheAgreement.
Annex IIItotheAgreement onCustoms Valuation
TheGovernment oftheUnited Arab Emirates reserves therighttoprovide thatthe
relevant provisions ofArticle 4oftheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VII
ofGATT 1994 shallapply onlywhen thecustoms authorities agree totherequest
toreverse theorder ofArticles 5and6.
Furthermore,theGovernmentoftheUAEreservestherighttoprovidethatParagraph2
ofArticle 5oftheAgreement shallbeapplied inaccordance withtheprovisions of
thenotethereto whether ornottheimporter sorequests.
Article 2.2(a) oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures
TheUnitedArabEmiratesshalldelaytheapplicationoftheprovisionsofsub-paragraphs
a(ii)anda(iii)ofArticle 2.2oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures fora
period oftwoyears from itsmembership oftheWTO, i.e.until9April 1998.
R.Ruggiero
Director-General