RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/70
28April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1038)
Original: Spanish Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.1
Mexico
TheTextiles Monitoring Bodyhasreceived anotification fromMexico, pursuant toparagraph 1
ofArticle 3.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,iscirculating thisnotification to
WTO Members fortheirinformation.
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Permanent Delegation ofMexico toGATT
Geneva, 28February 1995
OF/OMC/045/95
Amb. András Szepesi
Chairman oftheTextiles
Monitoring Body (TMB)
WTO
Centre William Rappard
154ruedeLausanne
1211 Genève
Incompliance withArticle 3oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing oftheWorld Trade
Organization, Iwishtonotify theTextiles Monitoring Body thattheimportation ofusedclothing is
notpermitted inMexico.
Thisnotification isbeing submitted despite certain doubts astowhether these measures are
covered bythedefinition of"restrictions" contained infootnote No.4ofthesaidAgreement.
Inanycase, itshould bepointed out,without prejudice totheother rights andobligations of
Mexico under GATT 1994, thatthese measures findtheirbasis andjustification intheProtocol of
Accession ofMexico toGATT 1947, which forms anintegral partofGATT 1994inaccordance with
Annex 1A,paragraph 1(b)(ii) oftheFinal ActoftheUruguay Round.
Yours faithfully,
Amb. Alejandro delaPeña
Permanent Representative ofMexico toGATT
cc:Peter Sutherland, Director-General ofGATT/WTO