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G/SG/220  
 
13 September  2019 
(19-5890) Page: 1/1 
Council for Trade in Goods  
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATI ON TO THE COUNCIL FO R TRADE IN GOODS  
OF THE RESULTS OF TH E CONSULTATIONS UNDE R ARTICLE 12.3  
JOINT COMMUNICATION OF CANADA AND  THE SEPARATE CUSTOM S TERRITORY  
OF TAIWAN,  PENGHU, KINMEN AND M ATSU  
(Certain steel products ) 
The following communication, dated 1 2 September  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegations of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu and of Canada.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Saf eguards the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu and Canada are notifying the results of the consultations conducted 
under Article 12.3 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  Documents G/SG/N/6/CAN/4  - G/SG/N/7/CAN/1 
- G/SG/N/11/CAN/1 (d ated 15 October 2018), G/SG/N/8/CAN/3 (dated 5 April 2019) and 
G/SG/N/8/CAN/3/Suppl.1 - G/SG/N/10/CAN/1  - G/SG/N/11/CAN/1/Suppl.1 (dated 13 May 2019) 
contain notifications from Canada concerning action taken under the Agreement on Safeguards in 
respect of certain steel products (heavy plate and stainless steel wire).  
 
On 1 August 2019, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu and 
Canada conducted consultations to discuss Canada’s final safeguard measure on certain steel 
products. A s a result of those consultations, both Members hereby notify the Council for Trade in 
Goods that they have agreed that, as between them, the 90 -day period set forth in Article 8.2 of 
the Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX:3(a) of the General Agreemen t on Tariffs and Trade 
1994 shall be considered to expire on 31 January 2020.  
 
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