RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/L/44
22November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3834)
Original: Spanish COUNCIL FOR TRADE INGOODS
1December 1995
GUATEMALA -ESTABLISHMENT OFANEW SCHEDULE LXXXVIII
Request forExtension ofWaiver
Thefollowing communication, dated 22November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofGuatemala.
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Ihavethehonour torefertotheprocedure forthetransposition intotheHarmonized System
ofGuatemala'sScheduleofConcessions(ScheduleLXXXVIII-Guatemala),establishedintheNAUCAII
Nomenclature, which wasbased ontheCentral American Uniform Tariff Nomenclature.
Guatemala 'snewCustoms Tariff based ontheHarmonized Commodity Description andCoding
System entered intoforce on1March 1993, andreplaces theCentral American Uniform Tariff
Nomenclature.
Inorder toimplement theprocedures established bytheCouncil Decision of12July1983for
therectification andrenegotiation oftheschedules ofconcessions negotiated inGATT, inthecontext
oftheHarmonized System (BISD 30S/17), andtoholdconsultations under Article XXVIII, the
Government ofGuatemala requests atemporary waiver ofitsobligations under Article IIoftheGeneral
Agreement until30June1996.
Tothisend,theGovernment ofGuatemala hassubmitted totheWTO Secretariat thenecessary
documentation sothatMembers wishing toholdsuchconsultations mayproceed todoso.