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GATT Library | jk582tm3694 | Notification by Haiti. Under paragraph of Article XVIII | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, March 4, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) and Contracting Parties | 04/03/1950 | official documents | GATT/CP.4/21 and GATT/CP.4/7-22 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/jk582tm3694 | jk582tm3694_90320389.xml | GATT_141 | 406 | 2,553 | RESTRICTED
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.4/ 21
4 March 1950
TARIFFSJ AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
NOTIFICATION BY HAITI
UNDER PRGAPH OF ARTICLE XVIII
The Haitian Delegation at Annecy notified the
Contracting Parties on 8 June 1949, under Paragraph 11 of
Article XVIII, of the existence in Haiti of a State monopoly
affecting the import of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes.
The notification was circulated as document GATT/CP.3/40.
In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 12 of
\ Article XVIII, Haiti should have submitted a statement of
considerations in support of the maintenance of the measure
within 60 days after its becoming a contracting party'
This period expired on L March 1950. The Haitian
Government, in reply to an enquiry sent by the Executive
Secretary, has indicated that it will not be represented at
the present session of the Contracting Parties. The Haitian
Government also informed the Seoretariat that the required
statement will be submitted by the end of March and requested
that this be examined at the next session of the Contracting
Parties,.
In view of the specific requirement in paragraph 12 of
Article XVIII regarding the time limit for the submisson of
such statements it will be necessary for the Contraeting
Partices if they wish to accept the request of Haiti, to
lao a decision the basis of paragraph 5 (a) of Article
XXV to grant a waivers, A draft Decision is annexed hereto. GATT/CP.4/21
page 2
DRAFT DECISION EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE SUBMISSION
OF A STATEMENT, UNDER PARAGRAPH 12 OF ARTICLE XVIII, BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF HAITI
WHEREAS statements of considerations in support of
the maintenance of existing measures under paragraph 12 of
Article XVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade shall be made by a contracting party within 60 days
of its becoming a contracting party) and
*WHEREAS the Government of Haiti, which-became a
contracting party on 1 January 1950 expects. to be in a
position to submit such a statement with respect to the
measure notified by that Government on June 8 1949, one
month after the expiration of the 60-day period,
THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
EXERCISING their power of waiver under paragraph 5 (a)
of Article XXV .f the General agreement on Tariffs.and
Trade,
DECIDE THAT such a statement, if submitted by the
Government of Haiti on or before [31 March 1950], shall be
treated as though it had been submitted within the 60-day
period. |
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ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS GATT/CP/ 80
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE 15 September 1950 FRENCH
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
OBJECTION AUX NOTIFIEES PAR LES GOUVERNEMENTS
ADHERENTS D'ANNECY AUX TERMES DU PARAGRAPHE 11 DE L'ARTICLE XVIII
Not du Secretaire Executif
1. Trois des gouvernements adherents dtAnnecy qui sont devenus
parties contractantes (le Danemark, Haiti et l'Italie) ont
notifie en vertu du paragraph 11 de l'article XVIII les mesures
de protection actuellement en vigueur. Ces gouvernements ont
expose les raisons qu'ils invequent a l'appui du maintien des-
dites mesures et, conformement aux dispositions du paragraph 12
de article XVIII, ces exposes seront examines par les Parties
Contractantes lors de leur Cinquieme Session. Les documents en
question sont les suivants:
Notification Expose des raisons Texte des Iois. etc.
Danemark CP.3/40/Add.3 CP/77 CP 3/40/Add.3 Annexe
CP/77/Annexe
Haiti CP. 3/40 CP/60 CP. 3/40/Annexe
CP/60/Add.1 CP/60/Add.1 Annexe
Italie CP.3/40/Add.1 CP/49/Add.1 CP/49
2. Conformement a la procedure adoptee par les Parties Con-
tratantes lors de leur Troisieme Session en matiere de notifica-
tions de ce genre (GATT/CP.3/60/Rev.l, Section H.), toute parties
contractante qui s'estime affectee de facon sensible par l'une des
measures notifies devrait formuler ses objections aux termes de
article XVIII un mois au moins avant la session aui cours de
laquelle les mesures en question doivent etre examinees. Ces
objections seraient communiqueex aux autres parties contractantes
qui les examineraient avant la session et quil pour le cas ou il
conviendrait d'examiner une mesure aux termes du paragraph 8
dudit article, etabliraient la base sur laquelle les Parties Con,
tractantes determineraient quelles sont les parties contractantes
affectees de facon sensible (V. GATT/CP.3/60/Rev.1 paragraphe
91 (b) ).
3. En consequence, les Parties contractantes sont invitees a
deposer leurs objections eventuelles le 2 octobre 1950 au plus,
tard. |
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GATT/CP/ 80
TARIFFS AND TRADE 15 September 1950
ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
OBJECTIONS TO MEASURES NOTIFIED BY ANNECY
ACCEDING GOVERNMENTS UNDER PARAGRAPH 11 OF ARTICLE XVIII
Note by the Exocutive Secretary
1. Notifications of existing protective measures were made
under paragraph 11 of Article XVIII at Annecy by three of the
acceding governments which have since become contracting
parties, namely, Denmark, Haiti and Italy. Statements of
considerations in support of the maintenance of the measures
have been submitted by these Governments and are to be
considered by the Contracting Parties at the Fifth Session in
accordance with the provisins of paragraph 12 of Article XVIII.
The relevant documents are as follows:
Notification Supporting Text of Laws, etc.
Statement
Denmark CP.3/40/Add. 3 CP/77 CP.3/40/Add. 3 Aanex
CP177/Annex
Haiti CP.3/40 CP/60 CP.3/40/Annex
CP/60/Add. 1 CP/60/Add. 1 Annex
Italy CP.3/4O/Add.1 CP/49/Add. 1 CP/49
2. According to the procedure adopted by the Contracting
Parties at their Third Session for dealing with such
notifications (GATT/CP.3/60/Rev. 1 (Section H)), contracting
parties which consider themselves materially affected by any of
the notified measures should forward any objections in terms of
Article XVIII at least one month prior to the session at which
the measures are to be considered. These objections would be
circulated to other contracting; parties for their consideration
prior to the session, and, should a measure be considered under
paragraph 8 of the Article, would for:. the basis on which the
Contracting Parties would detemine the contracting parties
materially affected. (Cf. GATT/CP.3/60/Rev. 1 (Paragraph 91(b))
3. Contracting parties are therefore invited to llodge any such
objections not later than October 2, 1950. |
GATT Library | mk472dr7007 | Opening Speech of Chairman, Mr. L. D. Wilgress, at the Fifth Session of the Contracting Parties, Torquay, November 2, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, November 3, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) and Contracting Parties | 03/11/1950 | official documents | GATT/CP.5/18 and GATT/CP.5/14-28 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/mk472dr7007 | mk472dr7007_90330098.xml | GATT_141 | 1,673 | 10,160 | GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE LIMITED B GATT/CP.5/18
3 November 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
Opening Speech of Chairman, Mr. L. D. Wilgress,
at the Fifth Session of the Contracting Parties,
Torquay, November 2, 1950.
Representatives of the Contracting Parties:
I declare open the Fifth Session cf the Contracting Parties.
This promises to be the most important session we have held since
the conclusion of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade three years
ago almost to the day. The number, variety and complexity of the items proposed
for inclusion in the Provisional Agenda indicate clearly the value which
Governments attach to our deliberations as an opportunity for discussion of the
problems confronting world trade. Article XXV of the General Agreement
provided that representatives of the Contracting Parties shall meet from time
to time for the purpose of giving effect to these provisions of the Agreement
which invclvc joint action and, generally, with a view to facilitating the
operation and furthering the objectives of the Agreement. A provision of
this kind was essential in view of the multilateral character of the Agreement
and the wide coverage of the items included in the Schcdules annexed to the
Agreement. T e general provisions of the Agreement also can be applied only
if an opportunity arises from time to time for consultation between the
Governments who are parties to the Agreement. It is as a result of these
circumstances that these sessions of the Contracting Parties have become the
sole existing international forum for the discussion cx commercial policy
questions on a world-wide basis. That the importance of our deliberations
in this connection is recognized by the Governments is evidanced by the high
level of the representation which I see before me to-day, and it is with great
pleasure that I welcome you all to this opening meeting of the Fifth Session.
I wish particularly to welcome tho representatives of these contracting
parties who are with us for the first time. As a result of the Annecy
negotiations the number cf the contracting parties has been increased by nine, so
that we now have representatives of 32 governments around this table. This fact
in itself is anothcr testimony of the vitality and strength of the General
Agreement. I feel certain that our deliberations will be enhanced by the
addition of those contracting parties who are with us for the first time. We
can look forward to their contributing constructively to our labours. I am
sure I am expressing the feelings of all the originally contracting parties in
bidding them a hearty welcome and inviting them to feel as much at home as if
they had been parties to the General Agreement from the outset.
It is also with pleasure that we welcome the return to our deliberations
of the Cuban Delegation who, at our Third Session, found it necessary to withdraw,
not from the General Agreement, but from participation in our sessions. Their
return to this Session evekes happy memories of the hospitality so many of us
received at Havana, and also recalls their active part Cuban delegations have
played in the past in the work partining to the General Agreement.
It is a further testimony of the importance of cur work that we have
with us to-day so many observers from other countries, from the United Nations,
and from other international agencies. With the contracting parties and the
observers the number of governments which can take part in our proceedings is GATT/CP.5/18.
Page 2.
44, and, besides, there are observers from three international agencies.
We have a close working arrangement with the International Monetary Fund
delegation. We look froward to receiving valuable assistance from them.
And,
t the other observers, I wish to express the hope that they will
find their attandance at our Session both instructive and profitable.
This time we have returned to the country where the work which
led to the conclusion of the General Agreement started. It was at the
was laid for the tariff negotiations which resulted in the General
Agreement. I know that all the other contracting parties will wish to
join with me in extending to the United Kingdom Delegation our most
sincere thanks for the arrangements which they have made for the conduct
of our proceedings. This beautiful room in which we are now meeting is
typical of all the arrangements which have been made to facilitate our
work. We are also very greatful to the Mayor and to the good people of
Tarquay for all they are doing to make us feel at home in these
beautiful surroundings.
The importance of this Fifth Session places a great responsibility upon all of us. It is essential for the future of the
General Agreement that we conduct our deliberations in a business-like
manner but with due despatch, always cognisant of the need for giving
thorough examination to the questions which are before us. Experience
has shown that our deliberations lose value if too much time is
spent in the investigation of any item since the need for a through
examination brings about maintain returns in respect the extext
of undue consumption of time. Now that we have attracted to our
deliberations the high-level representation which is so important to
the furture welfare of the General agreement, we must see to it that we
do not lose ground in this respect by undue procrastination or prolonged
discussion over matters of detail or legal technicalities, many of
which could often be left unresolved for the purpose of the enquiry we
As many as 31 items have been proposed for inclusion in our
provisional agenda. If we arguet get through these items both
thoroughly and expecticually we shall have to work hard and with
determination. I believe that if the delegations are so disposed it
will be feasible to accomplish all that is necessary within the time
limit which we have set sursolves. This objective is to bring the
Session to a close well before the Christmas holidays. I would appeal
to all delegations to co-operate with the Chairman to this end.
At the Fourth Session in Geneva we commenced the first stage
of the comprehensive review of import restrictions called for by the
provisions of the General Agreement. This will be carried a stage further
at this Session by consideration of the draft qustionnaire which is to be
sent to all contracting parties. We shall also continue at this Session
the examination of quantitative restrictions to elucidate the degree to
which some may possible be used for purposes inconsistent with the
provisions of the General Agreement. There will also be further
consultations on recont changes in import programmes as required by the
provisions of the General Agreement. GATT/CP.5/18.
Page 3.
This Session is taking place at the same time as the Third Round
of Tariff Receptiations. We have made every effort to arrange that
the tariff negotiations will not conflict with our deliberations and,
here, again, I must appeal to delegations to coexport to this end.
We do not want our deliberations to interfere with the tariff
negotiations, but it is even more important that the tariff negotiations
should not detract from the important work which we have to do. I am
therefore glad to see that many countries have sent additional
representatives to participate in our discussions without drawing upon those
when they had assigned to be responsible for the tariff negotiations.
At the some time, it will be necessary to give consideration to
certain aspects of the tariff negotiations which are being held under
the auspices of the Contracting Parties. There are a number of items
on the provisional agenda which relate to the conduct of the tariff
negotiations, particularly the arrangements for the accession of new
contracting parties as a result of the tariff negotiations.
It is encouraging to see that a number of contracting parties
have proposed items for inclusion in the agenda designed to bring
about a settlement of difficulties which have arisen in their relations
with other contracting parties. We should give to those complaints
the sympathetic consideration and attention which they deserve. I am
sure you will all agree that it is a constructive step that our
sessions are being used as a means for the examination of difficulties
which arise from time to time in the conduct of world trade. This shows
the value of having a code of good conduct and a forum in which the
application of this code can be discussed. It is the interests of
all of us that world trade should be conducted with minimum of friction
and that countries should have due regard for the legitimate interests
their own
of other countries in measures which they may adept for their own
purposes.
Other items on our provisioal agenda concern the adminstration
of the General Agreement. It is natural that, with the increase in our
numbers and the changing trends in world trade, the adminstration of
the General Agreemrnt should become more complex. We shall deal with these
matters at the current session and the experience and the experience which we pain will
enable us to give careful thought to the manner in which we can best
ensure the efficient administration in the future of the valuable
instrument which has been placed in our hands.
We can take pride in this instrument. As I look back on the
ceremony in the Council Room at the Palais des Nations on October 30,
1947, I see clearly that we were building then even better than we knew.
we realised that we were making history in giving life to the first
multilateral tariff agreement of wide scope. I do not think, however,
that any of us then foresaw the value which would arise form these
periadic sessions of the Contracting Parties in accordance with the
provisions of Article XXV. It is therefore with pride and satisfaction
that I welcome you bereto-day and it is with confidance that I look
forward to a constructive and profitable Fifth Session. |
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ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS GATT/CP/79
30 August 1950
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE FRENCH
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
Project d'Accord sur l'importation d'insocticidas, dos
matieros premieres et de l'equipement n cosstrires pour
la preparation dosdits insocticidebs, et des appareils
necessairms pour leur application et dastines exclusi-
votmont a etre utilises a dos fins d hygiene publique
par les organes de la Sante publique.
Le President des Parties Contractantes a reçu du Directeur-
Général par Intérim de l'Organisation Mondiale do la Santé le lettre
dont la teneur suit. On trouvora ci-annoxé le texte de la resolution
(annexe I) viséc dens la lettre, ainsi que le texte du project d'Accord
(annexe II).
"J'ai l'honneur de me référor a la resolution adoptec par la
Troisieme Assemblec de la Sante at qui visa a assurer la libro
circulation des insocticides et de leurs elements, ainsi que l'equi-
pement necessaire pour leur application (A3/R/60).
"La resolution precitec ost l'aboutissement d'une serie de
measures prises dans ce domain au cours de cos deux dernieres nneces
par l'ECOSOC, l'OMS et autros organisms interesses. Vous voudrez
bien trouver en annexe l'e texte des decisions en question et celui
de la resolution de l'Assamblee.
"I1 apparait que le meileur moyen de realiser l'objet di cetto
derniere serait de conclure un Accord Intornational prevoyant le levee
par 1G8s Etats qui Le ratify icraicnt ds droits do douz.ne ot taxes
assimilees applicables au mat'eriel on question. GATT/CP/79
Page 2.
"En consequence, un projet d'Acoord dont le texte vous est
adresse sous ce pli a et'elabore. Je vous serais tres oblige de
vouloir hien en soumettre le texte a la procaine session des
Parties Contractantes a Torquay, non point en vue d'une decision,
mais pour laur information et a l'effet de recueillir l'avis des
experts commerciaux qui participeront a cette reunion dana le but
d'en faire un instrument solide et viable du commerce international.
"Si la Session des Parties Contractantes a l'Accord general sur
les Tarifs douaniers et le Commerce qui se tiondra a Torquay accepte
d'examiner ces propositions, je serais heureux de saisir l'ocoasion
d'envoyer un representant de l'OMS, si les Parties Contractantes
le desirent, pour assister aux reunions lorsque la question sera
debattue.
"Comme je me propose de soumettre le project d'Aocord a la
septieme session du Conseil Executif au debut de 1951, il sera neces-
saire d'en distribuer le texte quelques mois au prealable. Il serat
done de la plus haute utilite pour notre Organisation que les Parties
Contractantes fussent eventuellement en mesure d'examiner notre
project en septembre ou octobre.
"Je me permets de vous remercier tres vivement a l'avance de
toute l'aide que vous pourrez nous apporter." |
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30 September 1950
TARIFFS AND TRADE Special Distribution
Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures
OUTLINE FOR -ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THE OPERATION
OF THE AGREEMENT
Note by the Secretariat
1. Article 19:6 of the Agreement states:
"The Committee shall review annually the implementation and operation of
this Agreement taking into account the objectives thereof. The Committee
shall annually inform the COINTRACTING PARITIES to the GATT of developments
during the period covered by such reviews."
A. Review
2. The main objectives of the Agreement that would need to be taken into account
by the Committee are those listed in the Preamble. The annual review of the
Committee should cover action by Parties to ensure proper implementation and
operation of the Agreement in the light of these objectives and of their specific
obligations under other provisions of the Agreement, as well as the operation of
the Agreement as a whole.
3. It is suggested that the operation of the following main provisions might be
given particular attention:
(a) national legislation (Article 19:5) - examination by the Committee of
the conformity of signatories' laws, regulations and administrative
procedures with the provisions of the Agreement;
(b) semi-amnual reports on all countervailing duty actions (Article 2:16);
(c) notifications of subsidies (Article 7) - notifications under Article XVI:l
of the General Agreement and notifications "on request " under Article 7;
(d) "second track" actions (Articles 12 and 13);
(e) developing countries (Article 14) - actions under, inter alia,
Articles 14:5, 14:8 and 14:9;
(f) conciliation and dispute settlement (Articles 17 and 18).
./. SCM/W/5
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4. In order to facilitate the conduct of the review the secretariat will
prepare a short report setting out all information available on actions taken
by signatories under the Agreement. For this purpose, it is suggested that
signatories should submit written statements about the action taken by them
under the items listed in paragraph 3 above to the extent that this has not
already been done in the normal course of the Committee's work.
B. Annual report to the CONTRACTING PARTIES
5. The report referred to in the second sentence of Article 19:6 would
cover all aspects of the work of the Committee. It is suggested that a pro-
cedure be used similar to that adopted in other GATT bodies. Accordingly, the
secretariat would present a draft report to the Committee for examination and
adoption. This would normally take place at the end of the meeting which
conducts the annual review. |
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ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS 23 May 1950
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE Original: FRENCH
PARTIES CONTRACANTES
PARTICIPATION DE La SUISSE A LA TROISIEAE SERIE
DE NEGOCIATIONS TARIFAIRES
Lettre du Gouvernement suisse en date du 19 mai 1950 i mz- 120
La lettreeteivante a 4t6 reueepar le Secretaire eedcutifaen r6ponse A
,a lettre par laquelle il a transmis le rapport GATT/CP.4/40 du Groupe
de teavail charge d'exaniner la question de la participation do la Suisse
dana les negociAtions t arifaires de Torquay.
" Je vous remercie vivement de votre lettre du 6 avril 1950
et de sea annexes. dont certaines sont parvenues avec retard 'Les autori-
t6s comp6temnt es ont souiscatte lettre A un exmen approfondi et J'ai
6td charee de vous r6pondre come suit:
" Du e8t6 suisse 6galenment, on regrette vive'ant qu'il nWait
pad dt6 possible de trouver une solutionapennettant A'la SVisse dfaccep-
ter invitation 'a prendre part A la conference de Torquiay sur les tariff
dmmaniers, Ceaee celae a WtX expoa oralement A plusieurs reprises, note
pays auraetetrand int6r~t Aapcrticeper A bes negociations.
Nous aeons constete avec int6r~t que selon le rapport du
Groupe de travail C du 31 mars 1950 (G,TT/CP.4/40)o "tous les membres ont
estim4 n6anmoins que le groupe de travail deveit re'onsiddrer Ivensemble
de la question, puisque toet le uonde 6tait partisan de trouvor, si pos-
sible, un moyen qai peruisse A la Si6i.. de partecipek aux ndgociations
deITorquay." Ie ressort trbs clairement ecede qui prdaede que le Groupe
de travail, -en accord complet avec la conference de La Havane et particu-
librement avec le rapport de sa Sous-Comnission G, est parti de la concep-
tion quon ne peut demander A la Suisse, en raison de sa situation tout
A fait'sp~ciale, dWaccepter sans reserve certaines dispositions de la
Charte de La .Havaxe ainsi que deee 'Accord g~nral. Cette eituation sp~ciale
de eaeSuisse a etd,een outre,ed6rite en d6ta:ls dens un expose (GATT/TN.
2/3/Add.e) complomis ui fut riis au president du Groupe de travail C
au d6but de janvier 1949, Les membres du Groupe de travail ont requ cet
eXPosX. GATT/CP/67
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"Or, & notre surprise, le rapport du Groupe de travail C,
ou ne figure pas la moindre allusion a cat expose, laiasee suppover
quo le Gouvernement suisse devrait et pourrait, en exmninant encore une
fois la question, renoncer a ses objections et accepter l'invitation a
la conference de Torqusy sans avoir, au predalable, obtenu un statut
special, coflqrme au desir qu'il avait exprime et qui. avait ete reconnu
come justitie. Noun avone examine une nouvelle fois avec soin lea ar-
tiales XIX, XXIII, XI et XXXV quo vous mentionnez specialement,
Cette etude a renforce encore notre conviction qu'aucune de ces die-
positions ne nous permet de renoncer a nos importantes objections,
Elles n'eliminent pas le fait decisif que la grande majority des payrs
pourraient prendre des mesures disoriminatoires dtune portee oonside-
rable & l'egard des exportations et du tourisme suieses ou lour porter
prejudice dune autre maniere, sans que la Suisse, qui serait liee par
lea dispositions claires de lacsord, put se defendre de facon tant
soit peu efficace, Cette question a deja fait l'ojet de discussions ap.
prosondies noua pensons donor qu'il est inutile d'entrer dans des
details..Nous nous referons cependant encore une fois a l'expose de
janvier 1949.
" Dana ces circonstances, le Conseil federal ne voit actuel-
lement aucune possibilite,, a son grand regret, de participer aux nego.
ciations de Torquay". |
GATT Library | gq062np2412 | Proces-Verbal de la Reunion D'un Groupe de Representants de Pays Peu Developpes Tenue le 21 Octobre 1964 | Accord General sur les Tarifs Douaniers et le Commerce, October 30, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) | 30/10/1950 | official documents | LDC/M/21 and LDC/M/21 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/gq062np2412 | gq062np2412_90330350.xml | GATT_141 | 738 | 4,786 | RESTRICTED
ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS LDC/M/21
30 octobre 1964
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE Distribution speciale
PROCES-VERBAL DE LA REUNION D'UN GROUPE DE REPRESENTANTS
DE PAYS PEU DEVELOPPES TENUE LE 21 OCTOBRE 1964
1. La vingt et unieme unionn d'un groupe de representants de pays peu. developpes
s'est tenue le 21 octobre 1964 sous la presidence de S.E. M. E. Letts, Ambassadeur
du Perou.
2 . Ont assiste. la reunion des represeritants de l'Argentine, du Bresil, du Chili,
de Cuba, de l'Inde, de l'Indonesie, d'Israel, de la Jamaique du Perou, de la
Rhodesie du Sud, de la Trinite et Tobago, de l'Ouganda, de la Republique arabe unie,
de l'Uruguay et de la Yougoslavie.
Projet de chapitre.
Paragraphe 3D (INT(64)560 et 566)
3. Le membre charge de la redaction du document INT(64)566 a propose certains
amendements à son projet qui devraient etre rediges de la fagon suivante:
"Les parties contractantes peu developpees adopteront des mesures propres
à. accroitre les changes et en particulier a renforcer la cooperation entre
elles,.eu egard à importance d'une expansion du commerce dans le monde entier.
Les parties contractantes peu developpees s'engagent à mettre en oeuvre, dans
toute la mesure du possible,. celles des dispositions qui precedent qui sont de
nature à contribuer à expansion de leurs échanges-mutuels et qui sont
compatibles avec leurs besoins actuels dans les domaines de l'economie et des
finances, la nature de leurs structures economique et financiere et leurs
programmes de developpement."
4. On a fait observer que ce texte pourrait impliquer que les parties contractantes
seraient assujetties aux procedures de consultation prevues au paragraphe 3B, etant
donne que ces procedures de consultation resultant de l'emploi des mots "dans la
mesure du possible" qui figurent maintenant dans le texte du document INT(64)566 revise.
Un certain nombre de membres ont souligne qu'il ne devrait y avoir aucune necessity
pour les pays en voice de developpement d'engager des consultations du type prevu
au paragraph. 3B.
./. LDC/M/21
Page 2
5. Un membre a demanded s'il ne serait pas possible. de laisser totalement de
cote, pour les pays en voie de developpement, l'idee d'engagement qui ressort
de la derniere phrase des deux documents INT(64)560 et INT(64)566, mais il. a.
ete signalé que, vraisemblablement, les pays developpés tiendraient fermement
a cette disposition.
6. Il a été décidé que les membres charges de la rédaction des deux documents
en discussion devront colleaborer a la rédaction d'un texte qui serait acceptable
aux deux.
Paragraphes 3A et 3B (INT(64)571)
7. Le groupe a examine la proposition presentée au debut de l'apres-midi par la
Communaute économique européenne consistent à ajouter les mots "en vue de parvenir
a une solution satisfaisante pour ces parties contractantes" la fin de la deuxieme
phrase du paragraphe: 3B.
8. Un certain nombre de membres ont fait observer que cet amendement d'apparence
anodine recouvrait probablement quelque preoccupation de fond. II se peut, a-t-il
été suggéré, que la Communaute interprète son amendment come excluan la possi-
bilite de decisions prises a la majority par les PARTIES CONTRACTANTES et recom-
mandant une action aux pays developpes. Il a également été suggere que ce libelle.
pourrait permettre aux pays developpes d'utiliser les consultations come une
tribune d'ou ils demanderaient une action reciproque des pays en voie de develop-
pement. Sur. ce dernier point, il a été suggere d'introduire dans la note expli-
cative à l'alinea h) du paragraphe 2 une reference aux paragraphes 3A et 3B afin
que l'idee de reciprocite de la part des pays en voie de développement soit expres-
sément exclue dans le contexte des engagements pris par les pays developpés. Un
membre a fait observer qu'il etait difficile d'envisager un cas ou un pays développé
pourrait exiger la réciprocite d'un pays en voie de developpement au cours d'une
consultation engage dans le cadre du paragraph 3B.
Preferences
9. Il a été convenu que le représentant de l'Inde devra presenter, au nom de la
plupart des pays en voie de developpement, une proposition visant à donner un
fondement juridique aux preferences. Il est egalement convenu que d'autres pays
peu développés seront libres de proposer au Groupe de travail des amendements au
texte indien, en particulier du fait, qui a été signalé, qu'un certain nombre de
pays en voie de.developpement n'auront pas vu le projet indien.
10. Il a encore ete decide que l'examen de la methode de "l'hypothese de travail"
devrait attendre jusqu'à ce que le secretariat ait presente son projet de propo-
sition. |
GATT Library | cd515yp4839 | Projet D'accord. Concernant L'imortation D'insecticide, de Maties Premieres et D'equipements Necessaires a la Preparation de ces Insecticides, Ainsi Que des Appareils Destines a Leur Emploi et Devant Etre Exclusivement Utilises par des Autorites de la Sante Publique, Pour les Besoins de L'hygiene Publique. : Preambule | United Nations World Health Organization, August 22, 1950 | World Health Organization | 22/08/1950 | official documents | GATT/CP/79 and GATT/CP/79 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/cd515yp4839 | cd515yp4839_90300300.xml | GATT_141 | 1,590 | 10,379 | UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION MONDIALE
ORGANIZATION DE LA SANTE
22 aout 1950
P R O J E T D' A C C O R D
CONCERNANT L'IMORTATION D'INSECTICIDE, DE MATIES PREMIERES ET ET D'EQUIPEMENTS
NECESSAIRES A LA PREPARATION DE CES INSECTICIDES, AINSI QUE DES APPAREILS
DESTINES A LEUR EMPLOI ET DEVANT ETRE EXCLUSIVEMENT UTILISES PAR DES AUTORITES
DE LA SANTE PUBLIQUE, POUR LES BESOINS DE L'HYGIENE PUBLIQUE
Preambule
Les Etats contractants
Considerant que les insecticides constituent actuellement le moyen le
plus efficace pour lutter contre les maladies transmises par les insectes et
qu'ils sont par consequent d1une importance primordiale pour l'amelioration
de la sante des peuples,
Considerant, d'autre part, que imposition de droits de douane et
de restrictions a l'importation concernant les insecticides et leurs produits,
les matideres premieres et l'equipement necessaires a leur fabrication, ainsi
que les appareils destines a leur emploi, sont prejudiciables aux campagnes
engagees contre les maladies humaines transmises par les insectes,
Affirment la necessite d'assurer la libre circulation de ces subs-
tances et de ce materiel a destination des pays qui desirent lep utiliser pour
des activites interessant l'hygiene publique, et conviennent, en consequence,
d'adopter les dispositions suivantes
ARTICLE I
1. Les Etats contractants s'engagent a ne pas prelever de droits de douane
ou d'autres taxes sur l'importation - ou sur des operations s'y rapportant -
des produits suivants destines a etre utilises exclusivement par les Autorites
de Sante publique a des fins d'hygiene publique
MH. 686. 50 - 2 -
1.1 Insecticides de base et leurs produits, utilises dans les campagnes
contre les insectes vecteurs de maladies de l'homme;
1.2 Matieres premieres servant a la fabrication locale de ces insecticides
de base et de leurs produits;
1.3 Equipement servant a la fabrication ou a la preparation de tels insecti-
cides et/ou de leurs produits;
1.4 Appareils servant a l'application de ces insecticides et de leurs pro-
duits qui ont été fabriques dans un autre Etat contractant;
2. Dens la mesure ou, par mesuro d'hygiene publique, le present Accord vise
a assurer la libre circulation et l'utilisation des insecticides, il ne s'appli-
que pas a ces substances et a ce materiel lorsqu'ils sont destines a etre
utilises a d'autres fins. Chacune des Parties contractantes est, par conséquent,
libre, dans le cadre des obligations formulees par le present Accord, d'appli-
quer toute mesure utile pour s'assurer que tout materiel importe est utilisé a
des fins d'hygiene publique.
3. Ies dispositions du paragraph l du present Article n'excluent pas la
possibility, pour I'une quelconque des Parties contractantes, de prélevers sur
les articles importés
3.1 des impots ou toutes autres taxes interned de quelque nature qu'elles
soient, etablis a 1'e poque de l'importation ou ulterieurement, et ne dépassant
pas ceux qui frappent, directement ou indirectement, les produits de mene
nature fabriqués dans le pays meme.
3.2 des emolument et droits, autres que les droits de douane, préleves par
les autorites gouvermementales sur 1'importation - ou sur des operations
s'y rapportant - dont le montant ne depasse pas le cout approximatif des
services fournis et qui ne constituent ni une mesure de protection indirecte
des produits nationaux, ni une taxation des importations pour des fins fiscalese. - 3 - ARTICLE II
Les Etats contractants qui, a un moment quelconque, appliqueraient des
mesures de contingentement ou de control des changes, s'ongagent a accorder,
dans la measure du possible, les devises etrangeres et les licences necessaires
pour l'importation des substances et du materiel vises a l'Article I du present
Accord.
ARTICLE III
Les Etats contractants s'engagent, dans la mesure du possible,
1) a poursuivre leurs communs efforts pour faciliter, par tous les moyens,
la libre circulation des insecticides, de leurs produits, des matieres pre-
mieres necessaires a leur fabrication, des appareils destines A leur application
et devant serovir a des fins d'hygiene publique, ainsi ui'a abolir ou a reduire
toutes restrictions a cette libre circulation qui ne sont pas visees dans le
present Accord;
2) a adopter des mesures administratives permettant de simplifier la
reglementation applicable A l'importation desdites substances et dudit materiel;
3) a faciliter l'accomplissement rapie et sur des formalites douanieres
concernant les substances et le materiel de cette nature.
ARTICLE IV
Le pr'esent Accord ne modifie et n'affecte en rien les lois et regle-
ments en vigueur dans l'un quelconque des Etats contractants, ni aucun des
traites intexmationaux, conventions, accords ou declarations signes par lui
et concernant les droits reserves (copy right) et les brevets.
ARTICLE V
Sous reserve des dispositions de toute convention anterieure) concern-
nant le reglement de conflits eventuels, a laquelle les Parties contractantes
auraient adhere les Etats contractants s'engagent a recourir a des negotiations
ou a une procedure de conciliation pour regler les differends qui pouprraient
surgir quant a l'interpretation ou a l'application du present Accord. - 4 -
ARTICLE VI
En cas de differend portant sur la nature des substances ou du materiel
imports et sur la possibilite de les considerer come rentrant dans les defini-
tions figurant aux alineas 1.1 a 1.4 de l'Article I, les Parties interessees
peuvent, d,un commun accord, soumettre un tel differend au Directeur general
de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante pour avis consultatif.
ARTICLE VII
Le preset Accord, dont les textes anglais et français font egalement
foi, porte la date de ce jour et demeure ouvert a la signature de tous les Etats
Membres de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante.
ARTICLE VIII
Les Etats Membres peuvent devenir parties au present Accord pour
1) la signature, sans reserve d'approbation;
2) la signciture, sous reserve d'approbation, suivie de l'accoptation;
3) l'acceptation pure et simple.
L'acceptation devient effective par le depot d'un instrument officiel
entre les mins du Directeur general de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante.
ARTICLE IX
Le present Accord entre en vigueur lorsque dix Etats Membres deviennen
parties a l'Accord.
ARTICLE X
1. Tout Etat, partie au present Accord a la date de son entree en vigueur,
prendra toutes les mesures necessaires pour en assurer la pleine et effective
application dans un delai de six mois a partir de la date susvisee. - 5 -
2. En ce qui concerne les Etats qui deviendraient parties au present Accord
posterieurement a la date de son entree en vigueur, lesdites measures devront otre
prices dans un delai de trois mois a partir de la date a laquelle ils deviennent
parties a cet Accord.
3. Dans un delai d'un mois a partir de l'expiration de la period mentionnee
dans les paragraphes 1 et 2 du present article, les Etats parties au present
Accord soumettent au Directeur general de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante un
rapport sur les measures par eux prices en vue d'en assurer la pleine et effective
application.
4. Par la suite, et conformement A l'Article 20 et au Chapitre XIV de la
Constitution de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante, tout Etat partie au present
Accord soumet au Directeur general de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante un.
rapport annuel sur les mesures prises par lui concernant cet Accord.
5. Le Directeur general de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante communique
ces rapports a tous les Etats parties au present Accord ainsi qu'a l'Organisation
International du Commerce (provisoiremnent a sa Commission Interimaire).
ARTICLE XI
Tout Etat Membre peut, lors de la signature de cet Accord ou au moment
du depot de l'instrument d'acceptation, ou a n'importe quelle date ulterieure,
declarer, par notification faite au Directeur general de l'Organisation Mondiale
de la Sante, que l'application du present Accord s'etend a l'ensemble ou a l'un
quelconque des territoires pour lesquels ledit Etat a la responsabilite de la
conduite des relations internationales.
ARTICLE XII
1. Deux ans apres la date d'entree en vigueur du present Accord, tout Etat
partie a cet Accord peut, on son nom propre ou au nom de l'un quelconque des
territoires dont il a la reponsabilite de la conduite des relations interna-
tionales, denoncer le present Accord en deposant, a cet effet, entre les matre
du Directeur general de l'Organisaticn Mondiale de la Sante, un instrument
ecrit. 2. La denonciation prend effet une annee apres la reception de l'instrument
de denonciation.
ARTICLE XIII
La Directeur general de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante informe
tous les Etats Membres de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante, ainsi que le
Secretaire general des Nations Unies, de la date A laquelle le present Accord
sera entre en vigueur Il les informe egalement de la date a laquelle d'autres
Etats Membres deviennent parties au present Accord, ainsi que des notifications
et denonciations aux articles XI et XII respectivement.
ARTICLE XIV
A la demande d'un tiers des Etats parties au present Accords, le
Directeur general de l'Organisation, Mondiale de la Santb inscrit a l'ordre du
jour de la prochaine session de l'Assemblee de la Sante la question de la
revision de cet Accord.
ARTICLE XV
1. En application du Reglement destine a donner effet a l'Article 102 de la
Charte des Nations Unies, le present Accord est enregistre aupres du Secre-
taire general des Nations Unies a la date de son entree en vigueur.
2. En foi de quoi les soussipnes, dument habilites, a ce effet, ont signe
le present Accord au nom de leurs Gouvernements respectifs.
Faith a .................... ce ...... jour de ............ mil neuf cent .......
en un seul exemplaire qui est depose dans les Archives de l'Organisation Mon-
diale de la Sante et dont des copies certifiees conformes seront delivrees a
tous les Etats Membres de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Sante ainsi qu'au
Seeretaire general des Nations Unies et a l'Organisation. Internationale du
Commerce (et provisoirement a sa Commission Interimaire). |
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ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 28 November 1950
BILINGUAL
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
PROPOSAL TO DERESTRICT DOCUMENT GATT/CP/61
"DECISIONS, DECLARATION AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE
CONTRACTING PARTIES AT THE FOURTH SESSION"
The United. States Delegation has proposed that the Contracting Parties
decide at an early meeting to de-restrict document GATT/CP/61, "Decisions,
Declaration and Resolutions of the Contracting Parties at the Fourth Session",
effective immediately. This proposal is made in view of the public interest
in the work of the Contracting Parties. Normally this document would not be
derestricted until 31 March 1951.
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Cinquième Session.
PROPOSITION TENDANT A LA MISE EN DISTRIBUTION GENERALE DU
DOCUMENT GATT/CP/61 "DECISIONS, DECLARATION & RESOLUTIONS ADOPTEES
PAR LES PARTIES CONTRACTANTES LORS DE LEUR QUATRIEME SESSION
La délégation des Etats-Unis a proposé que les Parties Contractantes
décident, au cours d'un des premieres séancees qu'elles tiendront prochainement,
de mettre en distribution générale, avec effect immediate, le document GATT/CP/61
"Décisions, Déclaration et Résolutions adoptées par les Parties Contractants
lors de leur Quatrième Sessior." Cette proposition est soumise on raison is
l'intérêt mainfesté par le public peur les travaux des Parties Contractantes.
Normalement, ce document n'aurait pas été mis en distribution générale avant
le 31 mars 1951. |
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ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP/40/Add.8
10 February 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL:
FRNCH/ENGLISH
Parties Contractantes
PROTOCOLE D'ANNECY DES CONDITIONS D'ADHESION
ADDEUM
Adhesion de la Grece
Selon une notification recente recue du Secretaire
general de l'Organisation des Nations Unies, le 7 fevrier 1950
a Lake Success le Gouvernement de la Grece a revetu de sa
signature le Protocole d'Annecy des conditions d'adhesion, les
Protocoles portant remplacement des Listes I et VI, le Premier
Protocole de modification et le Troisieme Protocole de recti-
fication et il a par ailleurs depose les instruments d'accep-
tation du Protocole NO 4 portant modification de la Partie I
et de l'article XXIX, ainsi que du Protocole NO 7 portant
modification de l'article XXVI.
En consequence, la Grece deviendra partie contractante
a compter du 9 mars 1950.
Contracting Parties
ANNECY PROTOCOL OF TERMS OF ACCESSION
ADDENDUM
Accession of Greece
Greece signed the Protofol of Terms of Accession on
7 February at Lake Suocess, together with the protocols
replacing Schedules I and VI, the First Protocol of Modifi-
cations and the Third Protocol of Rectifications and deposited
instruments of acceptance for the Protocols number 4 modifying
Part I and Article XXIX and number 7 modifying Article XXVI.
Accordingly Greece will become a Contracting Party on
9 March 1950. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR RESTRICTED
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP.4/l/Rev.1
27 January 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL:ENGIISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
Provisional Agenda
The following is the agenda proposed for the meeting of the
Fourth Session of the Contracting Parties which will be held at
Geneva. The opening meeting will take place in the Palais des
Nations at 3:00 p.m. on 23 February 1950. This agenda includes
subjects proposed by contracting parties by 23 January in
accordance with Rule 1 of the Rules of Procedure.
1. Adoption of Agenda.
2. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
3. 1950 Tariff Negotiations
(i) Enquiry from Switzerland re participation
(GATT/TN. 2/3).
(ii) Communication from Czechoslovakia re participation
of Western Germany (GATT/TN.2/4 Add.1).
(iii) Proposal by the United Kingdom to re-validate the
Geneva and Annecy Schedules (GATT/CP.4/7).
(iv) Determination of venue (GATT/CP.4/2 and Addenda).
(v) Other plans and arrangements.
4. Status of the Agreement and Protocols
(i) Note by Executive Secretary (GATT/CP.4/6 and
GATT/CP/40 Add.6)
(ii) Proposal by South Africa (GATTØCP.4/5).
5. Application of Annecy Schedule XIV (Norway) (GATT/CP.3/84).
6. Australian Subsidy on Ammonium Sulphate (GATT/CP.3/61).
7. Review of Brazilian Internal Taxes (GAT/CP.3/42 para.19).
8. Rectification and Modification of Schedules
(i) Schedule VI - Ceylon - Report on negotiation.
(ii ) Schedule X - Czechoslovakia (GATT/CP/27 & Corr.1).
iii) Schedule XV- Pakistan (GATT/CP/41).
(iv) Annecy Schedules (GATT/CP.4/3 and Add.1).
* 9. Commuincations from South Africa on the Application of
Import Restrictions (Secret/CP/1 and Add.1).
*N.B.The United States Government has advised that their financial
experts will not be available to attend the Fourth Session on
February 23rd. Accordingly they propose that consideration
of items 9 to 12 and 20 should be deferred until March 6. GATT/CP.4/1/Rev.1
Page 2.
10. Intensification of Import Restrictions under Article XII
(GATT/CP. 3/68 and GATT/C P.4/1J)
11. Report on Exceptions to the Rule of Non-discrimination -
Article XIV:1(g) (GATT/CP/39 and draft report to '8e
distributed).
12. Special Exchange Agreements and procedural arrangements for
their implementation. (GATT/CP.3/44 and Add.1, and Reso--
lutions of the Third Session in pages 31 to, 33 of GATT/CP/32).
13. Notifications under Article XVIII:
( i) Notification by Haiti (GATT/CP.3/40);
ii) Application by Southern Rhodesia (Secret/CP/2);
iii) Decision on certain measures notified by Syria
and Lebancn (GATT/CP.3/60 Rev.1, p.38).
14. Consideration of Proposals to give effect to the Provisions
of Chapter VI of the Havana Charter (GATT/CP.3/72 & SR.41.
15. Budget Report for 1949/50 (GATT/CP.4/9).
16. Distribution of Documents (GATT/CP.4/8),
Subjects proposed by contracting parties:
by the United States:
17. Derestriction of Documents (GATT/CP.4/4).
18. Review of Application of Quantitative Restrictions .n
Exp- rts designed to stimulate Exports or to afford
Protection to domestic Industry.
19. Review of Application of Quantitative Restrictions on
Imports designed to afford Protection to domestic Industry.
20. Arrangements for regular Reporting in accordance with
para. 2 of Annex J. (To be considered with item 11.)
by France:
21. Further Examination of the Requests of the Director-General
of UNESCO which were discussed at the Third Session.
22. Meeting of the Contracting Parties required by Article XXIX.
23. Date of Fifth Session.
24. Other businessj
The Government of France suggests that the Contracting
Parties should take note of the work undertaken by the
European Customs Union Study Group on customs nomen-
clature and questions of customs regulations. |
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25 February 1950
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, WHICH CONTEMPLATE
SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
Note by the Executive Secretary
At the second meeting of this Session, the CONTRACTING
PARTIES requested the Secretariat to prepare a list of the
provisions of the Agreement which require individual contracting
parties to submit information to the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
The following is a review of the provisions of the
agreement which in one way or another involve the submission
of information to the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
(a) Information to be furnished regularly:
Annex J, paragraph 2: This appears to be the only prc-
vision in the Agreement where regular submission of information
is required. The character of the requirement has been
pointed out and discussed in the memorandum submitted by the
United States (GATT/CP.4/15).
(b) Information required if and wen specific action
is taken by a contracting party:
The following provisions of the Agreement require the
submission of information specifically when or before a certain
action is taken:
(i) Article XVI: Subsidies. A contracting party which
grants or maintains any subsidy including any form of
income or price support, which operates directly or in-
directly to increase experts of any product from, or to
reduce imports of any product into, its territory, is
required to notify the CONTRACTING PARTIES of. te extent
and nature of the subsidization, of the estimated effect
of the subsidization on the quantity of the affected
product or products imported into or exported from its
territory and of the circumstances making the subsidiza-
tion necessary.
(ii) Article XIX: Emergency Action on Imports of
Particular Products. Paragraph 2 requires a contracting
party to give prior notice to the CONTRACTING PARTIES of
any decision to suspend an obligation or to withdraw or
modify a concession under the provisions of paragraph 1.'
(iii) Article XXIV: Customs Uions and Free Trade Areas.
A contracting party deciding to enter into a customs
union or free trade area or an interim agreement leading
to the formation of such a union or area is required to
notify the CONTRACTING PARTIES (sub-paragraph 7(a)):
Similarly, a contracting party making a substantial change
in the plan or schedule included in such an interim
agreement is required to advise the CONTRACTING PARTIES. GLTT/CP.4/16
page 2
(c) Information which may be requested by the Contracting
In certain articles of the Agreement, it is expressly
provided that the CONTRACTING PARTIES may request from
contracting parties reports on steps taken by them in
pursuance of the provisions of a certain article or infcrma-
tion which is necessary four carrying out a certain action by
the CONTRACTING PARTIES,
(i) Article VII: Valuation for Customs Purposes.
The CONTRACTING PARTIES may request contracting parties
to submit reports on steps taken by them in pursuance
of the provisions of this Article.
(ii) Annex J: Under paragraph 2 of this Annex the
CONTRACTING PARTIES may request a contracting party
taking action under paragraph 1 to provide relevant
information regarding such action;
On the other hand the CONTRACTING PARTIES are required
by the provisions of the Agreement to take certain action at
certain prescribed timex. or under certain prescribed con-
ditions. In taking such action, it may be thought
advisable for the CONTRACTING PATIES toc request information
from individual contracting parties, although there is no
explicit provision in the Agreement obliging the individual
contracting parties to supply such information. The
following are among such provisions:
(i) Article XII: Restrictions to Safeguard the
Balance of Payments: Under .paragraph 4 (b) the
CONTRACTING PARTIES are required to review all restric-
ticns applied under Article XII not later than January
1, 1951, and under paragraph 5 the CONTRACTING PARTIES
are required to initiate discussions in the event that
there exists a persistent and widespread application of
restrictions under this Artiele.-
(ii) Article XIV: Exceptions to the Rule of Non-
Discrimination: Under paragraph 1 (g) the CONTRACTING
PARTIES are required to report not later than March 1,
1950 and on each year thereafter on any action still
being taken by the contracting parties under sub-
paragraphs (b) and (c) or under Annex J: |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP.5/43 11 December 1950
___ ______0 O ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fif'th Session
PUBLICTlON OF A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS
TO FACILITATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT
Note by the Executive Secretary
The Executive Secretary, received. on Decernber 5, 1950, the following
letter from the Leader of the Norwegian Deleation.
"I have been instructed by rny Government to put forward the
proposal that the Secrotariat should give out a printed collection
of importatn GATT documents. The Norwegian authorities are of
ocin~ci t'hat such a. cdllection ^-f .cur.onts v;Jou1:i `OC cf very . re mt
hc;ln ..hn - calinc -,it'. thc nr:oblcr.s -.rleinr n connectior- ;.th thc.
..r-reczc.-ct. I ;-rould1 sum! est t;hat t he cdl.loct:ior sh.ul' evcntu ally
inclu-le accuren.ts ~.-hich ~-ill have a rcv.ilinr.s irnpotr.r.,I`'ce f or thcw
uxnc1rstandinl: ans. intorpretation cf thc .L;rcc' e'!t. .ssuch I
unclcerstoandl, f8or instance, rc->orts *anci sumrnaXry rCccor-s frnrt the
:vorlin,, partiess vhichl v;,ere chal^rge ;;Dl.-;th the- ciraftins< cfq thn voariuz
articles. "
The following practical sugestions might be considered by the
contracting Parties when the Norwegian proposal is discussed:
1. All the documents of the Preparatory Committee and of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Employment have been issued as unrestricted documents
and all governments have received a supply of these documents; the report of
the committees and Sub-Committees of the Havana Charter have been published
under the symbol ICITO/1/8.
2. The Secretariat has been working during the recent months on an index of
all documents which have a bearing on the interpretation of the various articles
fo the General Agreement. As the basis of that index, the Secretariat is _
pre;p.rin2 .an an..l.ysis of theN prinlcipa.l ;«cints rclatinCk t^ the in.tcr-cnrctati12.
:cf thlo., Lrticlcs. It is su;-rcstc l that th- s anl ysi. be mad e .av i . lr t,
thze Oonitr xctir.y- ?articX o.s zor a.s ':-ssiblo. T^he Ocvernr.cents cocul-I cx2:A--l.
thkf :locurnentv andc d.ecid, n .t thce Sixthf SecssioDn, :A.ltherl it wr-^uld! b c; :2sefu.l. t-'1
zupy: l.remcnt tho p:ublica^tionl cf thec R.~ ,-.i'sL cf thc Corr:;.i.ttss nr. Sub-Cor.r.iwtt; ;::;
cf the, Î-Lan Co71 nferonce- by tho -:ublicati:on o? ::Jd'iti^z .1 selectuJ dc u::cr - k.U`!!
3. As regards the documents of the Contracting parties the Secretariat
could be instructed to submit of for the Sixth Session a list of decisions,
declarations and recommendations of the first five sessions of the Contracting
Partics and of Working Parties' reports which could be published together with
the Rules of Procedure of the Contractinhg Parties. |
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GATT/CP/ 59
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH FRENCH 12 April 1950
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
QUATRIEME PROTOCOLE DE RECTIFICATION
Le 3 avril 1950, le Quatrieme Protocole de Rectification
etabli par les Parties Contractantes lors de leur Quatrieme
Session a ete revetu de la signature des pays suivants:
Belgique
Etats-Unis d'Amerique
Etats-Unis d'Inxdonesie
France
Luxembourg
Norvege
Rhodesie du Sud
Royaume Uni
Ce Protocole a ete depose auores du Secretaire General des
Nations Unies et il est ouvert a la signature a Lake Success.
Il entrera en vigueur le jour ou il aura ete revetu de la
signature de tous les Gouvernements qui seront alors
parties contractantes. |
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LIMITED W
ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS GATT/CP.5/C/2
17 novembre 1950
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Cinquieme Session
RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL "C" DES QUESTIONS BUDGETAIRES
PROJET
I. Previsions de depenses pour 1951
1. Le Groupe de travail a examine les previsions de depenses du GATT pour
1951 qui figurent dans la note du Secr6taire executif en date du 24 octobre 1950
et a decide de recommender l'approbation des previsions des Parties I et II
telles qu'elles figurent dans le document GATT/CP.5/10 (pages 3 et 6-11), sous
reserve des modifications suivantes
a) une reduction de la rubrique 3: "Autreis reunions" qui est ramenee de
$ 20.000 a $ 10.000;
b) la suppression de la rubrique 4(ii) "Consulteits", soit $ 10.000.
2. Si le Groupe de travail a propose de reduire le credit affecte a la rubrique
3 "Autres reunions", c'est par ce que, a son avis, il suffirait, au stade actuel,
de prevoir pour 1951 des reunions d'une duree tres limitee entre les sessions,
comme, par exemple, une courte session speciale des Parties Contractantes pour
examiner los points de l'ordre du jour do la cinquieme session qui n'auraient pas
ete regles a la date du 22 decembre 1950 et une courte session d'un groupe de
travail. Si, au cours de la presente ou de la sixieme session, les Parties
Contractantes decident de convoquer d'autres reunions entre les sessions, les
frais afferents a cs reunions devront etre couverts au moyen au credit affecte
aux depenses imprevues.
5. En ce qui concerne les autres rubriques de la premierc partie "Reunions",
le Group de travail a releve que les provisions sont fondees sur la supposition:
(a) que la cinquieme session des Parties Contractantes sera termninee avant
la fin de l'annee;
(b) que la Conference tarifaire de Torquay prendra fin le 31 mars 1951
au plus tard;
(c) que les delegations fourniront au Secretariat les stencils des Listes
definitives, dans les deux langues, prets a etre tires et que si des
delegations ont besoin d'une aide du Secretariat pour la traduction
ou la preparation de ces lists, cette aide ne sera accordee que
meyennant remboursement integral des frais;
(d) que les frais de la sixieme session des Parties Contractantes ne
depasserent pas ceux d'une reunion tenue a Geneve pendant 6
semaines au plus.
Le Groupe de travail a decid6 que toute proposition tendant a prolongor la
duree ou a augmenter les frais de session des Parties Contractantes ou de la
Conference tarifaire, devra etre examinee suivant la procedure prevue au para-
graphe 23 ci-apres. GATT/CP/5/C/2
Page 2
4. En ce qui concerne le point 4(ii) Consultants, le Groupe de travail a
emis l'opinion que la preparation des rapports sur les restrictions quantitatives
pouvait etre confie aux fonctionnaires permanents du Secretariat et qu'il n'etait
pas preve au stade actuel, d'autres travaux necessitant necessitant les services de
consultants.
5. Le tableau suivant fait ressortir les reductions proposees et les
credits recommandes par le Groupe de travail pour la prmiere et la deuxieme
partie des previsions de depenses :
Proposition du Secretaire Reduction Proposition du Groupe
executif de travail
Lere Partie 72.000 10.000 62.000
IIeme Partie 315.281 10.000 305.281
Total 387.281 20.000 367.281
II. Crelits a affecter aux deponses impreyues
1. Le Groupe de travail s'est ensuite preccupe de la question des
depenses imprevues et a examine a cet egard la proposition du Secretaire
executif visant la creation d'un Fonds de roulement. Tout en reconnaissant
qu'un tel found presenterait des avantages techniques pour resoudre la question
des depenses impreveus ainsi que les autres problemes que souleve le besoin de
disponiilites liuides, le Groupe de travail est arrive a la conclusion qu'il
serait preferable d'ajourner toute decision au sujet de la proposition en
qution jus qu'a le soxieme session.
La delegation des Etats-Unis a porpose l'arrangement suivant :
(a) On ajouterait aux previsions de deponses une rubrique nouvelle qui
Troisieme Partie : Depensesb imprevues ? 36.000
(b) On laisser it a la disnosition du decretaire executif pour etre
utilise de la maniere approuvee par les parties Contractantes, tout
solde en excedent de ? 61.000 sur les rentree de fonds au titre
d'arrieres de contributions; toutefois, l'assentiment des
Parties Contractantes ne sera pas necessaire pour financer les
depenses approuvees de 1951, on attendant le versement des
contributions.
8. Le credit affecte aux depenses imprevues representarait, selon cette
proropsition, environ 10 des previsions de depenses au lieu des 15 suggeres par
le Cecretaore executif. Le Groupe de travail a considere que'pour couvrir les
depenses imprevues un crelit de 10 du budget dudget devait normalement suffire. II a
reconnu, cependant, qu'en chiffres absolus, la somme de ? 36.000 n'etait pas tres
elevee et que si le programme de travil devait etre sensiblement modifie au
cours de la presente ou de le prochaine session, elle pourrait se reveler
insuffisante. Le Groupe de travail a suggere que le Secretaire executif soit
charge de faire rapport aux parties Contractantes a la sixieme session en ce
qui concerne les engagements contractes au titre de depenses imprevues. GATT/CP. 5/C/2
Page 3.
S'il apparaissait que le credit affecte aux depenses imprevues a fait l'objet
de prelevements importants, les Parties Contractantes auraient encore a leur
disposition le solde en caisse mentionne au paragraphe 7 (b) pour faire face
aux besoins.
9. En consequence, le Groupe de travail a approuve l'arrangement propose et
en a recommande l'adoption a titre d'expedient temporaire pour faire face a la
situation en 1951. II tient cependant a souligner que les gouvernements
devraient examiner soigneusement la proposition visant a creer un fonds de
reserve, afin de permettre a leurs delegations d'arriver a une decision lors.
de la sixieme session des Paeties Contractantes.
10. Les previsions budgetaires revisees telles qu'elles sont recommanandees
par le Groupe de travail sont reproduits a l'anncxeA du present rapport.
III. Disponibilites de caisse
11. Le Groupe de travail a etudie avec attention, d'apres les renscignements
fournis par les delegations et le Secretariat, quelle serait la tandance
probable des recettes et des depenses pendant les quatre trimestres de 1951.
A la suite de cette etude, il est arrive aux conclusions suivantes :
ler trimestre
(a) Les Etats-Unis et d'autres delegtations verseront les contributions
prevues pour 1951 le 31 janvier 1951 au plus tard, a la condition
que le chiffre fixe leur soit communique avant la fin de l'annee
en.cours. Ces montants, ainsi que la fraction des contributions
arrierees dont on escompte la rentree avant avril 1951, depasseraient
legerement les depenses probables pendant ce trimestre. --
2eme trimestre
(b) Un grand nombre d'autres delegations ont deja indique que leur
contribution serait versee pendant le mois d'avril; ces rentrees
couvriront pleinement les depenses du deuxiemc trimestre.
3eme et 4eme trimestres
(c) Les renseignements reçus jusqu'ici ne sont pas suffisants pour
evaluer le montant des recetes dont on disposera pour faire face
aux depenses du second semestr. de l'annee.
12. II n'y aurait, par consequent, pas dc grave probleme a resoudre Si toutes
les contributions afferentes a 1951 et aux exercicos anterieures etasent
versees au Secretaire executif avant lc 30 juin 1951; toutefois, si un certain
nombre de parties contractantes venaient a retarder le versement de leur
contribution au dela de cette date, le Secretaire executif se trouverait en
presence de graves difficultes de caisse.
13. Le Groupe de travail se voit dans l'obligation d'attirer l'attention
des Parties Contractantes sur le fait que l'experionce faite en 1950 a ete
extremement decevante a cet egard. Si, l'annee prochaine, a cette epoque,
le chiffre des arrieres de contributions atteint la meme importance que
cette annee, il est clair qu'il faudra rechercher, au cours de la sixieme
session, un tnoyen quelconque de resoudre ce probleme. GATT/CP. 5/C/2.
Page 4.
14. Sur les instructions ds Parties Contractantos, le Groupe de travail a
examine soigneusement la queistion des arrieres de contributions et soumet
les faits et observations ci-apres.
15. Comme l'indique le document GATT/CP/84, $ 58.000 environ restaient dus
a la date du 31 octobre 1950 au titre des contributions de 1949 et 1950.
Depuis la distribution de ce document, le Bureau des finances des Nations Unies
a Geneve a reçu deux contributions, et certaines delegations ont fourni des
renseignements plus precis au sujet du paiement de leur contribution de 1950.
La situation actuelle peut etre resumee comme suit:
(a) Sommes payees depuis le 31 octobre 1950
Tchecoslovaquie contribution Le 1950 )
Grece contribution de 1950)
Pakistan Listes d'Annecy )
7.968,59 dollars
(b) Rentrees attendues avant le 31 decembre 1950 1 5.902,58 dollars
Bresil
Birmanie
Indonesie
(c) Rentrees attendues pencdant le premier trimestre
de 1951
Italie
Chili
contribution de 1950 )
sole de la contri-
bution de 1950
(d) Arrieres de paiements au suejet desquels
aucune indication n' a ete fournie
Chine contributions de 1949 14.351,72
et 1950
Grece Listes d'Annecy 474,77
Nicaragua Conference d'Annecy de
1949 et contribution :de
1950 3.550,43
Syrie, Contribution de 1950 2.650,43
Uruguay Conference d'Annecy de
1949 et Listes d'Annecy 1.264,50
12,352.13 dollars
22.291,85 dollars
dollars
16. Le Groupe de travail a releve que, dans le cas de certains pays, le
paiement a ete retare par des difficultes interieures de caractere
technique qui seront surmontees l'annee prochaine. Dans d'autres cas,
cependant, le Groupe de travail ne connait pas les raisons des retards.
En consequence, il recommande que les Parties Contractantes attirent
l'attention des gouvernements interesses sur les graves repercussions que
tout retard injustifie dans le paierent de leurs contributions exercerait
sur la stabilite financiere des Parties Contractantes. GATT/CP. 5/C/2
Page 5
IV. Mayens de financer les depenses de 1951
17. Etant donne que l'IOINO ne sora yas on mesure de maintenir
l'arrangement on vigueur en 1950 pour le remboursoment des services rendus
aux Parties Contractantes; le Groupe de travail rocommande que les deponses
encourues, en 1951 par l'ICITO pour le compte des Parties Contractantes soient
rembourses integralement et aussi promptement que possible. Cotte decision
serait compatible avec le principle enonce au paragraphe 7 du rapport du Groupe
de travail 9 des questions budgetaires (Budget/3, page 2) que les Parties
Contractantes ont approuve a leur troisieme session.
18. Lc Groupe de travail a examine alors comment il serait possible de
faire face aux charges supplementaires sane augrenter d'une maniere appreciable
les contributions individuelles des parties contractantes on 1951.
19. La tache assignee au groupe de travail a ete graniement facilitee
par le fait que, grace au strict controle exerce par le Secretaire executif sur
les depenses en 1950, la presente annnee financiere se financiere se torminera avec un leger
solde en caisse ot un actif appreciable sous forme de contributions non encoure
versees(i). Cette source supplementaire de revenus qui, pour une grande
partic, seront disponibles dans les premiers mois de 1951, pourrait etre
utilises pour completer les rentrees provenant des contributions de 1951.
(i) L'actif not du compte du GATT au 31 decembre 1950 est evalue
comme suit:
Excedent des rontrees au 31 octobre 1950 sur
les depenses preveues au 31 decembre 1950 $ 5.000,-
Note: Ces previsions no comprennent pas les sommes
qui pourront etre economisees au course du
dernier trimestre de l'Annec.
Sommes a recevoir au 31 octobre 1950
a) Contributions de 1949 et de 1950
plus Listes d'Annecy.....................$58.000,-
b) Sommes dues per les gouvernements adherents
de la Conference de Torquay....................$ 29.000,-
Total.........$92. 000,-
20. Les 'ressources proposees par le Groupe de travail pour faire face aux
depenses de 1951 sont enumerees ci-apres:
dollars
a) Contrixations de 1951 319.781
b) Solde on: caisse a la date du 31 decembre 1950
ot paiements reçus on 1951 au titre des
exercices 1949 ot 1950 jusqu'a concurrence de 61.000
c) Pentrees diverses evaluees a 22. 500
403. 281 GATT/CP.5/C/2
Page 6.
IV. Observations generales
21. A l'avis du Groupe de travails les propositions enoncees ci-dessus
obligeront le Secretaire executif a exercer un control quotidien sur les
depenses et a appliquer, comm; il l'a fait jusqu'ici, la methode des
budgets mensuels pour s'assurer que les engagements restent dans les limites
des sommes effectivement disponibles ou de celles dont on peut raisonna-
blement escompter la rentree avant l'echeance des paiements resultant des
engagements.
22. Toutefois, le Groupe de travail reconnait qu'en raison du manque de
souplesse des credits et an l'absence d'une reserve de caisse substantielle,
le Secretaire exeoutif eprouvera peut-etre pendant le second semestre de
1951 quelque difficulte a se conformer strictement a la regle fixee au
paragraphe 2 ci-dessus, sans diminuer indument les services rendus aux
parties contractantes. C'est pourquoi il est proposed que les Parties Con-
tractantes conviennent d'examinor a nouvau la. situation lors de leur
Sixieme Session a la lumiere des rapports que le Secretaire executif sera
dispose a soumettre au sujet des engagements pour depenses imprevues et des
rentrees des contributions.
23. Le Groupe de travail recommande egalement que les Parties Contractantes
adoptent la procedure en vigueur a l'Organisation des Nations Unies lorsque
des propositions entratnant des depenses supplementaires viennent en dis-
cussion. Conformement a cette procedure, aucune porposition entrainant des
depenses supplementaires n'est recevable a moins qu'eIle ne soit accompagnee
d'un expose des consequences financieres qui en decoulent, etabli par le
Secretariat, et que la question des fonds suffisants a prevoir ne soit
examinee formellement.
V. Bareme des Contributions
24. Le Groupe de travail a examine s'il etait souhaitable de reviser,
dans les circonstances actuelles, la bareme des contributions.
25. Pour des raisons d'ordre pratique, qui sont exposes dans le paragraphe 11
du present rapport, le financement des depenses au cours du premier trimestre
de 1951 depend dans une large mesure des rentrees des contributions de
certaines parties contractantes pendant le mois de janvier prochain. Pour
atteindre cet objectif, le Secretariat devrait etre a meme d'envoyer a
ces gouvernementsau plus tard le 30 novembre l'avis officiel des contributions
dues paraux. La proposition presentee par le gouvernement tchecoslovaque
exigerait un examen approfondi et-detaille qui retardrait la presentation
du rapport du groupe de travail. En outre, les debats qui ont eu lieu au
sein du group de travail ont fait ressortir que les deleations sont
disposees a envisager sunlement des arrangements provisoires pour le finan-
cement des depenses en 1951. Los arguments invoques contre l'adoption
d'arrangements de caractere plus permanent sont egalement applicables a une
revision substantielle du b bareme des contributions.
26. C'est pourquoi le Groupc do travail a abouti a la conclusion qu'il
ne serait pas souhaitable de modifier le bareme actuel des contributions
au cours de la presente sessien, etant entendu que toute partie contrac-
tante aura la faculte de reprsndre cette question a une session ulterieure
et de presenter toute proposition utile a cet effet GATT/CP.5/C/2
Page 7
27. Le represeintant tchecolsovaque n'a pas ete en mesure d'accepter les
arguments invoques a l'appui de cette conclusion. Selon lui, le bareme pro-
pose par sa delegation est simple, pratique ot equitable et il espere since-
rement que,dans un proche avenir,les gouvernement parties a l'Accord general
examineront sa proposition avec toute attention voulue.
28. En ce qui concerne le paiement des contributions, le Groupe de travail
recommande que Ies Parties Contractantes acquittent leur contribution de 1951
des que possible, et on tout cas le 30 avril 1951 au plus tard. les gouverne-
ments qui ont l'intention d'adherer a l'Accord general apres la cloture de la
Conference de Torquay, seront invites a contribuer aux depenses des Parties
Contractantes en 1951 s'ils doviennent parties contractantes au cours de ladite
annee. De maniere a eviter tout retard dans le versement de ces contributions,
il serait sonhaitable que ces gouvernement puissent prendre cc fait en con-
sideration:.lorsqu'ils deoideront de leur adhesion. Etant donne que leur adhe-
sion sera peut-etre retardec jusqu'au.second semestre de 1951,il serait desi-
rable qu'ils puissent prendre toutes mesures utiles pour s'assurer qu'ils se-
ront autorises a versor leurs contributions des qu'ils deviendront parties
contractantes;
VI. Autres questions financieres et admnistratives
29. Le Groupe de travail a pris note que l'adoption probable d'un nouveau
bareme de traitemements par l'Assembles Generale des Nations Unies pourrait
impiquer certains amenagements dans les arrangements administratifs du Se-
cretariat de l'ICITO. Il. a ete convenu qu'il serait souhaitable de proceder
a ces amenagements si le Secretaire executif a la conviction que le nouveau
bareme est approprie aux conditions dans lesquelles se trouvent les Parties
Contractantes.
30. En ce qui congerne les arrangements relatifs a la comptabilite et a
l'apurement des comptes proposes par le Secretairc Executif, le Groupe de
travail a estime que les relations existant ontre le GATT et l'ICITO sont
d'une nature telle qu'elles exigent la tenue de livres et de comptes distinets
qui puissent etre inspectes par les gouvernements interesses. II estime en
consequence que le Secretariat devrait etre autorise a tenir sa propre compta-
bilite on ce qui concerne les recettes et les depenses du GATT, et. a prendre
les arrangements qu'il estimera les moilleurs pour lui permettre de s'acquitter
de ses obligations financieres envers les gouvernements parties a l'Accord ge-
neral.
VII. Conclusions
Le Group de travail soumet aux Parties Contractantes, aux fins d'examen
et d'approbation, un project de resolution sur les depenses des Parties Contrac-
tantes en 1951 et sur les moyens envisges pour faire face a ces deponsses. GATT/CP. 5 /C. 2
PROJET DE RESOLUTION SUR LES DEPENSES DES PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
EN 1951 ET LES MOYENS ENVISAGES POUR FAIRE FACE A CES DEPENSES
I
Les PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
AYANT examine les previsions de depenses des Parties Contractantes pour
1951 qui figurent dans les tableaux reproduits en annexe a la presente Resolu-
tion,
DECIDENT que :
1. Le Secretaire executif est autorise a rembourser sans delai a l'ICITO les
services rendus au cours de l'annee 1951, sous reserve que ces remboursements.
ne depassent pas un montant total de 403.281 dollars des Etats-Unis.
2. Les remboursements vises au paragraph 1 seront finances comme suit
a) par les contributions des part.ies..contractantes a concurrence de
319.781 dollars des Etats-Unis;
b) par des prelevements sur le solde en caisse disponible au 31 decem-
bre 1950 ainsi que sur le montant des sornmes reçucs en 1951 au ti-
tre des exercices financiers 1949 et 1950, a concurrence de 61.000
dollars des Etats-Unis; et
c) par diverses recettes dont le montant est evalue a 22.500 dollars
des Etats-Unis.
3. Tout solde restant sur l'excedent de caisse, a la date du 31 decembre
1950, et tous paiements reçus au titre d'arrieres de contributions, en exce-
dent de 61.000 dollars des Etats-Unis, seront laisses a la disposition du Se-
cretaire executif pour etre utilises de la maniere qui sera approuvee par les
Parties Contractantes; toutefois, cette approbation ne sera pas necessaire .
pour financer les depenses autorisees, en 1951, en attendant la rentree des
contributions.
4. Le Secretaire executif fera connaitre aux Parties Contractantes, a la
Sixieme Session et a la premiere session ordinaire qui se tiendra apres la.
cloture de l'exercice 1951, tous les engagements conclus en vue de fair face
a des deponses imprevues et extraordinaires.
5. Les contributions des Parties Contractantes pour 1951 seront fixees
conformement au bareme de contributions qui figure a l'Annexe C a la presente
resolution.
II
Les PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
DECIDENT en outre que :
1. Avant d'adopter une proposition entrainant des depenses qui ne sont pas ex-
pressement couvertes par des credits deja approuves, elles examineront les re-
percussions financieres de cette proposition et rechercheront les moyens de faire
face aux depenses avec les ressources budgetaires existantes ou avec de nouvelles
resources. GATT/CP.5/C.2
Page 9
2. Elles examineront, au cours de leur Sixicme Session, un rapport du Secre-
taire executif au sujet des recettes encaissees jusqu'a la date de cette session
et, s'il existe un arriere de contributions tel qu'il entrave l'execution des tra-
vaux confies au Secretariat, elles examineront les credits prevus pour l' exer-
cice 1951 et:rechcheheront les arrangements qu'il conviendrait de prendre pour
financer les depenses pendant le rest de l'anxee.
3. Elles examineront egalement a leur Sixieme session la question de la crea-
tion d'un fonds de rouloment.
III. -
Les PARTIES CONTRACTANTES,
AYANT pris connaissance du rapport sur les contributions arrierees
presente par le Secretaire executif et du rapport du Groupe de travail des ques-
tions budgetaires,
1. PRIENT instamment touts les parties contractantes qui n'ont pas encore
acquitte leurs contributions pour 1950 et les exercices anterieurs de le faire
sans delai,
2. et INVITENT toutes les parties contractantes a verser leurs contribu-
tions pour 1951 aussitot que possible et, en tout cas, le 30 avril 1951 au plus
tard et tous les gouvernements adherents a prondre les mesures necessaires pour
pouvoir acquitter leurs contributions de 1951 qui seront considerees comme
etant echues et integralement payables des que ces Souvernements seront devenus
parties contractantes. GATT/CP. 5/C/2
Page 10 ANNEXE A
PREVTSIONS DE DE ENSES POUR L'EXECICE 1951
PREMIERE PARTIE: REUNIONS
En dollars
des Etats-Unis
Conference de Torquay
(janvierj- mars 1951)
Parties Contractaxntes
Sixieme Session
25,000
27,000
3. Autres reunions
Total de la premiere partie
DEUXIEME PARTIE: SECRETARIAT
4. Traitements et salaires
5. Depenses communes
6. Daplacements officiels
7. Services communs
8. Frais d' impression
9. Livres et materiel d'infor-
mation
10. Services rembourses aux
Mations Unies
11. Frais de reception
12. Equipement fixe
1438,431
49, 750
.15, 000
8,000
46,000
1,000
35,100
1,000
1,000
TROISIEME PARTIE
13.
Total de la deuxieme partie
13. Deponses imprevues
TOTAL GENERAL
Rubrique
62,000
305,281
36,000
403,281 GATT/CP. 5/C/2
Page .11
ANNEXE B
PREVISIONS DE DEPENSES
POUR L' EXERCICE 1951
dollars des Etats-Unis
Tableau I: Rubrique 1. Conference de Torquay
(janvier-mars 1951)
(i) Personnel temporaire
(ii) Deplacements et indem-
nites journalieres du
personnele permanent
(iii) Expeditions et trans-
port des documents
(iv) Communications
(v) Services communs
15.000
6.000
500
1.500
2.000
? 25.000
Tableau II:
Rubrique 2. Parties Contractantes.
(ii).
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
Personnel tomporaire
Salles de reunion
Reproduction et distri-
bution de documents
Traduotios.
Fournitures de bureau
Communications
Expeditions et services
communs
Tableau III: Rubrique 3. Autres reunions
(i) Une courte session speciale)
des Parties Contractantes )
(ii) Une courte session de groups
dc travail ) ? 10.000
Tableau IV: Rubrique 4. Traitements et Salaires
13.3
(i) Personnel permanent 139.431
(ii) Personnel temporaire 8.000
(iii) Heures supprlementaires 1.000
148.431
5.000
1.200
11.000
6.200
600
2.600
.? 27.000
Etat detaille GATT/CP. 5/C/2
Page 12
on dollars des Etats-Unis
Tableau V: Rubrique 5. Depenses communes
(i) Voyages et demenagements
de fonctionnaires et per-
sonnes a charge
(ii) Indemnites de fin de con-
trat
(iii) Contributions - Caisse des
Pensions
(iv) Indemnites d'expatriation
(v Conges dans les foyers
(vi Allocations familiales in-
demnites pour l'education
dcs enfants et voyages y af-
ferents
(vii) Contributions ot prestations
diverses au titre du per-
sonnel (assurance, maladic,
secours, etc.)
8.000
1.000
20.000
8.250
5.500
2.000
5.000
? 49.750
Tableau VI: Rubrique 6. Deplacements officials
(i) Deplaccments officiels du
personnel permanent ? 15.000
Tableau VII Rubrique 7. Services communs
(i) Cables, telegrammes, radio-
grammes ot communications
telephoniques interurbaines
ot internationales 5.000
(ii) Expeditions, factage, camion-
nage ot messageries (a l'ex-
clusion du fret aerien) 2.000
(iii) Fret aerien 1.000
% 8.000
Tableau VIII: Rubrique 8. Impressions
(i) Listes de Torquay 7.500
(ii) Listes codifiees 30,000
(iii) Brochures, papillons ot
autres imyrimes 8.500
? 46.000 GATT/CP.5/C/2
Page 13
on dollars des Etats-Unis
Tableau IX: Rubrique 9, Livres ct materiel d'information
(i) Achat de livres ot de publi -
cations
? 1.000
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _
Tableau X: Rubrioquc 10. Services rembourses aux Nations
Unics
(i)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Loyer
Services postaux
Papeterie et fournitures
de bureau
Reproduction de documents
Traductions
Divers
8.300
2.500
1.800
14. 000
1.000
7.500
? 35,100
Tableau XI: Rubrique 11. Frais dc reception
(i) Receptions pendant les
reunions ? 1.000
Tableau XII: Rubrique 12. Equipement fixe
(i) Achat d'unc machine a calculer
electrique $ 1.000 GATT/CP.5/C/2 Page. 14 BARME DES CONTRIBUTIONS POUR 1951
Parties contractantes Nombre Unites Nombre to- Contribution
Categoric Partis conractantes de par- par al par Total des
Categorie Part du commerce classees dans la cate- de par- , par * _k 1a
exter cur gone ties con- pays d'unites pays contributions
exterieur gorie tractan- (!) . I orn
Itractan- (1)
- tes
A 20 ou plus Royaume-Uni, Etats-Unis d'Ame- 2 20 40 ? 53.745,CO $ 107.490,00
rique
B 10 % ou plus, mais Neant Neant 10 Neant 26.872,50 Neant
moins de 20 %
7 % ou plus, mais
C moins de, 10% France 1 7 7 18.810,75 18.810,75
5 % ou plus, mais
D moins de 7 % Canada 1 5 5 13.436,25 13.436,25
2 % ou plus, mais Australite, Belgique, Bresil,
E moins de 5 % Republique federale d'IAlle-
magne, Inde, Italic, Pays- 9 4 36 10.749,00 96.741,00
Bas, Suede, Union Sud-Afri-
caine.
1 % ou plus, mais Cuba, Tchecoslovaquie, Danemark
F moins de 2 % Nouvelle-Zelande, Norvege. 5 2 10 5.374,50 26.872,50
Autriche. Birmanie, Ceylan,
G moins de 1 % Chili, Republique Domini- 21 1 21 2.687,25 56.432,25
caine, Finlande, Grece,
Haiti, Indonesie, Cor6e,
Liban, Liberia, Luxembourg,
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Perou,
Philippines, Rhodesie du
Sud, Syrie, Turquie, Uruguay
TOTAL 39 119 $319.782,75
(1) une unite = $ 2.687,25
ANNEXE C |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED B
TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP,4/24 1 March 1950
ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REGULATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIAL EXCHANGE
AGREEMENTS AND OF PARAGRAPHS 6, 7 AND 8 OF ARTICLE XV
OF TRH GENERAL AGREEMENT
(item 15 of the Agenda)
Proosal by the United States
Regulation 1. Executin of Special Exchange Agreements.
1. Whenever any contracting party is required to enter into
a special exchange agreement within a specified time, pursuant
to the provisions of paragraph 6 of Article XV of the General
Agreement or of action taken thereunder by the Contracting Parties,
the Chairman of the Contracting Parties (hereinafter called
"the Chairman") shall notify such contracting party to that effect
in writing. He shall also notify such contracting party that it
may, at its option, submit a proposed initial par value for its
currency for agreement thereon with the Contracting Parties in
advance of entering into the special exchange agreement, as
contemplated by Article II, paragraph 1, of the draft special
exchange agreement adopted on June 20, 1949.
2. The Chairman shall, for each contracting party required
to enter into a special exchange agreement, prepare and execute
an agreement in the form adopted by the Contracting Parties on
June 20 1949, and deposit it with the Secretary-General of the
United Nations, not later than the thirtieth day prior to the
last date provided for the execution of the agreement in question.
He shall transmit a copy of.the agreement so deposited, and a
draft instrument of acceptance, to the contracting party in
question.
Regulation 2, Initial Par Values.
1. If a contracting party submits a proposed initial par
value for its currency for agreement thereon in advance of enter-
ing into a special exchange agreement, the Chairman shall immed-
iately institute consultation with the International Monetary
Fund by submitting the proposal to it for findings and determina-
tions in accordance with Article XV, paragraph 2, of the General
Agreement. If the International Monetary Fund advised the Chair-
man that the proposed initial par value is in accordance with the
provisions of and would serve to promote the purposes of the
special exchange agreement, the Chairman shall accept such initial
par value on behalf of the Contracting Parties and so notify
the contracting party which submitted it. If the International
Monetary Fund does not so advise, the Chairman shall notify the
government submitting the proposal that agreement on an initial
par value cannot be reached by the Contracting Parties in advance
of entering into the special exchange agreement. GATT/CP.4/ 24
Page 2.
2. If an initial par value is not agreed upon in advance
of entering into the special exchange agreement, the Chairman
shall, within five days after the deposit of the Instrument of
Acceptance, request the International Monetary Fund for advice as
to whether an immediate request to the contracting party for the
communication of the par value of its currency would serve to
promote the purposes of the special exchange agreement, If the
International Monetary Fund replies in the affirmative the
Chairman shall, within five days, on behalf of the Contracting
Parties, request the contracting party to communicate to him the
par value of its currency based on the rates of exchange
prevailing at the time, pursuant to Article II, paragraph 1, of
the special exchange agreement. If the International Monetary
Fund replies in the negative the Chairman shall defer such a
request until such time as the International Monetary Fund
advises affirmatively.
3, When a par value is communicated to the Chairman by a
contracting party pursuant to Article II, paragraph 1, of its
special exchange agreement, he shall immediately notify the
International Monetary Fund, and request that the Fund make
appropriate findings and determinations thereon pursuant to
Article XV, paragraph 2, of the General Agreement, If the Fund
determines that the adoption of the par value so communicated
would not be in accordance with the provisions of or would not
serve to promote the purposes of the special exchange agreement,
and so notifies the Chairman, the Chairman shall notify the
contracting party that, in the opinion of the Contracting
Parties, the adoption of the par value submitted would be preju-
dicial to trade among the contracting parties. If the.par value
communicated does not become the initial par value within 90
days, pursuant to Article .II, paragraph 1, of the special
exchange agreement, the Chairman shall report thereon to the
next meeting of the Contracting Parties.
Regulation 3.
Changes in Par Value.
1. Any proposal of a contracting party for a change in the
par value of its currency, pursuant to Article VI of its special
exchange agreement, shall be addressed to the Chairman, and shall
be accompanied by supporting data. When any such proposal is
received, the Chairman shall immediately communicate the proposal
to the International Monetary Fund with a request that it submit
timely findings determinations and observations on the proposal.
If the Fund advises the Contracting Parties that the change
proposed comes within paragraph 3(a), the Chairman shall transmit
to the contracting party making the proposal any communication
received from the Fund thereon, If the Fund advises the
Contracting Parties that the change proposed comes within
paragraph 3(b) or 3(c), and is necessary to correct a fundamental
disequilibrium, the Chairman GATT/CP. 4/24
Page 3
shall concur in the change on behalf of the Contracting Parties
and shall so notify the contracting party making the proposal.
If the Fund advises that the change comes within paragraph 3 (b)
or 3 (c), and is not necessary to correct a fundamental dis-
equilibrium, the Chairman shall object to the change on behalf
of the Contracting Parties, and shall so advise the contracting
party proposing the change.
Regulation 4. Exchange Festrictions .and Convertibility of
Balances.
1. If any contracting party requests approval pursuant to
its special exchange agreement for (:) exchange restrictions
pursuant to Article VII, paragraph 1, or (b) discriminatory
currency arrangements or multiple currency practices pursuant
to article VII, paragraph 2, or (c) a release from the obli-
gation of convertibility of balances held by other contracting
parties pursuant to Article X, paragraph 3 (e), the Chairman
shall immediately transmit the request to the International
Monetary Fund for its findings and determination pursuant to
Article XV, paragraph 2, of the General Agreement. If the
Fund advises the Contracting Parties that the request should be
granted pursuant to the provisions of the special exchange
agreement, the Chairman shall approve the action on behalf of
the Contracting Parties, subject to such conditions or limi-
tations as the Fund may propose. If the Fund advises that the
proposal should be disapproved, the Chairman shall notify the
contracting party which submitted the proposal that its request
is disapproved by the Contracting Parties.
2. Each contracting party engaged in any discriminatory
currency arrangements or multiple currency practices maintained
pursuant to the second sentence of Article VII, paragraph 2, of
the special exchange agreement, shall so notify the Chairman
within 60 days after it accepts the special exchange agreement.
The Chairman shall propose to each such contracting party an
arrangement for consultation with him or his designee, and with
the International Monetary Fund, as to the pregressive removal
of such restrictions, and shall report to the Contracting
Parties from time to time on arrangements for such consultations
and any conclusions reached therein.
3. If any contracting party proposes to the Chairman that
representations should he made, pursuant to the third sentence of
Article XI, paragraph, 3, of a special exchange agreement, to a
contracting party which has entered into a special exchange
agreement and has availed itself of the transitional arrange-
ments in Article XI, paragraph 1, therof, the Chairman shall
transmit the proposal to the International Monetary Fund for its
findings and determinations pursuant to Article XV, paragraph 2,
of the General Agreement. If, on the basis of such a proposal,
or on its own motion, the Fund should advise the Contraoting
Parties that conditions are favourable for the withdrawal of any
particular restriction, or for the general abandonment of re-
strictions, by a contracting party pursuant as contemplated by
Article XI, paragraph 3, of a special exchange agreement, the
Chairman shall, on behalf of the Contracting Parties, make the GATT/CP.4/ 24
Page 4.
request or representations to such contracting party in accord-
ance with the advise of the Fund. Any reply to such represent-
ations shall be submitted within 30 days.
4. If any contracting party requests the Chairman to
institute a consultation on any exchange problem, pursuant to
Resolution No, 3 adopted by the Contracting Parties on June 30,
1349, with any contracting party which has deferred entering into
a special exchange agreement, he shall transmit the request to the
International Monetary Fund for its advice. The request, and
any advice thereon received from the Fund, shall be submitted to
the next session of the Contracting Parties. If the Fund advises
that a consultation should be held, and that the matter is urgent,
the Chairman shall promptly arrange and hold such a consultation
with the two contracting parties involved, the International
Monetary Fund, and such other contracting parties as he may in-
vite to participate, and shall report thereon to the next session
of the Contracting Parties.
5. If any contracting party which has entered into a special
exchange agreement requests a consultation with the Contracting
Parties pursuant to Article IX, paragraph 1, of the special
exchange agreement, the Chairman shall promptly arrange and hold
such a consultation with the contracting party requesting it,
the government whose currency has been declared scarce, and the
International Monetary Fund. Other contracting parties may be
invited to participate in the consultation in the discretion of
the Chairman.
6. If the Chairman is notified by the International
Monetary Fund that it has formally declared the currency of a
contracting party scarce in accordance with Article VII, Section
3 (a),. of its Articles of Agreement, he shall immediately address
a request to the contracting party whose currency has so been
declared scarce, in accordance with Article IX, paragraph 3, of
the special exchange agreements.
7. The Chairman shall request the International Monetary
Fund for its assistance in preparing the reports required by the
first sentence of Article XI, paragraph 3, of the special exchange
agreements, and seek agreement with the Fund on appropriate
arrangements for making the fullest use of the Fund's assistance
in this work. The Chairman shall report on action taken under
this paragraph to the Fifth Session of the Contracting Parties.
8. If the Chairman is notified that the Fund has suspended
any provisions of its Articles of Agreement in 'accordance with
Article XVI, Section 1, of such Articles, he shall immediately
act on behalf of the Contracting Parties to carry out Article XIII,
paragraph 3, of the special exchange agreements, and shall give
immediate telegraphic notice thereof to all contracting parties.
Regulation 5. Furnishing of Information.
1. The Chairman shall, in consultation with the International
Monetary Fund, prepare specifications of information to be
furnished by Contracting Parties which are not members of the
Fund, in accordance with Article XV, paragraph 8, of the General
Agreement, and Article XII of the special exchange agreement, as GATT/CP.4/24 Page 5.
closely as possible parellel to the information currently being
required by the Fund of its members, and shall, on behalf of the
Contracting Parties, notify each such contracting party that it
is required to furnish such information in accordance with such
specifications. Information so required shall be transmitted
to the Fund.
2. The Chairman shall arrange with the Fund for the publi-
cation and dissemination of such information to the same extent,
in general, as the Fund publishes and disseminates similar infor-
mation furnished by its members. Such arrangements should like-
wise make provision for furnishing to all Contracting Parties
which are not members of the Fund information with respect to
Contracting Parties which are members of the Fund to the same
extent that Fund members, in general, are furnished with infor-
mation with .c. ;, to oth-, X Fund members.
Regulation 6. Information to be Secured by the Chairman.
1. The Chairman is directed to seek an administrative
arrangement with the International Monetary Fund whereby he will
be promptly advised by the Fund as follows.
(a) When any contracting party becomes a member of
the Fund;
(b) When any contracting party ceases to be a member
of the Fund;
(c) The par values of the currencies of all Contract-
ing Parties which are members of the Fund, and any changes
therein, from time to time;
(d) Margins prescribed by the Fund for transactions
in gold by Contracting Parties which are mernbers of the
Fund;
(e) any uniform proportionate charge in the par
values of currencies of members of the Fund pursuant to
Article IV, Section 7, of its Articles of Agreement;
(f) any formal declaration, in accordance with
Article VII, Section 3 (a) , of the Articles of Agreementt
of the Fund, that any currency is scarce, and any declara-
tion that any such currency is no longer scarce; and
(g) Any action pursuant to Article XVI, Section 1,
of the Articles of Agreement of the Fund.
2. The Chairman is directed to seek an administrative
arrangement with the Secretary General of the United Nations
whereby he will be immediately notified of the deposit of any
instrument of acceptance of a special exchange agreement, and
will be furnished with a copy thereof.
Regulation 7. Information to be furnished by the Chairman.
1. The Chairman shall give prompt information to all Con-
tracting Parties of the following matters: GATT/CP.4/24 Page 6.
(a) The deposit of any instrument of acceptance of
a special exchange agreement;
(b) Any agreement or action by the Contracting Parties
o. an initial or changed par value for any contracting
party which has accepted or expects to accept a special
exchange agreement;
(c) Any action taken to approve or disapprove any
request or proposal made in accordance with Regulation 4,
paragraph 1 or 3;
(d) Any discriminatory currency arrangements or
multiple currency practiees of which he has been notified
pursuant to Regulation 4, paragraph 2; and
(e) Any notification received from any contracting
party which has entered into a special exchange agreement,
pursuant to Artilcle XI, paragraph 2; of the agreement.
2. The Chairman shall promptly convey to all Contracting
Parties which have entered into special exchange agreements all
information received from the International Monetary Fund of
the charater specified in Regulation 6, paragraph 1, or may
arrange that the Fund transmit the information directly to the
Contracting Parties.
Regulation 8. Arrabgements with the Fund.
1. The Chairman shall request the International Monetary
Fund to come to an understanding; on direct access to the Fund
by contracting parties which have entered into special exchange
agreements; as contemplated by Article XIII, paragraph 5, of the
special exchange agreements.
to agree
2. The Chairman, shall request the Fund/ to receive directly
from contracting paties which have entered into, or are about
to enter into, special exchange agreements, copies of proposals,
representations, or information which, under these regulations,
uli . e transmitted to the Fund by the Chairman. If such
agreement is secured, notice thereof shall be given all con-
tracting parties, and the Chairman shall thereafter not be re-
quired to transmit ouch submissions to the Fund when he is ad-
vised that copies have already gone forward to the Fund.
Regulation . Action by the Contracting Parties.
1. In any case where these regulations authorize or direct
the Chairman to take definitive action on behalf of the Contract-
ing Parties, and the matter is presented to him for such action
during a session of the Contracting Parties, he shall, if requested
to do so by the contracting party revolved, place the matter before
the Contracting Parties for action; provided, however, that
when the matter in question is one on which the Contracting Parties
must raise of objetions, if any, within a specified time, or lose
the opportunity to object, pursuant to provisions of the special
exchange agreements, the Chairman shall proceed to act on behalf
of the Contracting Parties in accordance with these Regulations;
within the time limit specified, notwithstanding that the con-
tracting parties are in session, unless they direct otherwise. GATT/CP. 4/24
Page 7.
2. Any action taken by the Chairman under these Regulations
shall be subject to review by the Contracting Parties, in the
light of the applicable provisions of the General Agreement and
of the special exchange agreements, at the request of any contract-
ing party affected made within 90 days after the action is taken;
provided that, pending such review, the action of the Chairman
shall stand as the action of the Contracting Parties. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR LIMITED C
GATT/CP/656 5
ON TARIFFS AND LES IARiFS DOUANIERS 16may 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE NGLIITGSRENCHt1T
COATRiCTING PAETIIS
ERCLASEANTED TO CEYLON UNDER ARTICLE XVIII:52 XI.:5
IN RESPECT OF CERTOE V2RTIUS
_~ ~~~ __ __- 1 .
Nory bythe-Eecutive Secreit=
The release granted by -the Contracting parties to Ceylon under
paragraph 5 of Artiele XVIII in respect of Cotton Verties was to
become effective after the expiration of a period of 30 days from
April 12 1950,(the date of the decision granting the release), in
the absence of any objection from a contracting party claiming to
be materially affected by the proposed measure (GATT/CP/61, page 9).
No such objection was raised by any contracting party during
that period, The release therefore became effective on May 1, 1950.
PARTIES CO14TRkTANTS
DISEH SE ALICATION DU PARAGRAPHE 5 DEC;ATIO11 DU P.881R*'.G1AEI2
L~I-ATLE XEI EN CZ QUI1 COCERNE LZS SA.RONS DE COTON
Note du Secretaire executif
La dispense accordee par les Parties Contractantes a Ceylan
en aepplical'tion du pVragraph 5 de article XrIII en ce qui
concerne les sarongs de coton devait p'endre effet au terme dtun
delai de 30 jours k partir du ler avril 1950 (date de la decision
accor'ant la dispense), en Itabsence de toute objection de la
part d tune partie contractante qui se declarerait affectee de
fason appreciable paA la mesure proposee (G&TT/CP/67 p. 9).
Aucune objection de ce genre n'a ete formulee par une
partie contractante pendant cette period. Par consequent, la
dispense deviendra effective le ler mai 1950. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED B
TARIFFS AND TRADE 12 October 1950
ORIGIN AL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
REPLIES TO THE SECRETARIAT NOTE
ON OBJECTIONS TO MEASURES NOTIFIED UNDER
PARAGRAPH 11 OF ARTICLE XVIII
The following letters have been received from the Netherlands and
the United Kingdom delegations:
(a) from the Netherlands Delegation
"Torquay, 2nd October 1950.
"With reference to paragraph 3 of document GATT/CP/80 the
Netherlands Delegation draws the attention of the Executive
Secretary to the fact that document GATT/CP/49/Add.1 was received
as late as September 16th. Consequently it has not yet been
possible to ascertain whether the Netherlands should forward
objections.
"I hereby propose to ledge the Netherlands objections,
if any, on all measures referred to in document GATT/CP/80 not
later than October 15th."
(b) from the United Kingdom Delegation
"Torquay, 3rd October 1950.
"With reference to your note circulated as document
GATT/CP/80, I have to inform you that the United Kindom Govern-
ment wishes to reserve its position in regard to all the measures
motified by Denmark, Haiti and Italy under paragraph 11 of
Article XVIII.
"This reservation is ledged in order to ensure that these
measures are fully considered on their merits at the Fifth Session
of the Contracting Parties and m 1 c read as a claim the at
their anticipated effects on the economy of the United Kingdom
would mecassarily be harmful in each case."
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LIMITED C
GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR GATT/CP/80/Add.2 20 October 1950
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE BILINGUAL
CONTRACTING PRTIES
REPLIES TO THE SECRETARIAT NOTE
ON OBJECTIONS TO MEASURES NOTIFIED UNDER
PARAGRAPH 11 OF ARTICLE XVIII
Addendum
The following letter has been received from the delegation of
the United States:
"I refer to documents GATT/CP/80 and GATT/CP.5/1/Rev.1,
item 12 concerning notifications by Denmark, Haiti and Italy
of existing protective measures to be considered in connection
with Article XVIII of the General Agreement.
"The United States Government considers itself materially
affected by the measure notified by Italy (GATT/CP.3/40/Add.1;
CP/ 49 & Add.1) and by Haiti (GATT/CP.3/40; CP/60 & Add.1) and
desires to reserve its positions respecting these measures pending
further study.
"The United Statels Government dees not consider itself
materially affected by the measures notified by Denmark
(GATT/CP.3/40/Add. 3 & CP/77)."
PARTIES __ _. ___~ '..:~~:J
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,Loi '?'t '! ' ; -:,i!.':. :'l: * ' . i f^ ll;t.; 1 du ei.L la d lel it, i.t.jD ' * , ~ i GATT/CP/80/AdD.2
PagE 2
"Le Gouvernement des stats-Unis estime qu'il est affecte de
facon appreciable par les measures notifiees par l'Italie (GATT/CP.3/
40/Add.1; CP/49 & Add.1) et par haiti (GATT/CP.3/40; CP/60 & Add.1)
et il desire reserver sa position a l'egard de ces measure en atten-
dant d'avoir procede `a une plus complete.
"Le Gouvernement des Stats-Unis ne s'estime pas affecte de façon
appreciable par les masures notifiees par le Denemark (GATT/CP.3/40/Add.3
& CP/77)."
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR LIMITED C GATT/CP/8C/Add.3
23 October 1950
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE
CONTRACTING PARTIES
REPLIES TO THE SECRETARIAT NOTE
ON OBJECTIONS TO MEASURES NOTIFIED UNDER
PARAGRAPH 11 OF ARTICLE XVIII
Addendum
The following letter has been received from the Secretary to
the Canadian Delegation:
"Torquay, 16 October 1950.
"I wish to inform you that GATT/CP/80 of the 15th September
was issued after the Canadian Delegation had left Canada and did not come
to cur attention until October 14. In the circumstances, it has not been
possible to determine, whether Canada is materially affected by the measures
referred to in your note and whether the Canadian Delegation should enter
objections as a consequence, ...ou will, however, be informed as soon as
possible of the result of the urgent consideration which the Canadian
Delegation is now giving to this matter.
"It is understood that the measures ratified by Denmark,
Haiti, and Italy will, in addition, be given full consideration at the
'ifth Session of the Contracting Parties under the provisions of
Article XVIII."
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
REPONSE A LA NOTE DU SECRETARIAT
CONCERNANT LES OBJECTIONS AUX MESURES NOTIFIEES AUX TERMES DU
PARAGRAPHE 11 DE L'ARTICLE XVIII
Addendum
Le Secretaire de la delegation canadienne vient d'adresser la lettre
suivante :
"Torquay, 1e16 octobre 1950.
"Je desire vous informer que le document GATT/CP/80 du 15 sep-
tembre dernier a ete distribue alors que la delegation canadienne avait deja
quitte le Canada et qu'il nest parvenu a notre connaissance que le 14 octobre.
Dans ces conditions, il n'a pas ete possible a cetto delegation do verifier si
lo Canada etait affecte de facon appreciable par les mesures visees dans votre
note et si, en consequence, la delegation canadienne avait a formuler certaines
objections. Nous ne manquerons pas cependant de vous faire connaitre aussitot
que possible le resultat de l'examen do cette question, auquel la delegation
canadienne procede d'urgence.
"Il est bien entendu, par ailleurs, que les mesures notifiees par le
Danemark, Haiti et l'Italic feront en outro l'objet d'un examen approfondi aux
termes de l'Article XVIII, a la cinquieme session des Parties Contractantes." |
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ON TARIFFS AND
ACCORD GENERAL SUR
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS
LIMITED C
GATT/CP/80/Add.1
20 October 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
BILLNGUAL
ET LE COMMERCE
CONTRACTING PARTUIES
REPLIES TO THE SECRETARIAT NOTE
ON OBJECTIONS TO MEASURES NOTIFIED UNDER
PARAGRAPH 11 OF ARTICLE XVIII
Addendum
The following letter had been received from the delegation of
the United States:
"I refer to documents GATT/CP/80 and GATT/CP.5/1/Rev.1,
item 12 concerning notifications by ) ..ar.:. *'9 Italy
of existing protective measure us be considered in connection
with Article XVIII of the General Agreement.
"The United States Government consider itself materially affected by the measures notified by Italy (GATT/CP.5/40/Add.1;
CP/49 & Add.1) and by Haiti (GATT/CP.3/40; OP/60 & Add.1) and
desires to reserve its positions respecting these measures panding
further study.
"The United States Government does not consider itself
materially affected by the measures notified by Denmark
GATT/CP.3/40/Add.3 & CP/77)."
PARTIES
_ _ _ '
Addendum
Le Secretariat a I q;: '-'1i-.. IL. ; -- :suiv8~'t.;c^ de la delegation des ,,..i.Lf-Ir:iL;:
I . . .1 .'.'.- :!_ ' _ '1:: vL - _ ' ..
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TRADE
"Toruay, 16 October 1950.
'u-.-`u-,--...-, conziclc,?.-s
.d GATT/CP/80/Add.2
Page 2
"Le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis estime qu'il est affecte de
facon appreciable par les mesures notifiees par l'Italie (GATT/CP.3/
40/Add.1; CP/49 & Add.1) et par haiti (GATT/CP.3/40; CP/60 & Add.1),
et il desire ! a l'egard de ces mesures on atten-
dant d'avoir - .pvu plus complete.
;., Gouvernement des Etats-Unis ne e'estime pas affecte de facon
appreciable .-nt;. I!.~u cS io-: ce par le Danemark (GATT/CP.3/40/Add.3
.1 CP/77)." |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR RESTRICTED LIMITED C GATTP/80/Add3
23 October 1950
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS ORIGINAL . ENIGLISH
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE BILI INGUAL
CONTRACTING PARTIES
REPLIES TO THE SECRETARIT NOTE
ON OBJECTIONS TO MEASURES NOTIFIED UNDER
PARAGRAPH 11 OF ARTICLE XVIII
Addendum
The following letter has been received from the Secretary to
the Canadian Delegation:
"Torquay, 6 October 1950.
"I wish to inform you that GATT/CP/80 of the 15th September
was issued after the Canadian Delegation had left Canada and did not come
to our attention until October 14. In the circumstances, it has not been
possible to determine whether Canada is materially affected by the measures
referred to in your note and whether the Canadian Delegation should enter
objections as a consequence.. :.ou will, however, be informed as soon as
possible of the result of the urgent consideration which the Canadian
Delegation is now giving to this matter.
"It is understood that the measures natified by Denmark,
Haiti, and Italy will, in addition, be given full consideration at the
Fifth Session of the Contracting Parties under the provisions of
Article XVIII."
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
REPONSE A LA NOTE DU SECRETARIAT
CONCERNANT LES OBJECTIONS AUX MESURES NOTIFIEES AUX TERMES DU
PARAGRAPHE LA DE L'IARTICLE XVIII
Addendum
Le Secretaire de la delegation canadienne vient d'adresser la lettre
suivante
"Torquay, le16 octobre 1950.
"Je desire vous informer que le document GATT/CP/80 du 15 sep-
tembre dernier a ete distribue alors que la delegation canadionne avait deja
quiltte le Canada et qu'il n'est parvenu a notre connaissmace que le 14 octobre.
Dans ces conditions, il n'a pas ete possible a cette delegation de. verifier si
lo Canada etait affect de façon appreciable par les mesures visees dans votre
note et si, en consequence, la delegation canadienne avait a formuler certaines
objections. Nous ne manquerons pas cependant do vous faire connaitre aussitot
que possible le resultat de l'examen de cotten question, auquel la delegation
canadienne procede d'urgence.
"II est bien ontendu, par ailleurs, que les mesures notifiees par le
Danemark., Haite et l'Italie foront on outre l'objet d'un examen approfondi aux
terms de l'Article XVIII, a la cinquieme session des Parties Contractantes." |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED B
TARIFFS AND TRADE 12 December 195C
ORIGINAL :ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF PORKING PARTY "B" ON SCHEDULES
tn accordance with its terns of reference, the Working Party examined
(1) the proposal of the Secretariat concerning the consolidation of the
schedules to the General Agreement, (2) the incorporation of the results of
the re-negotiations between Cuba and the United States in Schedule IX,
(3) rectifications to various Schedules and (4) alterations to Schedule II
(Benelux) consequent upon the currency de-aluat-ions -in September 1949.
(1) Consolidation of the Schedules
The Working Party recommends that the consolidated text of the.Geneva,
Annecy and Torquay schedules. should be prepared immediately after the Torquay
Conference, in order that it may be ready for final distribution immediately
after the close of the Sixth Session of the Contracting Parties. The Working
Party further recommends that delegations begin work on the consolidation of
their schedules well before the close of the Torquay Conference in order to
ensure that the timetable be strictly complied with,
The Working Party agreed that it should be useful to include in the con-
solidated lists first circulated for nsideration by governments an indication
of the country or countries with which each concession was initially negotiated
and of the document in which the concession appears, i.e. whether the Geneva
Agreement, Annecy.or Torquay Protocols or other Protocols, ice., Protocols of
Rectifications or Modifications. It is understood that only the original
Schedules of Geneva, Annecy and Torquay$ as modified or rectified, -vrill continue
to be effective.
A proposed timetable for the preparation of the consolidated text, together
with .a model form and instructions, is contained in Annex A.
(2) Incorporation into Schedule IX of the results of the renegotiations between
Cuba and the United States
The Working Party examined various alternatives to give effect to the
modifications to the Cuban Schedule and came to the conclusion that they might
most appropriately be incorporated in the Toroquay Protocol. The Legal Working
Party advised that there would be no legal obstacle to such action. The
Working Party therefore recommended that the results of the renegotiations
between Cuba and the United States be incorporated in the Cuban Schedule to be
annexed to the Torquay Protocol.
(3) Rectifications to the Schedules
There being no objections to the rectifications proposed to the authentic
texts of the Geneva Schedules of Benelux, Ceylon, France, Union of South Africa
and Indonesia, and to the Annecy Schedules of Benelux, Ceylon, Union of South
Africa, Indonesian Dominican Republic, Finland, Greece, Italy, Sweden and
Uruguay, the rectifications have been incorporated in a draft protocol (circu-
lated as documents T/55 and T/55/Corr.1, 2 and 3). The Working Party
recommends that the Protocol be prepared for signature at the close of the
session. GATT/CP. 5/45.
Page 2
The Working Party examined changes to Schedule XXVI(Haiti) and
alterations from specific to ad valorem duties in Scheduld XXIV (Finland).
In both cases the.. Working Party was of the opinion that changes proposed
did not come under the definition of rectifications and could not therefore,
be included in a protocol of rectifications. The Working Party agreed that
effect could be given to these changes by inclusion in the Schedules of the
Torquay Protocol af ter agreement had been reached in these changes through
the machinery of Article XXVIII, -
The working Party decided that the Protocol should contain only rectifi-
cations to the authentic the. Corrections to the non-
authentic texts are c-ntaineo in a Corrigendum (circulated as documents
T/60 and T/60/Corr. land 2) .
(4F) Alterations to Schedule II (Benelux)
The Working Party examined the request of the Netherlanda Delegation concer-
ning changes to the specific duties expressed in Dutch guilders, which appear
in Section A of Schedule II (viz. items 68, 70, 74, 84, 89, 123, 153, 154, 155,
165, 206, 294, 661 and 662) and concluded that they co'uld not be considered
* as rectifications. The Netherlands d41e ation explained that these chan-, cs
.-rcre justified bccaus& of th.. differing de ree, f f Thatian. ren the
Dutch builder and the Bel;ian franc (33 ,: and 12 , respectively) and the con-
seciuunt alteration in the relationship of the specific duties in the t';vo curren-
cies as set forth in Schedule. II. In a custeros union' it gas, of course,
necessa-r.y for the rtes to -.gre, FurtherM ore., they pointed out that in
practice not all specific duties .rould be increased.
There being no objection to the ch,-Lnes, the Working Party recommended
that they be given effect by means. of a Decision under Article II:6(a)
whichh provides that, in the case of a devaluation by over 20 5, specific duties
"may be adjusted to take. account of such reduction". A draft Decision is
attached as Annex B. GATT/CP. 5/45
Page 3
Timetable for the Preparation
of Consclidiated Schedules and Instructions
1. On 15 January each delegation will advise the Secretariat of the name
and address of the officer in its country to whom the consolidated Schedules
(mentioned in paragraph 2 below) of the other countries should be sent. The
list of these names will be circulated to delegations so that they may forward
their Schedules direct to the proper address, and so avoid delay between their
receipt in a particular country and reaching the correct branch of government
for checking,.
2. On 30 April, 1951, or 60 days after the end of the Torquay Negotitions
(whichever is the later) each delegation shall dispatch by the quickest route
consolilated schedule of its Geneva, Annecy and Torquay concessions, sending 1
copy tc each Contracting Party and According Government and 3 copies to the
Secretariat.
The Secretariat should be informed of the date on which copies were
dispatched and to whom.
This consolidated schedule should be made up of all concessions, in their
numerical order, in force at the end of the Tcrq.uay Conference or contained in
the Toroeuay Protocol in their final form. That is to say, in the case of an
item which has been negotiated at more than one meeting, the d description should
be consolidated and the rate of duty the latest one agreed to.
These Schedules should contain opposite each item the indication of the
country or countries with which the concessions consolidated in the itemr. were
initially negotiated and the place of negotiation. If any government flines it
impossible to supply this informattion to the Secretariat within the tine
specified above, it is recommended that they dc so as soon acs possible.
These consolidated Schedules should also contain any rectifica-tions tha:t
have not yet been incorporated into a Protocol of Rectifications and which thG
country ccnccrned has the intention of notifying to the Sixth Session For
inclusion in a sixth Protocol of Rectifications. Such rectifications should
be iiarked by footnotes.
Schedules -.;;hich are authentic in both French ond Ennglish should. be sent
in both languages. Schedules -which are authentic only in one language need,
originally, to be sent only in that language.
3. ,'y remarks', corrections, or objections to the consolidated Schedules
should be communicated to the country concerned andl a copy of such co,:unicatiori
sent to the Secretariat. These communications should be made no later thLan the
opening date of the Sixth Sessien.
4. j'uy rcmarks, corrections, or objections will be considered by a -lcrkinFg
partyat the beginning of the Sixth Session. A1l contracting parties should
include in the membership of their delegations personnel qualified to d1 with
these matters.
5, Final texts will then be prepared (new stencils cut where necessary) by
delegations run off and distributed before the nd of the Sixth Session for
review by the Contracting Parties. It should be noted that these final texts
must include the translation into French and English of those schedules which
are authentic in only one language. Where a delegation is unable to provide
the translation of its own schedule into either English or French, the Secre-
tariat will be glad to make arrangements to have this done. The cost of the
translation will be charged to the Delegation concerned.
6. The Secretariat will arrange the photo-offset reproduction of all
Schedules immediately after the close of the Sixth Session of the Contracting
Parties and the copies which are photo-offset will not include the indication
of the country with which the concessions were negotiated nor the place of nego-
giation, GATT/CP. 5/45
The number of copies printed will depend on the numbers ordered
by delegations. Consequently all Contracting Parties and Acceding Govern-
ments should give to the Secretariat, no later than the opening date of tne
sixth Session, firm orders for the numbers of copies they .will require in
each language- Delegations will be charged for the copies they order.
Instructions for Production of the Consolidated Text of Schedules
1. There is attached a model form. The layout indicated should be
:adnered to as strictly as possible. This is the layout for the : ^-
graphed copies which are distributed in limited numbers, and includes two
extra columns, to show the country with which a concessions has been negoti-
ated and the Session. The extra columns will be eliminated at the time of
photo- effset either by cutting, or use of a frame.
2. It is hoped that all delegations will use elite (small typed) type-
writers for cutting their stencils.
The first page of each Schedule should be headed as follows:
;' ' ~SCHEDULE X XXX - (COUNTRY)
This Schedule is authentic only in the English/French languages
PART I
Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff"
The following pages of each schedule should be headed. follows::
-11<* SCHEDULE XXXX - (COUNTRY)
PART I (continued)
and the last page:
--"' ' ?K1T' 1 (con.cludecd)
L. I.n cases -,here a single Schedule covers rtiore than onu customs t rritor>
the letters A, B, C, etc. anrd the nawic of the territory referred to should be
inserted belou: the nai-me of thc counrtr . Thus -. "SCiEiDULE MLX- (CUJiTFY), A --
,'ll<OPQL'll~i T:EJPEkITOR4, B - (first separate custo;ls territory), etc
5. The heading "IPART I; should be used in every Schedule, including those of
countries ;rhich have no preferential ta-riffs and of those which, havlin pre- (-2
ferentia..l tariffs, have not ,raae concessions affecting them: in either case, c -
PART 1 should be follo-..ed by a eparate shicet headed "PART 1IJ xith the viord
"i1ILJ' in -tnc iuddle of thk pab;t.
c. ir;n the French text the word "LiS'l3" should be used for C±3vuT"
7. *i the copies for the tdreliainary distribution, 4 vertical lines should
be rulc.L dividing the colun.ls.
centre
C. The tariff item numbers should be placed close to the/line in ordder to
allow.- the largest margin possible for binding.
The commodity description which appears in the centre column should be
sinle spaced, with a double space between the separate tariff items. GATT/CP, 5/45
Page 5
10. There is attached a list of abbreviations to be used in the first column
and the list column. Where a concession was initially negotiated with more
than one country, or contains numerous items, each initially negotiated with
different countries or in different places, and where it is impracticable to
specify in detail, the countries and/or places should simply be listed with
no attempt made to specify which was with whom or where.
11. Important. Schedules should be rolled off, at least in their final
form, on -.white paper the size of this. document i.e. foolscap size.
12. -Finally, delerations are requested to keep -strictly to all margins and
the column sizes provided on the form.
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i. GATT/CP. 5/45
page 6
EXAMPLE
7 cm
SCHEDULE - (COUNTRY)
This Schedule is authentic only in the English language
PART I
Most-favoured-Nation -Tariff
*; Country; _ . *..
iw. whom j
concess. Tariff item Description of Products : Rate of Duty Place
negot. number
. ~J L _
U. S. U. K.
DEN,
4 cm.
.' .
Ex 4
3 c.
/1
Bacon and Ham,. not canned or bottled...
9 cm.
Note: These measurements were made
using a Gestetner Durotype No. 6 Sten-
cii and are from the outside edge of
the stencil.
20
per cent ad val G, A
4 cm.
I
A
9 cm.
V1 GATT/CP. 5/45
Page 7
List of Abbreviations for Usc in the
Preliminary Copies of the. Consolidated Schedules
Australia
Austria
Benelux
Brazil
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Chile
China
Colombia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Finland
Prance
Germany
Greece
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Italy
Kotea
Lebanon/Syria
ALi
ATA
BX
BR
BU
CIAN
CE
CHL
CHN-
COL
CU
CZ
DEN
DR
FIN
FR
GY
GR
HA
IDA
IT
4
K
LS
Liberia LIB
New Zealand NZ
Nicaragua NIC
Norwany NOR
Pakistan ?AK
Peru PU
Thiii. nc. PH
Southern Rhodesia SR
Sweden SW
Turkey TY
Union of South Africa SAP
United Kingdom UK
United States US
Uruguay UR
Geneva
Annecy
Torquay
- G
= A
- T
First Protocol of Modifications - .1 1
First Protocol of Rectifications - PR 1
Second Protocol of Rectifications - PR 2
Third Protocol of Rectifications - PR 3
Fourth Protocol of Rectifications - PR 4
Fifth Protocol of Rectifications - PR 5 GATT/CP.5/45
Page 8
ANNEX B
. ....DRAFT DECISION
The CONTRACTING PARTIES
HAVING NOTED the adjustments relating to the specific duties and charges
included in Section A of Schedule II (Benelux) of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade, as specified in the list annexed to this Resolution, to
take account of a reduction, by more than. twenty per century, of the par
value of the Netherlands guilder effected consistently with the Articles
of .Agreerment of the International Monetary Fund, to the extent necessary
to ensure that the same duties and charges are applied by each of the
members of Benelux.
CONCUR, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 (a) of
Article II of the General Agreement, that such adjustments do not impair the
value of the concessions provided for in Schedule II to the General
Agreement. GATT/CP. 5/45
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SCHEDULE II
BELGIUM - LUXEMBOURG - NETHERLANDS
List of Adjustments of Specific Duties and Charges
Item 63
The rates of the Netherlands monopoly duty "f,4._! and "f.1.-" in the
"`Note 1" to this item. shall read:
Item 70
The rate of the Netherlands
sub-item "a" shall read:
monopoly duty "f,2.-" in the note to , :
"f .2.511
The rate of the Netherlands
sub-item "b" shall reed:
monopoly duty "f.1.50" in the Note to
,If . 1. 88"
Item ex 74
The rate of the Notherlands monopoly duty "f.2.-" in the Note to this
item shall read:
"* .2.51"
Item 84
,.The rate, of the Netherlands monopoly duty "f.15.-" in the Nots to
sub-item "b" shell re acd:
"f .18.83"
Item 89
The rate of duty in the third. column to sub-item "d' "f.50.-"
shall read:
"f .62.78"
Item 123
The rate of duty in the third column to sub-item "ex b" "f.15.13" shall
read:
"f.19.- '
"f.5.02" and "f.1.26" GATT/CP. 5/45
Page 10
Item 153
The rate of duty in the third column to sub-item "a" "f.36.32"
shall read:
f .45 .60"
Th_ supple. entry duty in Note 1 to sub-itemi "-a ".0S70" shall
read:
The rate of duty in the third column to sub-item "b" "f,100.-"
shall read:
"f.125.55"
Item 154
The rate of duty "f.254.24" in the third column shall' read:
"f.319,20"
Item 155
Th- rates -, duty "f.121.07" and "f.151.33" in the third column
shall read:
"f,152.-" and "f.190.-"
The rate of the Netherland'.s .monopoly duty in the Note to this item
"f.2.- " shall read:
"f, 2. 51"
Item 206
The duty l"f.1.821" in the Njote (x) to the sub-iteri "ex b 3 " shall read:
'f* 2.28"I
Item 294
The rates of duty in tho third column to this item "f.2.-" (3x)
and "f.0.10" (3x) shall re.,.d:
"f.2.51'' a.nd "f .0.13 "
Itera 661
The rate of duty "f.0.61" (2x) in the third column shall read:
"f 0. 76
Item. 662
The rate of duty "f 1.21" (2x) in the third column shall read:
"f.1.52"
Item 165 |
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CORRIGENDUM
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Document Language Title Subjects discussed
Ad Hoc Committee on enda and Intersessional Business
Digest of Summaey Records
Symbol: IC/SR.
Meetings of 18-20
February 1954
Meeting of 26 July
1954
1. Membership of the Committee
2. Request by the Government of
India for Authority to Re-
negotiate Nine Items in
Schedule XII
3. Import Restrictions of Peru
4. Progress of Negotiations in
Athens
1.
2.
3.
Co-option of Members
Agenda for the Meeting
Agenda for the Ninth Session
Corrigendum
Meeting of 27 July
1954
1. Arrangements for the Ninth
Session:
(a) Opening Date
(b) Attendance of Ministers
(c) Appointment of Working
Parties
(d) Administrative Arrange-
ments
(e) Representation of Non.
Contracting Parties
2. Next Meeting of the Committee
Corrigendum
Meetings of 29 July
1954
1.
2.
Accession of Japan
Requests for Authority to
Renegotiate
(a) Cuba
(b) United States
(c) New Zealand
Corrigendum
Meetings of 30 and
31 July 1954
1. Opening date of the Ninth
Session
2. Procedures for Tariff
Negotiations
16/Corr.1 E.F C
E.F.
E.F.
13
13/Corr.l
Bil.
14
14/Corr.1
E. F.
Bil.
15
15/Corr.1
E.F.
E.F.
16
E.F.
Corrigendum I-
Document Language Title Subjects discussed
Number
Symbol: IC/SR.
Meetings of 2
and 3 August 1954
Meetings of 26 and
27 October 1954
IMeetings of 23,
24 and 25 June
1955
1. Procedures for Tariff Ne-
gotiations (continued)
2. Accession of Japan
3. Requests for Authority to
Renegotiate:
(a) Cuba
(b) United States
(c) New Zealand
4. Methods of Valuation
5. Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyas aland
1. Agenda for the Intersessional
Committee
2. Agenda for the Ninth Session
and Order of Business
3. Report to the CONTRACTING
PARTIES
4. United States# Request to
Renegotiate
5. Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland
6. Additional Items for the
Ninth Session Agenda
1. Adoption of Agenda and Order
of Business
2. Scheduling of Intersessional,
Meetings
(a) Working Party on'Tariff
Reduction
(b) Working Party on Commo-
dity Problems
3. Request by Austria regarding
adoption of Brussels Nomen-
clature and Adjustment of
Specific Duties
4. Requests' by Belgium and
Luxemburg for Waivers for
Maintenance of Quantitative
Imort Restrictions
5. Australian Intensification
of Import Restrictions
6. French Special Temporary Comb
sensation Tax on Imports
17
E.F.
18
19
E.F. Document
Number Language Title Subjects discussed
Number
Symbol: IC/SR.
Meetings of 23, . . . . . .
24 and 25 June 1955 7. Intention of Governments re-
garding Acceptance of Agree"
ment on Organization for Trade
Cooperation
8. Article XXVIII Negotiations
9. Spanish Text of Revised Gener-
al Agreement Protocol of Rec-
tifications to French Text,
Clause for registration of
Protocols with the U.N.
10. Next Meeting of the Committee
E. only
Corrigendum
Meeting of 8
July 1955
Meetings of 22,
23 and 24 Septem-
ber 1955
Meeting of 26
October 1955
1. Requests by Belgium and Luxem-
burg for Maintenance of Quan-
titative Import Restrictions -
W.P. Report
2. Signature of Declaration on
the Continued Application of
Schedules
3. Report on Financial Situation
1. Arrangements for Tenth Session
(a) Provisional Agenda
(b) Order of Business
(c) Use of Panels
(d) Hours of Meetings
2. French Special Temporary Com-
pensation Tax on Imports
3. Finland's Request for Rene-
gotiations
4. U.S. Duty on Bicycles
5. Uncompleted Negotiations under
Article XXVIII
6. Next Meeting of Committee
1. Provisional Agenda for
Tenth Session
2. Report to CONTRACTING PARTIES
E.F .
19 ( cont I )
19/Corr.l
20
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21
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22
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.+4/34
TARIFFS AND TRADE 29 March 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY A
ON MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS
1. The Working Party examined and approved rectifications
to the authentic texts of the Geneva sc..'edulex of Belgium-
Luxemburg-Netherlands, Canada, Czecheslovakia and the Republic
of the United States of Indenesia, and the Anneoy schedules
of Belgium-Luxemburg-Netherlands, Brazil, Canada. Czechoslovakia,
Pakistan, United Kingdom, United States of Indonesia, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, Minland, Greece, Italy, Nicaragua, Sweden
and Uruguay. The rectifications were incorporated 'in a draft
protocol, which also includes a rectification to Annex C of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,.and a rectifica-
tion to the First Protocol.of. Modifications. This was cir-
culated as Annex A to the Draft Report of the Working Party
(GATT/CP.4/A/3/Annex A). It is proposed that the Protocol
be prepared for signature at the close of the session.
2. The Working Party deplored the fact that Protocols 8 and
9, replacing Schedules I and VI and the Third Protocol of
Rectifications and the First Protocol of Modifications, all
requiring signature by all of the contracting parties, had
not yet entered into force because of failure to sign on the
part of certain contracting parties. The Working Party con-
sidered that the continuance the present state of affairs,
where rectification or modification protocols of this nature
do not enter into force except after extended delays, was a
serious impediment to the effective operation of the General
Agreement. It felt therefore that it was necessary for the
orderly functioning of the General Agreement that individual
contracting parties should take action promptly on such
protocols; it did not feel that compliace with this
necessity should prove unduly onerous in that the procedure
for securing agreement on rectifications and modifications
gave an opportunity to all interested contracting parties to
express their views before the rectifications and modifications
were agreed upon and included in a Protocol. The action
thereafter required from contracting parties was accordingly
of only a formal nature and for which no extended period of
delay should be necessary.
The Working Party therefore recommends that the CONTRACTING
PARTIES urge (a) contracting parties which have not signed
the various protocols of rectifications and modifications
which have not yet entered into force to make arrangements to
do so without further delay, and (b) all contracting parties
to sign the Bourth Protocol of Rectifications at the close of
this session at Geneva if possible and, if not, at the
Headquarters of the United Nations as soon as possible there-
after. GATT/CP.4/ 34
page 2
The Working Party further recommends that the Executive
Secretary be instructed to present a special report before
the opening of the Fifth Session on the status of protocols
of rectifications and modifications including proposals
for expediting the entry into force of any such protocols
which might still not be in force at that date, ..nd mean-
while to take such action as he may deem appropriate to
this objective'.
3. With regard to: new .Schedules XXI of the Republic of
the United States of Indonesia, the Working Party recommends,
in order to avoid any difficulties that might arise if the
present Protocol had not entered into effect before the
beginning of the Torquay tariff negotiations, that the
Contracting Parties adopt a Declaration concerning these
Schedules. A draft Declaration is attached.
4. At the request of the Contracting Parties, the Working
Party also examined the modifications to Schedules XXVII
(Italy) and XXII (Denmark) (see documents GATT/CP/46 and
CP/51). The Working Party considered that the method
hitherto employed, of circulating a notification of the
proposed modification with the advice that provided no objec-
tions were lodged within a specified period. usually thirty
days, the modification would become effective at the close
of the period, was satisfactory. The Working
Party considered it unnecessary to incorporate modifications
so agreed upon in a formal Protocol in order to bring them
into effectalthough it would be desirable from the practical
standpoint subsequently to include them in.a formal document;
particularly so since the difficulty of obtaining signature
by all the contracting parties might result in such a
protocols not entering into effect. Consequently, these
modifications have not been incorporated in a Protocol.
The Working Party suggests that Contracting Parties take note
that no objections were lodged to the modifications mentioned
above and consequently the modifications to both Schedules
will become effective on the day those Schedules enter into
effect.
5. The Working Party also examined the question of what
procedure would be required to incorporate into Schedule VI
(Ceylon) the modifications to that Schedule consequent upon
the renegotiations between Ceylon and certain other
governments under paragraph 5 of Article XVIII (document
GATT/CP.4/12). The Working Party decided, in view of the
decision of the Contracting Parties of 13 August 1949, that
the release be granted "in accordance with the terms of any
agreement reached between Ceylon and the materially affected
contracting parties, subject to any limitations which may
have been agreed upon between them", and the fact that no
objections having been received before April 2, the release
became effective on that date, that it would be unnecessary
to incorporate these changes in a Protocol. However, the
actual modifications in rates affected by the release might
not enter into force until a later date. GATT/CP.4/ 34
page 3
6. The Working Party considered how best to take account
of the changes, which can take place annually, in the
hibdte±ng of the tariff items in Schedule XIV (Norway).
whenever a new item was added. The Norwegian delegate
agreed to transmit for distribution to governments a list
of the item numbers as altered by each new addition cross
referenced to the numbers in the Geneva Schedule and it
was agreed that a note to this effect should be added at
the end of Schedule XIV.
7. The Working Party recommended that the Protocol should
contain only rectifications to the authentic texts of the
Schedules and that those to the non-authentic texts could
be covered by a simple Corrigendum. This was circulated
as.Annex B of the Draft Report of the Working Party
(Document GATT/CP.4/A/3/Annex B). For convenience of
reference this corrigendum will be distributed to all
governments together with copies of the Protocol of
Rectifications as it is finally approved and signed. GATT/CP.4/ 34
page 4
NE
~N N E X
DECLARATION CONCERNING THE SCHEDULES RELATING TO
INDONESIA
The CONTRACTING PARTIES,
RECALLING that the Government of the Republic of the
.United States of Indonesia (hereinafter referred to as
Indonesia) has become a contracting party under the
provision contained4in paragraph X of Article XKVI of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred
to as the General Agreement),
CONSIDERING that the concessions relating to Indonesia
are those contained in Section C in Parts I and II (nil)
of Schedule II annexed to the General Agreement and in
Section C in Parts I and II (nil) of Schedule II in Annex
y of the Annec: Protocol of Teoms of Accessicn to the
General Agreement,
CONSIDERING that, by virtue of Indonesia becoming a
contracting party, both said Sections C of Schedule II have
in effect become separate schedules rolating to lndcnesia
as set forth, under the headings Schedule AlI, in the Fourth
Protocol of Rectifications to the General Agreement,
CONSIDERING further that the concessions set forth in
both said Sections C of Schedules II remain applicable to
New Guinea as sections of Schedules II,
DECLARE that, pending the entry into force of said
Fourth Protocol of Rectifications:
(1) the two Schedules XXI as set forth in said Fourth
Protocol Df Rectifications shall be treated for all practice
purposes, including the preparation for and conduct of the
tariff negotiations at Torquay, as scheduoes relating t;
Indcbnesia, and
(2) The said Sections C shall, as provided in said
Fourth Protocol of Rectific tions, remain.sections of the
two Schedules II applicable.to New Guineao |
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ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session.
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY A
ON MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS
Corrigendum
Page 3, Paragraph 6,
In the 2nd line substitute for the word "can"
"may".
In the 7th line insert the words "and Annecy"
"Geneva" and "Schedule".
the word
between
In the 7th and 9th lines add an "s" after both the words
"Schedule".
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Quatrieme Session
RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL A
CHARGE DE LA RECTIFICATION ET DE LA MODIFICATION DES
Corrigendum
Page 3, paragraph 6:
Les deux dernieres lignes du paragraphe doivent etre
libellees comme suit:
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Geneve et a Annecy. Il a ete decide d'ajouter une note
a cet effet a la fin des deux Listes XIV." |
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ORIGINAL:ENGLISH & FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARETY "B" ON THE
REVALIDATION OF THE GENEVA AND -ANNECY SCHEDUES
In the Engish text:
1) Page 2, paragraph 5, 8th line:
delete "the" before the word "products".
2) Page 4, paragraph 10, 4th line:
roplace "revalidated" by "prolonged".
3) Page 6, third recital of the Resolution, 4th line:
at the end of the line add the word "that'".
4) Page 6, last recital of the Resolution:
the first line should read:
"FURTHER RECOMMEND that each contracting party take the"
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Quatrieno Sossion
RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL "B" CHARGE DE LA
PROROGATION DES LISTES DE GENEVE ET D'NNECY
Dans le text francais
1) Page 3, paragraphe. 10, 8e ligno:
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16 March, 1950.
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Contracting Parties
Fourth session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "B" ON THE
REVALIDATION OF THE GENEVA AND ANNECY SCHEDULES
1. In accordance with its terms of reference, the Working Party
examined the proposal submitted by the United Kingdom Government
to prolong for a further period beyond January 1, 1951, the con-
cessions negotiated at Geneva and.Annecy and embodied in the
existing Schedules to the General Agreement. The Working Party
was of the opinion that it was essential for the success of the
Torquay tariff conference that the concessions negotiated at
Geneva and Annecy should remain fully valid for a further period
and that such period should be the same as the period during which
the new concessions negotiated at Torquay would remain fully
valid.
2. The Working Party considered that it would be appropriate to
select the date of January 1, 1854 as that on or after which
concessions negotiated under the General Agreement could be subject
to modifications in accordance with the provisions of Article
XXVIII; if that suggestion were approved, the new concessions
would have an assured life of about three years as has been the
case for the concessions negotiated at Geneva in 1947. The V
representative of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia
stated, however, that his present instructions did not enable
him to commit his government to a prolongation of more than two
years as his government was examining the possibility of revising
its customs tariff before 1954; he wished therefore to reserve
the position of his government until the opening of the Torquay
tariff conference.
3. The Working Party then addressed itself to the examination
of the methods by which the purposedof the United Kingdom proposal
could be achieved.
4. After considering various alternatives, the Working Party came
to the conclusion that some action should be taken by the Contract-
ing Parties before the end of the present session; it therefore
recommends that the contacting Parties should adopt a resulution
(the text of which is contained in Annex i1) by which they would
indicate to all governments participating in the Torquay tariff
negotiations that the most desirable basis for such negotiations
would be the assumption that the assured life of the Geneva and
Anney Schedules would be prolonged for a further period beyond
January 1, 1951, and the securing of the full validity of thre bo
of concessions resulting, from the Geneva, Annecy and Torquay negoti-
otions until January 1, 1951. It is accordingly suggested that
I (a) those governments which are not contracting parties at the
present time but which propose to accede to the General Agreement
under the Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession should be invited
to associate themselves with the Resolution, and (b) inasmuah as GATT/CP.4/ 25
Page 2
'the contemplated prolongation would involve that the new
concessions negotiated at Torquay would also remain fully
valid until January 1, 1954, those governments which will
be negotiating at Torquay for the first time with a view
to acceding to the General Agreement should be apprised
of the proposals, so that they may have the opportunity
of expressing views upon them, if they so desire, and may
make their preparations for the Torquay negotiations on the
basis that the concessions which they there negotiate will
remain fully valid until January 1, 1954.
5. The text of the draft Resolution is self-explanatory;
it might however be useful to point out that the third
paragraph of the preamble to the Resolution was inserted in
order to meet the views of some representatives who pointed
out that the willingness of their government to prolong the
assured life of the Geneva and Annecy concessions depended
to a certain extent on the results of the Torquay negotiations
and to remind the participating governments that li ,r produces
described in the Geneva and Annecy Schedules may be subject at
Toruqay to further negotiations in order to arrive at new or
additional reductions.
The Netherlands and Belgian Deleg tions stated in
particular that the decision of their Governments would depend
to a large extent on a considerable reduction - especially in
Europe - of the disequilibrium that in their view exists in
general levels of tariffs. The delegations of Denmark and
Luxemburg associated themselves with this statement.
6. The second recommendation contained in the draft resolution
is intended to draw the attention of all the governments which
will be contracting parties when the Torquay negotiations are
conducted to the desirability of securing the necessary autho-
rity to prolong the assured life of the Geneva and Annecy
concessions at the conclusion of the Torquay negotiations.
The Working Party wishes to stress the importance of this
recommendation which will promote the success of the tariff
negotiations and enable the governments which propose to
accede as a result of the Terquay negotiations to sign
promptly the Protocol of terms of accession which will no
doubt be approved at the conclusion of these negotiations.
7. In order to secure until January 1, 1954, the assured
life of all the concessions negotiated under the General
Agreement, the Working Party considers that the following
instruments should be approved and executed at the close of
the Torquay negotiations
(a) a Protocol of terms of accession (along the lines of
the Annecy Protocol), and any other instrument that
may be found appropriate, which would contain a pro-
vision to the effect that the concessions negotiated
at Torquay by the contracting parties and other parti-
cipating governments cannot be modified in accordance
with the provisions of Article XXVIII prior to January 1
1954; GATT/CP.4/25
Page 3
(b) a Protocol modifying Article XXVIII of the General Agree-
ment (see Annex II) which would prolong-the assured
life of the Geneva and Annecy concessions until the
same date. In accordance with the procedure laid down
at Annecy the governments proposing to accede to the
General Agreement would be requested to accept this
Protocol at the tine they accede to the General
Agreement, if the Protocol has not entered into force
before their accession;
(c) a Declaration (see Annex III) by which the contracting
parties at the close of the Torquay conference would
waive their right to modify, prior to January 1.1954,
the treatment provided for in the Schedules a exed to
the General Agreement (i.e. the Geneva and Annecy
Schedules as they would appear at the close of the
Torquay conference).
It is suggested that if some adjustments are made
in the Geneva or Annecy Schedules in accordance with the
provisions of article XXVIII before the close of the
Torquay negotiations such adjustments, as well as any
compensatory adjustments which may be agreed upon with
respect to other products pursuant to the provisions of
paragraph 1 of that Article, should be listed in an
Annex to that Declaration.
8. The Working Party felt that it would be advisable to have
two instruments to prolong the assured life of the Geneva and
Annecy concessions. The adoption of a formal amendment to
Article XXVIII would be required in order to define the legal
obligations of the contracting parties in a positive way. This
amendment would enter into force when it secures the acceptance
of two-thirds of the governments which would be contracting
parties at that time, As, however, the required number of
contracting parties may not be in a position to accept the
protocol of amendment at the close of the Torquay tariff
negotiations there would be a distinct advantage in asking
the contracting parties to sign at that time a declaration by
which they would waive their right to modify their concessions
prior to January 1 1954. This waiver would immediately enter
into force for each government signing the declaration and this
procedure would eliminate or at least reduce to a minimum, the
period of uncertainty as to the firm duration of those con-
cessions.
9. The Declaration has been drafted on the assumption that
as a consequence of the acceptance of the Resolution referred to
in a ragraph 4 above, all or at any rate the great majority of
the contracting parties will be in a position to provide their
representatives with the necessary authority to give an un-
qualified signature to the Protocol and/or the Declaration at
the end of the Torquay negotiations,
If, however some contracting parties are not in a position
to do so, the interests of the contracting parties which have
signed the Protocol and/or the Declaration would be fully safe-
guarded by a reciprocity clause which has been inserted in
paragraph 2 of the Protocol and in paragraph 5 of the Declaration.
It should be noted, moreover, that after the Protocol has
entered into force the contracting parties would be entitled
under paragraph 2 of Article XXX to decide that the amendment
to Article XXVIII is of such a nature that it should be
accepted within a specified period by any government which
desires to remain a contracting party. GATT/CP.4/25
Page 4
10. The Resolution which the Working Party recommends; and
indeed the whole procedure which it envisages, is based an
the assumption that, at the close of the Torquay negotiations,
the Geneva and Annecy Schedules will in effect be -
as they now stand. The Working Perty assumes, however, that
certain limited adjustments may be undertaken as part of the
Torquay negotiations in accordance with the provisions of
Article XXVIII. The Working Party wishes in this connection
to point out that, under Article XXVIII, the parties discussing
proposed adjustments to the Schedules are qrequired to endeavour
to maintain in such discussions a general level of reciprocal
and mutually advantageous concessions not less favourable to
trade than that provided for at the present time. This would
mean that an attempt should be made to find compensatory con-
cessions which the contracting party invoking Article XXVIII
can accord, rather than effecting an adjustment through the
retaliatory withdrawal of concessions by a contracting party
affected by the invocation of the article.
11. The Working Partywas of the opinion that it would be
desirable to lay down certain rules for the guidance of the
contracting parties involved in such negotiations in order to
ensure that the discussions relating to the adjustments under
Article XXVIII, while being duly coordinated with the third
round of tariff negotiations) do not unduly interfere with
them and that all the necessary modifications are agreed upon
before the close of the Torquay conference. The following set
of rules is submitted to the Contracting Parties for consi-
deration and approval:
(i) If a contracting party finds it necessary to modify
;iOa concession provided for in its Schedule, it should
send a notification, accompanied by details of the
proposed modification, to the contracting party with
which the concession was initially negotiated and,
as far as possible, to the other contracting parties
believed to be substantially interested, by Auqust 1,
1950. It is recognized that particular contracting
parties may not be in a position to give the notifi-
cation by that date. In such exceptional cases the
notification of a modification may be given after this
date; but contracting parties in formulating their
offers for the Torquay negotiations will be entitled
to assume that this deadline has been mat, and to
exchange their offers on the basis of this assumption
or delay such exchange with other contracting parties
until assurances have been received that the latter
have no intention of giving any subsequent notification
affecting products of substantial intarest to them.
Any notification as to proposed action under Article
XXVIII shall, whenever practicable be accompanied by
a statement as to compensatory adjustments with res-
pect to other products which the notifying Wountry is
prepared to offer. 4.5 copies of such notification
should be sent simultaneously to the Secretariat for
distribution to the other participating governmets. GATT/CP .4/25
Page 5
(ii) At the opening of the tariff negotiations, or
within six weeks of the recept of the notification,
whichever is later, the contracting party with which
the concession was initially negotiated will indicate
to the contracting party which has given the notifi-
cation any compensation which it wishes to obtain
from that contracting party. At the same time the
contracting party which has given the notification
will indicate to the contracting party with which
the concession was initially negotiated any compensa-
tory adjustments with respect to other products it is
prepared to offer, and annex to its communication a
detailed description of the compensation proposed, to
the extent that such information had not previously
been communicated by it. The communications provided
for in this subparagraph will be circulated through
the Secretariat to all participating governments in
the same manner as the lists of offers.
(iii) The negotiations on requests for adjustments under
Article XXVIII will be conducted within the framework
of the Torquay negotiations, and should be concluded
before the end of those negotiations; the results of
such negotiations will be communicated simultaneously
with the final exchange of lists of concessions, but
in a separate list.
(iv) Other contracting parties having a substantial inte-
rest in the proposed adjustments will be given an
opportunity, at as early a stage as possible in the
course of the Torquay Conference, to be consulted in
accordance with the provisions of Article XXVIII.
(v) The adjustments on which agreement has been reached
with the contracting parties concerned will not
become final until the multilateral stage of the
negotiations is completed.
(vi) The adjustments made in accordance with the provisions
of Article XXVIII will be listed in an Annex to the
Declaration to be signed at the close of the Torquay
conference. GATT/CP. 4/25
Annex I
Page 6
ANNEX I
RESOLUTION CONCERING THE PROLONGATION OF THE ASSURED
LIFE OF THE SCHEDULES TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE
The CONTRACTING PARTIES,
CONSIDERING that one of the objectives of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is the conclusion of reciprocal
and mutually advantageous arrangements directed to the
substantial reduction of tariffs and other barriers to trade
and to the elimination of discriminatory treatment in
international commerce,
CONSIDERING that Article 17 of the Havana Charter lays
down the principles according to which this objective should
be attained,
CONSIDERING that this objective would be furthered by
prolonging the assured life of the body of tariff concessions
resulting from the negotiations at Geneva and Annecy and
by agreeing on additional concessions at Torquay provided
the over-all result of the three successive negotiations meets
the objective stated in paragraph one above,
CONSIDERING FURTHER that the success of the tariff
negotiations to be held at Torquay, commencing on September 28,
1950, would be promoted by such prolongation, in that the
governments participating in those negotiations with a view to
acceding to the General Agreement would have the assurance
that the concessions provided for in the Schedules, from which
they would benefit in exchange for the concessions granted by
them, would have the same assured life as the latter concessions
and,
HAVING ASCERTAINED that the governments which propose to
accede to the General Agreement under the Annecy Protocol of
Terms of Accession are in agreement with the foregoing statements
and with the purpose of this Resolution,
RECOMMEND that the contracting parties maintain beyond
January 1, 1951 the assured life of the concessions already
granted by them in Geneva and Annecy, and
FURTHER RECOMMED each contracting party take the
necessary steps to be in a position at the conclusion of the
Torquay negotiations to prolong until January 1, 1954 the
assured life of those schedules of concessions as they would
appear in the light of the Torquay negotiations. GATT/CP.4/25
Annex II
Page 7
ANNEX II
Protocol Modifying Article XXVIII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
The contracting parties to the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred to as the General
Agreement),
Desiring to continue the application of the Schedules to
the General Agreement until January 1, 1954; and
Desiring, for that purpose, to effect an amendment to
Article XXVIII of the General Agreement, pursuant to the
provisions of Article XXX thereof
HEREBY AGREE as follows:
1. The text of paragraph 1 of Article XXVIII of the General
Agreement shall be amended by the deletion of "On or after
January 1, 1951" and the substitution theref or of "On or
after January 1, 1954".
2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply
to concessions initially negotiated, by a contracting party
with respect to which the amendment specified in the preceding
paragraph is in effect, with a contracting party with respect
to which neither such amendment nor the Declaration on the
continued application of the Schedules of the General Agreement
is in effect.
3. This Protocol shall, following its signature at the close
of the Torquay tariff conference, be deposited with the
Seoretary-General of the United Nations.
4. The deposit of this Protocol will, as from the date of
deposit, constitute the deposit of the instrument of
acceptance of the amendment set out in paragraph 1 of this
Protocol by any Government the representative of which has
signed this Protocol without any reservation.
5. The instruments of acceptance of those governments which
have not signed this Protocol, or which have signed it with a
reservation as to acceptance, will be deposited with the
Secreta-y-General of the United Nations. GATT/CP. 4/25
Annex II
page 8
6. (a) Each government accepting this Protocol does so in
respect of its metropolitan territory and of the other
territories for whose international relations it is
responsible, except such separate customs territories as it
shall notify to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
at or before the time of its acceptance pursuant to
paragraph 4 or 5 of this Protocol.
(b) Any government, which has so notified the Secretary-
General, may at any time give notice to the Secretary-General
that its acceptance shall be effective in respect of any
separate customs territory or territories so excepted and
such notice shall take effect on the thirtieth day following
the date on which it is received by the Secretary-General.*
7. The amendment set out in paragraph 1 of this Protocol
shall, upon deposit of instruments of acceptance ;pursuant to
paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Protocol by two-thirds of the
governments which are at that time contracting parties,
become effective in accordance with the provisions of Article
XXE of the General Agreement.
8. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall
.promptly furnish a certified copy of this Protocol and a.
notification of each acceptance of the amendment set out in
paragraph 1 of this Protocol and of the date upon which such
amendment becomes effective in accordance with paragraph 7
of this Protocol, to each Member of the United Nations, to
each other government which participated in the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, and to any other
interested government.
9. The Secretary-General is author ised to register this
Protocol in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the
United Nations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the respective
representatives, duly authorised, have signed the present
Protocol.
DONE at Torquay, in a single copy, in the English and
French languages, both texts authentic, this day
of__ 1951.
* This paragraph has been retained in the report pending entry
into force of the Protocol Modifying Article XXVI, and notification
to the Secretariat bv the United Kingdom Delegation that it no
longer requests its retention. GATT/CP. 4/25
Annex III
page 9
ANNEX III
Declaration on the Continued Application of the
Schedules to the General Agreement.
The contracting parties to the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred to as the General
Agreement),
DESIRING to continue the application of the Schedules to
the General Agreement until Tanuary 1, 1954,
HAVING taken note of the modifications made by the
contracting parties concerned in accordance with the provisions
of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement in certain items of the
said Schedules, which modifications are listed in the Annex to
this Declaration,
HEREBY DECLARE that they will not invoke prior to
January 1, 1954 the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article XXVIII
of the General Agreement to modify or cease to apply the
treatment which they have agreed to accord under article II of
the General Agreement to any product described in the appropriate
Schedule annexed to the General Agreement.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply
to concessions initially negotiated with a contracting party
with respect to which neither this Declaration nor the Protocol
modifying Article XXVIII of the General Agreement is in effect.
The original of this Declaration shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the United Nations who is authorised to
register this Declaration in accordance with Article 102 of the
Charter of the United Nations.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall promptly
furnish a certified copy of this Declaration to each Member
of the United Nations, to each other government which
participated in the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Employment, and to any other interested government.
IN WITNESS whereof the respective representatives,
duly authorised, have signed the present Declaration.
DONE at Torquay, in a single copy, in the English and
French languages, both texts authentic, this day
of 1951. |
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ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP.4/25/Add.1
30 March 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH-
FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "B" ON THE REVALIDATION
OF THE GENEVA AND ANNECY SCHEDULES
Annex II - Draft Protocol modifying Article XXVIII of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Note by the Executive Secretary
Paragraph 6 of the Draft Protocol contained in Annex II to
the Report was retained, pending the entry into force of the
Protocol Modifying Article XXVI of the General Agreement,
subject to the agreement of the United Kingdom Delegation to its
deletion.
The Protocol Modifying Article XXVI entered into force on
28 March 1950. The United Kingdom Delegation having expressed
its agreement paragraph 6 of the Draft Protocolt and the
footnote thereto, should be deleted and the subsequent para-
graphs re-numbered accordingly.
PARTIES CONTRACTNTES
Quatrieme Session
RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL "B" CHARGE DE LA PROROGATION
DES LISTES DE GENEVE ET D'ANNECY
Annexe II - Projet de Protocole protant modification de
l'article XXVIII de l'Accord general sur les tariffs
douaniers et le commerce
Note du Secretaire executif
Le paragraph 6 du projet de protocole figurant a l'annexe
II du rapport du Groupe de Travail "B" etait maintenu dans ledit
rapport, tant que le protocole portant modification de l'article
XXVI n'etait pas entre en vigueur et que la delegation du
Royaume Uni n'avait pas indique qu'elle en acceptait la suppression.
Le protocole portant modification de l'Article XXVI est entre
en vigueur le 28 mars 1950. D'autre part, la delegation du
Royaume Uni a fait savoir qu'elle acceptait la suppression susvisee.
En consequence, il y a lieu de supprimer le paragraph 6 du
project de protocole et la note y relative, et de modifier la
numerotation des derniers paragraphes. |
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ON TARIFFS AND
TRADE
ACCORD GENERAL SUR
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS
ET LE COMMERCE
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "C" ON THE BUDGER
RESTRICTED
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GATT/CP.5/C/2/Add.1
18 November 1950
BILINGUAL
Addendum to Paragraph 28
The Working Party also recommends that the contributions be assessed
in U.S. dollars but that the Contracting Parties would have the option of paying
their contributions in Swiss franes at the prevailing rate of exchange. These
contributions would be remitted direct to the Executive Secretary of the ICITC
for the account of the Contracting Parties.
ADDENDUM AU PARAGRAPHE 28 DU DOCUMENT RELATIF AU
Le Groupe de travail recommande lorm nt >_ les contribu-
tions scient fixées on ni;i1_s :E'tt-Uni-. mais que les parties
contractantes aient la latitude de payer leur contributions on frances
suisses au cours du change du moment. Ces contributions seraient ver-
sées directement au Secrétaire exécutif de l'ICITO pour le compte des
Parties Contractantes. |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE LIMITED C
CONTRACTING PARTIES GATT/CP.5/28
Fifth Session 20 November 1950
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "C" ON THE BUDGET ORIGINAL: ENGLISHÇ2
1. Estimates of Execenditure for 1951 19?
he Working Party considered the estimates of GATT expenditure in 1951GL'i i?itax'o iii 1913J.
ve Secretary in his note of October 24,1950, and t?. cf ûctob?r 24.,JY?&, &.?fL
al of the estimates of Parts I and II as set t:R. t1:.?tc?o cf Part c I c.UI c.?
1) subject to the following changes:11) u.oC?uct ta t<c. fciIowiri? car.43:
$20,000 to $10,000cn 3: ?;tn?.;r ? frc?r? $20L.ÛGC to ilO00
ficient to provided for very limitedLJ b.. ..;w?Vicicr:t ia ?;rovi.L for vcryL?cf
short, special session of the . 191>i, ?CI'L cm.. ?-ioert3 so?ciaJ. c?oicn txc.;
of the items on the agenda.o?? ::?a? ïz*?. rica c'.r? if ?.Ç:2L?. cf ':hc it tL.; a: OXCLL?.
0, and onelfti Lc?icr: ?:uv'c r:ct b..m u.L:poec.CL cf b:y Dcci..fr>..r 2?, cj:cI o:;...
?Icrt ?tia? cf .orkir±g P.?rt,, Ik? :..t tcic? c?rrcmt ?ccioe. or ê?.t ? oix;
.i.?sion, tho C:cz.;tractiri? Partii.?. acci&.. to ccnv?.;oc. oti:c.r ii:t?..r io. ?
q
?cu.1c? iIOV'... to (c .i?..t o?t cf tm? provi.i.crL for ur:fcr...ccurL.
3. .i? rc?y.rcIs. t1;... ctAt..r scctioex?, eV :.;uw.n.LLIY? t:iC. ;W.X't?
ot?..6. ihat ti?c i. i:.?at?i: \:c.r?.. b'..?r?J C:: ?V. ?.C1îOY ?Aitioe?;:
DCJ OIC Zi?d.. ?..? CL CI t..; ?Xar?
(tD) t?:c.t t:.c ?r?w' To?i§f coe ii...:.cc ;. wIlU (c, ccnc± or bcrt..
?a) tk.t ?i:i? dcîr?" t?oe.c. ulil rr.y,'L:... t;.x. or c net .ic:nc:lv
o: ?x?c ::i? u. C? . ? lA u2?. .J.. ... .. .. ? or .rlx:tiA.:. c.m?. -u ?
if Th&iviIx.1 ?1c..wtioe.: ? ? frc?..
i or tLic tr?i?.tio:: or *Dr? kar; ;io.;? cf t:??o.. ?:c?i i??r-;> :2.3.0!.. ?;.SS2.1..t?2iCu
..ocJ.L (r.. ti.nJi.c'. c:. e .<ri.o?.1& :cl.ct.?' .tJ.?... Le:
OJI ? .1 .;.?.. ? se M ..? £.?1?J..Aé ?'c?c: eh:
L:LC.W?: ti; .t ce. e ..:.,.»b..;.: ? . .CALV.: :1'e?2iek cf riot ..CXO
VX.,
.Li.C- ..GI..LLik.. t!..XC? ? C:,:... eA CV0?)V'?1 VO i. ..C± .? 'ifi... .où.icn or to
? t..u ?.;c: t cf t fe.rif: ?cr:z'c ffiCO or c. te. c oee; cf te?.. ..?c'etrecti:
Pc.rtit: ? ?;ou.1iL i:oev?.; t? 'c... cc:;.shd...e.c«. ecco:d?in , te ce pr'?-?c L?rc. :a:c.. C0Y/fi Jr?
.t?.o rt4oras itc...?.: i+? il) Conrjt..2±;c., t::ç or.i?t i. r.. ?. es cf t?.c oc:r?jc:..
t?ctnji.tior?s couid bu untrt??stcci t,; tL?. j'. :J.r uffio.rs cI t?i. S rCteri&.t ere:
thet rie otL.cr v:cr?: r...c'uiri:?.. tic L;crvicc.? cf co er?t? WL.5 ootc;.:p1et?.xi. et GATT/CP.5/28.
Page 2
5.The following table shows the reductions proposed and the appropriations
recommended by the Working Party for Parts I and II of the estimates of f
xpenditure:r:
ecJxutive Seetary's Proposal sa eduction n WoVirkg e- Prarty' s Propolai
Part I 72,00C 10,000 62,000
rt A II 3 515,281 10,000 305,281
Total 3 587, 281 20, 000 367, 281
.1, P ovision for Unforseen Contingenciesinncios.
6.he Working -,a'rkir en addressed itself to the question of unforeseencf unfcGeseetn
and examined, in that connnectio, the Executive Secretary's 3xecultivo Secarv' s
ish a Working Capital Fund. While agreeing that such a Whsiie agreeinç- t such a^
vantages for dealing with the question of unforeseenea.ling§ w>ith tho qiuevstiofo unfcreseevn
&xc;CIliturw ~.?.IJ' ethr ikuiQity ,nrcb Thrs, thcl erkinr1 Party carne* te the
ccncluvi ^nr that it v.'eull; be orc-2era.bl te ? - tr)r.onc a decision on thc suggestion
un-til thot SiXthl Sc;iSSin.S
7. Th_ t,'ktrkinL> Party 6ccsiJ<er;:C tha^t thok qroblorn ci' unfereseen expevncl.iture
cc'ul b_ .ea.lt w;it' in' accs rCtx& c-ithl the fc11c ;inl arra2ngCe.mnt:
(a) ts .l. t che_ ostnr._t~sc. -ex . en'iture a. newi iter., woVtrdeG' a5s
I"_ .rt II1: Uncrisoercse: $Sy 000"o
(bX) t, 1ea^v_ any kbalance frcmon. ?tnto cfS outstan:iings 1949 ard. 1950
ccntributiicns in excc;so ':: $61,000 a.t thc diis csa.l cf tho
EGxecutive Socret-.ry '.:r use _ aoprcvc. by the. Ccntraocting Pa.rties
cre vi&ed. thc..t SUCi1 e:. -.qrcval .-oul1 nt bo r;ecesç ry te? finance
*act orovct'l 1951 oxpend:ituro ore- Ling: J.lay in recselet cf contributions
8. Th_ -9r-.vlsl:'r. fer unfer3esen centin::ncies in thi:s propoa wel.oull represorrt
about 10 per cent cf thc ostirm^t__ ;Df e;xperiituro instead cfr 15 por cent as
su»:;s_ by th3 :Executivoe S cre tary. The Weorkinç' Pcarty- ws cf the opinion
that a prvision c' 10 per cent cf th-e ar. ~rscriatiens tc conver unforeseen
ccoeondituro woul:' nc- r,.1ly be amr-,1c; itb rGccrn-r.soc, hc;e-vor, th-.t, jr absolute
'ig;ures, 4S36,00 -w. r.-t - 1e.r> sum. a*nC tha>t, f the prc<;rzrgrci cf' werk w.ecre to
bo substantially a ttiro ' rt ahis ses sienr or et the next soussien, that pDrovision
.i,5ht rrovci insufficient. Tho s.Vor':ie, Po.rty SU/.,f-StS that the Executive
Socrtary be_ inz.truct& i tc re-v^rt te -the C^ntrecti ng Parrties -t their Sixth
Sessi-n. on tho ccrnmitients *ntoredi int<. f' r unfereszeJn oxe-endituro. Should it
acocaÇr that tho p:rtvision fer un;r.î?rueen expenJlitur; has been e-xtensivoly
dravm u«Çen, thci Cd*ntractinE Panrties ;culG> still he.ve est thoir disor.sel thc
cash balance refe-rre;d te jr. praW.rap h 7(b) abve te m.eet such conting^ency.,
mends the adaption of the foregoingf ôre roce:r.\nD ,ls the azc1cDtic-n cfi tcf cregoinri
ation in Cnt ce a wemrnerarM^ oxp'Yi.iert t: moott tho it;uat.i in 1951; .-rishes,
nsideration to the thet : ;-err rnmnts shouldd' ive ca.ref'ul considehro-ti oe the
to enable their the setting-up, cf a. VîrXnrkl; CapLital Furdl in crcler te, eble their
dcolpa-tiû.ns t: arrive e.t r Ceca ien o. this c.uesti;;n e*t the;ixthSess>ion cf
tho Centra>ctir'Parties. GATT/CP.5/28
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10. The revised budget estimates, as recommended by the Working Party, are
reproduced in Annexes A and B to this report.
III. Cash Rescurces
11. The Working Party examined. carefully, on the basis of tho information
furnished by delegations and the Secretariat, the probable trend of receipts
and expenditure during the four quarters of 1951. As a result of that
examination, the Working, Party came to the following conclusions:
First Quarter
(a) the United States and some other delegations would remit their
1951 contributions, as assessed, not later than January 31, 1951,
provided that this assessment is received before November 30.
These amounts, with that part of cutstanding contributions expected
to be recoived before April 1951, would slightly exceed the probable
expenditure curing this quarter;
Second Quarter
(b) Many other delegations have already indicated that their contri-
butions would be remitted during the month of April; that income
will fully cover the expenditure of the second quarter;
Third and Fourth Quarters
(c) information received so far is not sufficient to estimate the
income which would be available to meet expenditure during the
second half of the year.
12. No serious problem would therefore arise if all contributions for 1951
and previeus financial years were received by the Executive Secretary before
June 30, 1951, but if a number of contracting parties were to delay the remit-
tance of their contributions beyond that date, the Executive Secretary would be
faced by a serious liquidity problem.
13. The Working Party feels bound to draw the attention of the Contracting
Parties to the fact that the experience of 1950 in that respect has been highly
disappointing; if, at the Sixth Session, it appears that the amount of contri-
butions in arrears at this time next year would be of the same magnitude as
this year, it is clear that some method would have to be devised to cope with
that problem.
14. The Working Party, as instructed by the Contracting Parties, has
examined carefully the problem of outstanding contributions and submits the
following facts and suggestions.
15. As indicated in GATT/CP/84, about $58,000 was outstanding on October
31, 1950 with respect to contributions for 1949 and 1950; since that document
was issued three contributions have been sent to the Finance Office of the
United Nation.s in Geneva, and certain delegations have given more specific
information as to the payment of their 1950 contributions. The; present
situation can be summarized as follows:
a) Payments remitted since October 31, 1950 $10, 619.02
Czecheslovakia 1950 contribution)
Greece 1950 contribution)
Indonesia 1950 contribution)
Pakistan Annecy schedules ) GATT/CP.5/23
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b) Rec?.A.nts ?x?cteJ bJzre IX?ce?cber SJ., ?950 ?15,252.l5
Brazil
s: urrr\
c) R?cÂcz? ?XDict?i ?urir.g tht.; lz t ?y?rt?ir, 1951 ?12,352.13
ChiJ.c b??1ar;c: cf 1950 .)
ccntrftut îcn )
J) 0utst?Jir:?- D:?vrxcnts f:r ;'?hich n» inlicaticn
%22, 291.85
? 'n ??r?fl.
Chi?r.c. 1949 -mJ 1950 c? n- 44,351, 72
.r.e?y Scht?Ju1c?s 474.77
?1c??r?v1.ia Ar?n?cy C:?niVrGrice
1949 ar.r3. 19?0
ccntrituti-.ns 5,550.43
Syri? 1)50 ccntr1A.?uti»r. 2,650.45
Lii cu?y Lnn? cy C :r?icirc flCC:
1)49 ?n2
?r.nucv Schc?Lu1c? 1,264.50
16. Th? Jcrkîn; ?rt? r; i. th:.t, in thù casc V curtain ccuntrics, tho
rayrccrtt hc.J 'E0?ri :1v.: b: intc.rr:?1 difi'icu1t:Lc? m? a technical chc.ractcr
w[?îch -: 'uL i k cvurc cric r.ext yxxr. Lut, *Lr ?crcc .thc;r cr?us, tho Warkin&'
ïart?r ;;?-cz rict ?.v.ccre cf thu rcas: ris cr Uku I?1».ys. It thurcifcrc r?ccr.L'Dcr?J?
that th? Ccr.tr'?ctinc R?rtiû ? ?r'.vr th? .tt?mti;n c..i' the 7rVcrfl2c.?ritS ccriccrned
t'? th?. ?tjri:u? jr 1tccti?.:M th?t ar. uixLucc »?1ay in th?c 1.Ynur?.t cf thcir
cor.tributicn ?:-;u1iI !i:cv? f?r thu fmcnci.c: stabil i ty cf tho 0rcntractir.s? Parties.
TV. Wcr.:? an n*ùans f f irar&-??. th» 1?51 *..xrcr?Jiturc
17. Ir. vie;: Y th? fact th:?t 10110 wcul2 nct bc in a n»siticr± to cor.tinue the
nrrar;:en.cnt in i'crce jr; 1950 fr tiïc rci??:urzcccnt cf scrviccs rcnclurucl te the
C:ntrnct±ri: ?arti.is, the rkirw; ?art.:,r rcc:rm:urils that exc;'?nses incurred in 1951
ty thc 10170 cr. tJi'?1f V thcs Cxtractin;: Pc.rtks ShQU1QI bs recaiJ iri fuli and
a? pr? rTtly -? practicable. ?hi? J?:CLQ:1SII ;vsuld be ccrLsisturLt ;;?ith the principle
lau .L v/r in ?:ra?raph 7 cf th. rcp:rt cf rkin? i?arty 9 cri the Budget as
aipr?. v?J 'ty th? Ccntrn.ctir.c Parties ?t th: ir 3irJ Scisicr.. (Bu&gct/3, Rcv. 1?
pacu 2.)
13. The ?.rkins ?art'î the:. exanir?? ncw the rJJiticnal charges couLi be met
?d.th»ut suÉzt'cnti».liy ir?cr?;aziri» the ccr.?rfLuticns f ir.JiviJual contracting
1.9. The tcsk sct cut f cr the VJrkiry .kxrty ;va? ::rcatly faciîitated by tho
ux 'cctati: r. that, bu -t: thu strict c ?ntrY? cxcrc?zcI by the Executive Sccretary
cr? uxc?n:iturc ir. 1950, thci r.?unt finarcial year will ci' se ;vith a zmall cash GATT/CP.5/23
Page 5
balance and a substantial amount in the form of outstanding contributions.uticr.s,
tional source of income, a large part of which would becomei ch .;;bec mb.e
avearly part othe car1could be used to supplement receipts-r. -1mc-rt X'_cts
tions.951 c rtributi: nl
and means proposed by the Working Party to meet . *L;rkix: ?arty te;t 1951
ut below:tur~ ..r set cut be1c:
319,781tricruti 319,73:1
0) ca- bal a>1nce <s a*t 31 De cc'r 1950
and pa.:rcnts receivcd in 1951 in
res^ect cf 19L9 and 1950 fincncial
ycars, upz tG a*n amunt cf 61,000
c) misceilanecus ir.ccmc: estim.ated at 22,500
,403,281
V. Ccncral1 rcrnar
21e proposals outlined abovecwould Party, th_ prcrKsa*ls cut1irW ab:vc ,;au1
e a day-to-day conrol over expen- cxtrciSe e. `:a'y-tC-iay c :ntrc: 1 vcren-
of monthly budgets to ensure that .;fcrc- th_ methcdc'. _m cnthly buJgcts tc er tha^t
ly available or which can betcd tc the - :sh wi:'ichl is actually a*vailalle crch cari be
ting fromay cx-æct-v, t- be a.v^*i bic bef rel the pa*yrr:cnts rosultfror:
c. nm.itmr.nts bec;me;e;.
lack of Thc .,:çrk-i Party roo^rnises, }1 -v.rver, tha t in viei -\'f the la ci'
i'lxibilityr e- thU a ;ra-ari.ati ns anci the abseEnce ' a substantialca~sh reserve,
t9e Fxecutive Secrctary may h^ve scmr.e *i'fficu.lty .iurir.: the_ latter --f ,`51
in .a.heriiy strictly t: the rule ai- :I;c.m ixn ?aragra:, 21 abave, ;.ith:ut
curtaiîinc un iu1y the services rcndcercd t: tlue cantractin~ ;c.:rtics. It is
(i) The nct azss ts cn the GATT 'Acc urt as .t Decernber 31, 1950 arc
estir.-atrd as f r.11c«>s:
Excess cf inccmk. receiveci on Octaber 31, 1950 aver
anticiaatcd experditure ta Dccember 31, 1950 $5,000.00
INa te: This cstin-ite d_.c s not iriclude any. savir.g
wrhich1 may bo eifectcd Juriri5 the 1-~st
carter cf tho car,ro.
A.ccaunts Roceivable as ant Octaber 51 15
a) 1949 an-1 1950 ccntributi-.ns -1us
mnnucy Schdll1ulcc 58,000.00
b) ,nyaabie by Torquay acceders as
cantributi-r.s tc exy;:r.es
ef Tc*rqu.ay CQ.nfere 29,000. OC
T: tai 92,0CO. CC
s1 GATT/CP.5/28
Page 6
suggested therefore that the Contracting Parties agree te re-examine the
situation at their Sixth Session in the light of the reports which the
Executive Secretary would be prepared to submit on commitments with respect
to budgetary expenditures.
23. The Working Party also recommends that .the Contracting Parties adopt
the procedure in force in the United Nations when proposals invclving
additional expenditure are discussed. According to that procedure, no
proposal involving additional expenditure should be entertained unless it be
accompained d by a statement of its financial implications, prepared by the
Secretariat, and the question of provision of adequate funds is formally
explored.
Vl, Scale of Contributions
24 The Working: Party examined the desirbility of revising the scale of
contributins at the present juncture,
25. For practical reasons which are set forth in paragraph Il of this
report, the financing of expenditure during the first quarter of 1951 depend
to a large extent on the receipt of the contributions of some contracting
parties during January next, To achieve that object, the Secretariat should
be in a position to send to those governments an official notice of assessment
not later than NJovember 30. The pro )252l zubmitte3. by the Czechoslovak
Government wvouidl require a thorough and d.etaileci exanination vhich soeu1d delay
the submission cf the Working Party's report. There vwas aiso an indication
that another Gove~rnment intenlc' tc submit proposals for a revision cf the
scale of contributions. .Moreever, the trend cf discussion cf the WcVrking
Party hacd shown that the delegeatior.s wre only pnre>arod to consider provisional
arrangements for financing expenditure in 1951. The argurncnts advanced against
the ado-?tion cf more permanent arrangements viere oqua<lly app«Llicable to a
substantial revision cf the scale cf ccntributions.
26, The Workir.z Party came, therefore, ts the conclusion that it would. net
be advisable te mcdify the present scale at this session, it being understood
that any contracting party would be free to revert to that question at a
later session and to. submit any proposal for a revision of the scale.
27. The representative of Czechosiovakia could not agree that it would
not have been possible for the Contracting Parties to have considered his
proposal before November 30. He noted, however, that all other mombers
of the Working Party felt undue delay would occur, and therefore he agrecd.
not to press for discussion cf revision of the scale of contributions at
this time. In his opinion, the scale proposed by his delegation was simple,
practical and equitable and he sincerely hoped that the governments parties
to the Generai Agreement would give careful consideration to that proposal
in the near future.
28. As regards the payment of contributions, the Working Party recommends
that the contracting parties should pay their 1951 contributions as early as
possible and in any case net later than April 30, 1951. The governments which
accede to the General Agreement after the end of the Torquay Conference will be
required te contribute to the expenses of the Contracting Parties in 1951.
In order to avoid. any delay in the remittance of- those contributions, it would
be appreciated. if the acceding governments could take steps to ensure that they
are authorised. to remit their contributions as soon as they become contracting
parties. GATT/CP.5/28
Page 7
29. The Working Party also recommends that the contributions bes bc
ssed in U.irh dollars, but that teh contracting parties should have the hevche
of paying their contibutions in Swiss francesat the prevailing rate--reWv.; r'^.t
ese contributions should be remitted direct to the lt.twd fLire.c: the
of teh e SecO for the account of the Contracting Parties. Ccrntrc.ctinp: Pares.
ial and Administrative Questions f;rl.ist-rative wue-ns
rynoted that the problable adoption of a new salarybablc' ?adticn cf a re;ry
ly of the United Nations might involve somec Unit&- ?Yti rrs mlicht irc1vu zcrnc
angements in the ICITO Secretariat. It a ra^nc<- i_,ts ir!± th_ ICITO Sccit.t It
lary scale is not expected to have-ri . the n vi ssalary sc :l_ ic rc çw t c have
ries and allowances, and onr thc- vr~r iai>tins~r 'fr sa.l^rie3 ar> ll1;ccs, and
ingparties inaff-ect thc contributi :.s re;,uirc;'. ifrom> he ccntr-4cti- F ½S
s if the t awgrccd that it .-,-ul- te ;:.4siroi1c ts rn.k.'^ ths.se a 1 ubt' if the
Executive Secretary v:ere s-.tisfi-cd that thec ncvi scheme is ar >:r-ri;*t: tc the
circumstances cf thc Cor:traotin. P-.rties.
31, As rer riis the ac coun-tinr ar.c au.i t:ino a.rrar~.£crLnts su , _ teJ Ly thec
EBxecutive Secretary, the ViEcrkinj P'arty c zsid-crd tha~t the reia tionrshi'L: betvirn
OAEni? and ICITO vas c!f such a nature ". t'A rquire the kc,-:ia;' cfI searate
bocks aniE accounts wXhich ceub;l te irnsectb b y the . overrz..ments c2rcerrncd. It
fczls, therefore, tha.t thc3 Secretari.at shz ul:- te cuth:-rizz X tc* k'S'C-:: its OwY'
acccurLts in so, far a.S 07K,,T rec`ci :ts Qnc- eX1!ndiItUreS arts4 ccrncerne'J anr t;- make
tilC arra.ngem.eOnts xwhichn re, ir. his C*>-;i*non mcst a:;r :D -ria.te t: enable hin t^
.lischrgc his fsinancial respcr.isiblîtîGs tc;z<radS th- - overnriroerts l.artics tc
the G«,rcnra1 AX.rec zenrt..
VIII. Conc1usicns
ion Thc Workin.- P rty submits ts> theè Contra^ctir:r l'a^rties 2cr ccnsi.&ratisr.
ancL a;s:rcva1l a draft rcscluticn ,n te c ,enJiture t' thc Contra.cti.n- P.aties
in 1°51 and ;,a-rs anfL means tc: met such ex^-.rndie. GATT/CP.5/28.
Page 8
DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE EXPENDITURE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN 1951
AND THE WAYS AND MEANS TO MEET SUCH EXPENDITURE
The CONTRACTING PARTIES
HAVING considered the estimates of expenditure of the Contracting Parties
during; 1951, as set forth in the Schedules annexed to this Resolution,
RESOLVE that:
1. The Executive- Secretary is authorised to repay -premptly ICITO for
services rendered. during the year 1951, provided that such repayment does
not exceed a total of US $403,281;
2. The repayment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be financed as follows;
a) by centributicrisfrcm. contracting parties f er aon amount cf
US $~319,781;
b) by arawinj en the cash balance available on Decem.ber 31, 1950
ar.d payJments recoived in 1951 in respeUct cf 1949 and 1950 financial
yc-ars up t^: an a.cunt ^;f US $61,000; asnc
c) by mriscohlaneous income estimated. at US $S22,500;
3. ^my balancc frcm the cash. surpDlus as rt Decer.ber 31, 1950 and >eaments
cf eutstancliinj, contributions in excess cf /6i,ooo shall be left at the dispoDsai
cf thc Executive Secretary f er use a*s approved by thc Ccntra.cting Parties,
provided that such anrova-l shahl net be necessary to finance ap'rcved
expenditure- in 1951 ,,endir.&: &olay in receipt ef contributions;
4. The Executive Secrtatry chall report te the Contracting* Pa.rties at the
Sixth Sessicn on the status cf budgetary- ex-cend'itures including ail commit-
monts entered'. into tc rncet unforeseen a.nd extrao3rdînary expenses.
5. The contributions Cfn the contracting -cartios in 1951 shahl Le assessed
in -accer;lance ;ith thc scalo cf contributions set forth in Lmncx C te this
Resclutin.,
II
The CONTRACTING PARTIES
RESOLVE further that:
1, Before adopting any proposal involving expenditure not specificailly
covered by approprations already approved, they shall examine the financial
implicatins of that proposal and consider ways and means of meeting the
expenditure out of the existing budget resources or new resources;
2, They shall consider at their Sixth Session a report by the Executive
Secretary on the income received up to the date of the Session and, if there
should be an amount in arrears from contributions such as to impede the
execution of the work entrusted to the Secretariat, they shall review the
apprepriations for 1951 and consider arrangements for financing expenditureJiture
durinremainder of the yearc ye a; GATT/CP.5/28
Page 9
3. They shall .also consider at their Sixth Session the questin of the
establishment of a Working Capital Fund;nd;
~~~~II-
Sho CCY1'. A> CTi- iG Pi'DTIZS
e note submitted by the Executive Secretary on i b5 v' r the ExhcccWvo S>cry on
report of its Working Party on BudgetthlC report cfo i tS Rlo rlinz B:r :uc:,t
Que .t:i c . ,...
not yet paid their ail1 ccntracti:^:g *,rtiez -;hich li.v_ nct yot .aiheir
hout delay;ien for 1950 enc :Jrcvious ycars, te cie se .-rithcut dy;r
2, An R:EQoEST ail centcractinag iartie-s to ror:-iit contributions fer 1951
as carly aa posllb>le and in ny case, not lator then April 30, 1951, cnd ail
them to send theirnnts te takec thc necess ary st.e?;s te cna.blc thon: te sc thoir
c;ntrin tiolns fe 1951l >hch shall be ccnsiderc3. as auo &iz. payable iri fuil
as scen as thosc ,gcvcrnirionts beccox;± cdllt-ractin.C .cs, GATT/CP.5/28
Page 10.
ANNEX A
ESTIMATES OF EXPEDITURE FOR THE FINANCIAL
YEAR 1951
PART I :MEETINGS
Section
1, Torquay Conference
(January-March 1951)
2. 6th Session, Contracting
Parties
3. Other Meetings
Total PART I:
PART II SECRETARIAT
4, Salaries and Wages
5. Common Staff Costs
6. Travel on Official Business
7. Common Services
8. Printing
9. Books and Information Material
10. Services reimbursable to United
Nations
11. Hospitality
12. Permanent Equipment
Total PART II:
amount in. U.S. Dollars
25,000
27,000
10, 000
62,000
148,431
49,750
15,000
8,000
46,000
1,000
35,100
1, 000
305 ,281
PART III
13. Unforeseen
36,000
403,281
GRAND TOTAL GATT/CP.5/28S
age 11 e,~~ 11.
A7NEX B
SOF EXPENDITURE EIDITL-HE FINANCIAL YEAR-W.IiAL-A 1951
DehedulesSciiedulo
A[:loun in U. S. dollars
Schcc'ulc I: Section1.CTorerence nfUcrance,(January-
March 1951)
rary e-r..or.acessistansc
(ii) Travel aence bostcnocc cf Staff
(iii) Frcight portTrans- rt
entsDccu];cnt
unicationsunoica.t
n ) eornres Scrvics
15,000
6 ,000
500
1,500
2, 000
$ 25,000
Schedule II -
Sec6ion 2, 5th Session of Contracting
Partics
. ......... .(i')
(ii)
(iii)
(i)
(vi)
(vii)
±cri.p.iora;ry Atiso tance..
Lict1 ' ?l Roans
Documents Rc eroduc ti
.nd Distribution
Translation
Office Supplies
Communications
Frcight and Common
Scrvic s
5.000
1,200
11, 000
6, 200
400
600
2, 6oo
2 7,000
etingsle III: Section 3, Other Moceti7n
(i) One sh.rt s-,cci.rtl scesn
cf the Contracting Parties
(ii) Onc short m.cotin cf a
Wr king party
)
)
$ ?.0000
Sohecges IV: Section 4. Salaries and Warn.
(i) Establishci P.sts
(ii Tcrycr iary5 .Yvs-.;lc
139 ,&31
14.,431 GATT/CP.5/28 Page 12.
Amount in U. S. dollars
Schedule V: Section 5. Common Staff CostsCe;'vs
avel and removal r.,s
es of staffiWl; n 8,000
rmination payments 1 )^m,r»; .......... .. 000
(iii) ontiribDti'n - Staff.
:3 nefit Fun 20,000
iv> 2x;;at-ri2.tiDl 2 .11; s 8,250
(y) Travel on ho^-.c lc; 5,500
(vi) Ohi lr ci' a1wl fi;ano .
cdRuc..tior^l1 c;r.>tszd :
re1atc _d trc. 2, 000
(vii) Staff benofits (z.!Jica
inséurar-8ce co:.p-erls:ry
1Day.rLts, tc ) 5,000
. 49,750
Sch;Lu.le VI: Scc' i n 6. Trve Jl Cr± Q0ffici'^.1 Bus3ss....
Travel c ° re:juTh>r staff
r.Aer.'eers.. Mission $ 15, 000
Scehccru' VII: Section 7, Co. .:o Services
cdist:. ncr. t_ l 5,000
(ii) FrcwiSht, cz.rtaj;e '`nJ ex-,ress
(c:xclud:.inj air î right 2,000
(iii ) A`ir froir'ht 1 0
$ 8,000
Sch&e.u1c VIII: Secti^,n 8, eP]rintin;r
(i) Tor2,uay ScheC.u1es 7,500
(i3 Co -isclid. tcd Sch o ules 30,000
(i)Palphlelts, 1ec.:f1_}s c. d
ether i;«rLtin£ 8"500
/ 46,000 CATT/CP.5/28
Page 13.
Amount in U.S. dollarss
Schc?iu1c IX: Section 9. ?c:?ks rnJ nforr?.ticr? ?±or±a1
Purchase De Bock-s anz.
Publication1s
Schcclulc X: Section 10. Sorvic?s rci?bursab1c te UrLite?
Watisris
(j) r?z:taî cf ?
to.l zorvices
( G?dll?:j an3. office zu?p1ies
(iv? Rc,?ru2Lucticn cf ?c cu?;cn1x3
(\r)
(vi) Othor zcrvSccs
$g 1,000
B. 300
2, 500
1 800
14.~, O0
1,000
7 Lb.500
$ 35,100
$
Schedtlel XI: Scction 11, flb>pitF).ity lurn
SchcdLulc XII: Section. 12. Bor.maSnot .Ec;uiXpinnt
Burch l.sc of -lectr ic
oatlclla.tiri& malchina $X 1,000 GATT/CP.5/28 Page 14 ANNEX C SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1951 (1) 1 unit -$2.687.25
I--7?rI i i i
Share of total Trade
Contracting Parties in the
Category
No. of
CFuntries
Units
per
Country
Total
Numbei-
of Units
Contribution
per Country
-. t. I t j I
2C, or more
United Kingdom, United
States
2
20
40
$53,74s.00
Total
Contributions
$107 ,490. 00
B îtY or more but Nil Nil 10 Nil 26,872.50 Nil
less than 20À
C 7% or more but France 1 7 7 18,810.75 18,810.75
less than îo,
D 5% or more but Canada 1 5 5 13, 436. 25 13,436.25
less than 7%
E 2»or rnore but Australia, Belgiwn, Brazil, 9 4 36 10,719.00 96,741.00
less than 5% German Federal Republie,
India, Italy, Netherlands,
Sweden, Union of South Africa
12 or more but
less than $
Cuba, Czechoslovakiav Denmark,
New Zealand., Norway
5
2
10
5,574.50
26,872. 50
1 -- t - - I _-
less than 1À
Austria, Burma, Ceylon, Chile,
Dominican Republic, Finland,
Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Korea,
Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg,
Nicaragua, Fakistan, IIru,
Fnilippines, Scuthern Rhodesia,
Syria, Turkey, Uruguay.
21
1
- I F
TOTAL
k.
21
I L
2,687.25
56,432.25
$519,782.75
Category
A
Q
l
F
G.
- . , . . . . |
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TRADE
ACCORD GENERAL SUR
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CONTRACTING PARTIES
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RESTRICTED
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G/TOCPB. 5/C/2/Add.1
18 November 1950
BILINGUAL
Addendum to Paragraph 28
The Working Party also recommends that the contributions be assessed
in U.S. dollars but that the Contracting Parties would have the option of paying
their contributions in Swiss franes at the prevailing rate of exchange. These
contributions would be remitted direct to the Executive Secretary of the ICITO
for the account of the Contracting Parties.
ADDENDUM AU PARAGRAPHE 28 DU DOCUMENT RELATIF AU
BUDGET
Le Groupe de travail recommende egalement que les contribu-
tions soient fixees en dollars des Etats-Unis, mais que les parties
contractantes aient la latitude de payer leur contribution on franes
suisses au cours du change du moment. Ces contributions seraient ver-
sees directement au Secretaire executif de l'ICITO pour le compte des
Parties Contractantes. |
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GATT/CP.5/28/Corr.1
22 November 1950
ENGLISH ONLY
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARRTY "C" ON THE BUDGET
Corrigendum
Page 6, Para 22
Delete "on commitment" in the third line, and. add at the end
of the sentence "and receipt of contributions".
Page 7, Para 31
In the seventh line, replace "in his opinion" by "in the opinion,
of the Executive Secretary",
I |
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24- November 1950
BILINGUAL.
ET LE COMMERCE
CONTRACTING PARTIESkTIES
Fifth Snssior.
REORTWORKING PARTY "S" ON THE BUDGETbT
W
rignedum±d.
e c 8
Paragraph 3 should read. aollows:;.s
"4y bance from the cash ^shsurplua ^* a- Dember ibe31, 195andXd.
pments of s outstadin194949ndri 1950 contributions in exss>o cf $'6000CC
all be left at the dispoal of the Executive Secretary for use asscs
approved byetContracting Parties, provided that such approval shallva~shall
not bc necessary ce finan<ed expenditure .n&iture iending delayiing de1y
t of cWipt oi cont;ributions"
ONTRACTANTESTR»CT_.NT
Sessiion: Scssor
U GROUPE DE TRAVAIL "C" DES QUESTIONS BUDGETAIRESIS 3U:D(kTiIRES
?r.;;?
doit etre redige comme suit:?é coï?i;x? sui
ncaisse disposible a la date du 31 decembre 1950,ccm?r? 1950,
ents recus au titre d'arrieres des '?.rriér6s d coneributiens do 1949 ot 1950,
de 6ct000nt llars des Etats-Unis seront laisses a la dispostion. la dioposior.
xecutif our etre utilises de la maniere qui sera approuveeui sc.rn.apProuoo
ontractantes: toutofeis cette approdation ne sera pas ne-ion fl? s?.rc, ?a6-
cer les depenses autorisees on 1951, en attendant laon 1951, ?n atton&. la
r?ntr?o d?s contributions;"
TRADE |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP.5/C/2
17 November 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "C" ON THE BUDGET
D R A F T
I. Estumates of f ThDe7 .Iiturc for 1951
1. The Working Party considered the estirates of GATT expenditure in 19511
s submitted by the Executive Secretary in his note of October 24 1950, and2
greed to recommend the approval of the estimates of Parts I and II as setT
ut in GATT/CP.5/10 (page 3 anbd 6-11), subject to the following changes:h
a) a reduction of Section 3: Other Meetings for $20,000 to $10,000o
) theelimination of Section 4, item (ii) Consultantes $10,000,
2. TheWorking Party proposed the reduction in Section 3: Other Meetings,c
ecause it felt that it would be sufficient to provide for very limitede
ntersessional meetings in 1951, such as one short, special session of thet
ontracting Parties to consider items on the agenda of the Fifth Session
hich would not have been disposed of by December 22, 1950, and one short
eeting of a Working Party. If, at the current session or at the Sixth -
ssion, the Contracting Parties decide to convene other intersesionalin
etings, the cost of such meetings should be met out of the provision foris
foreseen.cs
An regards the other sections of Part I : Meetings, the Working Partye
(a) that thFifth Session of the Contracting Parties will be completed-r
fore the end of the year,r
(b) that e Torquay Tariff Conference will be concluded on or beforer
rch 31, 1951,19
(c) at the delegations will provide the Secretariat with the stencilsi
f the final schedules in both languages, ready for prim
ii ii vi' 1 f individual delegations require some assistance from t
lor L". *C*ifor the translation or preprC"e ', . ., JC S ' i. t', s
v'roul'. 'be ewould be extended on a strical lb
(a) that thedcoc;t the,, st of the Sixth Session of the Contracting
rot texcee tnot exceed that of the meeting held on ceneva and of a dur
r..;O2.: L3?mora thee
not cyccc-'The working
T1JO1 ....{ ?8r t. ;;or to increased the cost
? Tx,;,rl 2 _ r, Tariff Coc
4,L. 'AS !' ..g'.ri rde; ite .m L,( M ii) i ->o:-s4. As regards item 4(ii)P
tllt thic o.'t- 'conect'].' .i '. the ;; ree 'L.eti,hat the work connected o
that.l nDj oThe- r ..s. utY t. oethat no other work r- cc.'' C oiiio lo
Lin .;t GATT/CP.5/C/2 Page 2 5. The fillowing table shows the reductions proposed and the appropriations reccommended by the Working Party for Parts I and II of the estimates of Executive Secretart's Proposal Reduction Working Party's Proposal
Part I 72,000 10,000 , 62,000 Part II 315,281, 10,000, 305,281
II. Provision for Working Contribution
6. The Working Party than addressed iteel to the question unforseen. contrinfencies and suggestion to established Working ca -, - -' ~ While agrecing that such
a fund would have with the technical advantages for dealing with the question of
7. The United States Relegation proposed the following arrgements:
(a) to and to the estimates of expenditure a nor item, worked as follows: "Part II: infors en : $36,000"
(b) to leave any balance from payments of outstanding contributions in exceese of $61,000 at the of theExecutive Secretary for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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III. Cash Resources
II. The Working Party examined carefully, on the basis of the information
furnished by delegations and the Secretarist, the probable trend of rececipts
and expenditure during the four quarters of 1951. As a result of that
examination, the Working Party come to the following conclusions:
First Quarter
(a) the United States and other delegations would remit their 1951
contributions, as assessed, not later the January 31, 1951, provided
that this assessment is received before the end of the current year.
These amounts, with that part of outstanding contributions expected
to the received before April 1951, would slightly exceed the probable
expenditure during this quarter:
Second Quarterr
(b)Many other delegations have already indicated that their contribu-r
ions would be remitted during the month of April; that income will'
ully cover the expenditure of the second quarter
TThird and Fourth Quarter
( c) innformation received so far is not sufficient to estimate the incom
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c) Receipts expected during the 1st quarter, 1951 $12,352.1
Italy 1950 contribution)
Chile balance of 1950 contribution)
a)Cutsatations payment for which no indication
has been given: $22,291.85
China 1949 and 1950 contributions $14,351.72
Greece Annecy Schedules 474.77
Wicaragua Annecy Confrence 1949 and 1950 Contributions 3,550.43x
yrid 1950 contribution 2,650.43 Wruguay Annecy Conference 19
4-- 16. The Working Party noted that, in ths, the thecon
C" I cul payment had bee cl c' c:,.le
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20. The ways and means proposed by the Working Party to meet 1951
expenditure are set out below:
a)1951 contributions $ 319, 781
b) cash balance as at 31 December 1950
and payments received in 1951 in
respect of 1949 and 1950 financial
years, up to an amount of 1, 000
c) miscellaneous income estimated at 22.500
$403,281
./
IV General remarks
21. In the opinion of the Working Party, the proposales outlined above would
oblige the Executive Secretary to exercise a day-to-day control over expenditure
and to apply as heretofore the method of monthly budgets to ensure that
commitments are limited to the cash which is actually available or which can be
reasobably expected to be available before the payments resulting from
communications become due.
22. The Working Party recognises, however, that in view of the lack of
flexibility of the appropriations and the absence of a substantial cash reserve,
the Executive Secretary may have some difficutly during the latter part of 1951
in adhering strictly to the rule laid down in paragraph 21 above, without
curtailling unduly the servises rendered to the contracting parties. It is
suggested therefore tha tthe Contracting Parties agree to re-examine the
situation at their Sixth Session in the light of the reports which the Executive
Secretary would be prepared to submit on commitments with respects to unforeseen
expenditure and on receipt of contributions.
23. The Working Party also recommends that the Contracting Parties adopt the
procedure in force in the United Nations when proposals involving additional
expenditure and discussed. According to that procedure, no proposal involving
additional expenditure should be entertained unless it be accompanied by a
statement of its financial implications, prepared by the Secretariat, and the
question of provision of adequate funds is formally explored.
V. Scale of Contributions
24. The Working Party examined the desirability of revising the scale of
contributions at the present juncture.
25. For practical reasons which are set forth in paragraph 11 of this report,
the financing of expenditure during the first quarter of 1951 depends to a large
extent on the receipt of the contributions of some contracting parties during
January next. To achieve that object, the Secretarait should be in a position
to send to those governments an official notice of assessment not later than
November 30. The proposal submitted by the Czechoslovak Government would
require a through and detailed examination which would delay the submissions of
the Working Party's report. Moreover, the trend of discussion of the working
Party had shown tha the delegations were only prepared to consider provisional
arrragements for financing expenditure in 1951. The arguments advanced against
the adoptation of more permanent arrangements were equally applicable to
substantiad revision of the scale of contributions. GATT/CO.5/C/2 Page 6
26. The working Party came, therefore, to the conclusion that it would not bel 44tb
ble to modify the present scale at this session it being understood ssion,< ur:~erztoocI
party would be free to rever to that question at laterC-s uet4)} >rl.e
bmit any proposal to that effect. -'i;-ric5-?,s')S c,'a -, fIf ect6
ve was unable to agree with the arguments 'U-'.-, -with n~.n
osx .rute o--u'nI
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orking Party recommends that r con r _ 31 t,* sSW . C . .Xt
ribution as early as possible, i e 3 0 z l. rou,_ o S i. Sfr .ir
The governments intending to T h r; - -C .- r l > '-.' ¢.-_r ^c .i .k
aties in 1951 if <- fz>-,4-.r U.-u -l ^\- C 'c s U -tl; >3-n r-.c` - -ni * l l i
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Page 7
DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE EXPENDITURE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN 1951Cl 51
HE WAYS AND MEANS TO MEET SUCH EXPENDITUREH a'; l
T
TRACTING PARTIESNO P1'
IAYVIN considerestimates ic.lateeof expendituro of the Contracting Parties
during 1951, as set forth in the Schedules annexed to this solution,
RESOLTE that
1. The Executive Secretary is authorized topromptly rom. pt ICITO for services
rendered during the year 1951, provided tharepaymentpayonnt does not exceed a
totSl$ f 3s 8 405,231;
2.e repayment aan-!cn referred to in paragraph 1 shall be financed as follows:
a) by contributions from contracting -parties for an amount of
US $ 319,781;
bawing ravfing on the cashebaqlancc vailabecembercermobe 31, 1950
and payments received in 19espect ospoct of 1949 and 1550 financial
ycars up mount aamorl$of US % 6a,000; end
iscellaneous llane o incomatedtiru.at$at US , 22,500;
3. Any balance from the cash surplus esemt DccmYber 31a 19payments ofnts of
ndingar~ing bontriLutioexcessacce$s of , 61,000 shall be lefhe disposal of al of
the Execueive SCcrCtarysf as approved by the Contracting Parties, providedarie sroviced
that suca approval secessary to finance approved expenditure in rvd expniture
195a nendinr delcy in reributions;ont-ribut' -n
cutive Secretary shall report to the Contracting Parties at the Pa Crties -atile
S xth Sess fn and. gat the .sirst eeular sessie ahcld after thc _nd of th 1951
financiatments entered into ti-cmeet unforeseen and extraordi-rcscon a.nd _xtrrdi-
nary exprlnscs
5. The contributing of the contract`n.n parties in 1951 shall be assessed
in accoedance .ith the scalc of con ributnnex set forth. in Am1ei C to this
Resolution.
IT
The CONTRACTINIG Pu.TIES
RESOLVE further that
1. Before adopting anyeproposal involvspecificalllyre net srecifi*caly
covered by appropriations already aeprovee, teey shall cxaminc thc finarncial
implications of that proposal and considemeeting the eans of inectin£ the ex-
pcnditurc outget tee existing buw,,c rcsources or neW resources;
2. They ehall consider at ahreport by SessioExe romeet by- the xe;cutivc
Secretary on the incthe received. untie teiC and if thereScssion d.-41d, if t
should bc an amount in arionss from contrimpede such as to iijpe>, the exe-
cution of thc wore eetrusted to theall rr,tariat, thprehl r eview the apUrc-
pr ations for 1951 and. corrangements priateinancing ex-nt for filnacin O. X
penditure duringethe remainder of thc ycar; GATT/CP.5/C/2 Page 8 , /
,.ey shall also consider at their Sixth Session the question of the cf he
lishment of a Working Capital Fund;Fulm;
III
ONTRACTING PARTIES ,;' -S
,.VIMn cognizance of the note submitted by the Executive Secretary one Soc-cy on
ns in arrears and of the report of its Working Party on BudgetParty on BuLet
Que..t >xn
URGE all contracting parties which hagvenot yet ;;pa hiave not said their
for 1950 and previous years, to do so without o so -;wthout delay;
T all contracting parties to remit their contributions for 1951 m-it their c nbutions for 1951
y case, not later than April cny case, not lat.tcr th1oen pril 30, 151, :amd all
ecessary steps to enable them to send theirary; Strlss to cnabie t-her.e to set'Lheir
idered as the due and payable in fulla1l bc considered as cu nd -payablc in fll
ing parties.eSO v _ts bcU e cract,3 D a .rties GATT/CP.5/C/2
Page 9 ANNEX A
ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE FlNANCIAL
YEAR 1951
PART I : MEETINGS
Section,
1. Torquay Conference
(January-March 1951)
2. .6th Session, Contracting
Parties
3. Other Meetings
Amount in U.S. Dollars
25, 000
27,000
10,000
Total PART I:
PART II SECRETARIAT
4. Salaries and Wages
5. Common Staff Costs
6. Travel on Official Business
7. Common Services
8. Printing
9. Books and Information Material
10. Services reimbursable to United
Nations
11. Hospitality
12. Permanent Equipment
Total PART II:
PART III
13. Unforeseen
GRAND TOTAL
62,000
14.8,431
49,750
15,000
8,000
46,000
1,000
35,100
1,000
1,000
305,281
36,000
403,281 GATT/CP.5/C/2
Page 10
ANNEX B
ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 4AR 1951
Doeailcd Schedulos
Arount in U.S. dollars
Schedule e: icct Tnlquay-uc. Confeeenccanuaryxary-
March 1951)
(emporary-po- Assistance
(ii) Travel and Subeicecnmc of Staff
(iii) greizht and Tpans-ort
ocumentsn-.;
(Communicationsi~an
(vm Cormon Services
15,000
6,000
500
1,500
2,000
, 25,000
Schedule II: Section 2 6eh Sonsi-r of Contragtin;
Pertics
Temporary Assitancestan
(iMeeting RoomsRoo.
(iiocuments Reproductioncion
Distributionn
(iv) Trnslationo
(V) Office Supplies
(v) Communications
(vii) Freight and Common
ecrvie;s
5,000
1,200
11,000
6,200
400
600
% 27,000
______
_______
Schedule III: SecMeetingsOther viccetin
(pe One seorton)|cial sussi-Ln
of thc Coneracting Partics
(ieeting short moceti of a
.orkin- Party
)
)
% 10,00'
Scheoule IV: Secticn 4.Wagesries and 'Jagc
(i) Establishnd Posts
Assistance;)crt-ly Assisnco,
(iii) Ov artir
139,&31
1,000
,.'? 1431 GATT/CP.5/C/2
Page 11
Amount in U. S. dollars
Schedule V: Section 5. Common Staff Costst-s
(iravel and removalW.
d dependentson t 8,000
(Termination payments , 11000
(iContribution -;,i Staff
fit Fundflt 20,000
Expatriation allowances 1 c , 0 25(
Travel on home leave1cc 5 j,500
Vi)1dren's allowances, noc
ational grants and ^ tsnd
d travelLtravo 2,000
(vaff benefits (medical.. ic^.
ineurcompensatery9[crat
tsy.e^en, otc.) 5,000
O 49,750
Schedule VIo Sectima 6. Trevel onal Business 3usilc
Travel of regular staff
mooners ,n Mission $ 15,000
echodulo VII:on 7. Common S.:.on Services
(e, telegraph, wireless,- dlC2ic,:ss
and long-ca t i 't1 i~1 -
e tcancu t-c-h)hne1 5,000
tage and express czrtaC:.'c andcr
eight;clu'f in::: -. ' ) 2,000
tiii ) Air Lfr ............ i,';jat 1.000
$ 8,000
Schedule VIII: Soction 8. Printin?
(i) Toojuay Schedules 7,500
(ii) Cc:30cldatcd Scheules A ,000
(iii):2_oh- ots;L C t, 1 o:.f1an-d
,ther printing 8 500
' 46,000 GATT/CP.5/C/2
Page 12
Amount in U.S. dollarsrs
hedule IX: Sectin 9. Books and Information materialr
Fuhase of Books and - .nQ
ationI i . ....Lon
Z 1,000
ction 10. Services reimbursable to United r £110- o-- Unito
: ati n
(i) ?_'a1 s--c
s; . a!c u rvi; s
(r) ;: zw;C
(v) ..--,*__
S, 300
.,500
1,800
14,000
1,000
7.500
355,100
Schar.ubll -'7 S- c; 11. Hospitlity
1,000
T.
enant Equipmentzcr± 12e Por -.,;-n - n1v nt
Purch .' c .t:.tic
1,000
:1 -:% , -? - 7 I , ,- I I -i"I " 1, - : 'GI ',-;
L7 , "'I" . - 1. .?? ?-' GATT/CP.5/C/2 Page 13 SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1951
ANNEX C
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(1)
Category Share of total Trade Contracting Parties in the No. of Units Total Contribution Total
Category Countries per Number per Country Contributions
Country of Units
A or more United Kingdom, United 2 20 40 $53,745.00 $107,490.00
States
B or more but Nil Nil 10 Nil 26,872.50 Nil
less than 2C%
C 7A or more but France 1 7 7 18,810.75 18,810.75
less than 1.
D 5o or more but Canada 1 5 5 13,436.25 13,436.25
less than 7%
E 2 or more but Australia, Belgium, Brazil, 9 4 36 10,749.00 96,741.00
less than 5% German Federal Republic,
India, Italy, Netherlands,
Sweden, Union of South Africa
1;6 or more but
less than 26
Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Demnark,
New Zealand, Norway
5
less than l%
Austria, Burma, Ceylon, Chile,
Dominican Republic, Finland,
Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Korea,
Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg,
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru,
Pnilippines, Southern Rhodesia,
Syria, Turkey, Uruguay.
21
2
1
10
21
5,374.50
2,687.25
26,872.50
56,432.25
TOTAL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 39 11 $39727
F
_
_
(1) I unit - $2,687-25
-
$319,782-75
119
TOTAL
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/GP.4/ 33
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "D" ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
RE*1 ;1r;b i
TERMS OF REFERENCE
1. The Working Party was appointed at the 11th meeting of the
Fourth Session with the following terms of reference:
To explore the application of the provisions of the
agreement to
(a) quantitative import restrictions, and
(b) q antitative export.restrictions
which are being applied for protective, promotional or
other commercial purposes; and
to recommend action for the review provided for by
Article XII: L(b) and other action under the Agreement
as may be appropriate.
I. QUANTITATIVE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
..E$R
2. Preliminary to its discussion, the Working Party established
the Xollowing list of provisions of the Agreement relevant to
the problem of quantitative export restrictions:
Article XI; Article XIII; Article XIV; paragraphs 2, 4
land 5; Article XV, paragraph 9(b); and Article XX.
3. T4e Working Party then proceeded to examine several types
of qxpprt restrictions which are being applied for protective,
pro40otlpna or other commercial purposes- and appear to fall
outside the exceptions provided for in the Articles of the
Agrqemont listed above, namely:
(i) export restrictions used by a contracting party for
the purpose of obtaining the relaxation of another
contracting party's import restrictions;
(ii) export restrictions used by a contracting party to
obtain a relaxation of another contracting party's
export restrictions on commodities in local or
general short supply or otherwise to obtain an
advantage in the procurement from another contracting
party of such commodities; GA.TT/CP.4/33
Page 2.
(iii) restrictions used by a contracting party on the
export of raw materials, in order to protect or
promote a domestic fabriacting industry; and
(iv) export restrictions used by a contracting party to
avoid price competition among export
General Considerations 4. In the discussion of the
Working Party, there emerged
three important general
points, viz:
(a) In the case of each of these four practices, it is
assumed for the purpose of this discussion that
the practice is maintained for the purposes
described, and is not justified on other grounds
for which the General Agreement specifically
permits export restrictions to be used.
(b) During the period of provisional application of the
General Agreement, contracting parties may be
entitled under paragraph 1 of the Protocol of
Provisional Application or of the Annecy Protocol
of Accession (which requires contracting parties
to aptly Part II of the Agreement "to the fullest
extent not inconsistent with existing legislation")
to maintain certain export restrictions required
by existing legislation which are not consistent
with Part II of to e Agreement.
(c) Nothing in the Agreement confers rights on a non-
contracting party, but it is recognised that
relations between a contracting party and a non-
contracting party may, in certain circumstances,
affect the contractual obligations between
contracting parties.
Given these three significant observations, certain
useful conclusions can be reached with respect to the types
of export restrictions listed above in their relation to the
provisions of the Agreement.
Discussion of Type (i) 5. Three variants of this prac-
Obtaining Import Restriction tice were mentioned at various
Relaxation stages of the Working Party's
deliberations:
(a) . Tying-in the issue of export licences for certain'
specific commodities with the grant by another party
of import licenses for certain other specified.
products of the exporter;
(b) In the course of negotiating lists of exports and
imports in bilateral agreements, requiring commit-
ments to permit the import of certain stated
products as a quid pro quo for including on an
export list certain other products: and
(c) Employing the throat of export restrictions as a
bargaining weapon for obtaining the relaxation of
import restrictions
6. As regards method (a), in particular, the Working Party
could not find any provisions in the Agreement which would GATT/CP.4/ 33
Page 3.
justify the linking of the issue of export licenses for a
particular product with the purchase by another contracting
party of any other particular product.
7. More generally, in each of the three cases, a contracting
party through the use of export restrictions would be seeking
to obtain from another contracting party the relaxation of
balance-of-payment import restrictions. It was pointed out
that the obligations of the contracting parties to one
another regarding the use of balance-of-payment import
restrictions were governed by Articles XII to XIV of the
Agreement. It was agreed that the use of export restrictions
as a. bargaining weapon to obtain the relaxation of import
restrictions was inconsistent with the provisions of the
Agreement. Howevor, whether any particular export restriction
could justly be regarded as having the assumed purposes would
depend upon the facts in each particular case.
Discussion of Type (ii) 8. The suggestion was made that
Procuring Short Supply export restrictions of this
Items nature, although otherwise
appearing to be prohibited by
the Agreement, would in some circumstances be justified under
the provisions of paragraph II (a) of Article XX. The
Working Party discussed the proviso to that paragraph requiring
the observation of the principle of equitable shares for all
contracting parties in the, distribution of the international
supply of a product in local or general short supply, and noted
that the word "equitable" is used in paragraph II(a) of
Article XX and not the word "non-discriminatory" which is used
in Article XIII.
9. In respect of this type of restriction, general agreement
existed on the following statements:
(a) Apart from situations to which the provisions of
paragraph II(a) of Article XX are applicable, the
practice referred to is inconsistent with the
provisions of the Agrement .
(b) Although the requires nt of paragraph II(a) of
Article XX relatos to the total international
supply and not to the supply of an individual
contracting party, nevertheless if a contracting
party diverts an excessive share of its own supply
to individual countries (which may or may not be:
contracting parties) this may well defeat the
principle that all contracting parties are Entitled to
an equitable share of the international supply of sude>
a product.
(c) What would not be regarded as an equitable share if
it were the result of a unilatereal allotment by a
contracting party could not appropriately be defended
as equitable within the meaning of paragraph II(a)
of Article XX simply because it had been the
consequence of an agreement between two contracting
parties.
(d) The determination of what is "equitable" to all the
contracting parties in any given set of circumstances
will depend upon the facts in those circumstances. GA.TT/CP .4/33
Page 4.
Discussion of Type (iii) 10. It was noted at the outset
Promoting a Domestic of the discussion that the
Fabricating Industry Agreement contains no
provision permitting the
use of export restrictions with the stated motivation.
11. However, it was pointed out that restrictions on exports
to assure essential quantities of domestic materials to a
domestic processing industry might be justified under para-
graph I (i) of Article XX when associated with a governmental
stabilization plan involving the maintenance of a lower price
for the. material than prevails on the world market, provided
restrictions were non-discriminatory, did not operate to
increase the exports of or the protection afforded to the
domestic industry and adhered to the other limitations
contained in the preamble to Article XX. The Working Party
took note of th; fact that since the exemption provided for in
Article XX, paragraph I (i) referred to export restrictions
associated with a government stabilization plan, and not to the
plan itself, the various provisos listed in the preceding sentence
were meant to apply only to the export restrictions and not to
other aspects of such a plan.
12. The Working Party concluded that the Agreement does not
permit the imposition of restrictions upon the export of
a raw material in order to protect or promote a domestic
industry, whether by affording a price advantage to that
industry for the purchase of its materials, or by reducing
the supply of such materials available to foreign competitors,
or by other mears. However, it was agreed that the question
of the objective of any given export restriction would have
to be determined on the basis of the facts in each individual
case.
13. There was some discussion of certain cases mnelntioned by
one delegation in which, on the ono hand, a country would be
maintaining export restrictions on a raw material which had
the effect of assisting a domestic industry processing that
material, and on the other hand would be Maintaining a
prohibition or a severe restriction on imports of tho finished
product. There was general agreeimznt that in such a case a
contracting party, in considering whether the export restric-
tions were justified by Article XX: I(i), would have to give
close exanlination te the cu-stion whether thesc export res-
trictions in fact operated to increase the protection afforded
to the dcmesti c industry.
Discussion of Type (iv) 1l. The Working Party discussed a
Avoiding Price Cutting wide variety of circumstances
in which exportation may be
restrict-led in order to maintain the export price. The cases
discussed included -- commodity whose value might be greatly
Reduced if its supply to th. world miuarket were not controlled
and a commodity whose world price was liable to be impaired
by th'n. collusive action of importers.
15. The Working Party concluded that where ex export restrictions
were in fact intended for the purpose) of avoiding competition
among exporters anue nct for th_.. purpose.- set out in the
exception provisions of Articles XI and XX, such restrictions
wore inconsistent with the provisions of the ""greemcnt. GATT/CP.4/ 33
Page 5
II. QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
16. The following provisions of the Agreement were considered
by the Working Party as those under which the application of
quantitative import restrictions could most usefully be examined
for the present purpose:
Article XI; Article XII; Article XIII; Article XIV and
Annex J; Article XV paragraph 9 (b); Article XVIII;
Article XIX; and Article XX.
17. In discussing the application of the Agreement to import
restrictions applied for protective, promotional or other
commercial purposes, the Working Party devoted its main attention
to two points, viz:-
(a) The fact that balance of payments restrictions almost
inevitably have the incidental effect of protecting
those. domestic :"adustries which produce the types
of goods subject to restriction, and of stimulating
the development of these industries, Any consequent
development of uneconomic production could interfere
with the process of removing balance of payments
restrictions as and when the justification for such
restrictions under the Agreement disappeared.
(b) The evidence (derived inter alia in the course of
bilateral trade negotiations) (i) of the administra-
tion of' import restrictions in some countries in a
manner calculated to afford undue protection, beyond the
normal protection accorded by tariffs or subsidies,
to domestic production and (ii) of pressure exerted
by certain interests in some countries on their
governments to administer import restrictions in such
a manner.
18. As regards (a) the Working Party has examined the methods
by which countries applying balance of payments restrictions
can seek to minimise the undesirable incidental protective
effects resulting from such restrictions. A number of such
methods are employed by different countries and others have been
suggested in the course of the Working Party's discussions. The
Working Party has not attempted to determime how far the
provisions of the Agreement might imply any degree of obligation
upon contracting parties to adopt particular techniques; but
it has taken note in this connection of the provisions of sub,
paragraph 2 (b) of Article XII that :contracting parties applying
restrictions under sub-paragraph 2 (a) shall progressively relax
them as conditions improve. maintaining them only to the extent
that the conditions specified in that sub-paragraph still justify
their application, and shall eliminate them when conditions would
no longer justify their institution or Maintenance under that
subparagraph. The Working Party concluded that the Contracting
Parties should commend these methods to the individual contracting
parties as useful methods which countries might where possible
employ, in their own interests and in the spirit of the Agreement,
in order to stimulate efficiency on the part of their domestic
.industries and to prepare them for the time when import
restrictions can be relaxed or removed. GATT/CP.4 / 33
Page 6.
19. Accordingly, the Working Party draws the attention of
the Contracting Parties to the following six measures:
(i) Avoiding encouragement of investment in enterprises
which could not survive without this type of
protection beyond the period in which quantitative
restrictions may be legitimately maintained;
(ii) Finding frequent opportunities to impress upon
producers who are protected by balance-of-payments
restrictions the fact that these restrictions are
not permanent and will not be maintained beyond
the period of balance-of-payments difficulties;
(iii) Administering balance-of-payments restrictions. on
a flexible basis, and adjusting them to changing
circumstances, thereby impressing upon the protected
industries the impermanent character of the protection
afforded by the restrictions;
(iv) Allowing the importation of "token" mounts of
products which otherwise would be excluded on
balance-of-payments grounds, in order to expose
domestic producers of like commodities to at least
some foreign competition and to keep such producers
constantly aware of the need ultimately to be
prepared to meet foreign competition;
(v) Avoiding, as far as balance of payments and technical
considerations permit, the- allocation of quotas among
supplying countries, in favour of general licenses
unrestricted in amount, or unallocated quotas,
applying non-discriminatorily to as many countries
as possible; and
(vi) Avoiding as far as possible narrow classifications
and restrictive definitions of products eligible
to enter under any given quota;
20. The general considerations relating to export restrictions
set out in paragraph 4 apply similarly to the discussion of
import restrictions in the following three paragraphs.
21. As regards 17 (b), the Working Party noted that there was
evidence of a number of types of misuse of import restrictions,
in particular the following:-
Type (i) : The maintenance by a country of balance-of-
payments restrictions, which gave priority to imports of
particular products upon the basis of the competitiveness
or non-competitiveness of such imports with a domestic
industry, or which favoured particular sources of supply
upon a similar bass, in a manner inconsistent with the
provisions of Articles XII to XIV and Annex J. Such type
of misuse, for example, might take the form of total
prohibitions on the import of products competing with
domestic products, or of quotas which were unreasonably
small having regard to the exchange availability of the
country concerned and to other relevant factors.. GATT/CP.4/ 33
Page 7.
Type (ii): The imposition by a country of administrative
obstacles to the full utilization of balance-of-payments
import quotas, e.g., by delaying the issuance of licenses
against such quotas or by establishing license priorities
for certain imports on the basis of the competitiveness or
non-competitiveness of such imports with the products of
domestic industry, in a manner inconsistent with the provisions
of Articles XII to XIV and Annex J. In this connection, the
Working Party took note of Article XIII: 2 (d), which provides
that, "no conditions or formalities shall be imposed which
would prevent any contracting party from utilising fully the
share of any such total quantity or value which has been
allotted to it, subject to importation being made within any
prescribed period to which the quota may relate."
Type (iii): Quantitative restrictions on imports imposed, not
on balance-of-payments grounds, but as a means of retaliation
against a country which has refused to conclude a bilateral
trade agreement with the country concerned.
22. It appeared to the Working Party that insofar as these
types of practice were in fact carried on for the purposes
indicated above and were not justified under the provisions of
Articles XII to XIV relating to the use of import restrictions
to protect the balance of payments or under other provisions of
the Agreement specifically permitting the use of import res-
trictions, they were inconsistent with the provisions of the
Agreement, and such misuse of import restrictions might appropri-
ately provide a basis for recourse to the procedures laid down
in the Agreement for the settlement of disputes. Moreover, it
was not particularly relevant to the Agreement whether such
practices were determined unilaterally or in the course of bi-
lateral negotiations.
23. The Working Party agreed that there did not appear to be
any provision in the Agreement which would permit the imposition
by a contracting party of quantitative restrictions on imports
of a particular product for the purpose of avoiding an increase
in the cost to the importing country of maintaining a price
support programme for the like product of domestic origin and
not for other purposes provided for in the Agreement.
III. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
24. The discussion led the Working Party to conclude that their
general review of the problem had served a useful purpose and
that further progress could be expected in future from
consideration of such actual cases as may be brought before the
Contracting Parties in accordance with procedures laid down in
the Agreement.
25. The Working Party recommends that the CONTRACTING PARTIES:
(1) Approve Parts I and II of the report and endorse their
conclusions;
(2) Recommend that contracting parties review their
present systems of quantitative import and export
restrictions in the light of the conclusions of the
Report; and GATT/CP.4/33
Page 8.
(3) Recognize that these conclusions will be of the
greatest utility if those responsible for the
imposition or the administration of quantitative
restrictions, and those engaged in the negotiation of
trade agreements, are made thoroughly familiar
with these conclusions and with the necessity for
administering such restrictions and negotiating
such agreements in a manner consistent with the
provisions of the Agreement, and recommend that
contracting parties take all necessary measures to
those ends.
26. In accordance with the last part of its terms of reference
the Working Party considered the steps to be taken to implement
the provisions of Article XII: 4(b). The Working Party wishes
to draw the attention of the Contracting Parties to the close
connection, both in respect of content and procedure, between
the review called for under Article XII: 4(b) and the report
required by Article XIV: 1 (g). In consequence the Working
Party has not felt able to reach any final conclusion on what
appears to be one aspect of a larger question. Nevertheless,
the Working Party, pursuant to its terms of reference,
recommends to the Contracting Parties that:
(1) the secretariat be instructed to prepare for
circulation among the contracting parties as far in
advance as possible of the Fifth Session a draft
questionnaire designed to cover the information
required both for the second report under Article
XIV: 1 (g) and for the review of quantitative
restrictions on imports required by Article XII: 4(b);
(2) in preparing this draft questionnaire the
secretariat study the more comprehensive replies
to the first Article XIV: 1 (g) questionnaire, and
give due regard to the discussions of these replies
at the Fourth Session and the relevant provisions of
the Agreement, and also take into account any
suggestions which contracting parties may make;
(3) the draft questionnaire be considered by the Contrac-
ting Parties at the Fifth Session with a view to its
being issued before the end of 1950; and
(4) the replies to the questionnaire be required in
time for a draft report to be prepared for
consideration at the Sixth Session as a basis for
the second report under Article XIV: 1 (g) and for
the review under Article XII: 4 (b).
27. The Working Party considered it desirable to obtain in
the future more systematic and comprehensive information on
the subject of quantitative restrictions on exports which
were maintained under the provisions of Articles XI to XX
inclusive. It was agreed that the priority to be accorded to
the preparation of such information should be determined in
the light of the desirability of undertaking other enquiries
into various aspects of commercial policy relevant to the
provisions of the Agreement. The Working Party suggests
that the matter might receive the early attention of the
Contracting Parties. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT
ON TARIFFS AND
TRADE
ACCORD GENERAL SUR RESTRIED
LIMITED B
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP/4/33/Add.1
5 April 1950
ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL:
~~~~~ENGLISH/FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
PARTY 'OF- W QUANTITATIVE ON .AN1ITATIVERESTRICTIONS
ADDENDJYTM A CORRIGENDUM
13 The Report was approved by the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the
Twentieth Meeting of the Fourth Session on 3 April 1950.
20 The following changes should be made in the text of the
Report:
Substitute "give" for "gave" in ahe second line, And
substitute "favour"' for "favoured" in the fifth line.
3. The document should be classified "Limited B" instead of
"Limited C".
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Quatri'me session
RAPPORT DU G'OUPE DE TRAVAIL I'D" CHARGE DE L'EXAMEN DE
L'APPLICATION DE RESTRICTIONS QUANTITATIVES
ADDENDUM ET COlRIGENDUM
1. Le rapport du Groupe eeetravael "D" a et4 adopt par les
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES eu cours de la 20bme seance de la
qutenue le 3ssion, 1950. lI 3 avril l950O
2. Page 8, ligne 7, lire : 'et qui ont pour objet" au lieu de
"dont lfobJet strait"
3. La cote du document doit porter la mention "Limited B"
au lieu de "Limited C". |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE LIMITED B GATT/CP.5
CONTRCTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "D" ON TEH REQEUST
OF THE WORLD HEALTHE ORGANIZATION CONCERNING INSECTIODIE
In accordance wit'hits terms ol reference, the ;orking Party considered
tthe letter from, the YWorldzHealth Organization and n connecting itherewit
exa2mined, in consultation with thcerrepresentatives f the .World Health
Organization, the feasibility of a draft Agreement, having as its aim thethe
reduction cf trade barrieaffecting the im L-portatiof o±secticides uas &nd
tain apparatus and materials s rials necescompaigns against insectst iscts
c-rriers of diseaman.of r:sa
To ththe Working 'crkia Pegarding itself as a group of exports exrurt and
resentatives of governments, propared a revised draft Agreement. This::._rkt'his
ment ift i.3ent incommitments on the part of the Contracting Parties.ci-.tr ctirartics.
1t thWorking tPme, the *.7Vcrki arty ere was a consider v, ;-s eo.;slcr-
pinion on the effectivences of such a draft Agreement.ha ' dr. t -.
the view that the problem was not susceptible of solution., was "ot snscnti c zolutiou
eement of the kind proposed and that in my;t of the ki..d pron-sci., ..l ny
so many exceptions that it was no morer ceftiens thl-. i;t ..s n.) ore
o concidered it so narrow as to beec -,ho co:.i r;3 it so nirrci _ be
i~if:'-cstiv held Whe view that thc bcst course for the 'orld Health
e recommendations to its States Members -adce reco. denlc.t- tins tD its ;,tac..u;rs
ca^.lli£n fo measures to ensure the frecr flew of is 'cticidt e s,
ho^Cvover, 'oij-iated -oult that rcscKLutioas lon.g thcsc lines 'al-.'. b. :-otei by,
the Ecolnmic and So)Cir.l oancil bd by the Hrlc Health *.SSL_ 'b1y -ver JhG
p .st tv;woJ; years without a^.lny sitnificant c' cot o.n thl ;:noble. in nh-.;.-:. C ta i n
-c:bers of' the -:,akisir .rty felt th.t in -ay case r. iour:rl .re wnt .Quld
be ;.._rc offectivo thar. an roscLution td o, vlSohilf .rori.-z to f the Cooc of
the ayro-mcrt broadcded, thery iovortholoss casidkorod that tno 'zc'.t r ft
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\:Ihich ;:,uld assistt thc r!'arposcs of thc K.irld tUalth Ori *iZ:ti o. i o nr
mo.-nbor of the o, working Party considered that it ha'. beenl necessa.ry to limit
the scowe of the first clxra>ft subibmitted. by the ',.rx1. IHzealth Ori :nizatien in
order to ive..it greeter -rUosaen.
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technical advice as to thc fonsibility cf the c .Are nt pn, oses an . :ll such
ir:Tprov c:.nts as wo-.ul .d appear desira.ble ti intrd-:!u ce inI the p procedure su - cste d,
t) achieve thc" Objectives of the Hork Ialtc h Orr..nization in this field.
ting Parties transmit the ls thatt thu Cntrnncti%,;, Parties tr: nYs!.itho
irector-General of the World and thoe letter to. the DirectoDr-Gcanral cf' t orid
He.a 'lth Crganiza^ton.
lth Organizationraft letter to Director-G ral, V'rnl Hoalth Org-,;.izatio
.4ttach.:-e ilt 2: Draft f ..cent GATT/CP.5/47
page 2. ..
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orld Health Organization.-..in
e the hounour to refer to your letter addressed to one of to . of
t 1950, together with a draft Agreement on the importation::port-ton
cldes, of raw materials and equipment necessary for the t;8tt n2cc f7or thle
insecticides, andof appratus for their ':-!. o~ "._' fo' th~ir
e that the draft Agreement be submitted t.l vfil r.-lt £.-rOC.h .;iitt~d
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Ji zt.:z 1 tehs e._r.,r... not,, o-ly by t _ , a.oc -_t of t. byhC, v.:: :
~~~~~~ontrs Jiuh th ~cr tr-1 LurIs eqruip- h~
t°- .r ; f i C 3 t io ? o'. . l : :
-S ,l. w7*1OK: Cslct;{i o'Ln '-iS to be Q't-eCi by¢ coursuc+n to the] 't'.r-
: f t;;:-he I AgroS~ t would;\\; r.;_ t#- tt! , ez.i :Xrocohos 2Cti s y thiec .-
tz n d neort be &elz~t-; W J11. st :te t oC; So3;s . o; eotesi
The ettention cC the~~~ 02.L orid Int Or f~2io'i c.o
tot h deir -nbis?Slt of nt inolulin 1:_2.. t hoil bI= kt in t"o: A:,.'i
.:O5< v while rct nii r t t oly irit r.etioris1. kn. ow n , i.:~ s J n: it sy Jx 4.3
thc i.:- full cheB; icrs 1 *m: e to fi.i th.e pr:.lucs : e -frcxZ.t. J o
'ib.:L o r' rl cnso:c'm ot: otrocis iot Esin'! discn:,-etvo dbu rh.. .l.w
Io '! ;: j' ^ ' S ac,
wuL Ibh e orgea-.-t propely tels :he -sbjct of fo tnces ..<ot~o:
c c'. Ili, r,.. :t iv.o -C' t r,-. -
to account il t c ~ s r he . ., x ;^..i
;, -: th i- lU Cth ate _ii not OflC tI.u ecm x t: c s -. ;. : Hov , t i 01.;r
T. ',. i..; or r-_b:so. o l 1fi ;)I" i5i . in t.b G t!S.. c! C..
tt co tlc tir...X-st.:'t;e toi.vi'2,;.l'V th-v-, .s
T:hua. th e :.n . i. . , . ..h t .. . .:o.ri. '. ;.rOir ::' -'t,. GATT/CP.5/47
page 4 Attachment 2: D R A F T
AGREEMENT ON THE IMPORTATION OF INSECTICIDES,
OF CETAIN MATERIALS AND APPARATUS ESSENTIALI;
R THEIR APPLICATION INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FORFO
eamble:.1
Contracting States-be
sidering that Insecticides represent the most effective weaponectU.:;on
today in the control of insect-borne diseases and are con-rn.o -Iis'ia c.rc coin-
importance in the improvement of the health of the i::prove~ont of thItll of
osed to insect-borne disease of manborne iise-sos of* O ir
postition of Customs Tariffs and importto..s -T.riffs .-l i;..ort
and equipment essential to theri manufacture - -I olS:orL. saC th ir r u: :-.c-ro
ation is detrimental to the J: 1jc. tjol s :'etri:,tn1 to bh
nsect-borne diseases of man unlessz0 ci cs of u;;.nlLoS
being or have been taken to ensure jtheirsupply onI s Xr hLei_ _,er
y to ensure a free flow of these materialsoc c of t. i
where they are needed for public health work and have, -)-bO-ic h~1hy
. w ' 10 ] i
es to apply customs duties oro'tZt'; t'te: s ot, 0t a--cpc y C:s fltits or
mportation of the , [) ;: >U~lnecti. 1 t;t ,- t C, iatrl~ .n thec
scribgedin teh Annex &7.-,li~s ; r1t . us, .s ;C ..L1y Jescribel iL 1o SL1XO=;
tate,et '.,oir; -rt~ic'.- XV, -;rC.Xits#r <cti ->.--.tracti-nL Ste,
by.de excsively for F ici hc .I. t h or oos , ah 11r 1i:ort by
nportinglS cr bof.ics ::Athoris. by thea co --.>.tc-t ;wlithoritic of the Lortinl
,: to:
i.1 .SiC ' .'S'Ct ici*. 'S thoir for.ui1..tion s, or ss --.c sinst izSots
o rres o1 -.es ;D .t
1.2 3.c..:- eri:.1s ez-r'i l for t;he, 1 cc . processipng of hur' ic
i S iCo t i C '. S ) 1r t -1 a 1 hei i .S .
- < '!r; . z- US es :.tP 1 for th- ::,-:1i.> tiorn of sich insectic s
"ileir for .tions.
2. 1>c> (>ntrctiv- ,St-t ;ill h ' C libert within thu obl J ions
by L .±. .) . itJ t' .,, * .S'J.r it 'rv 1 xri2'b1O
. e:''._r to Uscort:.i t'aozL~ r .,^, _xjiS u.9. ,.rz.tus ! il
3. - r:.-io.o~;,. o. ..: r.> ,i.. ci thi.ii . rticlz. sh .'.3. r1#cL5Znt6 :l.rg
r t i. . t :i. . .j t t c: 'L I _ : L. ..i;. ° - S s.: >
3.1 SUCuc ij:. ;ort c C " es ; t '.s .v b2 Wl. cSvui: . ftcr
t~ho: 'u ;,¾ rc v i ; - o ' L j ]''4 ,1,, '1t'.: '' cl'CS CO 'eo'n' t St sxiC.is 'injury
or' '. ' o '"; t^C¢ iic ;,&C .'.Iliiol if s i.,i1u ,''''"i;
3.2 cyL c- r1 tof ; ' '- !ti' ;Cory ki:., Lv_ vi 0e.1,
rA.b t tii';o_ O' i :..-)c1t.t ( tl C_- s [d:w'1.,t1 , rot C.XCCii'' ttosc '- d
.iirc'ti:;/ Or i Cr. : cot Ly t ' Jim' t,.-.Io 1 oc C
/3.3 GATT/CP.5/47 page 5
3.3 Fees and charges other than customs duties, imoposed byyr
gernmental ta authoritieon, , or in connectiwn-ithimo<ortatia,
li;,.ite-. ian co. tunt to t c pr'xL.ato cost of thu servicesportation, ;
d representing neither an indirect protectin to domestic productset
nor taxation of imports rt for revenupurposes.zc.
The Contracg nr. Statwhich at any time apply quantitativetittive
restricaions hange control measures affecting the importationcrt-.ti
of dhe propecified in Article I of this Agreement, undertake toVC~ert^to
gfant, apossible foreign exchange and licences necessary for ricncssayr for
on.ir -i-, ortt 4n
.47TTC`7 III
States undertake that they will as far asVill, aS i a1r s
possLble:
1. cmmon efforts to promote by every practicable ever-r -^r;c`Ctible
mea.products, materials and equipment essential for i=':.ont essenutitfor
cts carriers of diseases of man;s CarrrS of disecases ;
ate administrative measures for the r..tive ;.e' .sros for he
ions conerning the importation of cernia:. the i...crt-.tio such
pro dUC ;
itio faand safe customs clearance of ssuchfe cu.<D`tois cl _nc such
products.
UTTIC'I. IV
modify or affect the laws Sr] ot moregulations;Ioct the laws nmd re.-ul-ions
of nny Contr.,actinr- State or any or its Internationa.l Tre-ties,
Conventions, Agreem-ents or ProclA l;ti.ons with 'espect to cojyi;!ht,
pattents and tradem.oiarks.
Subject to tlie provisions of -ny ,)-rvicus ,onventi. ns to which the
Contr a.ctins- St.-aes a.r h..ve suboscrilbe.' ''or thL sct'leJle;.l;t of o-ssible
.1 tr. t v t,..'-
u.isL.)utcS, the oomr.ccana St" 'Ltos un7rtaku to have recY.rs to
negot ie..i;ons or conciliations th a view to sItt';lt.:-,elet of Jisautes
which may arise re,;-rJin- thc it- -ot:tiyi or the .:Dlic--tion oL talis
.-reement.
s TTCl. VI
IT case of' dis-,?.ate rela.tin< to the `a. Ce of thze L.orte3 t'i:.ls
justifyinc: their bi:L, contsi-ered , "llin .:ithi the i.c intis in s;-
zariCr-?. -s 1.1 to 1.3 of irticl I I, h e re tci Pai'ti. n c.ay, by CO'.¢,
ct rcea.kealt, l~refer to thc Diector-G.tt-oetr-'aI of tiU -'ori-7 Tic.] .t Or,-.--_;iD1i,
for a.n &Jvir ry opinion.
;;±Tt>i, VII
he English and French texts are equally i iL;' ii:" i'reiChL t LcU, rUI Illy
raw in open for signature byu .' t1. 0n ' , o lpe 1for si<;n: 'rb
anization and any Non-Memberthe o..i 1ik h Cr.: Ia (;r .t io I ..d ao, n INo b ar
State tExecutivean ivitatici, ja- h xva. been a-A..resby the ax-cuti v
Bea.r@: of ,hu oriJ Health Or:,ai iz th
/2. GATT/CP.5/47
page 6
2. The Agreement shall be ratified on behalf of the signatory Stateses
accordance with their respective consitutional procedure.o-oce-ahre.
3. uments nstrratification shall ion s'n1l. bewdeposited ;ith the
Seeral of the United Nations.hnite-, L..s.
The States referred to in paragraph of Article VII mayI raV y
this Agreement from Acceptance shall become e c ccmae
he deposit of a formal instrument with the Secretary--r-i.. Udh th t.nry-
.~
nt shall come into force
rL x
1. The ~t: to , '. t~u .,>;< , thi.z,;. . t, o '-'..tU o its i;
1:L'D fo, e':ch -re to t'l >11 ! 1-L nccss ry ..> .COr r its
.'o y ef:c`::ctive -ooerf.ti;:- ';_t Lhin. :.;r- of o:± y_--rr tfully
2. Stt te sv^n ci c.la '. C.' "' t. tn r :rC;.;nt .-fPt;i thetat
Ci' its co iio it C. .or.-, ce -eo t ;D toS '_,swtrs Vofts
si. . Ititc fr,, e .. t c c k__i -'o- r t L perio
3. V~~~~~~i~~hi thi'e-~~~~~~~~~ »;t-~~~~hs c -L;' ee months of the expirationof the
tl pi~rn~yr'. ;hs 1 *'~ ~ Y' t xtiin paragraph 1 and 2 of thisArt
A ~ros _: :t .'r -"eo t.- .c'"-"Agreement agree to submit a report he Direc
VoDrli -.'U .. World Health Organization of the measuey have tak
! . he ' C t &4. Thereafter each State part to this Agre an- to nioke .sn
al Report to the Director-General of the World Health Organization Eijion
nation taken by it with respect to this Agreement in accordance tnt in rirr.Lcc
and Chapter XIV of the Constitution of the World Health o. C_ ths2 'JOi:'.ithCU
Or. K1:: o.
al of the World Health Organization shall ie~tw :>anl.;. -trL ti stl.Jwion sir.1
ties to this Agreement and ;c- t:; to k, U.'t i. t'- tiLi -r ctnd
he take of the singature or the , .1 tv.t _ lv. .t, 0o thE ' : s.1 :r'. tr the~f
thereafter, L i. :. t .
ary-General of the United5., 200.>} .P2:;:; -,'/ to< VI1. OJ.J>crot'0L) t hlt Ulij-u~ l
territories ions t b ti.. -., re . t eh!.iL x- .' to U1 or KT V;' tAl ritri iS
101'r tOOl c'2K~C ,, i . Vl ¢a' ,i~tQS'. Li L.UXL.'O ti -t'±.. rc.Lhc; t~olt Cocit ,lt;
St .,3 . i x.
1* -: oB '~OxS 'r_ .rs'ter tUe K: to o U' UthU- C.IIiloto force of this Ag'ceut,
r..ly Co!itr.octic., St, t, .-y, on its oo.nr beh. Or of :::ny cIf' the
/territories GATT/CP.5/ 47 page 7
territories for the conduct of whose international relations that
State is responsible, denounce this Agreement by an instrument in
writing, deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the receipt of
the instrument of denuciation.
ARTICLE XIII T II
ecretary-General of the United Nations shall inform the hall ':-: the
Director- World Health Organization the date on which this :n JLs
nt has come coru He will also inform him of the of the aac s
waen Staties to this Agreement as wells ALgeuenmen as wcll
ons and denunciations iaions unci-.tions prespectively inivnI;T i
Artic.cs XI eral of the and XII. The Director-GenWorld Healthrl.' heath
hall provide all States World Healthhe World Healthers of the 'or Health'
Cra..ni.z tio and Cmemd Health staWorld Healthr of the Worl he: lt
Cr. .nim:tiomationhe above infor-.Iation
'IC'E ;zXIV
At the request of oactingrd oteshe Contr-.ctin Sta-Lt the
DirWorld Goneral oganization HealthpOrf.-:nizr ti shall Place- on
th1e ': ,eo of theHealth Assembly thequestionh the acesti
i' * - e.ti of the Contracting States for the revision of the ;ireset
± -2gent.
A:ifICL3 :~V
1. The i-nnex to this k4reemaent is hereby m.-acle an integral part of
GtLi s agreement.
2. Vith the object of extending the scope and increasing the
el'cctiveness of the Ahree-nerit, the Ccntrmctin- States shnll idvc full
consideration e.achi year to proposals by t"he ,.-lJ Hea-lth Ass". orly for
o.J'vi, ic;:t'cion of this XAnnex in t'he liiht of nev k-io le-,:e, inf or :.tic
e -xp-- r i e n c e.
1. In accordance with the Re,.l:.Uti.U.s to i-dve effect to jrticle 102
of the Chi:rter of the U-ini ftiods this Agreei nnt shall be e'iXterod
inth the SecretL1.2y-GC."i-arn. of the U.nitedCINutions oitl e t lata: :
c A:ui into fo rce.
2. In faitha -Mhereof the u'l;'ersijSned 'Luly, a...th-iorized have sivne'].
this A -'lelnt on behal' o f their rles-ctivo -jovern;uonts.
Ltf.i . e : at t;this da,,y of On th1uo..nd
lino hunlrcC. a;,nd ingle copy which shall remaincm:r J-Cieh Ci c . -
duooi.of the Nations and certified true copiesons and certif.ied -u oiee
d to all Member States of the World Health. e ., r S'Laes oIf the .- ! .
s signatories, and to the World Health Staes signatories and to the World Health
ade Organization (previouslyTL -'nt lanai c.e Or~an : ion ( rovc lly
tc its Interii. Cora.issic). GATT/CP.5/47
Page 8
A N N E X
The following descriptions refer to the material and equipment
mentioned in paragraphs 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 of Article I of this Agreement:
1.1 Basic insecticides and their formulations,
1.1.1 Basic insecticides: Technical grade synthetic and natural
co- umls specifically noted for their lethal action on insects carriers
of diseases of man, such as:
(1)
1.1.1.1 .BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE (Synonym: BHCcICx)
1,4,5Hexachlorocyclohexaneane
11.1..2 CHLAND1JE (Synonym: chlordan)
Chemical name: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8-Octachloro-3a, 4,
7, 7a-tetrahodrc-4, 7-methanoand.ne
(3)
1.1.1. 3 DDD
Chemical name,: 1, 1-bis (p-Chlorophenyl)-2, 2-dichloroethane-
Also known as dichlorodipohenyl-dichloroethane and as 2, 2-bis-
(R-chlorophenyl)-1, 1-dichloroetne-a.
(4)
1.1.1.DDL'T
Chemical name: 2, 2, bisp(Z-Chlorzphenyl)-l, 1, 1-tri-
loroethanear
1.1.1.5 LDAND'E (esneutially puregamma arisomer nr of benzenhexachloridee,
t t less ahnn 99..upire)
Chemical name: mm=-a - 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane.
This is the most insecticidally activisomerrr isolated orcm
benzene hexachloridcandrl subsequently purified.
1.1.1.6 ?'2I`O0.LXYC0L (Synonymnc: The p,p'-dimethoxy analorue of IDT,
methoxy :,;ia1oluc of DDT, avnd dianisyl analogue of DDT).
C'hmical ntne: 2, 2-bis L-7ethoxyphenyl)-l,1, l-trichloro-ethino)
1.1.1.7 pY{'m:.t'Jj (Synonyms: Insect powder, Kenya flcvvers, Trieste
flow,.ers. This .r,-y consist of the plant Chrysanthemrum
(?Pyrothr=.) cinera-riaofolium, the f'lower heads of this pl1:t,
their severc1 extracts, and their active principles).
1.1.2 Insecticide formulitiovis: Poi-ms of the basic insecticides meatiouAc.
im c: graph 1.1.1 above Vwich h.ve bcen coimbi-ned With or dissolved in
other i-redients such -s:
1.1.2.1 "ottable or dispcrs-ble povders of all strengths
1.1.2.2 Eaallsifiable concentrates of all strengths
1.1.2,3 Soluti0cis in cil, of L11 Concen tratio ns
1.1.2.4 uDists of variousoncentrations.n.
1.2 awTmaterialsls essential for the local processing of basic insecticides
d their formulationson.
1.2.1 Raw materials essentiafor processing of f basic insecticides:
ganicai and inganican substances, ether in in the crude, intoriedi_. c, or
purifie'. form, which will be used exclusively, for the production of' b .sic
/irnsectici dos
1) Also known as : Gammexanc" ; "666".
2) " " " : "Octa Klor" 1068"; elclsicol 1068". GATT/CP.5/47
Page 9
insecticides referred to in paragraph 1.1.1 above, such as:
1.2.1.1 Benzene
1.2.1.2 Chlorine
1.2.1.3 Indeene
1.2.1.4 Sulphuric acid
1.2. 1.5 Hethylo alcohol
1.2.1.6 Ethyl alcohol
1.2.1.7 Pyrethrumma
1.2.2 Rawamaterials essential for processing o of insecticide
formulations: gnaic nand.a i.1or ;.c substani-ccs, ;'hether in the crude,
iniermledir.to, or purifiedi form, which v:iil be ased exclusively, for the
production of insecticide forr-.mul-tions ref.f-tredo in par..,ph 1.1.2 above,
such as:
1.2.2.1 Solvents (for e.<ple, xylenle, solvent naphtha, kerosene, oils anad
other petroleum fractions)
1.2.2.2 Vietting and Spreadingz aents (for example, sulphated alcohols
C2kT25OSOSNa), a.nd alkyl naphth^.lene sulphonA.tes (butyl and
isopropyl substitution comrpounds t.nd their alkali salts)
1.2.2.3 Inert dusts (for examiiple, China clay, cha-lk, talc, gypsum,
pyrophyllite, etc.)
1.2.2.4 inrulsifiers (for ex,-: ple, sulphated f:-Ltty alcohols, sulpho1nated oils,
soaps, gelatin, casein, !-lkyl nachthalone s llphouates. etc...
The following is the co-npositiona of some of the comwrnrcial products:
Dioctyl sodium sulphosuccin.ate;
Sodium is opropyl naphtha lene S ulphonat e;
Cleydimeththyl ane no oxide;
Sulphonated oil, soap and pine oil;
Highly sulphonatedemcthyoleatete;
Sulphonated fatty alcohol, sodneutraliseded;
Ethylene oxide-alkylated cresol condensate;
Highly sulphan.ted fayt, ester;
Sulphonatdd stor-t oil (paotsh neutralised);
Sorbitan esters of highefattytacids;';
Phthalig Sceeoryalkylyl resin;
Sodium alkyl naphthLlene sulphont;fe olus pine oil).
1.3 A essential for the of insecticides &nd
insecticide formulatiols: H and I or av1iinically operated spryi ng,
dusting, misting and iogjng devices vwhich are essential to, acnd vwhich will
be uscd exclusively for, theo :ppltiotion of insecticides and inssecticide
fornmulations referred tco ini p:.ragra.phs 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 above.
1.3.1 Knapsack and compressloio sp:r ayers
1. 3, 2 Ha-nd. spr .ycrs
1.3.3 Stirrunp pur-rps
1.3.4 Power sprayers (motor-driven)
1.3.5 .; isting and fogging ch '.TLcs
1.3.6 Special sprayina, mist-i Lag or fogging apparcatus for attachment
to vehicles or airplanes
1.3.7 D.stinqg apparat-us (.apTparatus for apDlrin,( insecticide dusting
powder)
1.3.8 Spare of replncement parts for the app;rabus as desianated above,
whern iumorted with such anaratus.
- ._ _ ._ ---- . _ _
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GATT/CP.5/47 Amend. 2. LIMITED B
TARIFFS AND TRADE ecember 1950
19 ecember 1950
HRIGMLC.LISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
OE-ING PARTY KKIN Pld-R. "D" ON THE REQUEST
OFHEALT WORLANIZATION GAWIZERNING INSECTICIDESSTJCTICIDES
Amendment to Draft Letter
The draft letter attached to the Reportamended be aiendcd as follows:
fourth paragraph and read the last paragraph of the -ra-h cf th
oetter as fcllows:
"The drAft of the Lgreenent, as amended by the Working Party,
in the light of the considerations mentioned above is attached.
It must, however, be pointed out that most of the representatives
of the contracting parties who participated in the discussion
considered that, inter alia, the nature of the products concerned
was suchweret they p.P~ not suitableeement n agru'-;mCof this
kind, end that tho attempt to deal with the question by such an
agrledent ha document wa.ocuncnt Yhich was so full of. exceptions
and reservatiows that it vaswvirtually -ithout anorce.ding foLcc
..... - . . . . . .
Those representatives, therefore, consideredWorld the IWVorl Health
Organization would have to seek some other way of achieving the
purposes it has in view. It was, however, pointed out by other
representatives that the Economic and Social Council and the World
Health Absembly had adopted resolutions in an attempt to deal with
this question, over the last two years, without any significant
effect on the problem in hand. These representatives also felt
that in any case a formal agrcxeiont -would be more of active than a
resolution, and, while preferring to see the scope of the agreement
broadened, they nevertheless considered that the present draft
agreement would be a useful and workable instrument to international
trade which would assist ehe purposcs of the World Health Organization." |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE LIMITED B GATT/CP/5/37
REPORT OF 7 December 1950 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
WORKING PARTY "E" ON BRAZILIAN INTERNAL TAXES
1. The Working Party was asked to examine a draft law (No. 483-50) modi-
fying the present legislation on consumption taxes which has been prepared by
the Government of Brazil and submitted to its legislature, and to advise on
the conformity of the draft with relevant provisions of the General Agree-
ment and the Protocol cf Provisional Application.
2. In commencing its deliberations the Working Party noted that during
discussions of this question by the Contracting Parties the Brazilian Govern-
ment had indicated (paragraph 17 of GATT/CP.3/42) that it was prepared to ask
Congress to proceed as soon as possible with the amendment of all existing
laws providing for different levels of taxation with respect to domestic and
imported products, and in particular Law, No. 494 of 1948, in order to bring
them into conformity with Article III of the General Agreement. In a communi-
cation to the Executive Secretary (GATT/CP/72), following a further examin-
ation of the question at the Fourth Session, the Government of Brazil advised
that a message had been sent to the Congress requesting action towards amend-
ing all existing laws which provide for different levels of taxation for
domestic and imported products in order to bring them into conformity with
Article III, The Working Party proceeded to examine the draft law, No. 483-50,
in the light of the conclusions reached in previous discussions by the Con-
tracting Parties, notably in GATT/CP.3/42.
3. The Brazilian Delegation informed the working Party that t he draft law
was a first step in what would be a gradual procss of removing all the dis-
criminatory taxes. The draft law was intended to remove the new or increased
discrimination between domestic and foreign products which had becn introduced
since October 30, 1947, and, in addition, although this was not required so
long as the Agreement was being applied only on a provisional basis, it pro-
vided, on some commodities, for the removal of some of the discrimination
which had existed prior to that date.
4. With reference to the removal of the margins of discrimination which
existed prior to October 30, 1947, the Brazilian Delegation stated in
GATT/CP.5/E/2 that its Government reserved the right to incorporate such
margins of discrimination into the customs duties. The Delegation of Brazil
advance economic and legal arguments to support this view. The representative
of Chile suggested that there might be justification in this case on various
and particularly economic grounds for the conversion cf the internal tax dis-
crimination into customs duties. The representatives of France, Greece, the
United Kingdom and the United States, on the other hand, pointed out that
while a government would have the legal right to convert interal tax margins
into customs duties in respect of tariff items not included in its schedule to
the General Agreement, it would not have that right in respect of scheduled
items except through the procedures of the Agreement for the modification of
concessions. The Chairman expressed the view that the Working Party's terms
of reference did not permit it to reach a conclusion an this matter. The
majority of the Working Party agreed with his view, and felt that it would not
be necessary to decide this issue in present circumstances. The representative
cf Brazil stated that in that event his Government would reserve the right
to modify the draft law to retain only those provisions which are strictly
neccssary to eliminate the new or increased discrimination introduced since
October 30, 1947. GATT/CP.5/37
Page 2.
5. The Brazilian delegation made available to the Working Party two
documents (GATT/CP.5/e/2/Rev.1 and E/3) containing respectively, a trans-
lation of the draft law, and translations of extracts from laws and decrees
draft law might be more readily understood. Nevertheless, members of the
Working Party found some difficulty in understanding the full significance
of many provisions of the draft law and sought additional information and
explanations from the representatives of Brazil.
6. On the basis of the information available to the Working Party in the
form of written and oral statements, it appeared to the Working Party that
the draft law would, except in the respects noted below, remove the new and
increased internal tax discrimination introduced since October 30, 1947, and
bring Brazil's consumption tax legislation into conformity with the General
Agreement as applied under the Protocol of Provisional Application. The
exceptions are as follows :
(a) The increase in the internal tax discrimination on playing
cards resulting from legislation subsequent to October 30,
1947, (i.e., decrease pursuant to Law No. 494 of 1948) would
not be removed by the draft law. The Brazilian representative
stated that his delegation would recommend on appropriate amend-
(b) Most members of the Working Party were of the opinion that
on cigars, characts, snuff, shredded and cut tobacco and tobacco
in powder (sections 1, 3 and 4 of paragraph XXIV in Schedule D of the
consolidation of consumption taxes) the margins of discrimin-
ation had been increased since October 30, 1947. The repres-
entative of Brazil did not agree but, nevertheless, stated
that he was willing to propose modifications necessary to
eliminate the margins of discrimination which most members of
the Working Party concluded had been introduced since October
30, 1947.
7. The Working Party noted that various provisions (paragraph 8, 11, and
12 of Article I of the draft law) would eliminate the discrimination in
question only with respect to products imported from the contracting parties.
.
The question was raised in the Working Party as to the treatment which would
be accorded to products of the contracting parties which were not imported
directly but came to Brazil in transit through a third country. The repres-
entative of Brazil assured the Working Party that products of any contracting
party which entered Brazil after coming in transit through a third country
would receive the same treatment as if the goods in question had been imported
directly from a contracting party.
8. Finally, the Working Party considers that the review of draft legis-
lation by the Contracting Parties with a view to determining whether such
legislation is in conformity with the General Agreement in no way prejudices
the right of any contracting party, subsequent to such review, to raise any
question as to the consistency of such legislation with the provisions of the |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP.5/32 28 November 1950
ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "F" ON AMENDMENT
TO LAST PARAGRAPH OF PART II OF ARTICLE XX
The Working party addressed itself in the first instance to point
(2) of its terms of reference, i.e. "Whether the proposed extention of the date
limit should apply to all three subparagraphs of Part II of Article XX or only
to subparagraphs (a) and (b)". The view was expressed at the outset of the
discussion by the representative of the United Kingdom that this question
could not properly be examined except on the basis of a consideration of the
various types of measure which were being applied or might have to be applied
under subparagraphs (a) and (b) on the one hand, and subparagraph (c) on the
other. Such an examination would able the Working Party to appreciate
the necessity for the extension of the time period in respect of measures
applied. under subpargraphs (a) and (b), and at the same time demonstrated that
the same considerations did not apply to subparagrah (c). The view that
the circurnstances which justified an extension in respect of subparagraphs
(a) and (b) did not apply in the case of subparagraph (c) was supported by
the representatives of Norway and New Zealand. Most members of the
Working Party felt that it was not within the terms of reference of the
Working Party to embark upon such a detailed examination and they felt,
morever, that it would not be practicable to do so at the present sesssion
of the Contracting Parties. They felt that a sufficient measure of agree-
ment had beer: manifested in the discussion in the plenary meetings of the
Contracting Parties that any extension agreed upon with respect to (a) and
(b) should apply equally to (d)
The representative of the United Kingdom developed at some length
the reasons which in his view justified a differentiation between the treat-
ment to be accorded to paragraphs (a) and (b) on the hand, which dealt
with shortages, and (c) on the other, which dealt with surpluses; in his
view the difficulties envisaged under (c) no longer existed or should no
longer exist; the stocks referred to under paragraph (c) should by now have
been liquidated or, if not, the question could be dealt with on a case by case
basis and considered by the Contracting Parties; the problems with which
subparagraphs (a) and (b) were intended to deal were, however, of a much
more persistent character requiring the application for a considerable time
to come of various measures which might not otherwise be consistent with
the Agreement; shortages continued to exist and countries which were experi-
encing, balance of payments difficulties had for that reason limited access
to certain sources of supply, which imposed upon them the need to take
measures of the type contemplated under paragraphs (a) and (b). The repre -
sentative of Norway expressed his entire agreement with the representative
of the United Kingdom with regard to the necessity for a lengthy prolonga-
tion of subparagraphs (a) and (b). The representative of the United Kingdom
painted cut that there was considerable ambiguity as to the scope of sub-
paragraph (c) and that it might be used as a justification for protective
import restrictions in a menner entirely countrary to the principles and
objectives of the. Agreement. Other members of the Working Party felt
that the same problem arose with respect to subparagraphs (a) and (b),
namely, that they, too, continued a considerable element of ambiguity as
to their scope and might be used to justify protective measures contrary
to the principles andd objectives of the Agreement.
The representative of Chile and Cuba felt that if any extension
were te be agreed as to any of these subparagraphs, it should in any case
apply to subparagraph (c), which was of vital importance to primary producers, GATT/CP.5/32
Page 2
Since it was they who would suffer from the absence of any provision for the
orderly liquidation of surpluses of primary products; paragraph (c) called
for consultation with a view to international action, which afforded some
safeguard dor the interests of crimary producers; the neew circumstances, such
.
as needs for rearmament programmes, which had been adduced by those who
favoured an extension of the period for subparagraphs (a) and (b), as aggra-
vating and prolanging the problem of shortages, also created the danger of the
accumulation of surpluses, which were of great concern to the primary produ-
cing countries; the safeguard of subparagraph (c) providing for consultation
with a view to international action was, therefore, of great importance to
them, particularly as neither Article 32 nor Chapter VI of the Havana Charter
was included in the General Agreement.
the anxieties ofthe primary production countries, felt that paragraph (c) did
not afford them any uarant be; on the other hand, the acceptance by contracting
parties of the obligations of Article XXIX, which involved acceptance of the
principles of Chapter VI and of Article 32 of the Havana Charter, did give
As regards the length ofthe extension, whetehr applied to (a) and
(b) only or to all three subparagraphs, most members were in favour of a short
period, in view of the sweeping nature of the exceptions involved. The
United Kingdom and Norway who, as explained above, favoured an extension in the
case of (a) and (b) but not of (c), felt that the date to be inserted in the
Article should be left far subsequent determination by the Contracting Parties
.
in conformity with the provisions of Articles 45 of the Havana Charter. The
representative of New Zealand, while supporting provision for a longer period
for subparagraphs (a) and (b), desired only a limited extension of subparagraph
. - .?3fl312fl O
(r?
felt that it was not possi-r t? fdt that issi-
mine in detail the types of measure which might be z 2f :;:casurc ;;-hich ?
(A), (b) and (C), the Working Party agreed to "crkin" Party v:rced
e subparagraphs should, as an interim measure, be pro-r? - -, b2 cro-
952, so as to anable a more through examination at r: th.crsuzh ':xoecinaticn at
at extension, if any, should be made with respect to each of the three subp
.?s r:-"- As regards the method to b ?:ff'?ct t effect to th
.y-lu ?-rsolution recommended by the Working Party, it is considered thathe most t t?c nost
ble and expeditions method would be nb way of a decision of the -,?r cf
ionParties under Article XXV: 5 (a) waiving until January 1, 1952 ?c-c?a1, 1952
of contraction parties instituting or maintaining measures i ut?ircan
f Article XX to discontinue them or seck the approval of the ' J' ?- cf the
r their continuance. A draft ofa Resolution to * ?- r'ft -"? luJon to
report for consideration by the i rt i r' iziJ:r;ti.n rV ?ho
(? j. GATT/CP.5/32
Page 3
DRAFT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS it is provided in Article XX that nothing in the
Geeneral Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement
by any contracting party of measurs described in Part II cf Article XX., and
that measures instituted under the said Part II of Article XX which are incon-
sistent with other provisions of the General Agreement shall be removed as
soon as the conditions giving rise to them have ceased and in any event not
later than January 1, 1951, and
WHEREAS the conditions due to the ware have not improved at the rate
and to the extent expected. when the General Agreement was drawn up
The CONTRACTING PARTIES
DECIDE by a two-thirds majority in accordance with Article XXV (5)(a)
to waive until 1 January 1952 the obligation of contracting parties instituting
or maintaining measures under Part II of Article XX to discontinue them or seek
the approval of the Contracting Parties for their continuance. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.4/41
TARIFFS AND TRADE 31 March 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "F"
ON SPECIAL EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. The Working Party was instructed by its terms of
reference
"to consider questions arising out of the
conclusion of special exchange agreements,
including procedural arrangements for their
implementation."
Taking into account the views expressed in the plenary
session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES at their 14th meeting,
the Working Party first of all reviewed the position of
those contracting parties not members of the International
Monetary Fund (Ceylon, Burma, Pakistan, Haiti, Indonesia
and New Zealand), to which paragraph 6 of Article XV of
the General Agreement applied. It also examined the position
of those Annecy acceding Governments not members of the
Fund (Liberia and Sweden), to which, upon their accession
to the General Agreement, the same provision would be
applicable. Its conclusions and recommendations in this
respect are embodied in PART ONE of the Report.
2. The Working Party also considered the procedural
arrangements for the implementation of special exchange
agreements concluded pursuant to Article XV:6 of the
General Agreement. This aspect of its deliberations is
covered by PART TWO of this Report. GATT/CP.4/4
Page 2.
PART ONE
REVIEW OF THE POSITION OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTING PARTIES
I. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH
CEYLON
3. The Working Party noted that the Government of Ceylon had
deposited an instrument of acceptance in respect of a special
exchange agreement on March 3, 1950 and that the agreement
would enter into force on April 2, 1950, Ceylon had also
notified the CONTRACTING PARTIES of its intention to avail
itself of the transitional arrangements of Article XI of the
Special Exchange Agreement for the maintenance of restrictions
on payments and transfers for current International transactions.
4. In this connection the Working Party noted that there
would be certain administrative actions to be taken by the
CONTRACTING PARTIES when the Special Exchange Agreement came
into force. The Working Party suggests that the Chairman be
authorized (a) to transmit to Ceylon the Fund's regulation on
the margins permissible for transactions in gold pursuant to
Article IV:2 of the Fund Agreement , which would be binding on.
Ceylon by virtue of Article III:2 of the Special Exchange
Agreement; (b) to transmit to Ceylon in accordance with the
provisions of Article II:3 of the Special Exchange Agreement
a schedule of the par values of the currencies of other
contracting parties, and (c) to take other similar astions
an administrative nature.
5. The provisions of paragraph 37 of this report apply to
Ceylon as they do to all contracting parties which are not
members of the Fund.
6, However, the Working Party was informed by the represent,
tative of the Fund that Ceylon had applied for membership of
the Fund and was likely to become a member in the near future.
The Fund had suggested that the CONTRACTING PARTIES might defer
the submission to Ceylon of a request under Article II of the
Special Exchange Agreement for an indication of the par value GATT/CP.4/41
Page 3.
of its currency until such time as the Fund might so advise.1
7. In view of the desirability of avoiding unnecessary dupli-
cation of work, between the CONTRACTING PARTIES and the Fund, the
Working Party recommends that the CONTRACTING PARTIES defer,
until such time as they might consider appropriate in the light
of any advice received from the Fun, the action under Article
II of the Special Exchange Agreement relating to Ceylon.
II. THE POSITION OF CONTRACTING PARTIES REQUIRING AN EXTENSION
TIME LIMIT WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE ACTION UNDER
ARTICLE XV : 6
8. The Working Party noted that the Government of Pakistan
in order to comply with the terms of Resolution No.1 adopted
at the Third Session,should either have become a member of the
Fund or have entered into a special exchange agreement before
the first day of the present session, The Working Party tock
note of the statement made by the representatIve of Pakistan
that his Government had expected to accept Fund membership
before the commencement of the present session, but that this
action had been delayed by legislative procedures.The Working
Party also took account of the fact that CONTRACTING PARTIES,
in view of the advanced stage of the arrangements for Pakistants
admission to the Fund, had already agreed in principle to the
extension, for about six months of the time limit for the
conclusion by that country of a special exchange agreement,
Haiti
9. In the case of Haiti, the Working Party noted that the
circumstances were similar to those pertaining to Pakistan. The
representative of the Fund confirmed that the Fund, upon appli-
cation by Haiti, had determined conditions of membership for
1/ The relevant section of a letter, of February 1 > .5 _ :.- 1950, from
the Managing Director of the Fund reads:
"Article II of the special exchange agreement requires Ceylon
to communicate to the CONTRACTING PARTIES within 30 days
after the CONTRACTING PARTIES so request, the par value of
its based on the rates of exchange prevailing at
the time,so that an initial par value of its currency may
be established.
"The Fund will, of course, cooperate in the establishment of
an initial par value in accordance with the special exchange
agreement, However, since Ceylon has made an application
to become a member of the Fund, I suggest that the trans-
mitting of a request to Ceylon, to communicate the par value
of its currency, be deferred until such time as the Fund may
so advise." GATT/CP.4/41
Page 4.
for Haiti and that Haiti was expected to accept membership in
the very near future, but that the Fund had extended, until
September 30, 1950 the time limit set for this purpose.
10. On these grounds, the Working Party considered that it
would be appropriate to grant to Haiti an extension of time
similar to that set for Pakistan.
Burma
11, With respect to Burma the Working Party was informed that
the Government of that country contemplated joining the Fund in
the near future and that it, accordingly, desired to secure an
extension of the prescribed period for its acceptance of a
special exchange agreement.
12. The representative of Burma further brought to the notice
of the Working Party the abnormal conditions prevailing in
his country which had given his Government preoccupations of
considerable urgency.
13, Having regard to the exceptional circumstances prevailing
in Burma, the Workirg Party agreed to recommend that an exten-
sion of time be granted to that country for take action under
Article XV: 6 of the General Agreement.
III. THE POSITION OF CONTRACTING PARTIES FOR WHICH A TIME
LIMIT HAS TO BE FIXED WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE ACTION
UNDER ARTICLE XV:I
New Zealand
14. At the Third Session the CONTRACTING PARTIES resolved
that, notwithstanding the provisions of the Resolution Net 1
adopted by them on June 20, 1949, the Government of New Zealand
would not be required to enter into a special. exchange agreement
until it had had an spportunity at-the first meeting of the
CONTRACTING PARTIES subsequent to November 1,1949, to make
proposals designed to meet certain special difficulties raised
for the New Zealand Government by the text of the special
exchange agreement adopted at that session, and until the
CONTRACTING PARTIES had fixed a date by which. that Government
should enter into a special exchange agreement, The Working
Party was informed by the representative of New Zealand that
his Government had decided not to propose any amendments to
the draft text of the special exchange agreement approved by
the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the Third Session and that New Zealand
would decide in due courge whether to become a member of the
Fund or to accept a special exchange agreement as approved by
the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the Third Session. GATT/CP.4/41
page 50
15, As regards the time limit to be set for this purpose,
the New Zealand representative proposed that the CONTRACTING
PARTIES adopt a date which would allow his Government approxi-
mately six months within wihich to compete the necessary action.
Indonesia
16, The repiresentatIve of the United States of Indonesia
stated that his Government was making preparations to join the
Fund and that it executed to commence negactiations for Fund
membership within the next four months. As the status of the
United States of Indonesia as a contracting party in its own
right was not established nutil February 1950, the Working
Party considered that the only action required of the
CONTRACTING PARTIES a this session was to six a date pursuant
to the provisions of Article XV:5 for the completion of the
action to be taken under that paragraph.,
IV. THE POSITION OF THE ANNECY ACCEDING GOVERNMENT
Liberia
17. In so far as Liberia was concerned, this Working Party
noted:
(a) that the Fund had determined the coditions for
membership for Liberia and that Liberia was expeted
to become a member within a short time, and
(b) that Liberia appeared to be covered by the provisions
of Resolution No.3 of the Third Session.
18, The Working Party concluded that no action was needed
in respect of Liberia at the present session but that if
Liberia, after its accession to the General Agreement, claimed
to be covered by the porvisions of Resolution No.3, the
CONTRACTING PARTIES should consider the applicability of that
Resolution to Liberia.
Sweden
19. In the case of Sweden; the Working Party noted that that
country s accession to the General Agreemert and itsus application
for Fund membership were at present receiving the consideration
of the Swodirh Government. It therefore concluded that there
was no need at this stage to make any reocmmendation in view of
the fact Sweden would, under Resolution No. of the
Third Session, have four months after its accession to the
General Agreement within which either two join the Fund or to
accept a special exchange agreement. GATT/CP.4/41
Page. 6.
V. GENERAL REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
20. The Working Party considered that it would be appropriate
to determine a single date cor all contracting parties to which
Article XV:6 applied. It was though desirable to fix a calendar
date and in view of practical considerations it was agreed to
recommend to the Contracting Parties the date of [November 9,
19507, the opening date of the Fifth Session.
21. In recommending that [November 3, 1950] be established a:
the date by which Burma, Pakistan, Haitif New Zealand and Indn.
nesia should either become members of the Fund or enter into
special exchange agreements, the Working Party agreed that
individual contracting parties should not be led to believe that
further extensions of this time limit would be lightly granted
at the next session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES. It was recog-
nized that exchange and financial actions complemented the
trade matters covered by the General Agreement and that contrac-
ting parties must all abide by common standards of conduct in
the exchange field, if the General Agreement was to achieve
maximum effectiveness, The Working Party believed that the
CONTRACTING PARTIES should adopt these proposals with the
understanding that the date would only be extended at the next
session in exceptional cases such as that in which a contrac-
ting party is in an advanced stage of its negotiations with
the International Mbnetary Fund so that it appears reasonable
to expect that the contracting party will become a member of the
Fund within a few months.
22, The Working Party recommends that the CONTRACTING PARTIES
adopt the resolutions annexed to this Reports which have been
drafted in the light of the considerations set forth above. GATT/CP .4/41
Page 7.
PART TWO
PROCEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS
23. The Working Party considered the procedural arrangements
necessary for the implementation of: special exchange agree-
ments entered into by individual contracting parties under
paragraph 6 of Article XV of the General Agreement. In this
connection it had before it the Draft Regulations proposed
by the United States delegation (GATT/CP04/24).
24. The Working Partyts review disclosed general agreement
on . number of important matters especially in respect to
the subject matters to be covered by.the procedures. It
also focussed attentionon certain other issues which remain
unresolved
25. In discussing the implementation of special exchange
agreements the Working Party agreed that the most important
steps in the monetary field requiring positive action on the
part of the CONTRACTING PARTIES would be:-
(a) agreement on an: initial par value;
(b) changes in par value:
(c) approval of releases from the obligations
of convertibility of balances held by
other contracting parties; and
(d) approval of restrictions on. payments inclu-
ding multiple currency and discriminatory
practices, (apart from transitional
arrangements).
It was also recognised that additional procedural arrangements
might have .to be made,. whether by regulations or otherwise,
covering such matters as relationships between the CONTRACTING
PARTIES and the International Monetary Fund the execution of
special exchange agreements, the furnishing of information,
etc.
26. It was agreed that two essential criteria for procedures
for the handling of these matters, particularly those set
forth in 25 (a) - (d) above, are that they should provide for
prompt consultation with the International Monetary Fund, for
speedy action thereafter by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, and for
the utmost secrecy until the individual contracting party is
prepared to announce the action proposed
27; It was clear to the Working Party that special diffi-
culties arose in satisfying these requirements during periods
when the CONTRACTING PARTIES are aot in sessions Any
procedure designed to submit all questions arising under GATT/CP.4/41
Page 8.
special exchange agreements to the CONTRACTING PARTIES as
a whole either through the calling of a special session or
through a telegraphic poll would fail to meet one or both
of these criteria. From this it follows that the authority
of the CONTRACTING PARTIES to act on these questions needs
to be delegated during inter-sessional periods.
28. Article XV of the General Agreement requires the
CONTRACTING PARTIES to accept the findings and determinations
of the International Menetary Fund on the financial and
exchange matters specified in that Article. The CONTRACTING
PARTIES, however, are the principals in the special exchange
agreements and have the responsibility for decisions taken
in connection with the implementation of thee agreements.
The form and nature of procedures for the administration of
special exchange agreements should reflect this situation.
29. To overcome the difficulties arising from the absence
at the present time of a suitable organisation capable of
handling exchange matters with speed and secrecy between
sessions of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, two proposals were put
before the Working Party. The first proposal (which is the
basis of the proposals in the Draft Regulations submitted
by the United States delegation) envisaged that the Chairman
of the CONTRACTING PARTIES would act on behalf of the
CONTRACTING PARTIES in administering special exchange agree-
ments and would be guided in the decisions which he would
take on behalf of the CONTRACTING PARTIES by the advice of
the International Monetary Fund. Some believed that such a
delegation of authority to the Chairman offered the most
practicable method for expeditious handling of matters of
urgency.
30. Certain objections were expressed by some members of
the Working Party to this proposal. In particular, the
objection was made that this proposal did not take adequate
account of the considerations referred to in paragraph 28
above. Several members of the Working Party also expressed
objection to the form of regulations proposed by the United
States delegation, but some agreed with the United States
representative that this objection could probably be overcome
by suitable redrafting of the detailed provisions of the
United States proposals. GATT/CP.4/41.
Pave 9
31. In order to provide for satisfactory administration of
special exchange agreements whilst, at the same time,
meeting these objections, a procedure along the following
lines was proposed by the New Zealand representative and
received some support: There should be established a
Committee of contracting parties able to be convened at very
short notice and located conveniently to the headquarters of
the International Monetary Fund. The CONTRACTING PARTIES
would delegate to this Committee their functions under
special exchange agreements. The establishment of such a
Committee would, it was urged, obviate the necessity for
detailed rules and regulations of the type suggested by the
United Nations representative.
32. Some members of the Working Party, however, considered
that the establishment of such a committee would create a
cumbersome mechanism, and would probably delay action and
duplicate unnecessarily the work of the International Monetary
Fund
33. In an effort to find a solution to these difficulties
it was suggested that it might be possible to devise a
procedure under which the CONTRACTING PARTIES would only be
called upon to enter actively into the administration of
special exchange agreements in cases where the International
Monetary Fund disagreed with faction taken or proposed by a
contracting party operating under a special exchange
agreement. This suggestion was not considered in detail,
but it is possible that this line of approach if found prac-
ticable might simplify the problem of administering special
exchange agreements.
34. On the general question of the delegation of functions
by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, the view was expressed that the
CONTRACTING PARTIES could not delegate their responsibilities
under a special exchange agreement to any person or persons
without an amendment to Article XXV of the General Agreement.
Others expressed the view that an amendment of the General
Agreement would not be necessary. It was generally agreed
that this question would require further study
35. The difficulties which give rise to these differing
opinions will of course be greatly reduced, if not entirely
eliminated, when a permanent International Trade Organization
is established; In this connection the view was expressed
that it would be undesirable to finalise arrangements for GATT/CP.4/41
Page 10.
inter-sessional action unless there is urgent needs while
there remains the prospect that a permanent International
Trade Organisation may come into existence in the near
future, in view of the danger that such interim arrangements
might prejudice future action in a permanent organisation.
Others believed. that experience with interim arrangements might
assist in developing more satisfactory procedures in connec-
tion with a permanent organisation.
36. Because of these divergent views, it appeared that
considerable discussion would be required before a satisfac-
tory solution to these problems could be found. Although
it was recognised that the adoption of procedural regulations
would assist contracting partiesconsidering the alternatives
>'> seeking membership in the Fund or signing a special
exchange agreement, the Working Party considered that in the
absence of any urgent practical problem, it would not be
justifiable to extend the present session of the CONTRACTING
PARTIES to enable this discussion to be concluded. The
Working Party considers, however, that the agreements reached
at this session and the clarification of divergent views will
assist the CONTRACTING PARTIES in resolving the outstanding
issues. In recommending to the CONTRACTING PARTIES that
this matter be postponed until the next session, the Working
Party has taken into account the likelihood that no contracting
party will be operating ,iwder a special exchange agreement
for any significant period prior to the next session, and
also the fact that the position in respect of the possible
entry into force of the Havana Charter may then be clearer.
37. The Working Party wishes to draw attention to paragraph
8 of the Final Report of the Committee on Special Exchange
Agreements (GATT/CP.3/44). The Working Party recommends
that the Chairman discuss with the Fund working arrangements
of an administrative nature which will aim at avoiding duplica-
tion in the collection of statistics and ensuring the effec-
tive application of Article XV:8 of the General Agreernent.
38. Finally, the Working Party considered the letter of
February 27, 1950, addressed to the Chairman of the
CONTRACTING PARTIES by the Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund enclosing draft rules of procedure Thor direct
consultation between an individual contracting party and the
Fund on the monetary aspects of problems arising in the course
of the application of the General agreements The Working
Party has no observations to make on these draft rules and
recommends that the Chairman of the CONTRACTING PARTIES be
authorized to inform the International Monetary Fund that the
rules are satisfactory to the CONTRACTING PARTIES. GATT/CP. 4/41
Page 11.
ANNEX
1. RESOLUTION RELATING TO HAITI. PAKISTAN AND BURSA
The CONTRACTING PARTIES,
CONSIDERING that it was resolved on June 20, 1949 at
the Third Session that each existing contracting party which
on the first day after November 1, 1949 when the CONTRACTING
PARTIES are in session was not a member of the International
Monetary Fund should enter into a special exchange agreement,
in the terms of the text adopted at that Session, and that
each Government which became a contracting party after the
date of that resolution should likewise enter into a special
exchange agreement within four months after its becoming a
contracting party if it was not then a member of the Fund,
CONSIDERING that the Governments of Haiti and Pakistan
have reached an advanced stage in their arrangements with the
Fund for membership and both are likely to become members in
the near future,
CONSIDERING that the Government of Burma, which has been
prevented by abnormal and difficult circumstances from taking
action pursuant to the above mentioned resolution, has expressed
the likelihood of its applying for Fund membership at the
earliest possible date, and
HAVING CONSULTED with the International Monetary Fund
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of Article
XV of the General Agreement,
RESOLVE that, notwithstanding the provisions of the
Resolution NO 1 adopted on June 20, 1949 at the Third Session,
an instrument of acceptance of a special exchange agreement
deposited by the Governments of Pakistan, Burma and Haiti,
if received by the Socretary-General of the United N tions
on or before [November 9, 1950], shall be deemed effective
for all the purposes of the Resolution N° 1 adopted at the
Third Session. GATT/CP.4/41
Page 12.
2. RESOLUTION RELATING TO NEW ZEALAND
The CONTRCTING PARTIES,
CONSIDERING that it was resolved on June 20, 1949,
at the Third Session that the Government of New Zealand
would not be required to enter into a special exchange
agreement until it had had an opportunity at the present
session to make proposals designed to meet the special
difficulties raised for that Government by the text of
the special exchange agreement approved by the CONTRACTING
PARTIES, and until the CONTRACTING PARTIES had fixed a date
by which the Government of New Zealand should enter into
special exchange agreement if it were not then a member
of the International Monetary Fund,
TAKING NOTE of the fact that the Government of New
Zealand has decided not to make any proposals with respect
to the text of the special exchange agreement approved by
the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the Third Session, and
HAVING CONSULTED with the International Monetary
Fund in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6
of Article XV,
RESOLVE that the Government of New Zealand shall
enter into a special exchange agreement in the terms of
the text approved at the Third session, by depositing an
instrument of acceptance on or before [November 9, 1950],
if by that date it is not a member of the International
Monetary Fund. GATT/CP.4/41
Page 13.
3. RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE REPUBLIC OF
THE UNITED STATES OF INDONESIA
THE CONTRACTING PARITIES,
CONSIDERING that paragraph 6 of Article XV of the
General Agreement provides that any contracting party not
a member of the International Monetary Fund shall, within
a time to be determined by the CONTRACTING PARTIES after
consultation with the Fund, become a member of the Fund
or, failing that, enter into a special exchange agreement
with the CONTPACTING PARTIES,
CONSIDERING that the text of the special exchange
agreement has been approved by the CONTRACTING PARTIES
for the purpose of giving effect to the above mentioned
provisions of the General Agreement, and
HAVING CONSULTED with the International Monetary
Fund in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of
Article XV of the General Agreement,
RESOLVE that the Government of the Republic of the
United States of Indonesia shall enter into a special
exchange agreement in the terms of the text approved at
the Third Session, by depositing an instrument of acceptance
on or before ENovember 9, 1950], if it is not at that
time a member of the International Monetary Fund. |
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CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "F"
ON SPECIAL EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS
(as approved by the CONTRACTING PARTIES on 3 April 1950)1/
INTRODUCTION
1, The Working Party was instructed by its terms of reference:
"to consider questions arising out of the conclusion
of special exchange agreements, including procedural
arrangements for their implementation."
Taking into account the views expressed in the plenary session
of the CONTRACTING PARTIES at their 14th meeting, the Working
Party first of all reviewed the position of those contracting
parties not members of the International Monetary Fund (Ceylon,
Burma, Pakistan, Haiti, Indonesia and New Zealand). to which
paragraph 6 of Article XV of the General Agreement applied.
It also examined the position of those Annecy acceding Govern-
ments not members of the Fund (Liberia and Sweden), to which,
upon their accession to the General Agreement, the same provi-
sion would be applicable; Its conclusions and recommendations
in this respect are embodied in PART ONE of the Report.
2, The Working Party also considered procedural arrangements
for the implementation of special exchange agreements concluded
pursuant to Article XV:b of the General Agreement. This aspect
of its deliberations is covered by PART TWO of this Report,
1/ See GATT/CP.4/SR.21. GATT/CP .4/41/Rev. 1
page 2
PART ONE
REVIEW OF THE POSITION OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTING PARTIES
I: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
WITH CEYLON
3; The Working Party noted that the Government of Ceylon
had deposited an instrument of acceptance in respect of a
special exchange agreement on March 3, 1950 and that the
agreement would enter into force on April 2, 1950. Ceylon
had also notified the CONTRACTING PARTIES of its intention
to avail itself of the transitional arrangements of Article
XI of the Special Exchange Agreement for the maintenance of
restrictions on payments and transfers for current inter-
national transactions.
4. In this connection the Working Party noted that there
would be certain administrative actions to be taken by the
CONTRACTING PARTIES when the Special Exchange Agreement came
into force. The Working Party suggests that the Chairman
be authorized (a) to transmit to Ceylan the Furnd's regulations
on the margins permissible for transactions in gold pursuant
to Article IV:2 of the Fund Agreement, which would be binding
on Ceylon by virtue of Article III:2 of the Special Exchange
Agreement; (b) to transmit to Ceylon in accordance with the
provisions of Article II:3 of the Special Exchange Agreement
a schedule of the par values of the currencies of other
contracting parties, and (c) to take other similar actions of
an administrative nature
5. The Working Party was informed by the representative
ef the Fund that Ceylon had applied for membership of the
Fund and was likely to become a member in the near future.
The Fund had suggested that the CONTRACTING PARTIES might
defer the submission to Ceylon of a request under Article II
of the Special Exchange Agreement for an indication of the
par value of its currency until such time as the Fund might
so advise.1)
1) The relevant section of a letter, of February 24, 1950, from
the Managing Director of the Fund reads:
"Article II of the special exchange agreement requires
Ceylon to communicate to the CONTRACTING PARTIES within
30 days after the CONERACTING PARTIES so request, the par
value of its currency based on the rates of exchange
prevailing at the time, so that .an initial par value of
its currency may be established.
(cont. on next page) GATT/CP.4/4I//Rev.1
page 3
6. In view of the desirability of avoiding unnecessary duplica-
tion of work between the CONTRACTING PARTIES and the Fund, the
Working Party recommends that the CONTRACTING PARTIES defer,
until such time as they might consider appropriate in the light
of any advice received from the Fund, the action under Article
II of the Special Exchange Agreement relating to Ceylon.
7. The provisions of paragraph 37 of this report apply to
Ceylon as they do to all contracting parties which are not
members of the Fund.
II. THE POSITION OF CONTRACTING PARTIES REQUIRING AN EXTENSION
OF TIME LIMIT WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE ACTION UNDER
ARTICLE .XV:6.
Pakistan
8. The Working Party noted that the Government of Pakistan,
in order to comply with the terms of Resolution No. 1 adopted
at the Third Sessign, should either have become a member of the
Fund or have entered into a special exchange agreement before
the first day of the present session. The Working Party took
nbte of the statement made by the representative of Pakistan
that his Government had expected to accept Fund membership
before the commencement of the present session, but that this
action had been delayed by legislative procedures. The
Working Party also took account of the fact that the CONTRACTING
PARTIES, in view of the advanced stage of the arrangements for
Pakistan's admission to the Funds had already agreed in prin-
ciple to the extensions for about six months, of the time
limit for the conclusion by that country of a special exchange
agreement.
9. In the case of Haiti, the Working Party noted that the
circumstances were similar to those pertaining to Pakistan.
The representative of the Fund confirmed that the Fund, upon
application by Haiti, had determined conditions of membership,
1) cont: "The Fund will of course, cooperate in the
establishment of an initial par value in accordance
with the special exchange agreement. However,;
since Ceylon has made an application to become a
member of the Fund, I suggest that the transmitting
of a request to Ceylon, to communicate the par value
of its currency, be deferred until such time as
the Fund may sc advise." GATT/CP.4/41Rev.1
Page 4.
for Haiti and that Haiti was expected to accept membership in
the very near future, but that the Fund had extended, until 8.
September 30, 1950 the time limit set for this purposes
10. On these grounds, the Working Party considered that it
would be appropriate to grant to-Haiti an extension of time
similar to that set for Pakistan.
Burma
11. With respect to Burma the Working Party was informed that
the Government of that country contemplated joining the Fund in
the near future and that it accordingly., desired to secure an
extension of the prescribed period for its acceptance cf a
speeial exchange agreement.
12. The representative of Burma further brought to the notice
of the Working Party the abnormal conditions prevailing in
his country which had given his Government preoccupations of
considerable urgency.
13. Having regard to the exceptional circumstances prevailing
in Burma, the Working Party agreed to recommend that an exten-
sion of time be granted to that country for w i z>2'
Article XV: 6 of the General Agreement.
III. THE POSITION OF CONTRACTING PARTIES FOR WHICH A TIME
LIMIT HAS TO BE FIXED WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE. ACTION
UNDER ARTICLE XV:6
New Zealand
14. At the Third Session the CONTRACTING PARTIES resolved
that, notwithstanding the provisions of the Resolution No. 1
adopted by them on June 20 1949, the Government of New Zealand
would not be required to enter into a special exchange agreement'
until it had had an opportunity at the first meeting of the
CONTRACTING PARTIES subsequent to November 1, 1949, to make
proposals designed to meet certain special difficulities raised
for the New Zealand Government by the text of the special
exchange agreement adopted at that session, and until the
CONTRACTING PARTIES had fixed a date by which that Government
should enter into a special exchange agreement, The Working
Party was informed by the representative of New Zealand that
his Government had decided not to propose any amendments t:
the draft text of the special exchange agreement approved by
the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the Third Session and that New Zealand
would decide in due course whether to become a member of the
Fund or to accept a special exchange agreement as approved by
the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the Third Session. GATT/CP.4/41 Rev.1
Page 5.
15. As regards the time limit to be set for this purposes
the New Zealand representative proposed that the CONTRACTING
PARTIES adopt a date which would allow his Government approxi-
mately six months within which to complete the necessary action.
Indonesia
16. The representative of the United States of Indonesia
stated that his Government was making preparations to join the
Fund and that it expected to commence negotiations for Fund
membership within the next four months, As the status of the
United States of Indonesia as a contracting party in its own
right was not established until February 1950, the Working
Party considered that the only action required of tho
CONTRACTING PARTIES at this session was to fix a date pursuant
to the provisions of Article XV:6 for the completion of the
action to be taken under that paragraph,
IV. THE POSITION OF THE ANNECY ACCEDING GOVERNMENTS
Liberia
17. In so far as Liberia was concerned, the Working Party
noted:
(a) that the Fund had determined the conditions for
membership for Liberia and that Liberla was expected
to become a member within a short time, and
(b) that Liberia appeared to be covered by the provisions
of Resolution No.3 of the Third Session.
18. The Working Party concluded that no action was needed
in respect of Liberia at the present session but that if
Liberia, after its accession to the General Agreement, claimed
to be covered by the provisions of Resolution No, 3, the
CCONTRACTION PARTIES should consider the applicability of that
Resolution to Liberia.
Sweden
19. In the case of Sweden, the Working Party noted that that
country's accession to the General Agreement and its application
for Fund membership were at present receiving the consideration
of the Swedish Government. It therefore concluded that there
was no need at this stage to make any recommendation in view of
the fact that Sweden would, under Resolution No, 1 of the
Third Session, have four months after its accession to the
General Agreement within which either to join the Fund or to
accept a special exchange agreement. GATT/CP,V/41 Rev.1
Page 6.
V. GENERAL PEMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
20. The Working Party considered that it would be appropriate,
to determine a single date for all contracting parties to which
Article XV: 6 applied. It was though desirable to fix a calendar
date and in view of practical considerations it was agreed to
recommend to the Ij-:i ''; .;Y4t: the date of [November 9,
1050], the opening date of tne Fifth Session
21. In recommending that [November. 9, 195a] be established as
the date by which Burma; Pakistan, Haiti, New Zealand and Inr,4-
nesia should either become merbers of the Fund or enter int:
special exchange agreements, the Working Party agreed that
individual contracting parties shold not be led to telieve that
further extensions of this tine limit would be lightly granted
at the next session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES. It was recog-
nised that exchange and financial actions complemented the
trade matters covered by the General Agreement and that contrac-
ting parties must all abide by common standards of conldust in
the exchange field, if the General Ageement was to achieve
maximum effectiveness. The Working Party believed that the
CONTRACTING PARTIES should adopt thee proposals with the
understanding that the date would only be extended at the next
session in exceptional cases; such as that in which a contrac-
ting party is in an advanced stage of it negotiations with
the International Monetary Fund so that it apears reasonable
to expect that the contracting party wille come a member of the
Fund within a few months,
22. The Working Party recommends that the CONTRACTING PARTIES
adopt the resolutions annexed to this Report, which. have been
drafted in the light of the considerations set forth above. GATT/CP .4/41 Rev.1
Page 7.
PART TWO
PROGEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS
23. The working Party considered the procedural arrangements
necessary for the implementation of special exchange agree-
ments entered into by individual contracting parties under
paragraph 6 of Article XV of the General Agreement. In this
connection it had before it the Draft Regulations proposed
by the United States delegation (GATT/CP.4/24).
24. The Working Party's review disclosed general agreement
on a number of important matters especially in respect to
the subject matters to be covered by the procedures. It
also focused attention on certain other issues which remain
unresolved.
25. In discussing the implementation of special exchange
agreements the Working Party agreed that the mot important
steps in the monetary field requiring positive action on the
part of the CONTRATING PARTIES would be:-
(a) agreement on an initial par value;
(b) changes in par value;
(c) approval of releases from the obligations
of convertibility of balances held by
other contracting parties; and
(d) approval of restrictions on payments inclu-
ding multiple currency and discriminatory
practices, (apart from transitional
arrangements).
It was also recognised that additional procedural arrangements
might have to be made, whether by regulations or otherwise,
covering such matters as relationships between the CONTRACTING
PARTIES and the International Monetary Fund, the execution of
special exchange agreements, the furnishing of information,
etc.
26. It was agreed that two essential criteria for procedures
for the handling of these matters, particularly those set
forth in 25 (a) - (d) above, are that they should provide for
prompt consultation with the International Monetary Fund, for
speedy action thereafter by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, and for
the utmost secrecy until the individual contracting party is
prepared to announce the action proposed.
27. It was clear to the Working Party that special diffi-
culties arose in satisfying these requirements during periods
when the CONTRACTING PARTIES are not in session. Any
procedure designed to submit all questions arising under GATT/CP.4/41 Rev .1
Page 8.
special exchange agreements to the CONTRACTING PARTIES as
a whole either through the calling of a special session or
through a telegraphic poll would fail to meet one or beth
of these criteria From this it fellows that the authority
of the CONTRACTING PARTIES to act on these questions needs
to be delegated during inter-sessional periods.
28. Article XV of the General Agreement requires the
CONTRACTING PARTIES to accept the findings and determinations
of the International Monetary Fund on the financial and
exchange matters specified in that Article. The CONTRACTING
PARTIES, however, are the principals in the special exchange
agreements and have the responsibility for decisions taken
in connection with the implementation of the agreements
The form and nature of procedures for the administration of
special exchange agreements should reflect this situation.
29. To overcome the difficulties arising from the absence
at the present time of a suitable organisation capable of
handling exchange matters with speed and secrecy between
session. of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, two proposals were put
before the Working Party, The first propesal (which is the
basis of the proposals in the Draft Regulations submitted
by the United States delegation) envisaged that the Chairman
of the CONTRACTING PARTIES would act on behalf of the
CONTRACTING PARTIES in administering special exchange agree-
ments and would be guided in the decisions which he would
take on behalf of the CONTRACTING PARTIES by the advice of
the International Monetary Fund. Some believed that ,uch a
delegation of authority to the Chairman offered the me st
practicable method for expeditious handling of matters of
urgency,
30. Certain objections were expressed by some members of
the Working Party to this proposal. In particular, the
objection was made that this proposal did not take adequate
account of the considerations referred to in paragraph 28
above. Several members of the Working Party also expressed
objection to the form of regulations proposed by the United
States delegation, but some agreed with the United States
representative that this objection could probably be overcome
by suitable redrafting of the detailed previsions of the
United States preposals. GATT/CP.4/41. Rev.1
Page 9
31: In order to provide for satisfactory administration of
special exchange agreements whilst, at the same time,
meeting these objections, a procedure along the following
lines was proposed by the New Zealand representative and
received some support: There should be established a
Committee of contracting parties able to be convened at very
short notice and located conveniently to the headquarters of
the International Monetary Fund. The CONTRACTING PARTIES
would delegate to this Committee their functions under
special exchange agreements. The establishment of such a
Committee would, it was urged, obviate the necessity for
detailed rules and regulations of the type suggested by the
United Statee representative.
32. Some members of the Working Party however, considered
that the establishment of such a committee would create a
cumbersome mechanism, and would probably delay action and
duplicate unnecessarily the work of the International Monetary
Fund.
33. In an effort to find a solution to these difficulties
it was suggested that it might be possible to devise a
procedure under which the CONTRACTING PARTIES would only be
called upon to enter actively into the administration of
special exchange Agreements in cases where the International
Monetary Fund disagreed with action taken or proposed by a
contracting party operating under a special exchange
agreement. This suggestion was not considered in detail,
but it is possible that this line of approach if found prac-
ticable might simplify the pro-blem of administering special
exchange agreements.
34 On the general question of the delegation of functions
by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, the view was expressed that the
CONTRACTING PARTIES could not delegate their responsibilities
under a special exchange agreement to any person or persons
without an amendment to Article XXV of the General Agreements
Others expressed the view that an amendment of the General
Agreement would not be necessary. It was generally agreed
that this question would require further study.
35. The difficulties which give rise to these differing
opinions will of course be greatly reduced, if not entirely
eliminated, when a permanent International Trade Organization
is established. In this connection the view was expressed
that it would be undesirable to finalise arrangements for GATT/. Page 10.
inter-sessional action unless there is urgent needy while
there remains the prospect that a permanent International.
Trade Organisation may come into existence in the near
future, in view of the danger that such interim arrangements
might prejudice future action in a permanent organisation.
Others believed that experience with interim arrangements might
assist in developing more satisfactory procedures in connec-
tion with a permanent organisation.
36. Because of these divergent views, it appeared that
considerable discussion would be required before a satisfac-
tory solution to these problems could be found Although
it was recognised that the adoption of procedural regulations
would assist contracting partiesconsidering the alternatives
of scoking membership in the Fund or signing a special
exchange agreement, the Working Party considered that in the
absence of any urgent practical problem, it would not be
justifiable to extend the present session of the CONTRACTING
PARTIES to enable this discussion to be concluded. The
Working Party considers, however, that the agreements reached
at this session and the clarification of divergent views will
assist the CONTRACTING PARTIES in resolving the outstanding
issues. In recommending to the CONTRACTING PARTIES that
this matter be postponed until the next session, the Working
Party has taken into account the likelihood that no contracting
party will be operating under a special exchange agreement
for any significant period prior to the next session, and
also the fact that the position in respect of the possible
entry into force of the Mavana Charter may then be cl'__*!
37. The Working Party wishes to draw attention to paragraph
8 of the Final Report of the Committee on Special Exchange
Agreements (GATT/CP.3/44). The Working Party recommends
that the Chairman discuss with the Fund working arrangements
of an administrative nature which will aim at avoiding duplica-
tion in the collection of statistics and ensuring the effec-
tive application of Article XV:8 of the General Agreement.
38. Finally, the Working Party considered the letter of
February 27, 1950, addressed to the Chairman of the
CONTRACTING PARTIES by the Managing Director of the International
Monetary Fund enclosing draft rules of procedure for direct
consultation between an individual contracting party and the
Fund on the monetary aspects of problems arising in the course
of the application of the General Agreement. The Working
Party has no observations to make on these draft rules and
recommends that the Chairman of the CONTRACTING PARTIES be
authorized to inform the International Monetary Fund that the
rules are satisfactory to the CONTRACTING PARTIES. GATT/CP . 4/41 Rev.1
Page 11.
ANNEX
1. RESOLUTION RELATING TO HAITI. PAKISTAN AND BURMA
The CONTRACTING PARTIES,
CONSIDERING that it was resolved on June 20, 1949 at
the Third Session that each existing contracting party which
on the first day after November 1, 1949 when the CONTRACTING
PARTIESE were in session was not a member of the International
Monetary Fund should enter into a special exchange agreement,
in the terms of the text adopted at that Session, and that
each Government which became a contracting party after the
date of that resolution should likewise enter into a special
exchange agreement within four months after its becoming a
contracting party if it were not then a member of the Fund,
CONSIDERING that the Governments of Haiti and Pakistan
have reached an advanced stage in their arrangements with the
Fund for membership and both are likely to become members in
the near future,
CONSIDERING that the Government of Burma, which has been
prevented by abnormal and difficult circumstances from taking
action pursuant to the above mentioned resolution, has expressed
the likelihood of its applying for Fund membership at the
earliest possible date, and
HAVING CONSULTED with the International Montary Fund
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of Article
XV of the General Agreement,
RESOLVE that, notwithstanding the provisions of the
Resolution N. 1 adopted on June 20, 1949 at the Third Session,
instruments of acceptance of a special exchange agreement
deposited by the Governments of Pakistan, Burma and Haiti,
if received by the Secretary-General of the United N :tions
on or before _ November 2, 1950 7, shall be deemed effective
for all the purposes of the Resolution N. 1 adopted at the
Third Session. GATT/CP .4/41 Rev.1
Page 12.
2. RESOLUTION RELATING TO NEW ZEALAND
The CONTRACTING PARTIES.
CONSIDERING that it was resolved on June 20, 1949,
at the Third Session that the Government of New Zealand
would not be required to enter into a special exchange
agreement until it had had an opportunity at the present
session to make proposals designed to meet the special
difficulties raised for that Government by the text of
the special exchange agreement approved by the CONTRACTING
PARTIES, and until the CONTRACTING PARTIES had fixed a date
by which the Government of New Zealand should enter into
a special exchange agreement if it were not then a member
of the International Monetary Fund,
TAKING NOTE of the fact that the Government of New
Zealand has decided not to make any proposals with respect
to the text of the special exchange agreement approved by
the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the Third Session, and
HAVING CONSULTED with the International Monetary
Fund in accordance with the provisions of paragraph £
of Article XV,
RESOLVE that the Gevernment of Now Zealand shall
enter into a special exchange agreement in the terms of
the text approved at the Third Session, by depositing an
instrument of acceptance on or before November 2, 1950
if by that date it is not a member of the International
Monetary Fund. GATT/CP.4/41 Rev.1
Page 13.
3. RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE REPUBLIC OF
THE UNITED STATES OF INDONESIA
THE CONTRACTING PARTIES,
CONSIDERING that paragraph 6 of Article XV of the
General Areement provides that any contracting party not
a member of the International Monetary Fund shall, within
a time to be determined by the CONTRACTING PARTIES after
consultation with the Fund, become a member of the Fund
or, failing that, enter into a special exchange agreement
with the CONTRACTING PARTIES,
CONSIDERING that the text of the special exchange
agreement has been approved by the CONTRACTING PARTIES
for the purpose of giving effect to the above mentioned
provisions of the General Agreement, and
HAVING CONSULTED with the International Monetary
Fund in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of
Article XV of the General Agreements
RESOLVE that the Government of the Republic of the
United States of Indonesia shall enter into a special
exchange agreement in the terms of the text approved at
the Third Session, by depositing an instrument of acceptance
on or before November 2, 1950 , if it is not at that
time a member of the International Monetary Fund. |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP.5/30
27 November 1950
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "G" ON STANDARD PRACTICES
FOR IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTRICTIONS AND EXCHANGE CONTROLS
1. In accordance with its terms of reference, Working Party "G" has
studied the proposal that the Contracting Parties should agree upon a set
of standard practices for the administration of import and expert restric-
tions and exchange controls in order te minimise hardship and uncertainty te
members of the commercial community,
2, The Working Party recognised that, in view of the widely different
administrative procedures in operation in countries applying import and expert
restrictions and exchange controls, it necessarily had to confine itself to
recommending basic principles which should govern the administration of such
controls, leaving it to individual governments to decide how best to apply
these principles to their own procedures.
3, The Working Party accordingly recommends that the Contracting
Parties :-
( a) appreve the draft standards set forth in the Annex to this Report;
(b) recommend these practices to the individual contracting parties as
a cede which they should endeavour to adept to the maximum.
practicable extent; and
(c) request individual governments to bring these standards to the
attention of these responsible for the administration of import and
expert restrictions and exchange controls.
4, The Working Party considered that the propsed. standards set forth
in the Annex should be regarded as a code for the guidance of contracting
parties and not as additional obligations imposed upon them under the General
Agreement. The Working Party believed that if contracting parties vere to
accept these as recommendations to be followed whenever possible, they would
make a valuable contribution to the fulfilment of the objectives of the
General Agreement. At the same time it was recognised that, where there
are clear and overriding considerations, or in individuals cases where there
is good reason to suspoect the bona fides of transactions in question, it
may be necessary for contracting parties to depart from the letter of the
standards .
5. The Working Party confined its attention principally to the formu-
lation of standard practices to be applied by governments irnposing import and
expert restrictions and exchange controls for balance-of-payment reasons.
Since, however, international trade in many products is subject to other regu-
lations and orders, the Working Party was of the opinion that, where possible,
the principles underlying the set of standard practices proposed in the Annex
should also be observed for such regulations and orders.
6, The Working Party recommends that this Report., if approved by the
Contracting Parties: be de-restricted at the close of the Session, and that
the Contracting Parties instruct the Executive Secretary to give the maximum
publicity to the recommendations self forth above and to the standard
practices in the Annex. GATT/CP.5/30
Page 2.
STANDARD PRACTICES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
AND EXCHANGE CONTROLS
1. The grant of an import licence should imply that the necessary foreign
exchange will be obtainable if applied for within a reasonable time. When
bath import licences and exchange permits are required, the operation of the
two requirements should be co ordinated. If more than one rate of exchange
applies in payment for imports, the import licence or exchange permit should
indicate the type of exchange which will apply in the settlement of the
particular transaction.
2. Any new or intensified restrictions on importation and exportation
shculd not apply to goods shown to the satisfaction of the control authority
to have been en route at the time the change was announced or to have been
paid for in substantial part or covered by an irrer cable letter of credit.
3. Goods proven to have been covered by adequate confirmed prior order at
the time new or intensified restrictions are announced, and not marketable
elsewhere without appreciable loss, should receive special consideration on
an individual case basis, providd their delivery can be completed within a.
specified period. Such goods, as well as those covered under paragraph 2,
should be accountable against any import or export quota or exchange alloca-
tion that may have been established for that particular class af goods.
4. The administrative formalities in connection with the issuance of import
and export licences or exchange permits should be designed to allow action
upon applications within a reasonably short period. A licence or permit should
be valid for a sufficient period to allow for the production and delivery of the
goods, taking into account the character of the goods and the conditions of
transport from the. country of origin. The control authorities should not with-
draw licences or permits unlss they are satisfied that exceptional circum-
stances necessitate such action, and should give sympathetic consideration to
requests for renewal or revalidation of licences or permits when exceptional
circumstances prevent their utilisation within the original period.
5. Under a system involving the fixing, of quotas for particular classes of
gcods or cf allocations of exchange in payment for them, any period that may
be set, within which applications for such quotas or allocations must be
made. should be suffidient to allow for the exchange of communications with
likely foreign suppliers and the conclusion of purchase contracts.
6. When foreign products subject to quantitative limitation are apportioned
among importers largely in the light of their past participation in the trade,
the control authorities, at their discretion and without undue prejudice to
tuhe interests cf es 't5blishcd i::Lp3irtcrz, should: give cenzider-a i:in to requests
for licenc2s or permi ^ts sulbi.itt ;d by qju lifisd a d finaricially responsible
new~corners.
7. .If an assurance rogoe. ding the issu- cf an imDart licence is requireci
as a condition cf -onsulcar lcgaliza:-ion ejf shippaing docuiients in the country
cf exportation, a reliable cornm-u'nicatio)n giving thc number cf' the import
iic-nce should' suffice. GATT/CP.5/30
Page 3.
8. The authority given to customs officials should be adequate to allow
their, at their discretion, to grant reasonable tolerance for variations in
the quantity or value of individual shipments as delivered from that
specified in the prior import or export authorization, in accordance with
the character of the product involved and any extenuating circumstances.
9. Where, owing to excetional and unforessen balance-f-payment difficulties,
a country is unable to provide foreign exchange for imports immediately
payment becomes due to the supplier, transfers of foreign exchange in respect
of goods already importd or licensed for importation should have priority
over transfers in respect of new orders, or should at least have a definite
and equitable share of the total amounts of foreign exchange currently avai-
lable for imports.
. |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP.5/30/Rev.1 4 December 1950
ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "G" ON STANDARD PRACTICES
FOR IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTRICTIONS AND EXCHANGE CONTROLS
(As approved by the Contracing Parties on November 30, 1950)
1. In accordance With its terms of reference, Working Party "G" has
studied the proposal that the Contracting Parties should agree upon a set
of standard practices for the administration of import and expert restric-
tions and exchange controls in border to minimise hardship and uncertainty to
members of the commercial community,
2. The Working Party recognised that, in view of the widely different
administrative procedures in operation in countries applying import and export
restrictions and exchange controls, it necessarily had to confine itself to
recommending basic principles which should govern the administration of such
controls, leaving it to individual governments to decide how best to apply
these principles to their own procedures.
3. The Working Party accordingly recommends that the Contracting
Pa-rties:--
(a) ap-»rove the drafSt standards set fourth in the Annox to this Report;
(b) recomm:.enld these> practices te the individual centractin~ plrt.ies a.s
,a code ;-hich they sho.:ld endeavour ta adlopt ta the maximlum
practicailbe extent; a^na
* (c) request individuD.l goverrn.:ents ta brin£ these standards te the
attention of those re sponsible for the administration of import .nnl
export re strictions and e xchan.cecontrols .
4-. The W[orking Party consideredl that the pre.pose>d stand,^rJs set forth
in thce Annex sheuldl be regrderc.i as a~ cod;e for tha ,guideaice cfs contra.cting
parties a.nd not as additional olli<>atiors i,.apcsed upon therl under the a.enera^l
Agree.r.ent. The 5..orkinr± Party belive-d that; if contr-.cting partieJs -..e.re tc'
accept these a^s recGi.menld~ticns ta be feCol1~;eJ -.-.nerver possible, they ;reu1d.
m.ake a^ va luable contributi on te the fulf'ilmlent of' the ob jective s cf the
a.eneraql Agreem;ent. A;t tha s.amre tim.e it ;;'a;s rccognised that, -.;tere there>
a.ree clear alnd overriding, cornsid'erations, or in indRividua.l cases wtthejre there
is ,geod reason te suspect the bona f ides cf tra^ns.acticns in question, it
ma^y be nec<-ssary for centractin,, eartios to depart f rom. the precise tooerLs
cf the se rocom:mondatians.
* Thf Werkinr, Pa^rtyn confSined its attention principally te th.c: fera.u-
latian cf standard practices te be applied by gooverrm.ents imposing impr.-ro and
ae:oorb rzstrictioJns cand exochanget conrt.rols f:or bai5ance-cf-payrment reasons,
Since, hev.crcr,s inte-rnational tr.de; in ma>ny products is subject te other resiÇu-
la«tiens and erders, the lterking P.^rty -.>as cf the opinicDn that, where possible-,
tha> principles ur±derlying, the set of standard practices prepesed in thefxin'x
should ai5a be ebsoived for suchl rn:ui.ations andne ordûrsz
6. The Working Party recommends that this Report, if approved by the
Contracting Parties, be de-restricted on December 27, 1950, and that the
Contracting Parties instruct the Executive Secretary to give the maximum
publicity to the recommendations set forth above and to the standard
practice in the Annex. GATT/CP.5/30/ Page 2. ANNEX
STANDARD PRACTICES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
1. The grant of an import licence should imply that the necessary foreign
exchange will be obtainable if applied for within a reasonable time. When
both import licences and exchange permits are required, the operation of the
two requirements should be co ordinated. If more than one rate of exchange
applied in payment for imports, the import licence or exchange permit should
indicate the type of exchange which will apply in the settlement of the
particuIar transaction.
2. Any new or intensified restrictions on importation or exportation
should not apply to goods shown to the satisfaction of the control authority
to have been en route at the time the change was announced or to have been
paid f'or in sulbstntiai part or coverel byr an irrew cable letter. e? credit.
.. Gooci{ prov-en te h;ve been cevcre5. by adequate confirnme5 prier order et
th. ti.7 rvz';: or intensified. restrictions are announced, -nd net raarketable
eloev4rllG yg'thout a.p erecîable lo5s s shoul.l re>cive special cons ideration on
'>n7 idi'Ciduali]) Cawse basis, provided. their delivery ce-n be completed within a
3»DCilfie zeriod. Suchl goods, as well as those covrereci uricer paraigranh 2,
3h:ould bc acceuntable; gains t .any import or export qucta or exeha*nge c>lloca-
t;icrn tlnt iav. h^.ve been este.blsh~d i'or th-t particular class a? good.s.
4. Ihe ^dniinistra.tivc formnalities ini connection v;ith thc issuance o? in.rort
.nd. _xport licences or exchange ;permits should be d.esigrcie to allowr action
ueen cmp lic^;tions iit'nin. a reasonably short pD r iod. A licence or permit should
'b_ v ali) fe r a sufficient ieeriod te a-llow for the production ana clelivcry o? thç
goods, takcin<g ir.to accounts the character cf the goods and the conditions o?
tr - ;sc rt frir.m the_ country o? eni-in. Th_ ccntrnl authorities should net .zith-
d&a't..' licnccs or permits unless they a<re satisfiéd that exceptional circum.-
stancssz n cecsit^.t.; such aWction, and should1 give sympapthetia consideration tc
r~que 23 s or rcne;X^l or revalida-vtion of licences or permits v-hen sccenptional
circu.ns ~:arvces ierevcnt th<air utilisation v-zit'hin the ori,,ina.l period.
5. Unrler as system involving t;he fixingç ci aucta.s for parbticulars classes o?
goods or cf allocations o? exchange_ in pey«r.nent for thc-m, eny period th^t m.ay
be set, i;ithin vwhioh c.pplioetiens for such quot.^-s o)r allocations mrust be
"acL, sheJulal 12 sufficient te allo¶Xr feor theexehange o? communications v..ith
likely, ?erc-ign supplies rs .^nd the conclusion cf' purchase contreots.
6. Vllh:n i'orcsîgn pDroduots subject te qu2.nt;itative li.mitaiions are a^prortisned
z;>ie2 ir:neortErs la)rgcly in the light o?' their past pc.rticip tien in the trod&e,
the central authorities. a.t their d is creation a.nd -w.ithout undue prc-judicc te
thc inter-ts ai' established irL,-perters, should give consid.erat-ion te requests
fer liocnccs or perinits submlittod. by cjualif'ied and financially respoJnsible
*newcomers. .
7. If an assurance regarding the issue of an import licence is required
as a condition of consular legalization of shipping documents in the country
of exportation, a reliable communication giving the number of the import
licence should suffice. GATT/CP.5/30/Rev.1
Page 3.
8. The authority given to customs officials should be adequate to allow
them. at their discretion, to ,grant reasonable tolerance for variations in
the quantity or value of individual shipments as delievered from that
specified in the prior import or export authorization, in accordance with
the character of the product involved and any extenuating circumstances.
9. where, owing to exceptional and unforeseen balance-of-payment difficulties,
a country is unable to provide foreign exchange for imports immediately
payments becomes due to the supplier, transfers of foreign exchange in respect
of goods already imported or licensed for importation should have priority
over transfers in respect of new orders, or should at least have a definite
and eqitable share of the total amounts of foreign exchange currently avai-
lable for imports.ss |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.4/40
31 March 1950
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY C ON SWISS PARTICIPATION
IN THE THIRD ROUND OF TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
1. On 30 September, 1949, a telegram was sent, on behalf
of the.Contracting Parties, to the Government of Switzerland
enquiring whether it would be prepared to participate in the
tariff negotiations scheduled to begin in the autumn of 1950,
with a view to acceding to the General Agreement. In its
reply (see GATT/TN.2/3) the Government of Switzerland drew
attention to two difficulties. The first related to the
impossibility of using the Swiss tariff at its present level
as a basis for negotiation; the second, the impossibility
for Switzerland of accepting certain of the provisions of the
General Agreement, which presented problems similar to those
which had been discussed in relation to analogous provisions
of the Havana Charter at the Havana Conference and at the
Second Session of the Executive Committee of the Interim
Commission for the ITO. The Swiss Government requested to
be informed whether the special situation of Switzerland
"as recognized with respect to the Havana Charter", could
also be taken into account with respect to the general pro-
visions of the General Agreement. This communication from
the Government of Switzerland was considered by the Contracting
Parties at the Eighth Meeting of the Fourth Session and
remitted to the Working Party for study and report.
2. The Working Party reviewed the history of the discussion
of the Swiss question at the Havana Conference* and at the
Second Session of the Executive Committee of the Interim
Commission for the ITO**er The Working Party agreed that the
problem visualized by the Swiss in connection with possible
participation in the GATT was in most respects the same as
that visualized in connection with their possible participa-
tion in the ITO.
3. All members felt, however, that in view of the unanimous
wish that a way be found if possible to enable Switzerland to
participate in the Torquay negotiations, the whole question
should be examined again by the Working Party'
4. As a first step the Working Party requested its Chairman
and the Executive Secretary to put three questions to the
representative of the Swiss Government:-
(a) whether Switzerland did in fact wish to participate
in the 1950 negotiations;
* See Report of Sub-Committee G of the Third Committee on
the Swiss Proposal Reports of Committees and Principal
Sub-Committees of the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Employment, p.102 et seq.
** See ICITO/EC;2/9, L .
EC.2/SR.15, EC.2/W.1. GATT/CP.4/40
page 2
(b) whether, in view of the current revision of the
Swiss tariff, it would in fact be possible for
Switzerland to participate and if so, on the basis
of what tariff;
(c) whether the difficulties which Switzerland foresaw
in adhering to the Havana Charter were in fact
. .. relevant to its adherence to the General Agreement
during the period of provisional application during
which any contracting party was free to withdraw
on 60 days notice. If the Swiss Government decided
to accede to the General Agreement but found in
practice that such participation raised insuperable
difficulties for Switzerland, i.t could in fact with-
draw at very short notice;
5. The replies of the Swiss representative to these questions
were as follows:-
(a) affirmative;
(b) it would not be possible to complete the preparation
of the revised Swiss customs tariff before next
autumn and consequently the new tariff could, not be
approved by the Swiss Parliament in time to serve
as a basis for negotiation at Torquay. At a later
date, in response to a further enquiry, the Swiss
Government indicated that it could envisage
negotiating on the basis of the existing tariff which
dates back to 8 June, 1921, considered jointly with
the negotiating tariff of 5 November, 1925;
(c) the possibility of withdrawal at short notice did
not present an acceptable solution to Switzerlandts
difficulties in considering accession to the-General
agreement. The Swiss representatlve pointed out
'that such a solution might be ervisaged if it were
uncertain whether the difficulties envisaged by
Switzerland would or would not in practice arise.
In fact, however', he view of the Swiss authorities
was that such difficulties would inevitably 'arise as
the result of accession by Switzerland to the General
Agreement and therefore the possibility of with-
drawal provided no solution.'
60 In the light of the reply to question (b) the Working
Party considered that there appeared to be some possibility
of solving ,the technic difficultiess affecting Switzcrland s
participation in the negotiations. The outcome of this
question would be dependent upon information concerning the
negotiating tariff of 1925 referred to in the answer to
question (b). The Working Party therefore resumed its
discussion of possible solutions to the special difficulties
to which Switzerland had drawn attention in its reply to
the invitation from the Contracting Parties. In the course
of the discussion two possible alternatives were considered.
First, that the accession of Switzerland might be accompanied
by a reservation which would be accepted by all the contracting
parties. This suggestion was unacceptable to the members of
the Working Party in that such a reservation would amount to
a broad exception to the provisions of the General Agreement
which would undermine its whole structures Second, a GATT/CP.4/ 40
page 3
declaration by the Contracting Parties that in the event
that owing to the special circumstances set out in the
report of Sub-Committee G of the Third Committee of the
Havana Conference, Switzerland encountered serious economic
difficulties which could not be resolved by direct consulta-.
tion between Switzerland and the contracting party or parties
concerned, they would, in exercise of the powers contained
in article XXV, authorize Switzerland to suspend the applica-
tion to the other contracting party or parties concerned of
such of the obligation under the General Agreement as the
Contracting Parties deemed to be appropriate; As part of
this second solution the Contracting Parties would, acting
under paragraph 5 (a) (i) of Article XXV, define the Swiss
problem as a category of exceptional circumstances to which
a simple majority vote would apply: The Working Party
agreed that this proposal represented an improvement on
the first. After discussion and study, however, it was
agreed that this proposal also would not be acceptable-
Either it would or it would not be intended as an indication
that, if the possible difficulties envisaged by Switzerland
did in fact later arise, the Contracting Parties would be
prepared to grant a. waiver of obligations of the type under.
stood to be desired by Switzerland i.e. to an extent to which
they would not normally be prepared to waive the provisions
of GATT; and Switzerland would no doubt wish to know from
the outset whether it was in fact intended as such an indica-
tion. If it was not, it would appear to be unlikely to be
acceptable to the Government of Switzerland as long as they
continued to hold their present views on the whole question
of Swiss participation; if it was, it would amount to the
procise of a substantial derogation from the General Agreement
of a character which would undermine its whole structure.
It was pointed out that the circumstances requiring the
exceptions provided for in the Agreement to countries with
balance of payments difficulties would be of a transitional
character. It was contemplated that restrictions imposed
under those exceptions would therefore be temporary and would
be more or less rapidly removed as balance of payments
difficulties were progressively resolved; It was, moreover,
contemplated in the Agreement that individual contracting
parties would overcome their balance of payments difficulties
at different times and it was fundamental to the purposes of
the General Agreement that a contracting party which had thus
emerged from balance of payments difficulties would refrain
from retaliation for the application against them of restric-
tions imposed by other contracting parties which hac not yet
solved their balance of payments difficulties. To permit
a country in such circumstances to resort for bargaining
purposes to quantitative restrictions not justified on balance
of payments grounds would destroy the meaning of the Agreement.
To grant such freedom to Switzerland and to refuse it to
other countries which were not in balance of payments diffi-
cultics would amount to discrimination in favour of one
country which was an entirdly unacceptable pi position; and
to concede it to countries generally would clarly amount to
a fundamental change in the provisions of thL General
Agreement of a character which contracting paties could
not contemplate: GATT/CP.4/40
page 4
7. The Working Party therefore recommend that the
Contracting Parties advise the Government of Switzerland that
much as the participation of Switzerland would be welcomed
by all the contracting parties, it had not been found possible
to suggest any formula which would enable Switzerland to
participate and yet be free of those obligations which Switz-
erland had indicated it could not accept The Contracting
Parties might wish to draw attention to the following con-
siderations. All contracting parties, to a greater or
(lesser degree, are confronted with difficulties and run
) certain risks in accepting the obligations of the General
{Agreement; They accept these risks as justified by the
importance of the objectives which they seek to attain through
the Germinal Agreement. Moreover they have confidence in
the understanding of the Contracting Parties, in administering
the Agreement, to take account of the difficulties of
individual countries. In the light of these considerations
the Contracting Parties might then draw attention to the
provisions of Article XIX XXIII and XXV ef the General
Agreement which provide ior exceptional action to deal with
special difficulties encountered by contracting parties
and suggest to the Government of Switzerland that it again
consider whether the-difficulties it envisages could not in
fact be dealt with through these provisions within the spirit
and framework of the General Agreement. Finally the
Contracting Parties may wish to express the hope that such a
conclusion will commend itself to the Swiss Government and
that Switzerland would, therefore, be able to adhere to the
General Agreement-and thus join the Contracting Parties in
the pursuit of the objectives of the Agreement which they
believe to be in accord with the liberal traditions of Swiss
commercial policy. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.4./39.
TARIFFS AND TRADE 31 March 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session.
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY G ON THE AUSTALIAN
SUBSIDY ON AMMONIUM SULPIIATE
I. INTRODUCTION
1. The Working Party examined with the delegations of
Australia and Chile the factual situation resulting from the
removal,, on the lst July 1949, if nitrate of soda from the pool
of nitrogenous fertilisers which is subsidised by the Australian
Government. It then considered whether themeasure taken by the
Australian government constituted a failure by the Australian
go vernment to carry out its obligations under the Agreement,
within the terms of Article XXIII.
Having come to the conclusion that the measuree taken by
the Australian government did not conflict with the provisions
of the Agreement, the Working Party then examined whether the
Australian measure had nullified. or impaired the tariff con-
cession granted by Australia to Chile on nitrate of soda in
1947, and agreed on the text of a recommendation which, in its
opinion, would best assist tne Australian and Chilean govern-
ments to arrive at a satisfactory adjust-ent.
The Australian representative stated that his government
was ablee to associate itself with the conclusions reached by
the Working Party in paragraph 12 of this Report; their views are
reproduced in the Annex to this Report.
II. THE FACTS OF. THE CASE
2. Prior to the outbreak of war in 1939 ammniun sulphate was
distributed in Austraila by a commercial -4olin1, arrangement
oneratecd by Nitrogenous Fertilisers Pronrietary Ltd. a private
enterprise; that croporation bought a amionium sulphate from the
local producers (both by-procduct and synthetic sulphate) and
from foreign sources of supaly, the amionium sulphate from all
sources was sold to consumers at a uniform pirice. The distri-
bution of imirte2 so'.ium nitrate was effected by independent
a,gencie s.
3. In view of the scarcity of amionium sulTlhate during the xwar,
the Australian go)vernment nurchaseCL sodiui nitrate fro-i abroad
and a-)-vointed 1.Titrigenous Fertilisers Proprietary Ltd. t ' act
as distributing a ;ent fo.-r the Comm'i-.ealth for both such
fertilisers, which were sold t consumers at a uniform price of
ZA 16.10 1)er tion. During, the first year .)f the operation of
the )3oolin:g arrane:ient9 the cv:-.-any coulV. su-voly the :-:arket
without any loss; "d uring7 thle later years, the Australian
-overmment un.-c.ertoolk to -icet tlhe deficit of the co:mpany on the
sales of both a :.2onium sul'?hate and sdiui'± nitrate. This
financial sui,.; irt by the Co:mr..i~ealth government had the effect GATT/CP.4/39
Page 2.
of a subsidy on imported fertilisers.
4. As from 1st July 1949, Nitrogenous Fartilisers Proprietary
Ltd. ceased to distribute sodium nitrate, the trade of which
reverted to the pre-war commercial channels. The Australian
government continued however, to purchase abroad ammonium
sulphate which it sold to Nitrogenous Fertilisers Propietary Ltd.
at landed cost. The retail price of ammonium sulphate, both
domestic and imported, was no longer fixed by government control;
the price therefore rose by stages to £A. 22.10 per ton but
the Australian government agreed to meet any loss on procurement
or distribution of sulphate which might be incurred by Nitro-
genous Fertilisers Proprietary Ltd., up to an amount of approxi-
mately £A . 500,000.
5. On the basis of information supplied by the Australian
representative, the financial implications of that arrangement
for 1949-50 may be sum-marised as follows:
1. 2. 3.
tons estimated re- retail price Geoss
tail price on under subsi- deference
a commercial dised cool- between
basis ing arman- columns
gement 1 and 2
a) domestic supply of sulphate
by-products 15,000 úA. 15.10)
synthetic ) úA. 22.10 /- £A30,000
products 30,000 £A. 25 )
b) foreign supply of supthate
various
sources 26,700 £A. 31. 0 - £A. 22.10) approx.
£A. 33. 0 )- £A275,000
Note: The weighted average of the quantities of ammonium
sulphate listed under a) and b) above at the prices
indicated in column (1) would -live a selling price
of £A. 25.12 in the absence of a subsidy. However,
as some elements of cost annot be estimated with
perfect accuracy, the figure of in. 28 per ton was
indicated by the Australian representative as a
fair estimate of the maximum selling price of ammonium
sulphate through Nitrogenous Fertilisers Proprietary
Ltd. pooling arrangement if no subsidy were maintained.
6. The subsidy on sulphate of ammonia was maintained because,
inter alia, users of that fertiliser would have been prevented,
by domestic price control and long-term contracts, from in-
creasing their selling price in order to take account of the
increased cost of ammonium sulphate which would.' have resulted
from the discontinue ce of the subsidy. The same conditions did
not exist in the case of sodium nitrate as the agricultural
producers who used most of that fertiliser were no longer subject
to price control arrangements and adequate supplies to meet all
demands were available. The un-subsidised retail rice of
nitrate of soda is estimated at úA. 33.10 by the representative
of Australia and at £A. 31.10 by the representative of Chile.
These prices may be comprared with the price of £A. 28 per ton
for ammonium sulphate referred to in the above note. GATT/CP.4/ 3)
Page 3.
The Australian imports of sodium nitrate during the post-
war period were limited to the amounts allocated by the IEFC
until June 1949. The total imports, mainly for industrial
purposes,are estimated at about 14,000 tons for 1949-.1950 as
compared with about 7 000 tons for 1948-1949. However, the
Working Party took note of the information supplied by the
Australian representative that the agricultural demand for
nitrate of soda had dropped from 6,300 tons in 1947-48 to 450
tons in 1948-49 (when nitrate of soda was sold under the pooling
arrangement at the same price and on the same conditions as
sulphate of ammonia)and the same amount will probably be used in
agriculture in 1949-50 under the new arrangements. The Chilean
representative stated that during 1948/49 nitrate of soda was
not sold under the same conditions as sulphate of ammonia as
the whole allocation made that year by -the IEFC to Australia
was assigned by the Australian Government for industrial
purposes and due only to Chile's reiterated petitions was 450
tons withdrawn from. industrial stocks and given to agricultural
uses leaving therefore a demand of more than 3000 tons without
fulfilment,
III.CONSISTENCY OF THE AUSTRAZLIAN MEASURES WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THE GENERAL AGREELIENT
7. The removal of nitrate of soda from the pooling arrange-
ments did not involve any prohibition or restriction on the
import of sodium nitrate and did not institute any tax or
internal charge on that product,. The Working Party concluded
therefore that the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article XI and
of paragraph 2 of Article III were not relevant.
8. As regards the applicability of article I to the Australian
measure the Working Party noted that the General Agreement
made a distinction between "like products" and "directly
competitive or substitutable products". This distinction is
clearly brought out in paragraph 2 of Article III, read in
conjunction with the interpretative note to that paragraph.
The most-favoured-nation treatment clause in the General Agree-
ment is limited to "like products". Without trying to give a
definition of "like products" and leaving aside the question
whether the two fertilisers are directly competitive, the
Working Party reached the conclusion that they were not to be
considered as "like products" within the terms of article I.
In the Australian tariff the two products are listed as separate
items and enjoy different treatment. Nitrate of soda is
classified as item 403 (C) and sulphate of ammonia as item
271 (B). Whereas nitrate of soda is admitted free both in the
preferential and most-favour.ed-nation tariff, sulphate of
ammonia is admitted free only for the preferential area and is
subject to a duty of 12J% for the m-f-n countries; moreover,
in the case of nitrate of soda the rate is bound whereas no
binding has been agreed upon for sulphate of ammonia. In the
tariffs of other countr es the two products are liste d separate-
ly; in certain cases the rate is the same but in others the
treatment is different; for instance in the casse of the United
Kingdom nitrate of soda is admitted free whereas a duty of £4
per ton is levied on ammonium sulphate.
9. In view of the fact that paragraph 4 of Article III apples
to "like products" the provisions of that paragraph are not
applicable to the present case for the reasons set out in
paragraph 8 above. As regards the provisions of paragraph 9 of
the same Article, the Working Party was informed that a maximum GATT/CP.4/39
Page 4.
selling price for ammonium sulphate was no longer fixed by govern-
mental action and, in any event., noted that Australia had considered
the Chilean-complaint and had made an offer within the terms of'
that paragraph. Since it was not found that any of the substantive
provisions of Article III were applicable, the exception contained
in paragraph 8 (b) is not relevant..
10. The Working Party then examined whether the Australian. govern-
ment had complied with the terms of Article XVI on subsidiess;
It noted that, although this Article is drafted in very general
terms, the type of subsidy which it was intended to cover was the
financial aid given by a government to support its domestic pro-
duction and to improve its competitive position either on the don
mestic market or on foreign markets.
Even if it is assumed that the maintenance of the Australian
subsidy on ammonium sulphate is covered by the terms of Article
XVII it does not seem that the At stralien governments action
can be considered as justifying any claim of injury under this
Article. It is recognised that the Contracting PA.rties have not
been notified by the Australien Gove'nment of the maintenance of
that subsidy, but the Working Party noted that the procedural ar-
rangements for such notifications under Article XVI have only been
approved by the Contracting Parties at their present session, and
that they only require notification After imposition of the measure.
Moreover the Chilean Government has not suffered any injury from
this failure to notify the Contracting Parties as it is established
that the Chilean Consul General had an opportunity to discuss this
matter with the Australian authorities before the decision to dis-
continue the subsidy on sodium nitrate had been enforced, The
Australian Government has discussed with the Chilean Government the
possibility of limiting the effects of the Subsidisation and has-
also discussed the matter with the Contracting Parties, in accor-
dance with the provisions of Article XVI.
11' Within the terms of reference of the Working Party, the examin-
nation of the relevant provisions of the Gcneral Agreement thus led
it to the conclusion that no evidence had been presented to show
that the Australian Government had failed to carry out its obliga-
tions under the Agreement;
IV NULLIFICATION OR IMPAIRMENT OF THE CONCESSION
GRANTED TO CHILE ON SODIUM NITRATE
12; The Working Party next considered whether the injury which
the Government of Chile said it had suffered represented a nulli-
fication or Impairment of a benefit accruing to Chile directly or
indirectly under the General Agreement and was therefore subject
to the provisions of Article XXIII: It was agreed that such im-
pairment would exist if the action of the Australian Government
which resulted in upsetting the competitive relationship between
sodium nitrate and ammonium sulphate could not reasonably have been
anticipated by the Chilean Government, taking into consideration
all pertinent circumstances and the provisions of the General
Agreement, at the time it negotiated for the duty free binding
on sodium nitrate. The Working Party conclus ?i, that the Govern-
ment of Chile had reason to assume during these negotiations,
that the war-time fertilizer subsiAy would not be removed from GATT/CP.4/39
Page 5.
sodium nitrate before it was removed from ammonium sulphate.
In reaching this conclusions the Working Party was influenced
in particular by the combination of the circumstances that.:
a) the two types of fertilizer were closely related;
b) both had been subsidised and distributed through the
same agency and sold at the same price;
c) neither had been subsidized before the war, and the
wartime system of subsidisation and distribution had
been introduced in respect of both at the same time
and under the same war powers of the Australian Govern-
ment;
d) this system was still maintained in respect of both
fertilizers at the time of the 1947 tariff negotiations.
For these reasons the Working Party also concluded that the
Australian action should be considered as relating to a benefit
accruing to Chile underr the Agreement and that it was therefore
subject to the provisions of Article XXIII, In reaching this
conclusion9 however" the Working Party considered that the
removal of a subsidy in itself, would not normally result in
nullification or impairment. In the case under consideration,
the inequality created and the treatment that Chile could
reasonably have expected at the time of the negotiations after
taking into consideration all pertinent circumstances, including
the circumstances mentioned above, and the provisions of the
General Agreement, were important elements in the Working Party's
conclusion.
.The situation in this case is different from that which
would have arisen from the -granting of a new subsidy on one of
the two competing products. In such a case, given the freedom
under the General Agreement of the Australian Government to
impose subsidies and to select the products on which a subsidy
would be granted, it would be more difficult to say that the
Chilean Government had reasonably relied on the continuation of
the same treatment for the two products, In the present case,
however, the Australian Government, in granting a subsidy on
account of the wartime fertilizer shortage and continuing it
in the post.-war period, had grouped the two fertilizers together
and treated them uniformly. Under such circumstances it would
seem that the Chilean Government could reasmnably assume that
the subsidy would remain applicable to both fertilizers so long
as there remained a local nitrogenous fertilizer shortage.
The Working Party 'has no intention of implying that the action
taken by the Australian Government was unreasonable but simply
that the Chilean Government coald not have been expected during
the negotiations in 1917 to have foreseen such action or the
reasons which led to it.
13. Having thus concluded that there was a prima facie case
that the value of a concession granted to Chile had been impaired
as a result of a measure which did not conflict with the
provisions of the General agreement, the Working Party came to
the conclusion that there was no infringement of the Agreement
)y Australia. Since Chile had not applied for a release from
any of its obligations, under the provisions of the last two
sentences of paragraph 2 of Article XXIII and it was moreover
hoped that an adjustment of the matter satisfactory to both
parties could be reached (without prejudice to the views of
either on the merits of the case), it was not necessary for the
Working Party to consider whether the above-mentioned provisions
were applicable to the case. GATT/CP.4/39
Page 6.
14. The Chilean representative stated that his government did
not press for a discussion of the question of the degree of dama&
sustained and would be satisfied if an arrangement could be made
to remove the. cause of the present competitive inequality.
between the two fertilizers. Such an arrangement would not
necessarily involve the restoration of the previous method of
subsidization. The Chilean representative suggested that no
subsidy be granted for either fertilizer or that, if the
Australian Government wishes to subsidize certain agricultural
products, the subsidy might be paid on fertilizer used by the
producers of those crops which it desires to subsidize, without
distinction between types of fertilizers Thus wherever one
nitrogenous fertilizer is subsidized for a particular crop,
the other would receive equal subsidization.
15. As the declared intention of the Australian Government in
maintaining the subsidy on ammonium sulphate was to give
financial a!dz not to the producers .f a certain type of
fertilizer, but to the producers of certain crops, whose selling
price was limited by price control and who preferred to use
ammonium sulphate for technical reasons, irrespective of price
:considerations the Working Party came to the .conclusion that a
satisfactory adjustment would Reachieved if the Australian.
Government could consider the possibility of modifying the
present arrangements in such a way as to achieve that object
while giving to the two types of fertilizers equal opportunity
to compete on its market,
16. In the light of the considerations set out above the
Working Party wishes to submit to the Contracting Parties the
following draft recommendation which) in its opinion; would
best assist the Australian and Chilean Governments to arrive
at-a satisfactory adjustment, In making this recommendation
the Working Party wishes to draw attention to one point of
particular importance. There is in their view nothing in
Article XXIII which would empower the Contracting Parties to
require a contracting party to withdraw or reduce a consumption
subsidy such as that applied by the Government of Australia to
ammonium sulphate and the recommendation made by the Working
Party should not Le taken to imply the contrary. The ultimate
power of the Contracting Parties under Article XXIII is that
of authorizing an affected contracting party to suspend the
application r.f appropriate obligations or concessions under the
General agreement. The sole reason why the adjustment of
subsidies to remove any competitive inequality between the two
products arising from subsidization is recommended is that, in
this particular case, it happens that such action appears to
afford the rest prespect of an adjustment of the matter satis-
factory to both parties.
17. The following is the text of the draft recommendation
submitted by the Working-Party to the Contracting Parties: GATT/CP.4/39
Page 7.
RECOMMENDATION REGERDING THE COMPLAINT
OF CHILE CONCERNING THE AUSTRALIAN
SUBSIDY ON SURLPHATE OF AMMONIA
The Contracting Parties recommend that the Australian
Government consider with due regard to its policy of
stabilizing the cost of production of certain cropsS
means to remove any competitive inequality between nitrate
of soda and sulphate of ammonia for use as fertilizers
which may in practice exist as a result of the removal
of nitrate of soda from the. operations of the subsidized
pool of nitrogenous fertilizers and communicate the
results of their consideration to the Chilean Government,
and that the two parties report to the Contracting Parties
at the next Session. GATT/CP.4/39 -
Page 8
ANNEX STATEMENT BY THE AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE
The Applicability of Article XXIII, paragrah 1 (b) to
the complaint of Chile regarding the Australian
Subsidy on Ammonium Sulphate
I. The Working Perty has concluded that the Australian subsidy
on Ammonium Sulphate in so far as it might. affect the competitive
position of Sodium Nitrate and Ammonium Sulphate constitutes
actual or potential impairamente of a benefit accruing to Chile
under the General Agreement. The statement of the Working Party
in paragraph 12 would seem to be derived from the following line
of reasoning :
a) The direct benefit acquired was the binding of the duty-
free rate on Sodium Nitrates
b) The indirect benefit was the belief that in securing (a)
above Chile had achieved a certain competitive relationship
between Sodium Nitrate and Ammonium Sulphateg two ferti-
lizers which Australia considers substantially different.
c) The Australian subsidy had upset this competitive rela-
tionship.
d) If in the light of pertinent circumstances and the pro-
visions of the General Agreement this subsidy could not
reasonably have been anticipated then impairment within
the meaning of Article XXIII existed.
2. The Working Party then went to considerable trouble to show
why Chile could not reasonably expect that Australia in aboli-
shing its wartime emergency subsidies would do so as the needs
of its economy dictated rather than in acoordance with the anti-
cipation of Chile that these two fertilizer- possessing substan-
tially different characteristics and uses and not being like
products would be treated in an identical manner. The question
oft what obligations with respect to Ammonium Sulphate Australia
could reasonably have expected when she consented to a binding
of the free-duty rate on Sodium Nitrate would seem to be no less
relevant. Equally relevant is the question of whether Australia
reasonably could have anticipated the needs which would give
rise to her present subsidy policy.
3. In view of the above and the fact that the Working Party
has also found that the Australian subsidy on Ammonium Sulphate
is completely in accordance with the provisions of GATT - inclu-
ding the provisions specifically relating to subsidies, Australia
cannot consider it a sound, argument that what a country might now
say was its reasonable expectation three years ago in respect of
a particular tariff concession should be the determining factor
in establishing the existence of impairment in terms of Article
XXIII. If it were accepted by the Contracting Parties then this
interpretation of Article XXIII would require a complete re-exa-
mination of the principles on which Australia (and, we had
supposed, all other countries) had hitherto granted tariff conces-
sions. The history and practice of tariff negotiations chew
clearly that if a country seeking a tariff concession on a product GATT/CP.4/39
Page 9.
desires to assure itself of a certain treatment for that
product in a field apart from rates of duty and to an extent.
going further than is provided for in the various Articles
of the General Agreement, the objective sought must be a
matter for negotiation in addition to the actual negotiation
respecting the rates of duty to be applied.
4. If this were not so and if an expectation (no matter how
reasonable) which has never been expressed, discussed or
attached to a tariff agreement as a condition is interpreted
in the light of the arguments educed in the Report of the
Working Party, then tariff concessions and the binding of a
rate of duty would be extremely hazardous commitments and
would only be entered into after an exhaustive survey of the
whole field of substitute or competitive products and detailed
analyses of probable future needs of a particular economy. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.4/32/Add.1
5 April 1950
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES.
Fourth Sessicn
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "H" ON ARTICLE XVIII
The report GATT/CP.4/32) was approved by the
Contracting Parties at their nineteenth meeting of the
Fourth Session on 1 April, 1950, and the Decision to
Grant a Release to Ceylen under Paragraph 5 of Article
XVIII in respect of Cotton Vertiest which io annexed to
the Report, was adopted with the following amendment:-
Sub-paragraph (2) shall read as follows:
(2) the compensatory concessions negotiated with
the United States of America as set out in
paragraph 2 (b) if the Report on the Results
of Negotiations (GATT/CP.4/12) and the pro-
cedure for bringing them into effect shall
be applied by Ceylon in respect of Cotton
Verties; |
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GATT/CP. 4/32
TARIFFS AND TRADE 24 March 1950
ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY H ON THE CEYLON
APPLICATION UNDER ARTICLE XVIII IN RESPECT
OF COTTON VERTIES
1. The Working Party took note of paragraph 3 of the Report
on the Results of the Negotiations conducted by Ceylon in London
under paragraph 5 of Article XVIII (GATT/CP.4/12) which set
forth the terms of agreement reached in the negotiations
regarding therelease requested by Ceylon in respect of cotton
verties, together with a letter from the Ceylon delegation,
giving further information in support of the request
(GATT/CP.4/H/2) The Working Party also noted the following
statements made by the Ceylon representative in the course of
the discussion:
(a) It was the intention of the Ceylon Government to
apply the Industrial Products Act to Cotton Verties
on the same basis as it would be applied to those
products in respect of which an application was made
under paragraph 5 of Article XVIII at the Third
Session; the particular item, cotton verties, was
inadvertently omitted from the application
approved at the Third Session; the general observations
on, that application in paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12
of the Third Session Working Party Report
(GATT/CP.3/73/Rev.1) were relevant in the present case;
(b) The measure, when applied in respect of this item,
would be non-discriminatory;
(e) Cotton Verties fell under Ceylon Customs tariff item
III I 339 (cotton manufactures n.e.s.), which was
included in Schedule VI of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade; and
(d)' The application was made subject to the understanding
that any release granted would be subject to the
same conditions as set forth in paragraph 12 of the
Report GATT/CP.3/73/Rev.l.
2. It was stated that the industry and branch of agriculture
affected in the present case were similar to those described
in paragraph 39 of the Report GATT/CP.3/73/Rev.1, and that the
Government of Ceylon planned to expand the acreage of cotton by
another 20,000 acres during the year 1950. The Working Party
agreed that, in the existing circumstances, special governmental
assistance was justified for the promotion of the development
of cotton growing and the handloom weaving industry of Ceylon. GATT/CP.4/ 32
Page 2.
3. In the light of these statements the Working Party considered
that the proposed measure was eligible for consideration
under paragraph 5 of Article XVIII of the General Agreement.
4. With respect to the proviso to paragraph 5 of Article XVIII
the Working Party noted that, subject to certain specific
limitations and conditions as set out in paragraph 3 of the
Report GATT/CP.4/12, the contracting parties participating in the
London Negotiations had stated that they would not seek further
negotiations on the item if a release were granted. The trade
statistics for the years 1948 and 1949 supplied by Ceylon
(GATT/CP.4/H/2) showed that the parties to the London
negotiations, together with/the members of the present Working Party,
had included all the contracting parties which supplied any
substantial part of Ceylon's imports under Customs tariff Item
III I 339,which covered all "cotton manufactures n.e.s." and
under which Cotton Verties fell. On these grounds the Working
Party agreed to proceed on the basis that all contracting
parties which might be determined to be materially affected had
had a sufficient opportunity to express their views.
5. However, in order to meet fully the requirements of the proviso
to paragraph 5 of Article XVIII, the Working Party agreed to
recommend that any release granted should be effective only
after the expiration of a period of 30 days from the day on which
it was granted and in the absence during that period of any
objection to the release from a contracting party claiming to be
materially affected.
6. The Working Party discussed the terms of the agreement
reached during the negotiations between Ceylon and the
parties to the London negotiations. In view of the similarity
between the industries concerned and the production of sarees,
sarongs and camboys for which a release had been granted for
a period of 5 years, it agreed to recommend that an equal period
be established for cotton verties.
7. It agreed to the recommendations made in the report
(GATT/CP.4/12, paragraph 3) that the figure of 400,000 square
yards be used as the maximum quantity of domestic availability
in calculating the standard ratio between such quantities
of domestic availability and imports for the purpose of issuing
import licenses under the provisions of the Industrial Products
Act, and noted that in the negotiations between Ceylon and
the contracting parties concerned, certain limitations had been
agreed with regard to concessions to be granted and negotiations
to be carried out under specified conditions.
8. The Working Party recommends that the Contracting Parties
take a decision to grant a release to Ceylon in the following
terms : GATT/CP.4/32
Page 3.
DECISION TO GRANT A RELEASE TO CEYLON
UNDER PARAGRAPH 5 OF ARTICLE XVIII
IN RESPECT OF COTTON VERTIES.
The CONTRACTING PARTIES
DECIDE to grant a release under paragraph 5 of Article
XVIII to Ceylon from its obligations under Article XI in respect
of cotton verties, for a period of 5 years, subject to the
following limitations and conditions :
(1) in calculating the standard ratio between domestic
availability and imports for the purpose of
regulating imports of cotton verties under the
provisions of the Industrial Products Act, Ceylon
shall ensure that the figure of 40,000 square
yards of domestic availability be the maximum
quantity used;
(2) the concessions set out in paragraph 2 (b) of the
Report on the Results of Negotiations (GATT/CP.4/12)
and the procedure for bringing them into effectrv6
I'S -Ps-e -bly- W-Aed Behest shall be applied by
Ceylon in respect of Cotton Verties;
(3) India will be free to negotiate compensatory
concessions in respect of Verties in accordance with
the provisions set out in paragraph 2 (a) of the
said Report;and
(4) the release shall become effective after the expiration
of 30 days from the date of the present decision and
in the absence of any objection from a contracting
party claiming to be materially affected under the
terms of paragraph 5 of Article XVIII.
_ . ....... . .~~~~~~~~~~~~
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GENERA L AGREEMENT O N GATT/CP. 5/42
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
Report of
Working Party- "H" on the
Review of Inriport Restrictions
A. THE QUESTIONNAIRE
1. The Working Party has prepared for consideration by the Con-
tracting Parties the questionnaire contained in the Annex to this report.
This is intended. to solicit informationfrom ccntracting parties concerning
their balance-of-payments import restrictions to enable the Ccntracting
Parties to conduct the review of import restrictions, as required by
Article XII:4(b), and to make- the second report on the discriminatory appli-
cation of restrictions, required by Article XIV:1(g).
2. In preparing the questionnaire, the Working Party has used as a .
basic the draft prepared by the Secret'ariat (GATT/CP. 5/5) and has taken into
account the suggestions put forward in the course of the discussion. in the
meetings of the Contracting Parties (GATT/CP.5/SR.ll and 12). The questions
as now drafted are intended to secure only factual information and do not
require contracting parties to give appraisals of the results achieved by
their restrictions or to include forecasts of changes in policy-. The Working
Party believes that the information which contractong parties are asked to
furnish is the minimum: which will be required at the Sixth Session is the
Contracting Pa.rties are to carry out a satisfactory review of the restrictions
in force.
B . SUGGESTIONS TO FACILITATE
THE ARTICLE XII REVIEW
3. In addition to the preparation of the questionnaire, the Working
Party was asked to put forward. suggestions to facilitate the review of re-
strictions and the writing cf the second re-port on discrimination. under
this head, the following suggestions are; made:
(i) In order thLat thu- representatives cf contracting
parties ra;y corale te thc Sixth Session prepared
te participa.te- in the> work on this subject, it is
essential that copies cf the replies te the
questionnaire should be distributed beforu the
Session pens. Tiieref'oro, contracting parties
should be asked to supply f ifty copies of their
re-plies in either Engiish or French<. At least
threc copies should be sent te the ~Secretariat'
by airmail, but the- ethers could follow by sur~
face mail if despatched. with the least possible
delay. (A contracting partly which is situated.
a long distance from Geneva might,, in addition,
wish to submit copies direct to other nearby
contracting parties).
(ii) ln order to facilitate the work of the Contracting
Parties in. undertaking their review of restrictions
and the writing, of their report on discrimination,
the Secretariat might be instructed to study the
replie-s received and to prepare, in advance of the
Session, such raaterial as .may be considered likely
to be of assistance to the Contracting, P.arties, such
material also to be distributed, if possible, before
the opening of the Session. GATT/CP.5/42
page 2
- (iii) In order that copies of replies may be
distributed and that the Secretariat may
whienever is the later. As the date for the
next Session has not yet been fixed, the date
for submission of the replies will be deter-
questionnaire after tehr close of the present
especialls to adhere to this time-table in
view of the fact taht they are likely to have
four to six months in which to prepare their
replies.
C. REVIEW OF OTERA IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
4. Finally, the Working Party was asked to make proposals regardingsals regarding
n oofinformation on the application of quantitative import
under provisions of the General Agreement other XII.n Article ?tIin Ar Xii.
i time, and therefore recommends that the executive Secretary be ucutivu L?
invite contracting parties to submit statements describiting each cribin?. c
al measure of restriction, the products ot which it is applied v4iich i
ds of restrictiin, and including relevatn statisties of trade in cL( iri
s concerned. In addition, contracting parteis might be asked tokcJi. t
enever possible, a copy of each of the laws, regulations, and , cns? aria
or enforcing the measures escribed int he statements ibcd in thu' stat
mmendation is approved, its issuggested that the .t thu
ecretary might be instructed to ask for the submission of repliesion c-
han three montsh before the opening of the sixth Session, and forh Su'ssic
copies for distributioons ot otehr contracting parties. Further, the rth?r,
ecretary might be instructed to study the statements received and unts rec
hese ot contracting parties, together iwth such material as he con-rin± o.
ly to be of interest ot them.-': tii GATT/CP.5/42
page 3
ANNEX
THE REVIEW OF IMPORT RESTRICTIONS APPLIED UNDER ARTICEL XII
THE SECOND REPORT ON THE DISCRIMINATORY APPLICATION OF RESTRICTIONS
UNDER THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD ARRANGEMENTS OF ARTICLE XIV
General Notes
1, This questionnaire need be answered only by, contracting parties
which are applying import restrictions under the provisions of
Article XII. Thcse contracting parties which are not applying
such restrictions need cnly notify that fact,
2. In answering this questionnaire, contracting parties need. not
rerpeat information furnished' ir. response to the questionnaire
of' October 1949 (GATT/CP/39) but should oive reference s *tothe
relevant sections cf their relies.
3. The term importt reqtrictions" is meant ts include restrictions
made effective, either directly or indirectly, through stwate-
trading operations, and the exolression "state-tracling operati-ns"
is meant te include the operations cf enterorises wherever locater'
to vhich the ccntractins- party has Srantod, f cr..ally or in eSffcet,
exclusive or spXecial privi1cbes.
4. In aanswiering this questioTnaire, cocntracting -parties should furnishl
inform.ation and data in respect cf restrictions a:pp1ie; to r:icrcriandIis
impo"rtcd into their non-mletreoclit*an territo.ries.to vihich the
General .AUreement applies.
5. The replies to this questionnaire should be accompanied. by copies
of all laws, decrees, etc., not previously furnished to the
Secretariat, which have provided for the establishment, maintenance c
and administration of the restrictions (including samples of public
notices issued in compliance with paragraphs 3(b) and 3(c) of
Article XIII) and copies of all bilateral agreements (not including
state-trading contracts) directly affecting the importation cf'
rcstricted products in 1950 and 1951.
6, When this questionnaire is issued the Executive Secretary will ask
contracting parties to submit their relies not later the three
months before the opening, of the Sixth Session but not earlier than
April 30, 1951. GATT/CP. 5/42
page 4.
QUESTION 1 - CHANGES IN POLICY SINCE 1948
Descrube the extent and nature of changes of policy sine January 1,
1948, which have affectd teh intensity of the import restrictions and their
impact on other countries.
QUESTION 2 - THE TECHNIQUE OF RECTRICTION
Describe the methods employed in appllying the restrictions (other than
those made effective eitehr directly or indirectly through state-trading
operations) and the groups of products subject to each method, using the
following classification:
(i) import licences without the fixing of quotas;
(ii) the fixing of global quotas;
(iii) the allotment of shares in quotas to countries of of
suppleither by unilateral action, specialcia
angement or negotiation;tio
(iv) prcitions;r.?
(y) othtechniques, including barter and compensation co
angements.nts
ply sy atatisal and other data fror the three years 1948 to 946
195o indicate as clearly as possible the total value and the per-c:-
tage of total imports which is frree of restriction or subject to te
en general licence, and the total values nad the perentages imported t?
er the various methods of restriction described above and in answer anw?r
estion stion 3.
ION 3 - STAA
For r?,Lrictior.estriction of imports made effective either directly
through thc; athourgh the activities of the stats or of enterprises
spc-c i?1 privi1??s ? special privileges have been ranted, name the pr9o
inciicatc thc. ir?anr?r indicate th manner of restriction (using the clat
?yestioa? 2. se fkr as questin 2 so far as possib0,e the scope of the
aoeuini?.trativc ecoaurtadministrat
QUi?>TI0K - 5A?IS CQUESTION 4.j?A
.Yh?.ir? th? ailctm'.nThere the allotment of shares in quotas id
r?rcs?r.tativ? ?xriodrepresentative periods", state the period or period
procluots or by groups rproducts or by groups of products,e basis u
<?UE??2ICK 5 - IITTZRNAQUESTION 5 - INTERNAL DISR
D?.?scribo tho ?d.miniDescribe the administrative arrangements for
cnon<?, impert?rs inscfr.r ?s among importers insefar as these may afect hte ints
QU?TI0N 6 - . TCKZLN I?20RT
Dcscrib? :my syst?:î cf tokur:escribe any system of token impor products
b? cxc1ud.?. frcm .?irG?rir?be excluded from entering the market by the open
ana .?tat? th? products ccvand a
?U??TICN ? - ?.LICY ?2 DIUQUESTION 7
If r?scrictions ? not n.dIf restrictions are not administered in acco
non-discri?nin'?.tien in h'ticlImination in Articel Xcy pursueescrie the policy GATT/CP.5/42
page 5
with relevant references to classifications of products and of
supplying countries. Indicate whether discrimination is pursune to ?m? t.:
visions of sub-paras. -paraand b) :of para.l of Article XIV er to or tz.
visions of Annex J. Trade statisticsic stat 8-50 should be supplied ?r?1ie
cate the effects of the restrictions on imports from various countries UL? ccu.?
ncy areas.21c?- ?r ... . . e
SCRIMINATION = BL?L?NTk2 ION oi' PcLloeî c?- L1SCkTMmA
sdiscussed in question 7 no :ijp1ec.?ntticn. x' ch? palici?s discu.s
ion indicated in answer to Question tricticri indicatud in. an?r?r t ?. ? :11:.
RCE OF IMPORTS C0?TSIDERkTI0I-? F?ECTL\TC. ?OUThi CF i?oe
wth discrimination are cplyir.?: restrictions with discrI?inati;'f
shwihc are taken into account is consideraticris *which are tak?ri i.ntc aec
ing parteis operating under Annex J. Cantra.ctinL? part?es operatLfl? u.n??r ?
(i) and (ii) of paragraph 1(a) of ?entaticr. cf (i) md ( :i) 'cf para?rapi. Jay
regard to (i) in relation to pre-exoe?p1es v?ith regard t-c Ç j) in re-lati h
.uots m?prcscnted. iri the table in Question 1
QIi?'fJY.i. 10 I3ILATERPI AE?NÏS
-trading commitments, in to? oti?er thax? statu-trad2flg cAit.?u?itL
import restriction assumed in bi-d.s subje-ot ta iiApcrt r?strictian assv..i
ether or not contracting parties, couritries? whothox- or ?not eontracti? r?
of imports in 1948 to 1950 byme and value o? ii:iports in 194E te 1950 b
s and groups of other products incipal produots an?. ?-rs'ups ?f otrier pr
* ?uch- coi?:it?cnts.- **.
QULSi1CN il - ?0G??S POli 1951
1951 in relation to the main axL.Lu f-:r 1951 in relatica t t:.u AL
of import restriciton .various .?uth?d? cf i?.ipôrt re?tricti
CTS OF RESTRICTIONS L ?0'IX?Ci1V.? LF??CTS 0l? PES$1u1L ±0
e incidental protective n ta ?.:ini:tize ? inci.clcrital pr-t?
effecmts cf tot restricned in paragrape recomendaticns contairiç-J i?i ix?xx
k ? 19 o? G!JT/CP. 4/33).
O CERTAIN PRODUCTS 0R??LLT1ON N?Y?I? 10 ÛLiJAJJ-? Ph JD
e in the attacehd form far a 1c a table in tho attachud. f :r:± f
-section of imported producs. It is oss- section cf i.ip rtod. products.
l not be adequately respresentative unless11 ruit be- ?k?uatuiLy rupre?urit U
nt of the imports of raw materials, ç?rit J tht i.îp:rts cf ravi aturi
alculated separately, and include re-5 calcuJiatcd sci rate-1y, ar?d 1uc
-r'uauto restriction. Where it would ble t rcstrictL?ri. Whcr?. it w -ul-?-
formation furnished, the table should be r-?t ion furnished, the table h ?.
ing parties which replied to the 1949rr?ctinç, parties wlîîclu replied t)49
far as possible, select teh same itemss far as ocss iblu-, select the e
-? n tuic..t occasion. GATT/CP.5/42 page 6 INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN PRODUCTS
Brief Description of the
Product
Value of Im-
ports in 1950
or lates t
available
Whether
Subject
to re-
striction:
(Yes or No)
If subject to
one or more bi-
lateral agree-
ments in 1951,
name the
countries
1 Method of Rerstriction : s r t î i
by Countries. related
to your answers to
Questions 2 and 3
1950 1951
.Method Country Method Country
of Re- of Re-
stric- stric-
tion ticn
lT in x.', p r) agf lIme
(Global or by
Counitrie s. as
available)
1950 1951
Quan- Eun- Quan- Coun-
Ftity tries tity tries
or or
Value Value
i
1- I t r
Tarufff
No.
;';, >
'tj
CF\ cIl'
t;
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1 1 1
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED B
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT 0F WORKING PARTY "J"
ON SECIAL EXCHANGS AGREEMENTS
(A) Position of the Five Contracting parties Reviewed.
1. The Working Party, addressing. itself to Section (a) of its terms of
reference, first considered. the position of those contracting parties which
were not members of the International Manetary Fund and had not' yet complied.
with the Resolution adopted at the Fourth Session of the Contracting Parties
requiring such countries to enter into a special exchange agreement not later
than Novem.ber 2, 1950. The position of Sweden, which became a contracting
party on April 30, 1950 and. which was therefore required by the first Resolution
of the Third Session to take such action before August 31, 1950, was also
considered.. In considering the position of these countries, the workinging Party
had the benefit cf tho assistance cf the reprcsentc.tive cf thc IPun&.
2. Thc position of the f jvc countries, a.s nctc& by the '.*rcrk.ing Pc.rty, is sot
(a) Burr.a: TLsC C-ovc-rnrnent cf Burma rc..de an application for m.erbershlip
in the Funci on October 9, 1950, which is under cor.sid.e-ration by thoc
Funet. Burrma, in the opinion cf the rcresent:tive of the PuS is
likely tc beccor..c a: .m.rebcr of theX FunA baforo the opening' of? the Sixth
Session o:? the Contractinf ?arties. The representative cf Bur.ma^
* ~~therefore requested that aclditiicr.al. tir:LO bc allovicrl for aoticrn undor
*Article XV, para^,rcph 6.
(b) Sweden: The Government of Sweden made an application for membership
in the Fund on June 16, 1950, whichh is under consideration by the Fund,
In the opinion of the representative of the Fund., Sweden is likely to
become a member of the Fund. before the opening of the Sixth Session of
the Contractinr Partics. The representative of Sweden requested that
additional time be allowed for action under Article XV, paragraph 6.
The representative of Sweden informed the Working Party that his
Government had secured from its legislature authority to enter into a
special exchange agreement with the Contracting Parties only in the
event of failure to become a member of the Fund.
( c) Haiti:......................... ......iti: The Government of Haiti made on applicati-n for membership in
the Fund on July 14,1949, which was approved by the Fund..Although
Haiti was not able to give affect to the applicastion .within the time
limit set by the Fund, the Haitian Govcrnment considers the question
still open. Furthermore, it has notified the Contracting parties
that it is prepared to cnter into a special exchange agreerment but has
been unable to affect the acceptance owing to constitutional changes
in the countrya^t the niXc.mcnt. For ,hos~ reasons, thc rei.rczontativc
cf H.aiti rucqucstc . thatG r.lcro tim~ bc allo~re '. for actierL.
(d) Indônesia: The Govornment of Indonesia made on application for
membership in the Fund on July 24, 1950, which is under consideration
by the Fund. In the opinion of the representative of the Fund,
Indonesia is likely to become a member of the Fund before the opening
of the Sixth Session. Nevertheless, the Government of Indonesia
informed the Contracting Parties on October 27, 1950, that it would
enter into a special exchange agreement with the Contracting Parties GATT/CP.5/44 Page 2
and that arrangement have been made by that Government for the t fot tho
e instruments of acceptance to be deposited with the
Secretary General of the United Nations It is understood that '. th?t
ay in actually depositing such a instrument has been for cnt ht-x?r. for
al reasons. The Government of Indonesia has nt cf In2zcra ho.s
rrangements referred to in paragraph 1 of b in par?raph J. f
ial exchange agreement, when it comes intot., ?rhcn it comc?s ine
* f cr
overnment of New Zealand has not applied for &'r c?1anLL has not app'R:ifcr
ven at the plenary meeting on ivar. at the yicnaryrcct±rv? ?
felt able to accept a special ex- zble b cort.a s?;ccia1 cx-
crar<:c r.v"ro
se facts the Working Party considered that the i?croe?. that thQ .
would be justified in granting an extension of time to an extension cf tirb
action under Article XV paragraph 6, having regard to '?oh 6, having royzrt?
becoming members of the Fund within a short time. Inhin a short turne. Tn
Working Party that similar extension would benision rrcu1:Vb?
ew of teh explanation given by the representative of Haiti.r..tativ'? cf Ha.
n with the representative of the Fund Working Party, withr P?.rty, vrith
, recomends that the tme limit for th acceptance of special?tanco cf s?occa1
ents by Burma, Haiti and Sweden failing their becoming membersir<? members
Governments of INdonesia has inform (Ko:?e openkin)thc e-ocninp? 'Rate cf
4.. ? S-'c Ckvc:rn?m?mt cf IrL-Lonosic. has ir.ferr?c -. the Ccictrb.cti.nr- ?arties that
iQ ha.- ? c.' ?c Ae-ocsit coi instrument of cootanco cf its soociai cxchc.n--e
e Working Party recommends that the Contracting zarties considern't ?artics lsi?.cr
of indonesia when it deposits such an instrument of instrtur±cnt 'cf
have fulfilled its obligations under the Resolution of April Rescluticni cf 4 3,
nding the time limit set in that Resoultion. jr. that ?zcc1ucn.
ew Zealand the Working Party noted that that Governmentote?. that thatC-evnroent
privision of paragraph 6 of Article XV of the Generalh 6 cf ?rticic XV cf tho ncral
t fixed the Resolution of the Contracting ciubien cf th..r Ccntractinc?
o .11 3, 1950.
he discussion of New zealand's position the United?ca1cn'Z's position tUnibc?
e that his delegation also attached his 'Yicsatioo alsc attc.ch importance te
the fact uities creetellbexchange agreement requiredtoxchanrc c<:re?mcht ree?uicci
eht.. Ccntr:.ctinin exchange matters and suggested exchan?;c matters cnR sugrcst3.
e United Kingdom representative in the plenaryr.?Qcrn reprcscn?itivc in the pinary
should be given at some appropriate.tion sheuiû bo ?ivcn at saine approriate
amending the General Agreement so as ity cf cr?eridin' th? .Gonerai .k reernese as
might exclude the proRiff joui bics. Such amcnc½cnt roi?h t exelRo thc provision
e acceding governments to rc?r.?ents arir?. require any future acce?in? ?;ovcrncnt te
iven to the positionpecial ccr:sidcraticn cieuicl nec. to Le givon tc tho pesiten
Agreement in itsmtractinr yyr.rtics vrho har'. accc?teC. the C-encrai ?;rccrni its
amending2cm. The rc'?rcsontative cf Beiyiurn suiportoci tho iYa cf amen'Rir
same.o:lcroLi .'?r?recrnent but 2db bhat any a'âcr±Qmcnt shouit ircipcss?.ne
ng -acion kcth on cxistinr c"ntractin: icarties an'R on an-j future *accc?ir
'-xcvemnmor.t. ?c bhcuc;ht ?ab tho Sixth Sossion coui'R Le c. ccnvcnicrLt tirno b
ccnsrAcr such amncnc?ots.
To Le fille" i when the e?enin? 'Rate cf bhc Sixth Session is fixer
- LA ?cntrac?in?? GATT/CP.5/44
Page 3
(B) Procedure for the, Administration of Special Exchange Agreements
7. With respect to section (b) of its terms. of reference, the Working Party
considered the report propared by a similar working parrty at the Fourth Session.
Some, members of the Working party thought that the principal difficulty in
formulating procedures which would be generally acceptable arose with respect
to perieds between sessions of the Contracting Parties. The Working Party
noted that more general proposals concerning the operation of the general
Agreement between sessions have been palced before the Contracting Parties
(of. GATT/CP.5/11). There was general agreement that action upon such
proposals might go a long way towards simplifying the problems of devising
pro ce>'ures for the a @ministration cf s-cecia1 cxchan:;c a&:rcor..ents, but the;
rerescntrl.tives cf ?Te.r Zealanr' ^.n! he UTnite5! Kinrclom. f ot that aifficult.ics
cf ai susetantial ch.aractr l.-roulV s till ren.a:r.
S. It ;va, feit that a sim.-?le an5. prevision.al procedure vmula be aadcque.tc
te teJl:e carol cf ail thc situations .-hich may arise, pen&ing: censinemr.tio.n by
thel contracting Parties of the more general proposals. From the discussion
in the Working Party it appeared likely that Haiti an Indonesia would be
obligated by the terms of special exchange agreements for at least a brief
period of time, and it was recognized that other contracting parties might
accept sjpecial exchange agreements. Therefore, the Working, Party recommends
that the Contractinr: Parties adopt the following simple procedure for the
administration of special exchange agreements, which would be adequate for
general application to all situations which may arise in connecation with any
signatory of a special exchange agreement. This procedure could be re-
examined at a future session if it proved inadequate or if it was not replaced
by more general intersessional procedures.
9, Procedural Arrangement: If a ques-tion should arise under a special
exchange arreement requirin action by the Contracting Parties, at a time when
they are net in session, the matter shall be referred. to the Chairman, and he
shall undertake consultation with, and seek necessary determinations threron
by, the International Monetary Fund, pursuant to Article XV, paragraph 2, of the
General Agreement.. A signatory of a special exchange agreement may initiate
direct consultation with the Fund pursuant to Article XIII, paragraph 5(a) of
its special exchange agreement Pending an opportunity for consideration of .
the matter at the next session of the Contracting Parties, the contracting
party involved shall be considered . to be acting in conformity with the social
exchange agreement if it acts in a.ccordance with thc aeteri'inations o? the Funa,
10. While the representatives of Haiti and Indonesia joined with other members
of the Working Party in recommending this procedure, the representative of New
Zealand states that it would not be .acceptable to his Government. The
representatives of the United Kingdom and. France stated that in their view
the proposed procedure did not serve the purpose of making a special exchange
agreement an effective alternative to membership of the Fùnd as envisaged in
Article XV-6 of the General Agreement. For this reason they could not support
its adoption except as a temporary and provisional measure. |
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20 December 1950
BILINGUAL
ET LE COMMERCE
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING ARTY "L"
ON THE CONTINUING ADMINISTRATION OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
CORRIGENDA
1. In paragraph 10, entitled "Terms of Reference", the words "the
delegation of the Standing Committee" in sub-paragraph (xii) should
be altered to read "the delegation to the Standing Committee".
2. In paragraph 12, entitled "Composition" , the ;words "on the committee"
should be inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (b) after the words
"small and medium economies".
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Cinquiems Session
RAPPORT DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL "L"
CHARGE D' EXAMINER LES DISPOSITIONS A PRENDRE EN VUE DE
L'APPALICATIONS PERIMANTE DE L'ACCORD GENERAL
1.. Le titre du rapport doit etre libelle comme suit:
"Rapport du Groupe de travail "L" charge d'examinier les dispositions
a prendre on vue de l'application permanente de l'Accord general".
2. Les deux dernieres lignes du paragraphe 12, alinea b, doivent etre
libellees comme suit: "qu'll imports d'assurer, au sein du comite,
une representation appropires des pays de faible et de moyenne
importance economique".
TRADE |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP. 5/49
TARIFFS AND TRADE 1v December 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
OONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "L"
ON THE CONTlNUING ADMINISTION OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
1. The Working Party had the following Terms of Reference:
"To examine in the light of the discussions of the
plenar meetings on the 7th and 8th December the
proposal for the appointment of a permanent com
mittee to ensure the more effective administration
of the General Agreement and to present a report to
this Session, for consideration by the contracting
Parties and for transmissoin to governments for
further study."
2. The Working g Party, in the first instance, made a general
review of the fubctioris and responsibilities of the Contracting
Parties under the provisions of the Agreement in order order to pre-
sent all material required for a consideration of the question
whether or not a standing committee would contribute to the
more efficient administration of the Agreement and, secondly,
considered the terms of reference, the composition and method
of selection, which would be appropriate for a standing com-
wittee if it should be decided that such a committee would serve
a useful purpose.
3 . Some members of the Working Party stated that, pending further
studty of the matter, their governments had nto defined their defined their
attitude to the setting up of a standing committee, and they
were not therefore in a position to commit their geverments
in any respect on this subject. It was agreed that, in these
circumstance,s the Workding Party should diocuss the proposal
solely from the standpoint of the efficient and expeditious
administration of the General Agreemetn with a view to indicating
wnat type of standing committee would no ikely to be most suit-
able from this standpoint if and when the contractiing Parties
snould decide that the setting, up of such a committee was desirable.
4. As a basis for its deliberations, the Working, Party assumed that
the inter-sessiona dutieis of a standing committee would be limited
to work of a preparatort character, including, where appropriate,
recommendations to the Contracting Partice, but ..ould not include
the taking of decisions, which would be reserved exclusivey to the
Contracting Parties. moreover,, the . _r~lii.j .Partjy agreed that a
principal objective of the proposal under consideration was to pro-
serve the proved value of the periodical sessions of the Contracting
Parties and to maintain the high level of reprosentation inclluding
the attendnace of officiaals responsible for curring out the decisions
of their governments in the field of commerical policy. GATT/P. 5/49
page 2
v. The Working Party then proceedued to examine those functions
laid upon the Contracting Parties by specific provisions. of
the Agreement which assume that the Contracting Parties will
be in a position to take joint action at any time. Those
provisions of the Agreement imply that the Contracting Parties
should be prepared either to meet at any time or to provide
suitable machinery to discharge those functions when required.
.Lcrrcover the Contracting Parties have other responsibilities
the discharge of which might be substantially, facilitated by
the exitence of some continuing committee. in making this
examination the Working Part, proceeded on the basis of an
gnalyss by the Executive Secretary, which is annexed to this
Report.
6. The analysis in the Annex i limited to the main on continuing
functions of the Contracting Parties with the purpose of showing
how far their performance would be faclitated by the existence
of come sort of stainding committee. The Contracting Parties
have recognised this problem previously by providing for inter-
sessional action relating, to the balance-of-payments articles
and Article XVIII, inter-.sessional bodies with powers to carry
out preparatory work, including : the initiation of consultations
in certain cases, and to submit reco.zLuindations, have been ap-
pointea. Any general standing, committee which the Contracting
Parties might establish should absorb the powers of those bodies.
7. The Working Party considers that if a standing committee were
appointed the contracting? Parties would probably, wish it to act
also as an agenda committee. If a preliminary examination could
be made of the items on a provisional sessional agenda, it would
be possible to clarify the issues submitted to the Contracting
Parties, to indicatd any additional information and documentation
which might be required and instruct the otcretariat to provide
or obtain it, and to make recommendations regarding the, order of
business, of each regular session. It should be noted that an
agenda committee has been found useful by other organisations,
e.g. the Economic and Social Council.
8. Having studied the functions and tasks which might be performed
by a standing, committee, the Workding Party came to the conclusion
without prejudice to the reservations in paragraph 2 or to other
relevant considerations which governments will have to take into
account before arriving at a decision, that a standing coummittee
could serve a useful purpose by contributing to the eficient ad-
ministration of the Agreement. The Wordking Party then proceeded
to discuss several questions which would arise in connection with
tne establishmentof such a committtee.
9. Designation: The Working Party considered that the designation
should not bear any implication that the committee would have any
executive character, and therefore suggests that the ter. " standing
committee". which has been used in this Report, would be the most
appropriate. GATT/CP. 5/49
Page 3
10. Terms of Reference: The Working Party recommends that if the
Contracting Parties decide to establish a standing committee the following
terms of reference might be appropriate:
(i) Tnsofar as articles XII to XV may require action by the
Contracting Parties when not in session, and subject to
rules established by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, to initiate and
engage En consultations under those Articles and to report .
or make appropriate recommendations to the CONTRACTING
PARTIES.
(ii) To examine applications under Article XVIII requiring action
by the CONTRACTING PARTIES when not in session and to report
or make appropriate recommendations to the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
(iii) On the request of one or more contracting parties, to initiate
and engage in consultations on, and facilitate the settlement
of, differences between individual contracting parties
arising under the provisions of the General Agreement and to
report or make appropriate recommendations to the CONTRACTING
PARTIES.
(iv) To initiate and carry out preparatory work on questions
referred to the CONTRACTING PARTIES by individual contracting
parties under Article XXV: 5(a).
(v) To examine matters arising between sessions which require
urgent decisions by the CONTRACTING. PARTIES under Articles
II:6(a), XIX, and XXV:5(a) and to make recommendations
thereon.
(vi) To carry out any specific action and to exercise any specific
function expressly assigned to the Committee by the
CONTRACTING PARTIES at any session.
(vii) To instruct the Secretariat as necessary to provide or obtain
from contracting parties information required by the
CONTRACTING PARTIES in the consideration of items on the
agenda of their sessions or necessary for the carrying out
of the functions of the Standing Committee.
(viii) To examine the provisional agenda for each session of the
CONTPACTING PARTIES and to propose an order of business.
(ix) In accordance with rules approved by the CONTRACTING PARTIES,
to take telegraphic or postal ballots of the contracting
parties on matters which require urgent decisions.
(x) To recommend to the CONTRACTING PARTIES the convening of a
special session to deal with matters which require urgent
decisions.
(xi) In general to do preparatory work and where necessary to
make recommendations to the CONTRACTING PARTIES on any
matters with which the CONTRACTING PARTIES may be required to
deal at a session, in order to expedite the work of the
CONTRACTING ARTIES.
(xii) Nothing in these terms of reference shall be construed to
permit the delegation of the Standing Committee by the
CONTRACTING PARTIES of power to take any decision on their
behalf pursuant to the General Agreement. GATT/CP.5/49
Page 4.
11. Rules of Procedure: The Working Party recommends that the
Contracting Parties should instruct the Secretariat to distribute as
soon as possible after the Fifth Session a draft of rules of procedure
for a standing committee . The Working Party suggest that the draft
rules of procedure should be substantially similar to those of the
Contracting Parties, except that they would not include rules on voting,
Further, the rules should provide that all meeting s of the committee
will be open to observers of contracting parties which are not members
of the committee, and shall place upon the committee the obligation to
invite contracting parties which are directly concerned with any question
receiving attention to send representatives who will be shtitled to
participate freely in the di scussions. The rules should also include
appropriate provisions for safeguarding the confidential character of
certain discussions similar to those applied by the Contracting Parties,
Moreover, the Secretaruat should consider wther two-thirds of the
membership of the committee would be an appropriate quorum.
12. Composition: The Working Party discussed several proposals for
the composition of a committee and for the selection of members and the
rotation and tenure of office, and agreed to submit the following
recommendations:
(a) that a standing committee should consist of 15 members;
(b) that a standing committee should include, on a permanent
basis, the contracting parties of chief economic importance,
in the determination of which particular regard should be
paid to their shares in international trade, provided that
in determining the number of such permanent seats the
Contracting Parties would pay due regard to the importance
of providing for adequate representation of small and
medium economies;
(c) that in establishing a standing committee, the Contracting
Parties shouldl have regard to the objective of ensuring
that the committee -
(i) would be representative of the broad geographical areas
to which the contracting parties belong, and
(ii) which be representative of different degrees of economic
development and Dtivergent economic interests;
(d) that the tenure of office of non-permanent seats of a
committee should be such as to provide on the one hand for
an adequate rotration of membership and on the other for
adequate continuity in the conduct of the work of the
committee; and
(e) that a customsunion should be eligible for selection as a
member of the committee on the same basis as a. single con-
tracting party, provided all members of the union were
contracting parties and all so desired. GATT/CP. 5/49
Page 5
13. Chairmanship: The Working Party agreed to suggest that the Chairman
of a standing committee should be elected by the Contracting Parties, and
that temporary chairmen should be elected by the committee at times
when the Chairman is absent.
14. Place of Meeting: The Working Party did not discuss the relative
advantages of various places in which a standing committee might hold
its meetings, but members were generally agreed that it would be
advantageous if the place of meeting and the offices of the permanent
staff were in the same place. In order to facilitate consideration of
this question, in the eventof the Contracting Parties deciding to appoint
a standing committee, the Working Party recommends that the Executive
Secretary be instructed to prepare a site study of Geneva and that any
contracting party wishing to suggest any other possible place of meeting
and site for the offices of the permanent staff should submit a site study
thereof.
15. Secretariat Requirements: The Working Party also gave consideration
to administrative and financial questions, including the structure of
the Secretariat. The Working Party recognised that there was a need for
the establishment of a permanent secretariat and that this question would
in any case require to be dealt with at the Sixth Session of the
Contracting Parties. The Working Party were of the opinion that the
establishment of a standing committee would not materially affect either
the functions or the structure of the Secretariat and that the servicing
of meetings of a standing committee was not likely to involve more than
a moderate increase in expenditure. The Working Party agreed that a
detailed examination of this question would be more appropriate when
budgetary problems are discussed at the Sixth Session. GATT/CP.5/49
Page 6 ANNEX
ANALYSIS OF THE CONTINUING FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
1. 'Consultations under Article XII: (a), (b) and (c)
Under paragraphs 4(a) and 4 (c) a contracting party may wish to consult
with the Contracting Parties before it institutes or intensifies restrictions
under Article XII. The Contracting Parties must be in a position to meet such'
requests promptly, Under paragraph 4(b) the Contracting Parties are required
to invite a contracting party intensifying import restrictions under Article XII
to enter into consultations within 30 days. Lack of adequate machinery for
arranging prompt and expeditious consultation renders the implementation of this
provision estremely difficult, as experience has shown. The Contracting Parties
recognised this at their Third Scssion by establishing an intersessional proce-
dure to initiate such consultations, and by providing (GATT/CP.3/30/Rev.1 and
50/rev.1) for the convening of an ad hoc committee or a select committee
according to the nature of the consultations.
2. Examination of Complaints Lodged under Article XII:4(d):.
If a contracting party asks the Contracting Parties to examine whether
the restrictions of another contracting party are applied inconsistently with
the provisions of the agreement, it may be necessary for the Contracting Parties
to make arrangements for a preliminary examination of all the facts in order to
arrive at a rapid and fully considered decision in the course of a single
sessions Here again the Contracting Parties at their Third Session recognized
the desirability of providing for some intersessional procedure (GATT/CP.3/50/Rs
paras. 17-20) and in adopting the report of the Working Party they considered
that in some cases a committee might be useful in assisting the Contracting
Parties to effect a settlement of the differences.
3. Third Report under Article XIV:1(g)
The Contracting Partics will have to draft in 1952 a third report on
restrictions which are still applied under article XII and which deviate from
the rule of non-discrimination. A decision will have to be taken at the Sixth
Session as to the arrangements to be made for the preparation of that report.
The experience gained in drafting the First Report clearly indicates that some
preparatory work by a body of representatives of contracting parties would have
contributed substantially tc improving the quality of the report and saving
time at the Fourth Session when it was approved.
4. Other Action under Article XIV:
As from March 1952, the Contracting Parties have important functions to
discharge in connection with the application of discriminatory measures.
Paragraph 1(g) provides that in March 1952 any contracting party still entitle!
to take action under paragraph (1)(c) or under Annex J shall consult the
Contracting Parties as to any deviations from Article XIII still in force and
as to its continued resort to the provisions of paragraph (1)(c) or Annex J.
This predicates that the Contracting Parties will be in session in March 1952,
or will have made other arrangements for initiating such consultations during
that month. Moreover, the Contracting Parties may, as a result of such con-
sultations, prescribe limitations of a general character to which permitted
deviations may be subjected. They may also make representations, in exception.
circumstances, to any contracting party which is entitled to take action under GATT/CP.5/49
Page 7
the provisions referred to above. The Contracting Parties may also be called
upon to give their consent to a temporary deviation from the rule of non-dis-
crimination under the circumstances defined in paragraph 2. Finally, the
Contracting Parties have responsibilities to discharge under paragraph 3 of
annex J with respect to the exceptions provided in that annex. It is difficult
to see how the Contracting Parties will be able to discharge these increasing
responsibilities under Article XIV without some intersessional machinery with
authority to carry out at least the necessary preparatory work.
5. Procedures for consultation with the International Monetary Fund
(Article XV:3):
The provisional arrangement with the International Monetary Fund may be
reviewed at the Sixth Session. It is, in any case, clear that consultation.
arrangements with the Fund would be greatly. facilitated if there were some
continuing body of the Contracting Parties between sessions. If and when
the Contracting Parties feel disposed to replace the present provisional
arrangement with the Fund by a more formal agreement it would be helpful if so
important a matter could receive careful preparatory study before being-
fine.lly considered by the Contracting Parties.
6. Special Exchange Agreements (Article XV:6):
The implementation of a special exchange agreement concluded with a
contracting party which is not, or ceases to be, a member of the Fund, may
require the existence of some continuing machinery which would be available
to deal with matters requiring urgent action. The examination of procedures
for implementing special exchange agreements at successive sessions of the
Contracting Parties has underlined this need.
7. Action Required under Article XVIII :
Under paragraph 10 the Contracting Parties are required to advise, "ordinarily
within 15 days after receipt of an application", the contracting party which
proposes to introduce a measure of the type referred to in paragraph 6 of the
date by which a decision will be taken by the Contracting Parties. This decision,
as a rule, has to be given "at the earliest practicable date and not later
than 90 days after receipt of such application". As indicated in GATT/CP.3/60/Rev.1,
the preparation and examination of the information submitted by the applicant
country, and in some cases of the objections raised by other contracting parties
to the proposed measures, as well as the preparation of recommendations to the
Contracting Parties, may have to take place before a regular meeting of the
Contracting Parties is held, in order to avoid undue prolongation of the Session.
at their Third Sessions the Contracting Parties agreed to set up an interses-
sional committee which could be convened between the sessions and which would
be responsible for making recommendations to the Contracting Parties.
The Contracting Parties have also responsibilities in connection with rene-
gotiations arising out of paragraphs 3 (b) and 5. The Contracting Parties may
be called upon to determine which contracting parties are materially affected
by proposed measures. Whilst the decision to grant a release will have to be
taken by the Contracting Parties, there are a number of preliminary stages which
could hardly be deferred until a regular session. Paragraph 4 implies the
ability of the Contracting Parties to consult at any time with a contracting
party when it wishes to adopt preventive measures or to suspend its obligations
or concessions in emergency circumstances. GATT/CP. 5/49
Page 8
8. Action arising out of article XXIII:
If a contracting party wishes to refer to the Contracting Parties a case
of nullification or impairment, the Contracting Parties are required to
investigate "promptly" any matter so referred to them. The decisions in such
cases are clearly of great importance especially as they may involve the
suspension of obligations or concessions. Accordingly, the Contracting Parties
will wish to examine each case in considerable detail. Preparatory examination
of cases by a standing committee would greatly facilitate the task of the .
Contracting Parties in giving adequate consideration to the case and arriving
at a decision in the course of a single session.
Experience gained in dealing with complaints which have been formally
referred to the Contracting Parties under the Provisions of Article XXIII,
or which were in the nature of an Article XXIII request, support this view.
In the case of the Chilean request regarding subsidies on fertilisers, it
was necessary to examine an important documentation to bring out the facts
of the case; as regards the application of Brazilian internal taxes, the
examination of the material required extensive study by working parties at
two sessions, and at the current session several delegations held the.
view that there was not sufficient time to assemble and examine all the
documents required for a full study of all the aspects of the problem. Another
question which raised similar difficulties was the request submitted by the
Cuban government with respect to the position of the Cuban textile industry.
9. Tariff Problems:
Article XIX provides that before any contracting party takes action under
paragraph 1, it shall afford the Contracting Parties an opportunity to consult
with it in respect of the proposed action. As the action contemplated is of
an emergency character, it is clear that if the Contracting Parties wish to
consult in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2, they have to act
rapidly in order to avoid damage to the interests of the country proposing
to invoke the provisions of paragraph 1. Moreover, if an agreement among the
interested contracting parties is not reached, the Contracting Parties have
to indicate whether they disapprove or not of the suspension of substantially
equivalent obligations or concessions by the contracting parties affected. As
such suspension must be announced within 90 days after action has been taken
under paragraph 1, the Contracting Parties will probably desire to inform the
parties concerned of their views before the suspension takes effect, i.e.,
before the expiration of 30 days from the day on which the written notice of
such suspension is received by them.
Another provision of the Agreement which might require rapid action is the
contained in paragraph 6 (a) of Article II. If a country devalues its currency.
it may feel it necessary to adjust certain specific duties and charges without:
waiting for the next ordinary session of the Contracting Parties. It may,
therefore, be necessary for the Contracting Parties to work out a procedure whi;
may avoid undue delay in the decision which is to be taken by them under this
paragraph.
Whilst the same need for urgent action may not arise in the near future
out of the application of Article XXIV, this is a case where preparatory
examination would greatly facilitate the carrying out of the responsibilities c'
the Contracting Parties if they are called upon to act under that Article. GATT/CP. 5/49
Page 9
10. Other Functions:
In addition to the specific functions referred to above, it should be
noted that under paragraph 1 of Article XXV the Contracting Parties have
certain implied functions covered by the phrase "representatives of the
Contracting Parties shall meet from time to time.... generally with a view
to facilitating the operation and furthering the objectives of this Agreement".
For example, under this general provision, the Contracting Parties have a
number of functions relating to tariff negotiations and the schedules to
the agreement. These functions involve a number of administrative arran-
gements of some detail and importance, which can only with difficulty be
dealt with at a session, as was shown, for example, by the need for a
Working Party to continue between the Third and Fourth Sessions to complete
arrangements for the present negotiations. Particularly difficult questions
may arise in the future if certain non-participating countries wish to
negotiate for accession in the interval, which may be long, between the
Torquay negotiations and any further general round of negotiations. Whilst
the Contracting Parties might well decide in principle on such a matter at
a regular session it might be difficult to work out and implement the neces-
sary arrangements in the absence of some continuing body. Similarly expe-
rience has shown that a considerable number of problems arise in connection
with the rectification and modification of schedules, and some mechanism
for dealing with these would be desirable even in present circumstances, and
might well become essential if sessions were held at longer intervals.
Moreover, under Article.XXV, the Contracting Parties may at any time
be called upon to consider applications by a contracting party or contracting
parties for waiver of obligations. Some of these applications may be of
great complexity and of an urgent character. In order that they may be
disposed of in a single session a good deal of preparation mbiht be required.
For example, governments which are contracting parties may also be involved
in other arrangements which affect their obligations under the Agreement,
If the Contracting Parties are called upon to consider waivers of obligations
in such cases (for example, in the case of the Schuman plan) very extensive
preparation may have to be made in advance of the session at which these
matters are to be decided upon.
A list of other articles of the Agreement containing provisions
requiring action by the Contracting Parties, on which the assistance of a
standing committee would probably be helpful, would include XII:5, XIII :4,
XVI, XXII, and XXVII. |
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LIMITED B GATT/CP/75
ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS 31 July/1950
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE FRENCH
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Résolution adoptée par l'Association
international des Fabricants d'huile au cours de
on Congrèè annuel, en juin 1950
On trouvera ci-après le texte d'une resolution adoptée
par l'Association international des Fabricants d'huile au
cours de son Congrès annuel le 14 juin 1950 :
"La présente assembée de l'Association international
des Fabricants d'huile, comprenant des délégué6s de quinze
nations de toutes les parties du monde, qui y participant
h ttire de fabricants 'thuile, de é6gociants en huile et
'lexé~diteurs, constate avce apprehension la tendance
é~cente des gouvarnements de certain pays de modifier
les conditions d'exportation dans un é6lai tèbs court.
"Consié6rant qu'il importe de maintenir la confiance
dans lesécchanges commerciaux internationaux,l'1assembé6e
insiste aupèbs des geuvernements de tous lsS pays qui
produisent et exportent des matèbres premèeres pour que,
en appliquant les conditions 'aexportation qu'ils é6cide-
raienté4ventuellement 'tinstituer, ils prennent les mesures
édcessaires pour que tous les contrats 'lexé~dition qui
attendant 'ê'tre eé~cué6saa ce moment, soient exempt6s
de toueo augmentation de droits ou taxes ainsi que de
tous nouveaux droits ou taxes." |
GATT Library | tf415dk4061 | Resolution passed by the International Association of Seed Crushers at their Annual Congress, June, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, July 31, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) and Contracting Parties | 31/07/1950 | official documents | GATT/CP/75 and GATT/CP/75 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/tf415dk4061 | tf415dk4061_90300285.xml | GATT_141 | 169 | 1,164 | RESTRICTED
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED B
TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP/75 31 July 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Resolution passed by the International
Association of Seed Crushers at their Annual Congress,
June, 1950
There is circulated herewith the text of a Resolution
passed by the International Association of Seed Crushers at
their Annual Congress. on 14 June 1950:
"This meeting of the International Association
of Seed Crushers, comprising delegates from fifteen
nations in all. parts of the world interested as
Seed Crushers, Merchants and Shippers, views with
alarm the recent tendency of the Governments of
some countries to alter export conditions at very
short notice.
"In view of the importance of maintaining
confidence in International Trade, the meeting
urges the Governments of all countries producing and
exporting raw materials so to arrange any export
conditions they may decide to impose, that all
Contracts for shipment awaiting execution at the
time should be exempt from the operation of any
increase in duties or taxes, or of any new duties
or taxes." |
GATT Library | sz921qb1690 | Restrictions Appliquees Par L'Australie Aux Importations en Provenance de la Zone Dollar : (A etudier en même temps que le document soumis par le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni au sujet de l'aggravation de la situation des réserves de dollars dans la zone sterling avant juillet 1949) | Accord General sur les Tarifs Douaniers et le Commerce, November 13, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization), Parties Contractantes, and Contracting Parties | 13/11/1950 | official documents | GATT/CP.5/K/2 and GATT/CP.5/K/1-4 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/sz921qb1690 | sz921qb1690_90330191.xml | GATT_141 | 2,366 | 15,521 | ACCORD GENERAL SUR LES TARIFS RESTRICTED
LIMITED C
DOUANIERS ET LE COMMERCE GATT/CP.5/K/2
13 novembre 1950
FRENCH
ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Cinquieme Session
RESTRICTIONS APPLIQUEES PAR L'AUSTRALIE AUX
IMPORTATIONS EN PROVENANCE DE LA ZONE DOLLAR
(A etudier en meme temps que le document soumis
par le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni au sujet de
l'aggravation de la situation des reserves de
dollars dans la zone sterling avant juillet 1949).
1. Les recommandations de la Conference dos Ministres des finances du
Commonwealth britannique qui a eu lieu en juillet 1949 ont ete officieIlement
approuvees par le Gouvernement australien la 20 aout 1949.
2. Afin de donner effet aux recommandations concernant les depenses
afferentes aux importations en dollars, et a titre de mesure preliminaire,
le budget anterieur ment approuve pour les licences d'importations en
dollars et qui comprenait toutes les marchandises en dollars autres que les
produits petroliers, a ete soigneusement reexamine et ramene au chiffre le
plus bas qu'il ait ete possible d'adopter, sans repudier certains engagements
deja contracts et sans que la limitation des licences d'importations en
dollars atteigne des proportions de nature a bouleverser les industries
australiennes.
3. En annoncant ces decisions, dans le discours qu'il a prononce, le 7
septembre 1949, a l'occasion de la presentation du budget (discours dont des
extraits sont donnes dans l'Annexe A du present document), le Ministre du
Tresor australien a declare que s'il etait impossible d'appliquer immediatement
et integralement la reduction envisagee des depenses d'importations en dollars,
le nombre des licences delivrees pour ces importations irait en diminuant
progressivement au cours des mois suivnts, de facon a ramaner, aussitot que
possible, la valour des importations de marchandises prevues dans le budget
en dollars, a 75% au plus du niveau de 1948.
4. Il a annonce en meme temps que le gouvernement avai egulement decide
de rechercher s'il serait possible de se procurer un supplement de devises
en dollars, en dehors des ressources escomptees lors de l'examen de la situ-
ation des reserves on dollars de la zone sterling, effectue on juillet 1949
au cours de la Conference des Ministres des Finances.
5. En octobre 1949, le Gouvernement australien a pris les dispositions
necessaires en vue d'un tirage de 20.000.000 de dollars sur le Fonds monetaire
international. On trouvera a l'Annexe B ci-jointe un extrait de la declara-
tion faite, le 20 octobre 1949, par le Premier Ministre d' Australie, devant
la Chambre des Representants, et dans laquelle il annonce le tirage en
question sur le Fonds monetaire en expliquant ses rapports avec les recom-
mandations de la Conference de juillet 1949.
6. L'Annexe C au present document reproduit le tableau contenant les
evaluations de la balance des paiements de l'Australie avec la zone dollar,
qui a ete fourni au Fonds monetaire international, . l'occasion de la con-
sultation avec les Parties Contractantes. Une note au bas du tableau
indique la valour f.o.b. dos importations en Australie de marchandises en
provenance de la zone dollar au cours des premier et deuxieme trimestres de
1950. GATT/CP.5/K/2
Page 2.
En examinant le niveau des importations en provenance de la zone
dollar effectuees par l'Australie depuis juillet 1949, il convient
de ne pas perdre de vue un point important: c'est qu'independamment
de toutes decisions tenant a reduire le normbre des licences
d'importation delivrees, le volume des importations en dollars
aurait ete de toute maniere influence par
(a) les fluctuations des prix resultant des variations des
cours du change en septembre; et
(b) la quantite croissants de marchandises essentielles
mise sur le marche par les producteurs d'Australie,
du Royaume-Uni et des pays a monnaie faible. GATT/CP.5/k/2
Page 3
Annexo A
EXTRAIT DU DISCOURS PRONONCE LE 7 SEPTEMBRE 1949, DEVANT
LA CHAMBRE DES REPRESENTANTS, PAR LE MINISTRE DU TRESOR
AUSTRALIEN A L'OCCASION DE LA PRESENTATION DU BUDGET
DE 1949/1950
Les pays interesses ont accormpli, dans le cadre du.Plan Marshall, des
..progres considerables et il y a lieu d'esperer que ces progres continueront.
Toutefois, des dieficulbes speciales ont surgi. Bien qu'ils disposent de plus
grandesquantites de produits a exporter, les pays participants n'ont pas ete
en mesure de vendre autant qu'ils l'esperaient, soit directement a la zone
dollar, soit aux.pays qui peuvent payer en dollars. La situation a encore ete
aggravee par le ralentissement des affaires aux Etats-Unis qui a rendu plus
difficiles les ventes a ce pays et, en particulier, par la reduction des gains
realises sur les ventes de matieres prermires telles que la lane, le cacao,
le caoutqhouc.et l'etain, toutes marchandises qui procurent normalement des
dollars.
Le Royaume-Uni, qui a montre la voie dans l'effort de relevement d'apres
guerre et qui a, lui-meme, prete une aide important a des pays d'Europe et
d'autres continents, a forterient ressonti les offets de ces circonstances: de
sort que, malgre une ameelioration sensible de sa situation commerciale gene-
rale, l'etat de ses reserves de dollars, au cours des quolques mdis ecoules,
a sericusement empire. Ses ventes aux pays de la zone dollar ont flechi tant
en valour qu'en volume, de meme que les vontes de certaines matieres promieres
en provenance des Colonies et qui sont une source important de gains pour
la reserve central de dollars.
Lorsque cette evolution defavorable de la situation est devenue manifesto,
le Premier Ministro du Royaumo-Uni, Mr. Attlce, a invite des mirlistres du Ca-
nada et des pays de la zone sterling faisant partie du Commonwealth britanni-
que a participer a une conference a Londrcs en juillet, au cours de laquelle
la situation strait examinee, A la suite de cette invitation, mais avant la
conference, des discussions ont eu lieu, auxquellos ont pris part dos ministres
du Royaumc-Uni et du Canada, ainsi quo Mr. Snyder, Sccretaire du Tresor des
Etats-Unis.
A la Conference do Londres, ou l'Australie etait representeo par le Mi-
nistr'e de la Defense national et de la Reconstruction d'apres-guerre, Mr.
L.J. Dedman, les consequences lointaines du probleme ont ete examiinees et la
Conference s'est mise d'accord sur los principaux objectifs a atteindre. Il
a ete decide en particulier que le but essential devait etre, pour tous les
pays,, de donner aux changes mondiaux une structure telle que los pays de la
zone doJlar et les autres pussent effectuer leurs transactions dans le
OaaJW d'un systeme multilateral unique at que l'un des buts principaux devait
etre d'assurer la solidite et la stability du sterling, en tant que monnaie
international.
La Conference a egalement examine le probleme immwdiat que pose la ne-
cessite d'arreter les prelevements sur les reserves d'or et de dollars du
Royaume-Uni qui constituent los reserves centrals de toute la zone sterling.
Le Gouvernement du Royaumo-Uni avait fait connaitre, prealablement, son inten-
tion de restreindre, on 1949-50, les depenses afferentes aux importations en
dollars, dans la proportion do 25 P par rapport a cells de 1948. Les repre-
sentants des autres pays de la zone sterling ont accept de recommander a leurs
gouvornements respectifs des mesures destinies a obtenir des resultats analo-
sues. GATT/CP.5/K/2
Page 4
Le Gouvernemont a decide d'adopter les recommandations de la Conference
de Londres et, comme il a deja ete annonce, il a diminue le nombre des licen-
ces delivrees, au cours du troisieme trimestre, pour les importations de
marchandises on provenance de Ia zone dollar. L'objet de cette mesure est de
ramener aussi rapidement que possible a 75 % du niveau de 1948 les d penses en
dollars afferentes a des importations. Il devra en resulter une reduction
important des depenses en dollars offectueos pax les services gouvernemontaux
ainsi qu'une diminution de presque totues les principles categories d'impor-
tations commerciales en dollars. Les impocrtations on dollars ontdeja ete
rigourousement lirqitees on 1948, les reductions du troisieme trimestre ont
ete les plus fortes qui aient pu etre appliquees immediatement sans provoquer
de graves bouleversements dans les industries australiennes.
Neamoins, il ne sera pas possible de realiser la totalite de l'economie
de 25 % sur les depenses afferentes aux importations en dollars en 1949-50 en
raison des engagements que representent les licences deja delivrees. L'Aus-
tralie doit contributor dans toute la mesure du possible a eviter de nouveaux
prelevements sur les reserves limitees d'or et de dollars du Royaume-Uni et
le Gouvernement examine la possibility de contractor un emprunt pour obtenir
un supplement de dollars. Il reconnait que ce moyen pout presenter certaines
difficulties. D'une maniere generale, il s'est toujours refuse a accroitre les
engagements a long terme en dollars de l'Australie. Il y a diverses sources
auxquelles l'Australie pourrait emprunter des dollars et la decision a cet
egard sera prise compte tenu de touts les circonstances. GATT/CP. 5/K/2
Page 5.
ANNEXE B
TIRAGE DE L'AUSTRALIE SUR LE FONDS MONETAIRE INTERNATINOAL
Extrait d'une declaration faite par le Premier Ministre a la Chambre
des Representants le 20 octobre 1949
Lorsque le Plan Marshall entr. en viguer en 1948, les resorvos du
Royaume-Uni en or et en dollars, qui sont egalement les reserves centrales de
ensemble de la zone sterling, s'elevaient a 2 milliards de dolars. Le
Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni avait declare qu'il avait l'intention de maintenir
ces reserves a peu pres a ce niveau pendant toute la duree de l'aide prevue
par le Plan Marshall. Cependant, au cours du deuxieme trimestre de cette annie,
le deficit en dollars de la zone sterling s'est accrue tres rapidement. -Au
30 juins les reserves etaient toinbees a 1.650 millions de dollars environ.
Clest on raison de cette situation qu'a ete convoquee la Conference des
Mnistres des finances du Commonwealth britannique qui s'est reunie a Londres
en juillet. Cette conference a examine les mesures a long tome qui seraent
necessaires pour rectifier la balance du commerce et des paements entre la
zone sterling et la zone dollar. Les delegues de tous los pays representes
ont reconnu copendant que, pour l'avenir immedat, la seule mesure permettant
d'eviter l'epuisement progressf des reserves, consistait a reduire les de-
penses en dollars de la zone sterling a un niveau qui permette de les financer
a l'aide des rentrees courantes on dollars. Les donnees statstques etablies
a la Conference indiquaient que, en 1949-50, le montant des rentrees courantes
de dollars que l'on pouvait utiliser pour l'achat de produits importes, ne
suffirait pas a acheter pour plus de 75% de la valeur des marchandises achetees
dans la zone dollar au cours de l'annee civile 1948. Le Gouvernement du
Royaume-Uni a annonce sa decision de reduire, en 1949-1950, a 75% du chffre
de 1948 les importations en dollars du Royaume-Uni et les representants des
autres pays de la zone sterling ont accepts dc recoramandor a leurs gouvernomonts
reopectifs de orendre des mesurcs pour obtonir dos resultats analogues.
En presentant le budget, le 7 septeonbrr, j'ai inform les riembrcs de la
Chamibre qu'on raison de l'oxtreme gravity de la situation, le Gouverneorent
avait accept cette reconmandation. Celle-ci a egalement ete acceptee par
tous les autres pays de la zone sterling faisant partie du Commonwealth
britannique. Toutefois, comme je l'ai explique en presentant be budgets il ne
sera pas possible de reduire de 25%, on 1949-50, le montant des deponses
effectuees au titre des importations en dollars en Australie, en raison des
engagements que representent les licences deja delivrees. En essayant de
reduire aussi fortement les importations au cours des derniers mois de l'annee,
on aurait provoque un grave bouleversement des industries australiennes. Si
l'on dispose d'une periode un peu plus longue pour faire les readalptations
necessaires, il sera, en revanche, possible de ramener le taux des depenses
effcctuees au titre des importations en dollars, a 75% du niveau de 1948,
sans provoquer de perturbations sericuses dans notre economie, en raison
notamment de l'augmentation des approvisionnements on provenance du Royaume-
Uni et d'autres sources n'appartenant pas a la zone dollar. GATT/CP. 5/K/2
Page 6.
D'autres pays du Commonwealth britannique sont naturellement aux prises
avec des difficultes assez semblables, et il a ete convonu que tout pays qui
desirait le faire, pourrait chcrcher a obtenir un emprunt en dollars au lieu
de reduire de 25% ses depenses relatives aux importations en dollars en
1949-50. En consequence, le Gouvernment a decide d'etudier la possibilite
d'obtenir d'une source quelconqae un montant suxalementaircde e dollars, ce
qui permettrait de reduire nos prelevements sur les resources en or et en
dollars du Royaume-Uni. Diverses possibilites ont ete envisagees, mais le
gouvernement a decide finalement que, etant donne les circonstances, la
meilleure methode consisterait a acheter au Fonds monetaire international les
dollars necessaires pour couvrir une certaine partie de nos engagements
courants. Le Fonds a accepte que l'Australie fasse un prelevement initial
de 20 millions de dollars qui seront mis a sa disposition immediatement pour
faire face aux engagements echus. Le montant exact des dollars supplemen-
taires necessares pendant l'exercice inancier en cours dependra des
resultats qui seront effectivement obtenus dans la reduction des depenscs
effectuees au titre des importations en dollars pendant les dorniers mois
de l'annee. Le Gouvernement surveille de pres la situation et examinera,
le cas echeant, s'il est necessaire de proceder a de nouveaux tirages.
J'insiste sur le fait que l'achat de dollars au Fonds nous permettra
seulement de fire face aux engagements resultant du programme actual
d'importations en dollars tel qu'il a ete reduit. Bien qu'il paraisse
opportun d'employer les dollars obtenus lu Fon s pour une aide temporaire
pendant que nous nous preparons a des economies plus substantielles en
dollars, nous ne pouvons pas considerer que cette somme nous permette
d'acheter des marchandises en dollars au-dela des contingents deja prevus
dans notre programme actual. GATT/CP. 5/K/2
Page 7
Annexe C
BALANCE LES PAIEMENTS DE L'AUSTRALIE AVEC LA
ZONE DOLLAR
En millions de dollars des
Etats-Unis
Importations f.o.b.
Autres paiements
Exportations f.o.b.
Autres recettes
Deficit
Ventes d'or au
Royaume-Uni
Tirages sur le F.M.I.
1947
289
116x
135
52
218
x
27
ø La importations
1948
181
95
152
31
93
1
55
18
35
19
19
1949
II III
50 52
22 42
30 22
8 9
34 63
32 8 7 9
IV
40
24
39
9
16
8
20
Total
197
106
126
45
132
32
20
f.o.b. on 1950 ont ete les suivantes
Premier trimestre - $39 millions
Deuximen trimestre - $42 millions
Y compris 12 millions de dollars d'or expedies au
Royaune-Uni pour faire face a des obligations a
l'egard du F.M.I. ot de la B.I.R.D. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED C
GATT/CP.5/K/2
TARIFFS AND TRADE 13 November 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
RESTRICTIONS BY AUSTRALIA ON IMPORTS
FROM THE DOLLSR AREA
(To be read in conjunction with the submission
by the United Kingdom Government describing
the deterioration in the Sterling Area dollar
position prior to July, 1949).
1. The recommendations of the Conference of British Commonwealth
Finance Ministers held in July 1949 were formally approved by the Australian
Government on 20th August, 1949.
2. As a first step towards implementing the recenmendations relating
tc dollar import :expenditures, the previously approved dollar import licensing
budget, which covered all dollar goods other than petroleum products, was
carefully reviewed and cut to the lowest figure practicable without repudiating
comiments already entered into and without reducing the ratc of issue of
dollar import licences so steeply as to cause disruption of Australian industries.
3. In announcing these decisions in his Budget Speech on 7th September,
1949 (the relevant extracts from. which are attached as Annex A), the Australian
Treasurer said that although the full cut in dollar import expenditure could nct
be achieved immediately, the issue of dollar import licences would be tapered off
in ensuing months so as to reduce the level of imports of goods included in the
dollar budget to not more than 75, by value of the 1948 level as soon as possible.
4. He announced, at the same time, that the Government had also decided
to explore the possibility of securing additional dollar finance outside the
resources which were counted upon in the review of the Sterling Area dollar
position made duringg the July 1949 Finance -Iinisters' Conference.
5. In October, 1949, the Australian Government arranged a draewing of
$20. from the international Aonetary Fund. An extract from the statement made
by the Australian Prime Minister in the house of Representatives on 20th October,
1949, announcing, the drawing from the Find and explaining its relationship to the
recommendations of the July 1949 Conference is attached as Annex E.
6. A further statement attached as Annex C reproduces the table con-
taining, estimates of Australia's balance if oatments with the Dollar Area which
has been supplied to the International Fund in connection with the
consultation with the Contracting Parties. A footnote to the table gives the
f.s.b. value of imports into Australia from the Dollar Area in the first and
second quarters of 1950.
7. An important poient to be borne in mind in considering the level of
Astrial's imports from the Dollar Area since July 1949 is that, apart from and
decisions to reduce the rate of issue of import licences, the flow of dollar ia-
ports would in any crase have been affected by
(a) the price changes resulting from the September
exchange rate movements; and
(b) the increasing availability of essential goods
from Australian production, the United Kingdom
arid soft currency sources of supply. GATT/GP.5/K/2
Page 2 ANNEX A
EXTRACT FROM 1949/50 BUDGET SPEECH BY THE AUSTRALIAN
TREASURER IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON 7th SEPTEMBER,
1949
Under the (Marshall) Plan valuable progress has been made by the
countries concerned and this could be expected to continue. But special
difficulties have arisen. Although they have more goods to export,
participating countries hava not been able to sell as much as they had
hoped, either direct to the dollar area or to countries which can pay in
dollars. The position has been worsened by the business recession in
the United States, which has made selling there more difficult, and in
particular by smaller earnings from sales of raw materials, such as
wool, cocoa, rubber and tin from which dollars are normally obtained.
The United Kingdom, which has led the way in post-war recovery and
has herself given substantial aid to countries in Europe and elsewhere,
has felt the full impact of these developments so that, despite great
progress in her overall trade position, her dollar position-in the past
few months has seriously deteriorated. Both the value and the volume
of her sales to dollar countries have fallen and so too have sales of
certain raw materials from the Colonies which are an important source
of earnings for the dollar pool.
When these adverse changes hald become apparent, the Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom, Mr. Attlee, invited Ministers from the Sterling
Area countries of the British Commonwealth and from Canada, to attend a
Conference in London in July at which the position. would be reviewed.
Following this invitation but before the Conference, there were discussions
in which United Kingdom and Canadian ministers and the Secretary to the
United States Treasury, Mr. Snyder. had a part.
Ant the London Conference, where Australia was represented -by the
Minister for Defence and Post-War Reconstruction, Mr. L.J. Dedman,
long-term aspects of the problem werc considered and agreement was reached
as to major objectives which should be pursued. In particular, it was
thought that the central aim of all countries should be the achievement of
a pattern of world trade in which the dollar and non-dollar countries should
be able to operate within a single multilateral system, and that the
strength and stability of sterling as an international currency should
be a major goa.
The Conference also considered the immediate problem of stopping the
drain on the gold and dollar reserves of the United Kingdom which are
the central reserves for the whole sterling area. The United Kingdom
Government had previously announced its intentions to cut expenditure on
dollar imports in 1949-50 by 25 per cent. as compared with the 1948
level. Representatives of the other stirling area. countries agreed to
recommend to their respective Goverrnents action designed to achieve
comparable results. GATT/CP.5/K/2
Page 3.
The Government has decided to adopt the recommendations of the
London Conference and already announced, has reduced allocations
of licenses in the September quarter for imports of goods from the
dollar area The aim is to reduce dollar expenditure on imports to
75 pe cent. of the 1948 level as quickly as possible. This means that
there will have to be a substantial reduction in dollar expenditure b:;
Governrnment Departments as well as cuts in practically all the major
categories of commercial dollar imports. Dollar imports were already
severely restricted in 1948. The reductions in the September quarter'.
were the largest which could be applied immediately without causing
severe disruption in Australian industries.
But the full 25 per cent. saving in dollar import expenditure
will not be possible of achievement in 1949-50 .ecause of the commit-
ment represented by outstanding licences. Australia must play its full
part in avoiding a further chain on the limited gold and dollar reserves
of the United Kingdom and the Government is examining the possibilities
of borro ing as a means to provide additional collars. The Government
recognises that this course may present difficulties. Generally, it has
-been adverse to increasing the long-term dollar commitments of Australia.
There are various possible sources of dollar borrowing, and the matter
will be decided in the light of all the ciromstances. GATT/CP. 5/K/2
Page 4 ANNEX B.
AUSTRALIA'S DRAWING ON INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Extract from Statement by Prime Minister in House of Representatives
on 20th October, 1949.
when Marshall.Aid began in 1948, the gold and dollar reserves of the
United Kingdom which are also the central reserves of the sterling area as a
whole were $2,000,000,000. It was the declared objective of the United Kingdom
Government to maintain reserves at about that level throughout the Marshall Aid
period. However, during the June quarter of this year, there was a sharp in-
crease in the sterling area dollar deficits. By the 30th June, the reserves had
fallen to about $1,650,0O,000.
It was this development which led to the calling of the conference of
British Commonwealth finance ministers in London in July. This conference dis-
cu&sed the longer-term measures, which would be needed to correct the balance in
trade and payments between the sterling area and the dollar area. The delegates
of all countries represented recognised, however, that in the short-term the only
means of checking the drain on reserves was to cut sterling area dollar expen-i
diture to a level which could be financed from the dollar receipts currently
available. The statistical survey made at the conference indicated that in 1949-
50 the dollars currently available for the purchase of imports would not be suf-
ficient to buy more than 7% by value of the goods bought from the dollar area in
the calendar year 1948. The United Kingdom Government announced its decision to
cut dollar imports into the United Kingdom in 1949-50 to 75 per cent of the 1948
level, and the representatives of other sterling area countries agreed to re-
commend to their respective governments that action be taken to achieve
comparable results.
Then introducing the budget on the 7th September, I informed Honourable Mem-
bers that, in view of the extreme gravity of the position, the Government had ac-
cepted that recommendation. It was also accepted by all the other sterling coun-
tries of the British Commonwealth. However, as I also explained in the budget
speech, a full 25 per cent saving in expenditure on dollar imports into Australia
will not be possible of achievement in 1949-50 because of the commitment represen-
ted by outstanding licences. To have attempted to achieve so steep a reduction
during the remaining months would have involved severe disruption to Australian
industries. Given a somewhat longer period in which to make the necessary adjust-
mcnts, however, it is considered that it will be practicable to reduce the rate of
expenditure on dollar import to 75 , of the 1948 level without serious damage to
our economy, particularly as a result of the increasing availability of supplies
from the United Kingdom and other non-dollar sources.
Other British Commaonwealth countries are, of course, confronted with some-
what similar difficulties, and it was agreed that any country which wished to do so
could seek a dollar loan as an alternative to applying the full cut of 25 , in
dollar import expenditure in 1949-50. Accordingly, the Government decided to ex-
plore the possibleility of obtaining additional dollars from some source which would
reduce our call on the gold and dollar resources of the United Kingdom. Various
possibilities were considered, but the Government finally decided that, in all the
circumstances, the most appropriate course would be to purchase from the Interna-
tional Monetary Find the dollars required to meet a proportion of our current com-
mitments. The Fund has agreed to an initial drawing by Australia of $20,000,000
which will be made available immediately to meet commitments falling due. The
precise amount of additional dollar finance, which will be needed during the cur-
rent financial year, will depend on the results which are actually achieved in
limiting expenditure on dollar imports during the remaining months of the year.
The position will be kept under close review by the Government and the question
of further drawings will be considered. as necessary.
I emphasie that the purchase of dollars from the Fund will do no more than
enable us to elect commitments arising from the present restricted dollar import
programme. Although it is proper to employ the Collars drawn from the Fund to pro-
vide temporary assistance which we are adjusting ourselves to creator dollar econo-
mies, we cannot regard them as permitting the purchase of additional dollar goods
beyond those already provided in our present programme. GATT/CP.5/K/2
page 5
ANNEX C
AUSTRALIA'S BALANCE OF PAYEMENTS WITH
THE DOLLAR AREA
1947 1948
1949
I II III
IV Tctal
Imports f.o.b. Ø
Other Payments
Exports f. o. b.
Other Receipts
Deficit
289
116x
135
181 55 50 52 40 197
95 18 22 42 24 106
152 35 30 22 39 126
52 31 19 8 9 9 45
218
Gold Salus to U.K.
93 19 34 63 16 132
32 8 7 9 8 32
I.M..F. Drawings
1950
- - - - 20 20
Ø 1950 Imports f. o. b. have been as follows: -
1st Quarter - $39 million
2nd Quarter - 42 million
x Includes $12m. gold shipped to United
Kingdom to met l.M.F. and I.B.R.D.
obligations
U.S. $ million. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.4/12/Add.1
31 March, 1950.
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
RESULTS OF NEGOTIATIONS CONDUCTED BETWEEN CEYLON
AND CERTAIN OTHER GOVERNMENTS UNDER PARAGRAPH 5
of ARTICLE XVIII
ADDENDUM
The following letter from 8 governments, parties to the
negotiations conducted by Ceylon under paragraph 5 of Article
XVIII in London, (on which a report has been circulated under the
symbol GATT/CP.4/12), has been received by the Chairman of the
Contracting Parties and is circulated herewith:
"This joint letter formally communicates to you, as Chairman
of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade, the concurrence of the participating governments in the
attached "Report to the Contracting Parties of the Results of
Negotiations Conducted by Ceylon with Representatives of the
Czechoslovak Republic, Denmark, Finland, India, Sweden, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States
of America in Connection with the Ceylon Application under Article
XVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade".
In communicating this concurrence it is pointed out that:
1. The Ceylon Government assures that there will be no undue
delays in bringing into force the compensatory concessions
provided for in paragraph 2 (b) of the report. In the
event that any one of the affected items referred to in
paragraph 2(b) is regulated under the Industrial Products
Act before July 31, 1950, it is provided that the compen-.
satory concessions need not be brought into force until
that date, but if the regulation takes place after July 31,
1950, it is hoped by the Ceylon Government that the con-
cessions can be brought into force promptly, and in no
case is it anticipated that there will be a delay of more
than thirty days from the regulation of the affected items.
2. It is intended that the release granted by the Contracting
Parties on August 13, 1949, with respect to products
specified in paragraph 1 of the report shall be effective
for only those products for which domestic availability
figures are provided in paragraph 2 (d) of the report.
3. It is intended that the period of five years provided for
in paragraph 2 (e) of the report shall be computed from
expiration of the thirty-day period referred to in para-
graph 1 of the report.
4. Under paragraph 12 of the Sixth Report of Working Party 2
of the Third Session of the Contracting Parties, as
approved by the Contracting Parties, the release relative
to the products described in paragraph 1 of the attached
Report is subject to all the conditions set forth in said
paragraph 12. GATT/CP. 4/12/Add. 1
Page 2.
"Finally, the Governments concurring in the report consider
that no procedure other than that provided for in the release, as
set forth in paragraph 1 of the report, will be required to.bring
into effect the release or, subject to the conditions provided
for therein, the compensatory concessions set forth, in paragraph
2 (b) of the report.
CEYLON
CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC
KINGDOM OF DENMARK
REPUBLIC OF FINLAND
INDIA
KINGDOM OF SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM OF Con T BRITAIN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP 4/12
TARIFFS AND TRADE 1 March 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
FOURTH SESSION
RESULTS OF NEGOTIATIONS CONDUCTED
BETWEEN CEYLON AND CERTAIN
OTHER GOVERNMENTS UNDER
OARAGRAPH 5 OF ARTICLE XVIII
Note by the Executive Seoretary
1. There are circulated herewith a letter from the High
Commissioner for Ceylon in London and a report annexed thereto
on the results of the negotiations conducted in September and
October 1949 between Ceylon and certain other governments under
paragraph 5. of Article XVIII.
2. The release granted by the CONTRACTING PARTIES to Ceylon
at the Third Session under paragraph 5 of Article XVIII in
respect of the five items referred to in the report was to be
effective in accordance with the terms of any agreement reached
between Ceylon and the materially affected contracting parties
and subject to any limitations agreed upon between them. The
agreed terms and limitations are set forth in paragraph 2 of the
report
3. In accordance with the decision of the CONTRACTING PARTIES
at tho Third Session (GATT/CP.3/73/ Rev. 1, paragraph 59 (e)),
the release will be effective after the expiration of a period
of 30 days from the date of the present document and in the
absence of any objection from any contracting party to the results
of the negotiations.
4. Paragraph 3 of the report refers to Cotton Verties, an item
which does not fall within the scope of the decision taken by
the CONTR..CTING PARTIES at the Third Session. A further decision
of the CONTRACTING PARTIES will therefore be needed for the
granting of a releaase in respect of this item.
Letter from the High Commissioner for Ceylon in London to the
Chairman of the Contracting Parties.
"I have tbe honour to refer to letter - EWW/JR/BW dated
7. September, 1949, addressed by the Executive Secretary of tho
ICITO to the Minister of External Affairs, Colombo, Ceylon, in
connection with. the application of the Government of Ceylon for
release under the provisions of Article XVIII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in respect of five items which it
is proposed to regulate under the Ceylon Industrial Products Act
(No. 18 of 1949). I am happy to be able to inform you that ne-
gotiations were conducted in London between representetives, of my
Government and the Goverhments of the materially affected countries
as directed by the CONTRACTING PARTIES at their Third Session, and
that complete agreement has been reached regardin, the terms on
which a release should be granted.
I annex hereto copies of an agreed Report which Ceylon and the
materially affected countries wish to make to the CONTRACTING
PARTIES, recommending the terms on which a release should be granted
to Ceylon in respect of the five items in question." GATT/CP.4/12
Page 2.
Report to the Contracting Parties of the results of negotiations
conducted by Coylon with Representatives of the Czechoslovak
Republic, Denmark, Finland, India, Sweden, The United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of
America in connection with the Ceylon application under Article
XVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
1. The Representatives of the Government of Ceylon and of the
Governments of the Czechoslovak Republic, Denmark, Finland, India,
Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
and the United States of America, met in London pursuant to the
decision of the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter called the General Agreement)
taken at the 44th Meeting of their Third Session hold at Annecy
on the 13th August, 1949. The decision of the CONTRACTING
PARTIES which applied to:-
China and Porcelain Ware Ex III B 231
Leather Goods III Q 430
Glass Ware Ex III B 235
Cotton textiles Ex III I 339
Plywood Chests for packing
Tea and other Ceylon products Ex III U 492
was:-
"To grant a release under paragraph 5, in accordance with
the terms of any agreement reached between Ceylon and the
materially affected contracting parties, subject to any
limitations which may have been agreed upon between them.
Such release, however, is to be effective only after the
expiration of a period of 30 days from the notification
by the Chairman to each contracting party of the results
of the negotiations and in the absence of any objection
to those results. The results of the negotiations would
also be circulated by the Chairman to the acceding Govern-
ments for their information."
2. Accordingly the representatives of the Governments referred
to in the first paragraph have agreed that
(a) At any time between the coming into operation of the Indus-
trial Products Act of Coylon (No. 18 of 1949) and the expir-
ation of the release granted by the CONTRACTING PARTIES in
respect of the five items enumerated in paragraph 1 the
Governments of the Czechoslovak Republic, Dermark, Finland,
India and Sweden will be free to negotiate compensatory
concessions with the Government of Ceylon in connection with
the items China Ware and Porcelain Ware and Leather Goods
(in the case of the Czechoslovak Republic), and Glass Ware,
Leather Goods, Cotton Textiles (Ex III I 339) and China Ware
and Porcelain Ware (in the case of India), and Plyweed
Chests for packing Tea and other Ceylon produce (in the case
of Denmark, Finland and Sweden), if at any time during the
period aforementioned the Governments concerned consider
that their imports into Ceylon in respect of any of the items
In which they are interested are materially affected in cons
sequence of the operation of the Industrial Products Act.
Any such negotiatioas will be conducted and any agreements
resulting therefrom will be put into effect in accordance
with the provisions of the General Agreement. GTT/CP. 4/12
Page 3.
2 (b) Ceylon will make the following final compensatory con-
cessions to the United States of America in connection
with the items Plawood Chests for packing. Tea and other
Ceylon produce, Glass Were and Cotton Textiles (Ex III
I 339) which will be subject to regulation under the
Industrial Products Act and regarding which tariff con-
cessions have been negotiated between Ceylon and the
United States of America:-
Concession Rate Present Rate
M.F.N. Prefer- M.F.N. Prefer-
ential ential
Ex Item 312 Agricult-
ural Machinery and 15% 5%, 22% 12%
parts thereof N.E.S.
Ex Item 325 Non Domestic
Refrigerators. 27½% 22 % 45% 40%
These concessions will be implemented as soon as it
is feasible for the Government of Ceylon to do so after
any of the items in which the United States is interested
has been brought under regulation in the meaning of the
Industrial Products Act, but in any case not earlier than
31st July, 1950. These concessions will be incorporated
in Schedule VI of the General Agreement in accordance with
any procedure required under that Agreement.
2 (c) The compensatory concessions to be granted to the United
States of America, mentioned in sub-paragraph (b), con-
stitute adequate concessions to the United Kingdom in
respect of the items Glass Were, Plywood Chests for
packing Tea and other Ceylon produce, China Ware and
Porcelain Ware, in which the United Kingdom is interested.
2 (d) Caylon will ensure that the following maximum quantities
of domestic availability will be used in calculating the
standard ratio between such quantities of domestic avail-
ability and imports for the purpose of issuing Import
Licences under the provisions of the Industrial Products
Act.
China and Porcelain Ware 450 tons
Leather Goods 2,000 suitcases
200,000 wallets
200,000 ladies
handbags
Glass Ware 700 tons
Cotton Textiles - curtain material 40,000 sq. yds.
Upholstery 60,000 sq. yds.
Plywood Chests for packing Tea
and other Ceylon produce 492,000 Chests
2 (c) In accordance with the decision of the CONTRACTING PERTIES
montioned in paragraph 1, 30 days after the notification
of this Report by the Chairman to each contracting party,
if there nas been no objection to this report before the
expiration of that period, Ceylon will be released for a
period of five years under Article XVIII of the General
Agreement from the relevant obligations which she has
assumed under the General Agreement in respect of the five
items mentioned in paragraph 1. GATT/CP.4/12
Page 4.
2 (f) The compensatory concessions which Ceylon has undertaken
to grant to the United States and to the United Kingdom
and any compensatory concessions which she may grant in
consequence of any future discussions as envisaged in
paragraph 2 (a) to any of the other Governments whe are
materially affected and have participated in these
negotiations will be operative only during the period of
the release granted to Ceylon in respect of those five
items.
3. During these negotiations it was noticed that in the
Ceylon application made to the CONTRACTING PARTIES (vido
G.A.T.T./CP.3/54) a mistake had been made in the
description of an item which the Ceylon Government wished
to bring under regulation in terms of the Industrial
Products Act. This item was described as 'other house-
hold linen" but was intended to cover curtain material,
upholstery and verties. The last is an item of clothing
while the two former are items of household linen.
Verties wherefore does not fall within the scope of the
decision of the CONTRACTING PARTIES quoted in paragraph 1
which only refers to certain types of other household
linen - Ex Item III I 339. (The Ceylon representative
explained that the mistake arose from the fact that
verties is also classified under tariff item III I 339).
A release under Article XVIII can therefore only be
granted in respect of verties by a further decision of
the CONTRACTING PARTIES. Nevertreless the negotiating
parties have stated that they will not seek further
negotiations under paragraph 5 of article XVIII, if the
CONTRACTING PARTIES at their next session decide that a
release from the relevant obligations which Ceylon has
assumed under the G.A.T.T. in respect of-cotton verties
be granted for a period of not more than five years and
that in calculating the standard ratio between. domestic
availabilities and imports for the purpose of regulating
imports of Coston Verties under the provisions of the
Industrial Products Act, Coylen will ensure that a
maximum of 400,000 sq. yds of domestic availability is
used provided that:
(i) The concessions set out in paragraph 2 (b)
aid the procedure for bringing them into
effect in respect of the United Ctates will
be applied by Ceylon to Cotton Verties and
(ii) India will be free to negotiate compensatory
concessions in respect of Verties in accord-
ance with the provisions set out in paragraph
2 (a) |
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GATT/0P.4/7
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE 25 January 1350
ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
Re-validation of the Geneva and. Annesy Schedules
to the General Agreement
Letters from the Government of the United Kingdom
Letter of 7 December 1949:*
"I am directed to inform you that the United Kingdom
Government have had under consideration the question
whether, in the course of the third set of multilateral
tariff negotiations which it has been decided to hold in
September 1950 under the auspices of the Contracting
Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
it would be desirable that theconcessions negotiated at
Geneva and Annecy, and embodied in the existing Schedules
to the Generel Agreements should be generally prolenged
so as to remain fully valid, conteminously with any fresh
concessions negotiated in the third round, for a further
period beyond the 1st January, 1051.
"As the result of their consideration, the United.
Kingdom Government have formed the view that such prolon-
gation would be desirable. They have set forth this view.
and the reasons which have led them to its in the enclosed
note..
"Since it appears possible that some of the contracting
parties may) by reason of their legislative procedure, need
to be seized of requests for such prolingation by the date
specified for the submission of provisional request, lists;
i.e. by the 15th January, I am to request you to be so good
as to circulate this note in confidence to the Governments
of the other Contracting Parties as soon as possible.
"The United Kingdom Government would. be interested to
be informed of any comments which the Governments of the
other Contracting Parties may offer in the matter after they
have studied the note.
This letter was sent to all Contracting Parties and Annecy
Acceding Governments on 9 December 1949 as ICITO/AIR/1. GATT/CP .4/7
page 2
" Third Round of Tariff Negotiations
Re-validation of Geneva and Annecy schedules
to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
"The Government of the United Kingdom suggest that
very urgent consideration be given to the treatment at the
Third Round of Tariff Negotiations, beginning in September
1950, of the schedules to the General Agreement concluded
at Geneva and Annecy. The Government of the United Kingdom
consider that these should, as part of the Third Round
negotiations, be re-validated for whatever further period is
fixed for new concessions to be negotiated at the Third
Round, instead of becoming subject to modification under
Article XXVIII on or after 1st January, 1951.
"2. The Government of the United Kingdom considers that
this step is necessary if the Third Round is to be a success
and if serious administrative complications are to be
avoided for the following reasons:-
(a) As the experience of the Annecy negotiations
clearly shows, countries which will be negotiating for the
first time in September 1950 may be unwilling to accept
firm obligations in regard to their tariffs for any longer
period than existing contracting parties accept similar
obligations. If existing contracting parties are free from
1st January, 1951 to withdraw or modify their Geneva and
Annecy schedules, the newcomers, if they agree to take
account of the benefits accruing to them from the Geneva
and Annecy negotiations, may request similar freedom to with-
draw or modify from January 1951 a great part of the con-
cessions they grant.
(b) Existing contracting parties may be in a less
favourable position to secure from the newcomers adequate
concessions as compensation for the benefits accruing to
the newcomers from the Geneva and Annecy negotiations.
(c) It is assumed that new concessions negotiated at
the Third Round will be bound for some fixed term, probably
three years. Unless the Geneva and Annecy concessions are
similarly re-bound, the ancmalous position will arise that
some concessions will be firm for a period of years while
others will become fluid, possibly before the conclusion
of the Third Round.
"3 . It seems clear that prolongation of the Geneva and
Annecy concessions should be carried d out by all existing
contracting parties, If only a few parties agreed to
prolong, a further serious anomaly would arise. If country
A agreed to prolongation in discussion with country B (which
would presumably have to agree to reciprocate) but failed to
reach agreement with country C, those parts of country A's
schedules which were originally negotiated with country B
would be firm, whereas the parts originally negotiated with
country C would be subject to modification, although country
B might have a substantial interest in them as an important
secondary supplier. GATT/CP.4/7
Page 3.
"4, The Government of the United Kingdom, for their part,
are prepared to re-bind their existing schedules in respect.
of items negotiated with all other contracting parties who
agree to do the same. There may be a few modifications of
relatively small importance, hut the United Kingdom would
be prepared to discuss them in the normal way during the
Third Round negotiations.
"5. The Government of the United Kingdom suggest that the
attention of all contracting parties (including those who
are acceding as a result of the Annecy negotiations) should
at once be drawn to this problem-and that they should be
urged to include in their provisional request lists to
all other parties, to be submitted by the 15th Januarys 1950,
the request "to re-bind schedule No, ". The matter is
of great urgency because the legislation of qertain.
contracting parties requires that requests of this sort
should be submitted by the 15th January, 1950 failing which
they cannot be considered."
Letter of 21 January 1950 and Draft Protocol:
"I am directed to refer further to my letter of the 7th
December, regarding the question of prolongation beyond the
lst January, 1951 of the Schedules of tariff concessions
to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which were
negotiated at Geneva and Annecy, and to say that the United
Kingdom Government have given further consideration after
discussion with the United States authorities, to the method
by which such prolongation would be brought about.
"It appears to them that requests for the renewal of
such existing concessions in detail, by specific items
would be an unnecessarily cumbrous and time-consuming
procedure, and they would propose instead that a Protocol
should be prepared in pursuance of Article XXX paragraph .1,
amending the date in paragraph 1 of Article XXVIII from
"1st January, 1951" to read "1st January, 1954". This
Protocol (of which I enclose a draft) could be referred to
the Governments concerned for consideration at the Fourth
Ordinary Session of the Contracting Parties, to open in Geneva
on the 23rd February next, with a view to its approval by
the Contracting Parties before the conclusion of the Third
Round of tariff negotiations Such approval might be givex
at a Fifth Ordinary Session of the Contracting Parties held
before the Third Round of tariff negotiations were completed,
"In proposing the alteration of the date in Article XXVIII.
I am to say that it is recognized that some Governments may
wish to introduce modifications in their existing schedules.
If the date is altered from 1st January: 1951 to 1st January.
1954, any items in the Schedules on which modifications may
be agreed in the course of the Third Round of negotiations
will of course remain in force subject to such agreed modi-
fioations until the later dates GATT/CP.4/7
Page 4.
"I am to add that; in putting forward this proposal,
the United Kingdom Government should not be understood as
withdrawing the suggestion contained in the last paragraph
of the note annexed to my letter of the 7th December,
namely that Contracting Parties should include in their
request lists to all other parties, the request "to re-bind
Schedule No. ". It appears that such action would still
be advisable in order to meet the situation in the event of
the proposal for a Protocol amending Article XXVIII not
receiving the approval of the Contracting Parties. GATT/CP.4/7
Page 5.
A N N E X
Draft Protocol
Modifying Article XXVIII of the General Areement
on Tariffs and Trade
"The Governments of ..................... acting in
their capacity of CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referree to as the
General Agreement)
"Desiring to continue the application of the Schedules to
the General Agreement until the first January, 1954; and
"Desiring for that purposes to effect an amendment to
Article XXVIII of the General Agreement, pursuant to the
provisions of Article XXX thereof,
"Hereby agree as follows:
"1. The text of paragraph 1 of Article XXVIII of the General
Agreement shall be amended by the deletion of 'on, or after
January 1st, 1951' and the substitution therefor of 'on, or
after January 1st, 1954'.
"2. This Protocol shall, following its signature at the close
of the .............. Session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, be
deposited with the Seoretary-General of the United Nations.
"3. The deposit of this Protocol will, as from the date of
deposit, constitute the deposit of the instrument of acceptance
of the amendment set out in paragraph 1 of this Protocol by
any contracting party the representative of which has signed
this Protocol without any reservation.
"4. The instruments of acceptance of those contracting
parties which have not signed this Protocol, or which have
signed it with a reservation as to acceptance, will be
deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
"5.(a) Each contracting party accepting this Protocol does
so in respect of its metropolitan territory and of the other
territories for whose international relations it is
responsible, except such separate customs territories as it
shall notify to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
at or before the time of its acceptance pursuant to paragraph
3 or 4 of this Protocol.
" (b) Any contracting party, which has so notified the Secre-
tary-General, may at any time give notice to the Secretary.
General that its acceptance shall be effective in respect of
any separate customs territory or territories so excepted and
such notice shall take effect on the thirtieth day following
the date on which it is received by the Secretary-General,
"o. The amendment set out in paragraph 1 of this Protocol
shall, upon deposit of instruments of acceptance pursuant to
paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Protocol by two-thirds of the
governments which are at that time contracting parties become
effective in accordance with the provisions of Article XXX of
the General Agreement. GATT/CP.4/7
Page 6.
"7. The Seeretarty-General of the United Ntions will inform
each member of the United Nations and each other government
which participated in the Unite Nations Conference on
Trade and Employment of each acceptance of the amendment
set out in paragraph 1 of this Protoool and of the date upon
which such amendment becomes effective in accordance with
paragraph 6 of this Protocol.
"8. The Secretary-General is authorized to register this
Protocol in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of
the Unite4 Nations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF ETC. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP.4/42/Add.1
GENERAL 5 April 1950
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
Revalidation of the Geneva-and Annecy Schedules
ADDENDUM
The following communications have been received from Annecy
acceding governments on the Resolution concerning the prolongation
of the assured life of the Schedules to the General Agreement:
"I have the honour to inform you that the Dominican
Government approves the resolution of the Contracting
Parties prolonging the existence of the Geneva and
Annecy concessions until January 1954."
"In reply to your letter of 21 March, I have the honour
to confirm, in the name of my Government, the contents of
the letter I addressed to you on 16 January (No. 269):.
The views of my Government on the revalidation of the
Geneva and Annecy Schedules were included in the remarks
I had the honour to make at the meeting of the Contracting
Parties on 18 March 1950." (See GATT/CP..4/SR.16)
Liberia approves the prolongation of the assured life
of the Annecy and Geneva concessions until January 1954,
but reserves the right to rebind by formal negotiations
at Torquay.
"The Swedish Government after carefully having studied the
text of the Report of Working Party "B" on the Revalidation
of the Geneva and Annecy Schedules (document GATT/CP.4+/25)
have noted with special interest the statement in the
second part of paragraph 5 of this documents which reads
as follows:
'The Netherlands and Belgian Delegations stated in
particular that the decision of their Governments would
depend to large extent on the considerable reduction -
especially in Europo - of the disequilibrium that in
their view exists in general levels of tariffs. The
delegations of Denmark and Luxemburg associated them-
selves with this statement."
The Swedish Government herewith would like to state
that they also associate the mselves with the statement
made by the Netherlands and Belgian Delegations." |
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23 February 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
Contracting, Parties
Fourth Session
Review of Application of Quantitative Restrictions on
Exports designed to Stimulate Exports or to Afford
Protection to Drastic Industry
Memorandum submitted by the United States
In recent months, many of the acute shortages of commodities
which ha7e heretofore provided the principal motivation for the
maintenance of export restrictions by member countries havo begun
to disappear, As the problem of commodity shor ages declines in
intensity, it brings the time closer when the Contracting Parties
might profitably take stock of the existing export restrictions
which the individual contracting parties are maintaining in effect,
In recommending that the Contracting Parties should. begin a
review of the problem at this Session, the United States is moti-
vated by the belief that the problem continues to be a signifi-
cant one for many of the contracting parties, on which initial
progress can best we made through a general review by the
Contracting Parties.
Although export restrictions have been applied by some
countries for many years, they have been imposed for the most
part since the end of the war, as adjuncts of the bilateral trade
agreements which were developed by most countries of the world
as a means of meeting their existing payments difficulties. As
the systems of bilateral trade agreements have come to be extended
and. refined, the motivations for the retention of export controls
have become more complex, including motivations which relate
only indirectly to balance-of-payments problems. Thus, for
example, some countries have imposed. export controls in order to
tie in sales of non-essential with essential products. Export
restrictions also have been maintained as a means of using the
exsort of essential products to obtain essential products from
other countries. Still other restrictions have been maintained
to protect or promote a fabricating industry by insuring an
ample supply of domestic raw materials for such industry.
Finally, in some cases, such controls ha-e been maintained to
avoid priod cutting among the exporters of the country concerned.
As shortages have disappeared and competition has intensified
in international trade, there has been some relaxation of export
restrictions. But it is already beginning to be clear that, at
bests competition in many major products in world trade will
remain less than perfect even in the absence of world shortages.
And as long as balance-of-payments problems exist, export controls
may still be used as a means of exerting bargaining power, even
fir products not in world shortage. GATT/CP. 4/ 14
Page 2
The general rule of the GATT on the subject of export re-
strictions is contained in Article XI, paragraph 1, which pro-
vides:
"No prohibitions or restrictions other than duties,
taxes or other charges, whether made effective through
quotas, import or export licenses, or other measures,
shall be instituted or maintained by any contracting
party on the . . . exportation or sale for export of
any product destined for the territ-ry of any other
contracting party.."
Paragraph 3 of the same Articles defines "a." port restrictions"
as including restrictions made effective through state trading.
operations.
There are a number of major excepti ns to this general pro-
'hibition. One group of such exceptions applies to situations
arising out of commodity shortages. Paragraph 2 (a) of Article
XI prov.Aes that th.e general rule of paragraph 1 shall not extend
to "export prohibitions or restrictions temporarily applied to
prevent or relieve critical shortages.of foodstuffs or other
products essential to the exporting ... country". This examption,
however, does not relieve the contracting party. applying restrict-
ions from the provisions of the GATT requiring non-discriminatory
treatment.
Article XX, Paragraph 1 (1) tempts from the provisions of
GATT any measures "'Involving restrietions on exports of domestic
materials necessary to assure essential. quantities of such
materials to a domestic processing industry during periods when
the domestic price of such materials is held below the world
price as a part of a govenmental stabilization plan; Provided
that such. restrictions shall not operate to increase the exports
of or the protection afforded to such domestic industry, and
shall not depart. from the provisions of this Agreement relating
to non-discrimination *b.", -i sbject to the further require-
ments that such measures are not applied in a manner which would
constitute a disguised restriction En international. trade.
Finally, Article XX, paragraph II (a) exempts from all the pro-
visions of the GATT until not later than January 1, 1981 any
measures 'essential to the acquisition or distribution of products
in general or local short supply, or essential to the control of
prices by a contracting party undergoing shortages subsequent to
the War; but here again arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination
is not too-1.o-ble and the principle must be observed that all con-
tracting parties are entitled to an equitable share of the inter-
national supply of the scarce product.
Another important exception is found in Article XIV, para-
graph 4, which authorizes export controls by countries in
balance-of-payments difficulties where such controls are necessary
to divert the country's exports to hard-currency markets.
It should also be noted that under the Protocol of Provisional
Applicotion, tre part of the Agreement relevant to this problem
is applied only provisionally, that is, "to the fullest extent not
inconsistent with existing legislation.
The summary of the relevant provisions of the GATT set out
above suggests that some practices commonly being employed GATT/CP .4/14
Page 3
by a number of countries may well be inconsistent with those
provisions. Among the practices which may call for particularly
close scrutiny in the light of the provisions and objectives of
the GATT are : the practice of tying the export of non-essential
products to that of essential products; the practice of releasing
essential products in return for the release of essential products
by another contracting party; and the practice of setting mini-
mum prices on exports. There are no doubt other types of
export restrictions used for the protection or promotion of
industry which other member countries may wish to suggest for
consideration by the Contracting Parties in the light of the
relevant GATT provisions and objectives. |
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23 February 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Contracting Parties
Fourth Session
Review of Application of Quantitative Restrictions
on Imports Designed to Afford Protection to
Domestic Industry
Memorandum submitted by the United States
At the present time, most of the Contracting Parties are
maintaining quantitative restrictions on imports on balance-of-
payments grounds. These restrictions have now been in effect
for a number of years and are exerting a significant influence
on the pattern of international trade.
Moat systems of import control tend to determine not only
the volume but also the composition of the imports of the con-
trolling country. It follows, therefore that most systems of
quantitative restrictions on imports, even though developed for
the purpose of dealing with a current balance-of-payments dif-
ficulty, almost invariably have a significant protective
incidence. Such restrictions, unless accompanied by the most
severe limitations upon domestic capital investment, are bound
to stimulate the production of commodities which are directly
or partially competitive with those excluded. Indeed, the prin-
cipal criterion of a country developing a scheme of quantitative
restrictions intended to meet a balance-of-payments difficulty
is commonly to develop its list of restricted products on the
basis of the degree to which alternative domestic sources can
be created.
However, the protective incidence of quantitative restrictions
is not usually due to these incidental effects alone. Once a
country has initiated a system of import restrictions to meet
its balance-of-payments difficulties, it is under constant pres-
sure to adapt that system of restrictions to the specific object
of protecting domestic industry, rather than of protecting its
monetary reserves. The increasing importance of the protectionist
motivation in the development of patterns of import restrictions
has come to be generally acknowledged by competent observers of
many nationalities in recent months.
This problem is one of the utmost importance for all of the
contracting parties to the GATT. It represents a challenge to a
fundamental principle embodied in the GATT- the principle that
quantitative restrictions on imports should not be used as a pro-
tective device. Thq United States is of a view that some signifi-
cant progress can be made in meeting this problem if the matter
were to be explored fully and frankly among the contractingg parties.
The Contracting Parties are already agreed, through their adhe-
rence to the principles of the GATT, that it ach progess is
achieved, it will benefit the trade and living standards of all
member countries. |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
REVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
Note by the Executive Secretary
1. The Working Party on Quantitative Restrictions of the
Fourth Session, in its report to the Contracting Parties
(GA.TT/CP.4/33), discussed a proposal to review the appli-
cation of quantitative restrictions on exports. Paragraph
27 of the approved Report reads as follows:
"The Working Party considered it desirable to
obtain in the future more systematic and comprehensive
information on the subject of quantitative restrictions
on exports which were maintained under the provisions
of Articles XI to XX inclusive. It was agreed that
the priority to be accorded to the preparation of such
information should be determined in the light of the
desirability of undertaking other enquiries into various
aspects of commercial policy relevant to the provisions
of the A.greement. The Working Party suggests that the
matter might receive the early attention of the Contract-
ing Parties."
2. This item has been placed on the provisional agenda for the
Fifth Session as it is thought that the Contracting Parties,
in view of the last sentence in the recommendation quoted
above, may wish to give further consideration to the matter.
3. Should the Contracting Parties consider that information
relating to the application of export restrictions should
be obtained, the Secretariat might be instructed to
(a) request contracting parties to supply information and
documentation on quantitative export restrictions currently
in force, including copies of laws and administrative
decrees, etc., and (b) prepare a statement on the appli-
cation of export restrictions for the consideration of
the Contracting Parties at their Sixth Session. |
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GENERALEe AGRÉENT ON G4ATT/CP./.G/2/Rev 1
TARIFFS AND TRADE ENGLISH ONLY
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
REVISED DRAFT
OEPORT 0F ORKINGY PARTY AUSTRALIANLA
SUBSIDY ONMMONIUM SULPHATEULHATE3
I. INTRODUCTION
1, The WPrking ?arty exawined. xith the delegations of
Australia and Chile the factual situation resulting from the
,emoralX on the 1st 4uly 19+9 of nitrate of soda from the pool
of nitrogenous fertilisers which is subsidised by the Australian
Government. It then. conswhered v.ether the measure taken by the
Australian governmsnt condtitutea. a failure by the Australian
government to carry out its obligations under the Agreement,
within the terms of Article XXIII.
Having come to the conclusion that the meakure talen by the
Australian. government did notcconfliot with the provifions o;
thm Agreerent, the Working Party then examined whether the
Australian measure haf nulli±ied or impaired the tariff con-
cession granted by Australia to Chile on nitrate of soda in
19+7, and agreed on theftext oP a recommendation which, in its
opinion, would best assist the Australian. and Chilean govern-
ments to arrive at a satisfactosy adjuStment.
2. Prier to the okt-breaK of 1ar in mmoniumrenmoni sulphate
tas cli5ributed in Australia mmer cone:.cial pooling arrange-
ment operated by Nitsogenou3. Fertilisers P.,. Ltd y a private
ent;rprise that corporation bmmonium .;i.on sulphate from
the local produoers (bath by-product and synthetic sulphate)
mnd fro: foreign sources of supplymmoniumnimonim sulphate from
ail sources wasoscld ta eonsurnerunit a £inform price. The dis.-
tributionl of imported sodium nitrate was effected by indepen-
eent agoncies.
3 e In vice oc tco seareimmoniuminmoniu sulphate during the
war, the Australianmenternxne3 purchased sodium nitrate from
abroad. and appointed Nitrogenous Feetillisors Pty. Ltc. to aet
as distributing agent formmon eonin-waalth for allenitroganous
fertilisecs, whieh were scld to ronsumeis atformuni±'er prico
of LA 16.10 par ton. Durifg the ±irst year of the operation
of the pooling arrangemencompanyeomp.an could. supply the market
without any lo ss during the later years, thelAustra1ian
government undeotook taheeet tlw deficit companyecampan on the
sales af both. mmmoliun suiphate and sodium niTrate. Rhis
tinancial support bymmon Coniiinwealth government. had the effort
of a subsidy on imported fertilisers. GATT/CP.4/G/2/Rev. 1
Page 2.
4. As from 1st July 1949, Nitrogenous Fertilisers Pty. Ltd.
ceased to distribu". sodium nitrate, the trade of whichich
reverteo te theepro-war commercichannelsne1. The Australian
gonment i'm continued, however, tu p'rchase abroad ammonium
sulphate which it sold to Nitrogenous Fortilisors Pty. Ltd, at
landed cost. The retail price ommoniumoni sulphate, both
doiestic and imported, was no longer fixed byvgo.ernment con-
trol; the price, therefore, rose by stages £o LA. 22.10 per ton
but the Australian government; agreed te meet any loss on pro-
ementine or disposition of sulphate which hig.t be incurred by
Notrnourio Fertilisers Pty. .tdv up to amount n~t of aopr-xi.
elyi£t LA. 500.000.
5. On the basis offormhruation supplied by the Australian
representative, tfe Linancial implications of that arrangement
for419+9.-50 may bemmarisecd .d as follows:
* - ~ ~~2. 3.
tons estimated re- retail price Gross
taif price on under the dif'er-
a commercial pooling ence
basis arrange- between
rnent colunin
1 and 2
a) domestic supDll of sulphate
by-products 15,000 LA . 15.10)
synthGtic A 0 £A 0, ) £. 22.1 .lL1A3OS000
products 30,000 LA. 25 )
b) foe 5 urîvcfs;hi
various
1. c0s- £6, 7cx LA.X 31. O LA 22.810) approx.
£A. 33.0 -£ 275, 000
tltf The wecightcd averagme oS tk. quantities of amonuum
sulpha c listed under a)r. ;.'d b) above at the p.ices
indicated in coluin (1) would give a selling price
of LA. 25.12 in tHe avsence of a subsidy. ?owever,
as some elemeimated cost cannot be est. *3te with
perfec £A. ccurery, the figure oft, 28 ps. ton was
indicateseby the Australian reprsosntative as a
fair mmmomummselling price of anroniux sulphate
threugh Nitragenous Fertilisors Pty. Ltd. pooling
arrangennt if ne subsidy wzre maintained.
6. The suoniay on sulphate of ammenin was maintained because,
inter alia, users of that fertiliser w,uld have been prevented
by domstic pricm control and long-terricontracts, f rom in-
creasing their selling price in ordor to take account of the
increased cost of auncniur.i suiphate which would have resulted
frora the disotntiriuance of the subsidy. The sanie conditions
*did not exist in the case cf sodium nitrate as the agr.icultu.raî
producers who used most .of that fertiliser were no longer subject
to price central ar- ngcmr.ents and a ½.quate su-clics to meet aill
e mands xiore avai1labl- The un- subsidised retail price of
nitrate ai'£Aoda is estimatereat L;. 33.10 by the 2wpresentative
.t 1u10ral ehand et LA, 3S..1 bfEtbe representative o± Chile,
omparepriith aay bericexpared w±Abethe. piVe . £L..28. par ton.
for arlrmoeiium sulpWate deferred to in the above note. GATT/CP.4/G/2/Rev.1
Page 3.
The Australian imports of sodium nitrate during the post-
war period were limited to the amounts allocated by the IEFC
until June 1949, The total imports mainly for industrial
purposes are estmated at about 14, 000 tons for 1949-1950 as
compared. with about 7,000 tons for 1948-1949. However, the
Working Party took note of the information supplied by the
Australian representative that the agricultural demand for
nitrate of soda had dropped from 6, 300 tons in 1947-48 to 450
tons in 1948-49 (when nitrate of soda was sold. under the pooling
arrangement at the same price and on the same conditions as
sulphate of ammonia) and the same amount will probably be used in
agriculture in 1949- 50 under the new arrangements. The Chilean
representative stated that during 1948/49 nitrate of soda was
not sold under the same conditions a s sulphate of ammonia as
the whole allocation made that year by the IEFC to Australia
was assigned by the Australian Government for industrial
purposes and due only to Chile's reiterated petitions was 450
tons withdrawn from industrial stocks and given to agricultural
uses, leaving therefore a demand of more than 3000 tons without
fulfilment.
III. CONSISTENCY OF THE AUSTRALIAN MEASURES WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF .THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
7. The removal of nitrate of soda f from the pooling arrange-
ments did not involve any prohibition or restriction on the
import of sodium nitrate and did not institute any tax or
internal charge on that product. The workingg Party concluded
therefore that the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article XI and
of paragraph 2 of Article III were not relevant.
8, As regards the applicability of Article I to the Australian
measure, the Working Party noted that the General Agreernent
made a distinction between "like products" and "directly
competitive or substitutable products". This distinction is
clearly brought out in paragraph 2 of Article III, read in
conjunction with the interpretative note to that paragraph.
The most-favoured-nation treatment clause in the General Agree-
ment is limited to "like products". Without trying to give a
definition of "like products" and leaving aside the question
whether the two fertilisers are directly competitive, the
Working Party reached the conclusion that they were not to be
considered as "like products" within the terms of Article I,
In the Australian tarif f the two products are listed as separate
items and enjoy different treatment. Nitrate of soda is
classified as item 403 (C) and sulphate of ammonia as item
271 (B). Whereas nitrate of soda is admitted free both in the
preferential and most-favoured-nation tariff, sulphate of
ammonia is admitted free only for the preferential area and is
subject to a duty of 12½% for the m-f-n countries; moreover,
in the case of nitrate of soda the rate is bound whereas no
binding has been agreed upon for sulphate of ammonia. In the
tariffs of other countries the two products are listed separate-
ly; in certain cases the rate is the same but in others the
treatment is different; for instance in the case cf the United
Kingdom nitrate of soda is admitted free whereas a duty of £4
per ton is levied on ammoniun sulphate.
9. In view of the fact that paragraph 4 of Article III refers
to "'like products" t'he provisions of that paragraph are not
applicable ta tho lDre sont case for the rca sons set eut in
paragraph 8 above. A=s regarcfs the provisions oîL paragraph 9 OI
the sal.îe ,;rticle, the Working Party was informed. that a maximum GATT/CP.4/G/2/Rev.1
page 4
selling price for ammonium sulphate was no longer fixed by gov- gov-
ntal enta2 action in my event, noted 1, no tuat Avstralia had.
considered. tilean complaint and had made an offer within the e?'f withinin tho
teraph Since it was not found that any of the otir4.d th?ït anf the
of Article III were applicable, the I w?rcion?ieabie? the except?Lo
ph tained. in. p& ;gr?r? c.? .ixt reLovan.t?
y . The Working ?'a <? he Australian gov-er ti?e '?ustrr1ia:i g?
ernent hao cAmpLi'? 't...n subdicf L.ticle XVI o?. subsdies?
It noted di?t,eaitn -' ic2.?neralraftod ic± very ger±ei?
terms, thit was intended to cover was n in?onde?1 te ?cver wa the
a nanci?i aid to support its domestic pro-?I: t sur?r?r? its 3.omic pro-
ition either on the np±Qv? ? y?sLLion eith?r on. t?
domestic rarket o? on. t-;: :r: irWm??
,
aintenance of the Australian-;'; ?;f:j rn?ntcnance cf trie Ara.lian
covered by the terms of Article» ...? C..T?Cd b;' the terIr!s cf ?:tic?Le
XVInment's action hasj? tbr» ?r ?w' r Ki?n gcverrm?ntr s ac.t10fl as
ticle It is fli.ot ?i;b U-? s- ?ïv; ?i' th?t f?r? It is
otifi3edby t?i?'?; t?m. ??vj?t;! i?i e h?'? net b?c-?î tiZ?od by
the .ustrali?n Goe?'r:?i:..::t'. J '?.' rit nc? cf ? but
the Working P?..r: ?y n,,i?6' t. e t?rcroc.ixcv'1 ?rr :g?mc.c)r suoh
noti.Vic?xtions i3.?cl&2 ;..r c' <. ? o ..1;r bc?r.i ?o bv the
require riotii?'ici?:c1? n .ï?xr '?-*? o ? ? i -* cro?r?r,
the Chiloari $cvoe." ':icr.th?. rst, s I it.. ''<.w?ù th: that
failure te retify tne '? ?,r3 :Knc. *? ' ?-. .. -?
the Chilean. Cor.su.1 GG:Ic?rai ?c"? ?t-î ? i 4 t <i <r iss; thi?
matter with. tha L?is?.ril:Lr? autho- i bcV c"e ?e c4?ic??. 4;? dis-
continu.e the s'ibsidy Ofl. ?L)d?Lfl. ?'?2.',?2rL?,C I '? C'3 ex.'.oej ?- ho
1?straiiau Q?-e:t?rimer?t has cu' m?s"'? T xh r"t.? C ?î ?.wic:îb
the posslbility cf 2J.mi.tLng tic '1'X?c1K' <? sic.. ?ub?:i'?' ? ? "n. and
has alz: ag;eeod t() CiJSCUS:? tc. 1Aati;?:r V? k>..'. Y t.? C0r!hrlg Pc:rti?s,
in a'?cor1.aricc with the prOViS;'oL25 -? ?. &'0J
ii; w: tl-iiix the t?rms J r?t ?ren.c? c?f7 î' * ?rty> tho
examination cf the ?'cii?vr?-it. ?;.*cvi..3i.ons r ?or?c?'a1. k; reent thus
led. it ta the cori.clusidll th?t i-.c? ?oe?or b.. c?n prosc?.ted to
show th?.vû the L'?'.straL?an C?f.rc. rL;; X::.I : ? tc carry eut its
ob1igation.? u?îder th? ?re?'ui?tJ
IV?> NULLFIC;U.CN CT. :'7???J'.Nw ci? ?-?: ccpoe?1s
GRLN'IFJ.' ?LC' (IT il '? cri *?s'.YJ;ZU?' t?'3?
the Govc-rrimonb w. ' I ? h??i2. :.?:rd r rcn3c?tod. ? iî.ulli-
fication or rn?' i ?-'?or? cci. a 'Ji.t r ?r'ku-rg te ChUc? d.t:ectiy or
indirectly -' ' . c>?. >?r?Dnr?cG an?.1 ?is ttiùrett?r? subject
t -r?.
to tho p:cv. s? m"; i ... ?., thê?t ;suieh im-
pai:rncùL wor ?. "''? '? m?c. a c' or -.'f tr?c. .?>us>t?x1liail &oxr>.?rraxnent
whch r>?u.V LA r fl' "o c.î??:Ùi;i vo rciato?i?hip between
sodivu.î lIitr:'. v? r?'ror- WT s i ph?t? u??i r.ot roa?or.abiy have been
anticipated y 'J? b?a,. L:L: v?c?r?t ?>t thè tino Lt. negotiated
for the dui;y X.oe '? ?î C;?. ? i?i.Ur&tu, ta':Lng i.n?o con sidera?
tiori ail pe? L½s?nt > r ' rn:?ti?:? os ? ??io p:'c? ?Icns cf ?ic General
I?greement?? rUhu t4?> ? ?yb..byj toe? w: te cf th?; f?.cts ?b.r3.t neither
GovenlmQnt h?f1 ? b <? '?.. 1? t? war ?.çwC2? a .?bsidy to bath
sodium n?trrT.t?.'. *??ci ,bj¶1 )II>U?fl s.2?.iphatO at t?io savie timc? ani that, iri
the light CirA thi §.c?i' ?rr ferr?A?zcr shcrt&go, th? ?ub3idy was st?il
Working Party ?sr?' uvL'1 tho:t?';f.9r2 that f-?.c GoverrL-ncrlt of Chile had
reas? n te ass1x"'? ?'?'r> tflcsc nogotînticn?, thnA; thc' war'-tine
fertilizer sU?n?.ct3' ?*?' u -.ot ? rcn?o':cd. fxer.î sc?±um nitrate
bef'?re ? t was re;.crod I ?:'? ?mi <miu.m s'?..I p1;?aUc? ?k?z- thc?e GATT/CP.4/G/2/Rev.1
Page 5.
reasons, it also concluded. that the Australian action should
be considered as relating to a benefit accruing to Chile under
the Agreement and that it was therefore subject to the provisions
of article XXIII. In reaching this conclusion, however, the
Working: Party considered that; the removal of a subsidy, in
itself, would not normally result in nullification or impairment.
In the case under consideration, the inequality created and
the treatement that Chile could reasonably have expected at the
time of the negotiation, after taking into consideration all
pertinent circumstances, including the circumstances mentioned
above and the provisons of the General Agreement, were
important elements in the Working Partyt's conclusion.
The situation in this case is different from that which
would. have arisen fron the granting of a new subsidy on one
of the two competing products . In such a ca se given the
freedom under the General Agreement of the Australian Government
to impose subsidies and to choose the classification on which a
particular subsidy could be granted, it would be more diffficut
to say that the Chilean Governnient had reasonably relied. on the
continuation of the same treatment for the two products. In
the present case, however, the Australian Government, in
granting a subsidy on account of the wartime fertilizer shortago
and continuing it in the post-war period. had grouped the two
fertilizers together and treated them uniformly. Under such
circumstances it would. seem that the Chilean Government could
reasonably assune that the subsidy would. remain equally appli-
cable to both fertilizers so long as there remained a local
nitrogenous fertilizer shortage . The Working Party has no
intention of implying that the action taken by the Australian
Government was unreasonable but simply that the Chilean
Government could not have been expected during the negotiations
in 1947 to have foreseen such action or the reasons which led.
to it.
13. Having thus concluded that there was a prima facie case
that the value of a concession granted. to Chile had been
impaired as a result of a treasure which did not conflict with
the provisions of the General Agreement, the Working Party
consiclered. the best method. of assessing the extent of such
impairment. As indicated above the Working Party cane to the
conclusion that there was no infringement of the Agreement by
Australia; and since Chile had not applied for a relea se from
any of its obligations under the provisions of the last two
sentences of paragraph 2 of Article XXIII, and it was moreover
hoped that an adjustment of the matter satisfactory to both
parties could be reached (without prejudice to the views of
either on the merits of the case), it was not necessary for the
Working Party to consider whether the above-mentioned provisions
were applicable to the case.
14. The Chilean representative stated that his government did
not press for a discussion of the question of the degree of
damage sustained and would be satisfied if an arrangement could
be made to remove the cause of the present competitive inequality
between the two fertilizers. Such an arrangement would not
necessarily involve the restoration of the previous nethod of
subsidization. The Chilean representative suggested that no
subsi dy be granted for both fertilizers or that if the
Austraian Government wishes to subsidize certain agricultural
products, the subsidy might be paid on fertilizer used by the
producers of those crops which it desires to subsidize, without
distinction between types of fertilizer . Thus wherever one
nitrogenous fertilizer is subsidized for a particular crop, the GATT/CP.4/G/2/Rev. 1.
Page 6.
other would receive equal subsidization.
15. As the declared intention of the Australian Government in
maintaining the subsidy on ammonium sulphate was to give give
financial not to the procedures of a rs aertain type of a ai
fertilizer, bot te thoducers of certain rtao craps, whose
selling, price wamited by d by price coltrad anl preferred to ta
usmmonium sulphate for technical ceasons, irrespective of cf
prico cansideroti,ns,etWc vorking Partyme to the th clncLusion.
that a satisfactordjustment :.o wauld be aevedvod if the
wusltraiaovernment could consider nsi the possibiliof modifyingngn
theeprcsent arrangements in such a way ao ta achieve that;
abject while givingo taeth-o w:; types of fertilizees olua.'
oppartunito compete on its market. ar1,
16. In light of the toe cansiderntiors set ouo abave tht
ing king Party wishos tamit to the a oh Cantracting Parties the
owing in.g draft mmendation atia whicn, i. its opinion. doulc
best assise Australian and Chi^Chileaovernments çnos ta arrive
at a satisfactadjustment . In making this 1nak thisommendationUdatn
orking Party -wishes to draw attention to one on tanc point of
parmportance .p rt^ece . Thire is inetheothing inDthin*^ i
^rticle XXIwould empower cl oz.ontracting itractiri oarties ta
require a cg tractin.o withy t.aow>idduce r reclcamptionnsu.-npti
subsicly such aplied apn1iadl byrnmentoof AustraliaiQustra1i
um sulphate, and the recommendation made by the Ferda tiale by the
'ifaroir earty shoo imply bz eaken ta i~lp1y thc contrary., The
the Contracting Parties under Article avrti:.s und; r arXXIII
is g at of authed ziontracting party c ontractLrig part ta suspend
appropriate an ai apprapridta obligations unrer the General
e reason why the adjustment of subsidies to st::ient ai subsi:es ta
inequality between the two products betwzcn the twa pradluts
arising rcommended is that in thise:en½'.d is that9 i. thil
ns that ar casa, it happears h-o. such action am*Saars ta afford
the bcst prospect of an -a-Jjust..ent ai the latterer satisfactory
ta bath narticçs,
17. The f allawing is tho toxt of the draft recon:icndatian
subrlittedS by the Vilorkin; Party ta the Con.tractinx Parties:
6 Thc Cantr-actinx Prtrtios r co..r.zond that the 2.ustra1ian
Gavernr.wnt cansidler, with d.uc regard ta its policy of
stabi1izin>- the cast ;f prodluction of certain craps,
:.-eans t^a r.-w)e ariy cor.'petitivo in!»qua1ity between the
twa products which -.n.y in rDractice oxist as a result
of tho r.;:v val ai nitrateJ ai sodla fra::.± thc aDorationts
ai th_ subsidize-l pool of nitro;Gnaus fertili . rsand
cosl2.unicatG thie r su1tWs ai their vonsidora.tiaîi ta the
Chilean Gavrernmlent, arirJ. that the t;Jo parties report
t a aho C ntrEtctin: Pn.]ies et the next Sessiori> |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT LIMITED B GATT/CP.5/36
TARIFFS AND ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
TRADE
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session S U B S I D I E S
NOTIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE XVI
AND BY THE DECISION OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES OF 2 MARCH 1950
Note by the Executive Secretary
At their last meeting the contractingg Parties decided to place on their
agenda a new item "Report on Notifications under Article XVI".
In accordance with the decision taken by the Contracting Parties on 2
March 1950, 14 contracting parties have indicated that they do not grant or
maintain subsidies of the type defined in Article XVI of the General Agreement
and 11 contracting parties have notified the subsidies of the type defined in
Article XVI which they grant or maintain. (i) No statement has been received from
7 contracting parties.
It is suggested that the Contracting Parties:
a) take note of the notifications received frcm the 25 contracting
parties, and
b) record that Burma, Chile, Greece, Liberia, Lebanon, Nicaragua and
Syria have not submittcd notifications in accordance with the
provisions of Article XVI and that, in accordance with the decision
of 2 March 1950, this absence of notification will be considered as
indicating that these countries do not grant or maintain at tho present
time any subsidy, including any form of income or price support,
which operates directly or indirectly to increase exports of any
product from, or to reduce imports of any product into, their
territories.
The Contracting Parties may also wish to consider whether any useful purpose
would be served by issuing the replies received from the various contracting
parties in a single document.
(i) See Document GATT/CP.5/26 and Add.1 |
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TARIFFS AND TRADE 26 October 1950 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
ACALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUDGET
OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES FOR 1951.
Note by the Exesutive Secretarsy
1. The Draft Budget of the Contracting Parties for the year 1951
has been circulated as GATT/CP.5/10. The following tables etc. have been
prepared on the basis of the budget estimates contained in that document.
2. Following the practice in the proceding years, the external trade
of the years 1938 and 1946 has been usedas the basis for the computation
of these scales. The table in the Annex shows the average external trade
of these two years for all the countries participating in the negotiations
at Torquay , andi the percentage of each in the total. Table I shows the
position of each country in the schedule of categories hitherte used for
the calculation of budget contributions.
3. Table II(a) contains a scale drawn up by the "Unit" method used
in the preceding years and described in Budget/4/Rev.1. Table Il(b) has
been computee on the basis of the Czechoslovak proposal in Budget/5.
4. Tables III(a) and III(b) give two alternative scales for advances
to a Working, Capital Fund of $150,000, using the samr two alternative methods
of computation. The quotas represent the full assessed contributions of the
contracting parties to the Funds; the actual advances to be made by them are,
however, expected to be substantially less, as the cash balance at the end of
1950 will be creditred t the Working Capital Fund, this reducing the amount to
be advanced by the contracting parties.
5. These scales have been prepared on the assumption that all countries
participating in the Torquay Negotiations will be of become contracting parties
during the year 1951. GATT/CP.5/13
page 2
TABLE 1
SCHEDULE OF CONTRACTING PARTIES DIVIEDED
INTO CATEGORIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CALCULATING BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS, ETC.
____________________I
C?xtcjcry p?r x?x?& tn.b?'-- ira. tho Cate?r?
A .?' ri'-r? Unztud Li:'?Lv.? Jnit??:?.
?.tn.t c s
*:.r LL::'ru ?CLt J.us?z Wi?
2C?
C 7.? :;:iro bu± Lc?s?.
ID ;? zr ??crc bv? l<x?.
tfc?.r: 7?
S» ..r :;r? L?t i&?s IL.trs:Js? btil? 2.U
-r .sr? LWS J.c...x CX.W?. ?cno?i i? -'w 'c-"
k r
G- :?-?s L!:.?; L? ? , ?c u?': fl?
? b'' .Lr'CrIi??-
i u? uX.?-CC?
'--J'
? ILC, 2.
r *-?i - ? iL '< LL > --
LX' '? ? L?J ?
a) See Annex it and of document GATT/CP.5/13
page 3
TABLE II(a)
SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUDGET OF THE
CONTRACTING PARTIES FOR 1951
Alternative A: "Unit" method
Catogor?, Coun- pur i?uibc..r p?r Çontribu.tiqriz
trft.? Countr???' nf U'nit? Country i
2 20 )±0 $57,106.oo $112±,2L?.0O
B fil; 10 Nil 28,553.00 Lu
C 7 7 l9?987.l0 l%967.lC
D 5 5 14,276.50 l?,27t.5O
E 9 .?6 11,421.20 l02,7?0.?3O
O
F 5 2 10 5b710.60 28?,5L?3.00
G 21 1 21 2,S?5.30 ?%9Ûl.?C
TOtLQ 39 119 ??.)3?780.70
______________________________ ________________ _______________________________ _____________________________ ________________________________________ _____________________________________________ j
a) 1 unit = $2,855.30 GATT/CP.5/13 page 4
TABLE 11(b)
SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUDGET OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES FOR 1951
Alternative B: Czechoslovak Proposal
s
:<Q, ;rJn v . C . n C
h . 20. C>) iO g 2il, 5 âgé >737viû Xi>9; 471r _C
. .. , ,, l
z . .
,^O l'if,, . : 900.00 bain '
: : l I
___ .. . ! . _ . .
U 1 ,97,7.5 Ds7j7.9 'l-|9'6q1.40 25284i.1>0
. .j , .
_ . __ -; _ _ _ _
L 1 ' ,91:?. 5 3,122., vis o71, go719 67i. 50
. . . _. » --
A 9 lrf) 577., ig ,;37. v 9 9 979. 50 8' 77S D°
., . , .: '. ;
. ; - . _ ,-
« 5 Es 137 27. 4 1F9 75L. (D^Gk92 770. C)o
. /1 49 '39 nC' g . Aux e:iO. 70, 8 359 242.70
. 'i tel 479 23G 5 t 2,599 779. 30
r r - - . . . _
Gu.;'i`jfir.,/ii
De. 4 4
C^ 1 1(b)
7<:S lacé - s - ^ Or SOJA s -à;
, '; i 9 s :,r ..... ul . .;g. < 4W/^.tJi r; z-> -c- ir:,ii ^. t;-, t1.e ssGcl.;;DïOs-lk iDr^Ds
-;'.t'.i6.Cts >1s :l-fiw " t r;1t>,,çt j5. Pri,<f'lv at;n.tcwiS -U-\ ,W.trLe.s .nWr;
:..'-V'i'.lll. i.{-t,, _-'*l-_',-' ri<> i di }!, : z ..z.." i.s in i;i.e ,';zzlGit, ,,11O<.
.!_tw ;_.-.>ÉiÉL4' -î > i-bri'^u'>i:«;n<^ ` e-\.c'- c<!ail2brJ- ;.s .ccrrin, tf.> its
_ Wtt ! . rv is , rtJ, C !,iz ^-i .té«.t i v >iG I .;1.! .,; ii'LX . 1 4 r.; Lu L;::
E! - ,.i . v + .. n
L_ t
b = n' 11
Note: The formula and notation are according to the Czechoslovak proposal
contained in document Budget/5. Briefly stated, the countries are
divided into categories in the same way as in the "unit" method.
The amount of contributions of each country as according to its
category is then calculated by the following formula:
. - , .. ic; : Xt ,ri, :. .i Xi.- ;a >;\ ç; ,lBltl"
j;, fi .- gii7> ,rJ. ,) * *ii Li sils
. = 3,2
? />, } ) 77c,. '9( r :
,.-. $9'itii'?s.
,.,L,;. . 5 _ -; )>'5 77 - 99 : S)° 2 -/rl + 509
Ir7 S > j ru @ ,7
= {, 7cé3 ,7 i: nt/';z + 5C)G GATT/CP.5/13
page 5
TABLE III(a)
SCALE OF ADVANCES TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND
OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
Alternative A : "Unit" method of allocation
a)
1 unit = $1,260.55
- No. ifUnit&J Tctcs L Ldvranc Tct-il
O'rtdgcry ... . couurriis pur I'ïu.....r p\ULer pr;v
ccuntryr ......f units Ccurtra
X 2 20 4°O ,25,211.O 00 $ G,422.O00
Es . Nil . ....10 ; il. 8152,605,50 .Nil1-
-C i 7 7 8, 823. 85 8, 823&5,85
D i 5 . 5 6,302. 75 6,502. 75
. B~~~~ . 94. 36 5,04.2.20 4...... 5,379. 80
. . 5 2 102 2521. 10 i..... 2, 605. 50
21 i 21~ 15,260,.55 26,4.71.55
lTotal | 39 ||119 l|i | 150, 005.45|
- - AGTT/CP.5/13
page 6
TABLE III(b)
SACLE OF ADVANCES TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND
OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
Alternative B: Method of allocation based
on the Czechoslovak Proposal
Category
.1>. 2 209L423 10, 2115 f/1 3C.2940.60 So s.9 81. 20
B . O * lNil | 200. 00 I iL
C i . 3, 737., 3), 737.5 11, lg451.155 1i1 451;.95
D . . .5,1i2. 5 .3,1i22. 5 . 9*,599.95 9,599.@95
E . . 9 12,577.5 i,397.5 | 4,407.05 39,66Y.45
i S~ ~ 3,137 627,4 7 2,083,75 10,4J.3f75
G. 21 4 ,29 ,?C1.&6 &07. 70 16 9 611.70
TctLL1 39 .47,236. 5 . t . 15o> 0O1,40
: ; z .__ _._ _.._ _',
Note: For method of calculation, etc. see Table 11(b). The formula
used here is as follows:
F-.Jq ?
L= V n
where, V, c, N and n have the same significances and values as
in Table 11(b):
f 3r...ui1a
+ cj
J-'
n .LP.V? b?k. ?f. ?.. sic?riific?znccs c?riJ v?.1w.s ?s
iA .a&vancG l- & .ch ccuntry,y
ba LSiC ~u.rLl .. fo r où.c: cc>Lutry - $200. -,
F' th±: T :t.1;. ,:;rkinf G-.pit. 1 Fun w;' /1,50, 000. -
5is, OCO - 9 ; 200 X +2;'C
`hlls h - 47,236. 5n
=3.0Ci039 ,. v/n + 200
- - - GATT/CP.5/13
Page 7
EXTTERNAL TRADE OF PRESENT CONTRACTING PARTIES AND TORQUAY
ACCEDINCG GOVERNMENTS
1958 1946 AvcraSc cf Pcrcclnt^e
Govcrnmnnt % million $ mlillion 2 yoars cf tctr.12i
,t million
Australia
Austxria
Belgiuxn )
Luxc-rnbur« )
Brazil
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Chuie
Cub.
Czcchc siovakia
DenmTark
DominicaLn Rep,
Finland.
Franco
C.c ran. Fcle rai
R c public
G-reecc
Haiti
Inftin )
Pakistan )
1038
467
1574
592
117
1698
181
257
261
646
689
27
364
3.038
1300.
223~
2166
16t56
26 2
4547
413
..,.410
862
719
930
96
412
4437
2674
221
15
1 021
Ind.cnesia 647
Ita*ly 1133
Korea. 85
Liboria 4
Ncthcrlands 1745
Newr Zcaland. 439
T'ictar% eua 10
Ncrw-ay 480
Paru 135
Phi1i'mpincs 266
Soutlhcrn Riiodesia G5
Svcreclen 986
SySria ) 5
Lebanon ) 5
Turkey 234
U. cf S. Afrisca 636
Unitedi Kingdom! 34 39
United St2teEs 5325
Urugu.ay
123
15750
361
39
2046
164
1260;
52
17
1796
565
28
685
269
566t
161
1539
137
336
1379
11139
15943
300
1169
345
1870
1124
189.5
3122.5
297
*33.5
561.5
682.5
809.5
61.5
388
3737,5
2124.5
291
27
1533.5
405.5
1196.5
68.5
10.5
1770.5
501
19
582.5
202
416
113
1262,*5
95
285
1007.5
9789
10634
211.5~
(
2 .5
0.7
3.6
0.4
2.e 4
0.4
6,6
O,6
0.7
1.2
1.4
1.7
0.1
00,8
7.9
4.5
0.6
0.1
0r 9
2.5
0.2
0e.1
3.7
1,0
0.1
1.2
0,4
0.9
0.2
2.7
0.1
( o.
0.6
2.1
22.5
Q. 5
)
)
3 5685 589788 47,236G;es5 100D O
(1)
(2)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
( 10) GATT/CP.5/13
Page 8
Source: International Financial Statistics for December 1949
(Vol. II No.12) published by I.M.F.
(1) Including, Belgian Congo. The statistics do not provide separate
figures for Belgium and Luxemburg. The respective percentages
have been computed, provisionaly, on the basis of the proportion
used in the computation for the 1949 budget (Budget/4/Rev.1).
(2) No statistions for 1949 being available, the figure for 1947 is
used instead.
(3) Including Newfoundland.
(4) Including French overseas territories.
(5) Figures cover the Federal Republic only. Official German estimates
for 1936 trade covering Trizonia and the West Sectors of Berlin
(export RM2998m and imports RM2510m IFS, August 1950, p. 166)
represent, by calculation, 61 % of the estimates for 1936 covering
the whole of Germany (exports RM4774m and imports RM4238m. See
League of Nations. Balance of Payments, 1936). In the absence of
acailable data, an estimate is made on the basis of this proportion
for 1938 trade covering the area referred to above. 61 % of
$4384m = $2674m.
(6) The aggregate percentage is divided between India and Pakistan
on the basis of the external trade peoportion in 1948.
(7) 1946 figure covers South Korea only.
(8) Esestimate as per E/CONF.2/4/Rev.1
(9) Including, Netherlands Antilles, Surinam.
(10) Including Cyprus, Malaya, Hong Kong, Gold Coast, Kenya and Uganda,
Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, Fiji, Tanganyika, Jamaica. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED C GATT/CP.5/19
TARIFFS AND TRADE 3 Novermber 1950 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
Scale of Contributions to the Budget
of the Contracting Parties
Proposal of the Czechoslovak Delegation
The Czechoslovak Delegation proposes that the future GATT contributions
be based on the export data of member countries in 1948. The year of 1948
was selected on account of its being the latest annual period for which sta-
tistical data for all member countries, excepting Liberia, are available.
Relevant statistical figures were taken from the Statistical Papers, Series
T., Volume I, No 1; Direction of International Trade published by the Sta-
tistical Office of the United Nations.
The present budget estimates for 1950 were calculated, in so far as
thc scale of contributions is concerned in the following manner: the basis
for fixing the total amount of contributions was the total foreign trade
of all the members. Individual member countries were divided into seven
groups. To each group a certain number cf units was assigned, more or less
arbitrarily.
The only fair principle on which individual contributions should be
based the scope of services which each member country can expect from the
operation of the GATT. Since the GATT can exercise its functions and in-
fluence foreign trade only in regard to its members, figures of trade with
the non-participating countries should not be taken into account for the
purpose of calculating the scale of contributions. For the same reason it is
inappropriate to include both the exports and the imports of the member-
countries in the bases for the assessment of their contributions. The prin-
cipal function of the GATT consists of enabling its members the expansion cf
their exports to the other participating countries and of assisting them
in negotiating and securing favorable terms for that purpose. In the case
of member-countries administering dependent territories not even their ex-
ports form an accurate basis for establishing their quota of contributions.
The trade of the metropolitan countries with their dependent territories and
vice versa is in fact an internal trade which is also outside the scope of
the GATT influence. A similar observation should also be made in respect of
trade among members of the Benclux Union.
In the present scale of countributions are in category A the two largest
contributions, i.e. the United States and the United Kingdom. In the last
category G are included sixteen countries beginning with Burma and ending ;with
Uruguay. GATT/CP.5/19
Page 2
The scale of contributions is as follows :
Category Total exports /in Contributions as Dollars per one
mil. dol. of to-day /in million dollars
dollars of exports
A 21450,7 106.017 4,94
C 2971,3 15.553 6 ,24
D 3075,4 13.252 4, 31
E 10948,44 95.416 8, 71
F 2942 ,4 26.500 9 ,01
G 2386,6 42.407 17, 77
totally 43774,8 302.145 6,90
The above table indicates that the member-countries having the
smallest exports contribute nearly four times as much as the largest
exporting countries.
In columns III and IV of the enclosed Tables the scale of contri-
butions is calculated in such away that all members pay equal
contributions for each million dollars of their exports.
In support of fixing relatively larger contributions for members
with a smaller foreign trade the argument is being sometimes advanced
that all member countries draw an equal benefit from various administra-
tive services, such as the distribution of papers, etc. This argument
is not valid for the members with a larger trade take relatively more
space, for instance in the Schedules. Expanses of this kind could be
covered by the basic contribution of 200 dollars per member per annum.
This basic contribution is not related to the extent of foreign trade.
The balance of the budget should then be met from the total of indi-
vidual contribution which should be related to the exports of each
member directed to all the other participating countries only. The
scale 0of contributions thus revised is referred to in columns V and VI
of the enclosed Tables.
The method of the computation of contribution for each member-
country is very simple, if we introduce the following formulas:
v - volume of exports of the country in question to GATT countries
V - total volume of exports to GATT countries of all members
N - number of all member-countries
B - the total budget
c - the basic contribution of each country
The formula for the contribution of a country is as follows:
Exclusive of basic contributions C - v x B/V
Inclusive of basic contribution C - v x B - Nc = c
The coefficient B/V resp. B-Nc is the same for the computation of
contributions for all member V countries.
As this formula can br used for any number of countries with any volume
of foreign trade, contributions of the acceding countries can be included
in a very simple way. GATT/CP.5/19
page 3
The Survey of the Proposed Contributions in Comparison to the Contributions
fixed for the Year 1950 (in percentages)
Tableau des contributions proposées par comparaison avec les contributions
fixées pour l'année 1950 (en pourcentages)
Country Contribution quoted in column
Pays Contribution indiquée dans la colonne
Il IIII IV V VI
United Kingdom 113 107 100 105
United States 164 147 166 143 162
France 111 128 47 126 47
Canada 160 197 222 194 218
Australia 108 131 147 130 146
Luxembourg 102 100 76 101 78
Brazil 76 83 93 83 93
China 32 33 38 34 39
India 83 95 107 95 106
95
Italy 70 51 58 52 58
Netherlands 109 121 107 121 106
South Africa 36 40 45 41 46
Sweden 72 73 82 73 82
Cuba 92 100 113 102 114
Czechoslovakia 98 51 58 54 60
Denmark 74 75 85 77 87
New Zealand 64 83 93 85 95
Norway 54 56 63 58 65
Burma 57 70 79 76 85
Ceylon 74 83 94 89 99
Chile 86 98 111 103 116
Finland 130 106 119 111 124
Greece 26 28 32 33 39
Haiti 8 10 11 17 19
Indonesia 102 115 73 120 79
Syria
Lebanon 5 1 2 9 9
Liberia 5 5 6 13 13
Nicaragua 7 8 9 15 16
Pakistan 44 53 59 59 66
Sourthern Rhodesia 31 39 44 40 51
Uruguay 47 53 60 60 66 GATT/CP.5/19
Page 4.
EXPORTS IN THE YEAR 1948 (In millions U.S.A. $)
EXPORTATIONS AU COURS DE L'ANNEE 1948 (en millions de dollars
des Etats-Unis)
Country Total To GATT member countries only
brute netto
Pays Total à destination des pays membres
du GATT seulement
brut net
1 2 3
United Kingdom
United States
France
Canada
Australia
Belgium
Luxemburg
Brazil
China
India
Italy
Netherlands
South Africa
Sweden
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Ceylon
Chile
Dominican Rep.
Finland
Greece
Haiti
Indonesia
Lebanon /
Syria /
Liberia
Nicaragua
Pakistan
S. Rhodesia
Uruguay
X 8700,2
12650,5
2971,3
3075,4
1651,8
1953,9
1172,7
X 490,0
1277, 0
1067,6
X 1672,4
560, 0
1103,0
752,9
495,1
415,6
X 220,0
233,3
329,8
82,3
500, 3
X 100,0
29,8
392,1
35,8
X 20,0
26,7
X 170,0
117,6
178,9
43774,8
6052,0
8335,8
2533,7
2787,4
1480,6
1420,9
936,3
377,8
1073,8
581,3
1376,3
454,6
822,4
567,7
290,6
426,2
469,8
314,4
198,5
236,3
277,9
79,6
300,0
79,8
28,7
325, 9
7,7
X 15,0
22,2
149,4
111,4
151,3
32285,3
5092,6
8335,8
825,2
2737,4
1480,6
957,5
936,3
377,8
1075,8
581,3
1075,4
454, 6
822,4
567,7
290,6
426,2
469,3
314,4
198,5
236,3
277,9
79,6
300,0
79,8
28,7
183,1
7,7
X 15,0
22,2
149,4
111,4
151,3
28647,3
X Estimate
Column 1./ Total Export
" 2./ Export to GATT member countries only brutto, i.e. the total recorded
exports to GATT member countries and to their dependencies and
from their dependencies to all GATT countries.
3./ Exports to GATT member countries only, netto, i. e. as in col. 2./
but cxcluding the exports from the metropolitan countries to
thir dependencies and vice versa and excluding the exports
inside the Customs Unions. GATT/CP/5/19
Page 5.
X Estimation.
Colonne 1. Total des exportations.
2. Exportations brutes à destination des pays membres du
GATT seulement, c'est à dire le total des exportations
enrigistrées à destination des pays membres du GATT et de
leurs territoires dépendants et des cxportations de ces
territoires dependants à destination de tous les pays membres
du GATT.
3. Exportations nettes à destination de tous les pays membres du
GATT seulement, c'est à dire comme dans la colonne 2, mais
à l'exclusion des exportations des pays metropclitains à
destination de leurs territoires dépendants et vice versa
et à l'exclusion des exportations à l'intérieur des
Unions douanières. GATT/CP.5/19
page 6
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GATT MEMBERS
in U.S.A. $
CONTRIBUTIONS DES MEMBRES DU GATT
(en dollars des Etats-Unis)
Contrib.
fixed
March 2C
1950
on tribu-
tion li-
xée le
20 Mars
1950
accord,
to the
total
export
Selon
le
total
expor-
According to exports to GATT
member countries only
without basic C
basic c. 200 $
Selon les exportations a destination
des pays membres du GATT
Sans C de base
Btto
Nttc
Net
Btto
Brut
Ntto
Net
United Kingdom
United States
France
Canada
Australia
Belgium
Luxemburg
Brazil
China
India
Italy
Netherlands
South Africa
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
New Zealand
Norway
Burma
Ceylon
Chile
Dominican Rep.
Finland
Greece
Haiti
Indonesia
Lebanon
Syria
Liberia
Nicaragua
Pakistan
South Rhodesia
Uruguay
302145,02 302145 302145 302145 302145 302145
See note next page
Voir note page suivante
Country
code base 200 $
53008,60
53008,60
18553,01
13252,15
10601,72
10601,72
2650,43
10601,72
10601,72
10601,72
10601,72
10601,72
10601,72
10601,72
5300,06
5300,06
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
2650,43
60051
87317
20509
21227
11401
13486
11543
3866
7613
4899
5197
3927
3417
2869
1519
1955
2276
568
3453
690
206
2706
247
138
184
1174
813
1 235
56638
78011
23712
26086
13856
13298
10049
5440
4254
7696
5313
2720
3989
4397
1858
2211
747
269
3050
72
140
208
1398
1043
1416
53047
87918
8703
29399
15616
10099
9875
3985
11325
6131
11342
8674
4495
4955
2492
2931
3164
842
303
1931
156
234
1576
1175
1596
55564
76456
23378
25699
13745
13398
8765
3656
10023
5518
12790
4359
7723
5393
2858
4099
4498
3076
2016
2362
2742
2944
930
463
3181
470
337
403
1568
1219
1584
52054
8708
15464
10271
9853
4095
11270
6193
11287
4888
8679
6053
3196
4594
5043
3441
2246
2636
3293
1023
496
2088
479
355
429
1740
1348
1760 GATT/CP.5/19
Page 7.
NOTE:
* Colonne I.
" II.
Contributions fixées le 20 mars 1950
Contributions correspondent au total des exportations,
col.1
" III. Contributions correspondent aux exportations brutes à
destination des pays du GATT, col. 2
" IV. Contributions correspondent aux exportations nettes a
destination des pays du GATT, col. 3
Col.III et IV sans contribution de base
" V. Contributions correspondant aux exportations brutes à
destination des pays du GATT 2.
" VI. Contributions correspondant aux exportations nettes à
destination des pays du GATT 3.
Col. V et VI sans contribution de base de 200 $.
Column I. Contributions fixed March 20, 1950
" Il. Contributions corresponding to total exports, col. 1
" III, Contributions corresponding to brutto exports into
GATT countries col.2
" IV. Contributions corresponding to netto exports into GATT
countries col.3
Col.I II and IV without b-asic contributions
" V Contributions corresponding to brutto exports into GATT
countries 2.
" VI. Contributions corresponding to nette exports into GATT
countries 3.
Col. V and VI with basic contribution of $ 200. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR LIMITED B
GATT/CP/71
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 22 June 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE Original: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SCHEDULE IX - CUBA
Resort on renegotiations with the United States
The Governments of Cuba and the United States of America have
reported the conclusion on 31 May 1950 of the renegotiations which they
agreed to undertake at the Second Session of the Contracting Parties
(GATT/CP.2./SR.25). The renegotiation involved the following items
in Part II of Schedule IX:
Trimmings, ribbons and galloons (127A and 142 E and F);
Hollow tyres and inner tubes (314 B and C); and
Nylon stocking (ex 137 F).
The Government of the United States undertook to renegotiate these
items - and also coloured woven textiles, if the Government of Cuba so
desired - in return for adequate compensation (GATT/CP.2/43).
The results of the renegotiations on the tariff items mentioned
above are attached hereto, but the renegotiation of coloured woven
textiles has been deferred. The two Governments have submitted three
lists showing the proposed changes in the Cuban Tariff, namely
Appendices A, B and C.
Appendix A. (Proposed increases in rates of duty at the request of
of Cuba).
This give, the results of the renegotiation of the six items
mentioned above. Several new sub-items have been established.
Increased in rates of duty have been agreed upon for some of the
products listed under each of the six tariff items; under three of
these items the present rates have been retained for some products;
and under one item a duty reduction for some products has been
agreed upon. GATT/CP/71
page 2
Appendix B. (Proposed reductions in rates of daty as compensation
for the United States)
This is a list of duty reductions on items in the Cuban tariff
to which the Cuban Government has agreed by way of compensation.
Most of these items already appear in Part II of Schedule IX.
Several new sub-items in the Cuban tariff have been established.
Appendix C. (Statement of the changes proposed in Schedule IX)
This includes the results of the renegotiations and the duty
reductions proposed as compensation. It is intended that all these
changes will be put into effect as a unit, and will be applied as
if they had been inserted in their appropriate numerical order in
Schedule IX. In addition to the negotiated changes in Part II of
Schedule IX. this list shows the changes to be made in Part I as a
result of the negotiations.
In addition, the Government of Cuba has submitted a full list of
the proposed changes, negotiated and consequential, in the Cuban
tariff. This list is also attached hereto. It shows the insertion
of new sub-items, changes in the description of products and changes in
rates of duty in the m-f-n and preferential tariffs. It contains items
of the Cuban customs tariff which were negotiated and an which an agree-
ment was reached by the two governments with respect to the duties
applicable to products of the United States imported into Cuba; it
contains also the duties which will be applied to products imported from
other contracting parties, whether or not these duties appear in
Part I of Schedule IX.
The Government of Cuba has advised by letter received on 22 June
that the proposed changes in Schedule IX have been put into force as
from 9 June 1950 in accordance with the provisions of Article XIX
(GATT/CP/71/1Add.l) pending approval by the Contracting Parties. A
further communication concerning the procedure for obtaining the
approval of Contracting Parties for the changes in Schedule IX will
be issued at an early date. GATT/CP/71
Appendix A
page 1
APPENDIX A
ITEMS IN PART II, SCHEDULE IX - CUBA, OF THE.GENERAL
AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, WHICH WERE RENEGOTIATED
AT THE REQUEST OF CUBA.
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
Dutiable
Unit
Present Negotiated
Rate Rate of
of Duty Duty
(Specific duty in
Cuban Pesos)
Trimmings and ribbons:
Ribbons, not for ornamental
purposes, but for finishing
clothing and other made-up
articles, or for manufactur-
ing reins, bridles, cinches
and footwear, including
"alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W................. Kg. 0.24 0.50
Plus an ad valorem duty of ................... 20%
Braids and galloons, not for
ornamental purposes, but for
finishing clothing and other
made-up articles, or for
manufacturing reins, bridles,
cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-
soled sandals), N.W............... Kg. .024 0.24
127-C Ribbons, for ornamental
purposes, of one or more
colours, such as those of
moire, velvet, satin, gros-
grain, and plaid, including
printed or pleated, and those
which contain metal threads,
N. W....................... Kg . 0 .4 9 0.5 0
Plus an ad valorem duty of...................... 20%
(not negotiated)
127-D Trimmings for ornamental
purposes, such as tassels,
fringes., and figured or open-
work braids, or with spangles
or beading, and fancy
galloons;, N.W..................
Kg.
0.49 0.49
(not negotiated)
Note: By ribbons are meant
woven fabrics1 not more than
12 inches in width, not specif-
ically classified, Having on,
or both edges fast or cut.
127
127-A
127-B
127-C GATT/CP/71
Appendix A
page 2
Cuban Present Negotiated
Tariff Item Dutiable Rate Rate of
Number Description of Products Unit of Duty
(Specific duty in
Cuban Pesos)
Note: Trimmings, ribbons,
galloons, cords, etc.,
containing threads of other
vegetable fibers, or wool,
silk, floss ilk, or artif-
icial or synethetic fibers,
in any proportion, shall be
classified under the approp-
riate Items of Classes V,
VI. and VII. (See Prov,
I, Rules 6 and 7),
137 Knit fabrics of rayon,
nylon and other similar
synthetic yarns:
137-F In stockings, other than
those classified under Sub-
item G, socks, gloves and
other small articles,
N.W........................ Kg. 3.30 3.30
137-G In nylon stockings, for
women ................... Kg. 3.30 20% ad
valorem, but
not less than
2,00 pesos
per dozen.
142 Trimmings, galloons, ribbons,
and other articles made of
rayon, nylon, and other
similar synthetic or artific-
ial yarns:
142-E Ribbons, not for ornamental
purposes, but for finishing
clothing and other made-up .
articles ,or for manufactur-
ing reins, bridles, cinches,
and footwear, including
"alpargatas" (Twine-Soled
sandals) N.W............... Kg. 0.34 1.00
Plus an ad valorem duty of ................... 25%
142-F Braids and gallons, not
for ornamental purposes, but
for finishing clothing and
other made-up articles, or
for manufacturing reins,
bridles, cinches, and
footwear, including "alpar-
gatas" (twine-soled sandals)
N.W......................... Kg. 0.34 0.34 GATT/CP/71
Appendix A
page 3
Cuban Present Negotiated
Tariff Item Dutiable Rate Rate of
Number Description of Products Unit of Duty Dduty
(Specific duty in
Cuban Pesos)
42-G Ribbons, for ornamental
purposes, of one or more
colors, such as those of
moiree velvet, satin,
grosgrain, and plaid,
including printed or plea-
ted, and those which contain
metal threads N.W.............. Kg. 1.19 0.75
Plus an ad valorem duty of ............................. 20%
42-H Trimmings, for ornamental
purposes, such as tassels,
fringes, and figured or
openwork brai 's, or with
spangles or beading, and
fancy galloons, N.W........... Kg. 1.19 0.78
Note: By ribbons are meant
woven fabrics not more than
12 inches in width not
specifically classified,
having one or both edges
fast or cut.
314 Tires of rubber or synthetic
rubber, or of these mater-
ials combined with fabrics,
for all kinds of vehicles,
and inner tubes:
314-B Hollow tires, weighing less
than 8 kilograms each,
except bicycle tires, or
more than 62 kilograms
each ........................ Kg. 0.25 0.25
314-C Hollow tires, other .......... Kg. 0.25 0.35
314-D Inner tubes ..................... Kg. 0.265 0.35 GATT/CP/71
Appendix B
page 1
APPENDIX
ITEMS IN PART II, SCHEDULE IX - CUBA., OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, ON
WHICH CONCESSIONS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED AS
COMPENSATION FOR THE UNITED STATES
Descripyion of Products.
Dutiable
Unit
Present
Rate of
Duty
(Specific
Ordinary colorless or arti-
ficially colored glass;
Negotiated
Rate of
duty in Cuban
Pesos)
In tableware, and other art-
icles which do not constitute
ornaments, plain, pressed or
moulded, not chased, an-
graved, gilded or painted.
100 Kg. 3.50
All classes of earthenware
articles, not elsewhere
Specified:
20-A l/Articies for tableware
which are not painted,
gilded or in relief.
20-B* Other articles, not
painted, gilded or in
relief
20-C*1/2/ All articles including
talware when painted,
gilded or with ornaments
relief
100 Kg. 2.95
100 Kg. . 2.95
2.95
2.25
in
100 Kg. (not negotiated)
Inorganic salts:
95-G* Nitrogenous solutions com-
posed of ammonium nitrate,
sodium nitrate, urea, or of
any combination of these
materials, in a solution of
ammonium hydroxide; and sul-
phate of potash magnesia.
* Newly created sub-items indicated by an asterisk,
I/ Modifications in present tariff nomenclature indicated
lining.
3/
2/
by under-
Presently sub-itam 20-B.
Presently classified when imported in large containers or in bulk
under sub-item 98-A at a rate of duty of SO.03,3 par Kilogram and
when imported in small containers under sub-item 98-B at a rate of
duty of 0.042 per kilogram.
Cuban
Tariff
Itan No.
11
ll-A
20
2.70
95
Free GATT/CP/71
Appendix B
page 2
Cuban Present Negotiated
Tariff Dutiable Rate of Rate of
Item No. Description of Products Unit Duty Duty
(Specific Duty in Cuban
Pasos)
100 Pharmacautical products and
insecticides, not specifi-
cally classified:
100-F Threads of silk, bandages,
court-plaster, taffeta, and
other aseptic and antiseptic
articles, in any form, includ-
ing the unsterilized product
designated as surgical crino-
line; and bleached gauze
plain medicated or sterilized,
in stris, rolls, or flat folds,
package and labeled to show
its use for surgical or any
other medical purpose 1/ Kg. 0.07 0.05
Note: The duties provided for
under this sub-item for crino-
line shall only be applicable
to said article when imported
in rolls of not more than 100
yards in length and in the
original packages in which
this article is normally ex-
portad when destined for
surgical purposes in general. 1/
100-G* Sterilized absorbent cotton,
in any form, for hygienic,
pharmaceutical, surgical, and
curativa uses, and unsterilized
cotton for biological or other
similar uses in hospitals or
laboratories, in packages
weighing not more than 2½
kilograms each. Kg. 0.07 0.005
100-H5/ Other pharmaceutical products Kg. 0.091 0.091
* Newly created sub-item. indicated by an asterisk.
1/ Modifications in present tariff nomenclature indicated by underlining
4/ Unsterilized crinoline and gauze presently dutiable at various rates
under the textile fabric schedule.
5/ Presently sub-item 100-G GATT/CP/71
Appendix B
page 3
Cuban
Tariff
Item No.
222
Dutiable
Unit
Present
Rate
(Spacific
Office appliances and loose
parts and accessories for the
same, not specifically
classified:
222-A Office appliances, including
typewriting machines, check
protectors; sales registering
machines and cash registers;
machines for recording and
reproducing dictation and con-
versation, including cylinders
and machines for cleaning and
shaving the same; calculating,
bookkeping, addressing machines;
and all other machines for use
in offices, banks, etc.
222-B Loose parts and accessories, not
specifically classified, for
office appliances in general, in-
cluding ribbons for machines
Negotiated
Rate of
Duty
Duty in Cuban
Pesos)
Ad val. 14%
Ad val. 12%
6%
Flour, meal and semolina:
256-D Of oats, including oats pre-
pared for food (rolled oats),
G.W.
262
100 Kg. 1.30
Fresh fruits:
262-B Apples and pears, imported
during the period from Aug. 1
in any year to March 31 of the
followwing year inclusive; and
peaches, plume, cherries, grapes,
nectarines, and apricots
ad during any period of the
year G.W. 1/ 100Kg. 0.80
Waterproof fabrics, that is,
those covered on one or both
sides with a coating of rubber
or synthetic rubber & also
those having an interior coating
of rubber or synthetic rubber:
322-B Other materials of cotton in the
piece, including rubber friction
tape.
Kg.
0.21
indicated by
256
1.00
322
O.60
1/ Modifications in present tariff nomenclature
underlining.
0.15
Description of Products GATT/CP/71
Appendix C
page 1
SCHEDULE IX - CUBA
PART I
Most-Favored-Nation Tariff
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
Rate of Duty
(Specific Duty
in Cuban Pesos)
Trimmings and ribbons:
Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes,
but for find shing clothing and other
made-up articles, or for manufacturing
reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W................................... 0.58 per kg.
Plus an ad valorem duty of............... 20%
Braids and galloons, not for ornamental
purposes, but for finishing clothing and
other made-up articles, or for manufactur-
ing reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled sandals),
N.W ......................................... 0.32 per kg.
Ribbons, for ornamental purposes, of one
or more colors, such as those of moire,
velvet, satin, grosgrain, and plaid, in-
cluding printed or pleated, and those which
contain metal threads, N.W..........
Trimmings, for ornamental purposes,, such
as tassels, fringes, and figured or open-
work braids, or with spangles or beading,
and fancy galloons, N.W....................
0.58 per kg.
20%
(not negotiated)
0.32 per kg.
(not negotiated)
(not negotiated)
(not negotiated)
Note: By ribbon are meant woven fabrics,
not more than 12 inches in width, not
specifically classified, having one or
both edges fast or cut,
Trimmings, galloons, ribbons, and other
articles made of rayon, nylon, and other
similar synthetic or artificial yarns:
142
127
127-A
127-B
127-C
127-D GATT/CP/71
Aappendix C
page 2
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
Rate of Duty
(Specific Duty
in Cuban Pesos)
Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes,
but for finishing clothing and other
made-up articles; or for manufacturing
reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W................................. 1.08 per kg.
Plus an ad valorem duty of................... 25%
(not negotiated)
Braids and galloons, not for ornamental
purposes, bat for finishing clothing and
other made-up articles, or for manufacturing
reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled sandals),
N.W............................................. 0.42 per kg.
(not negotiated)
Ribbons, for ornamental purposes of one or
more colors, such as those of moire,
velvet, satin, gresrain, and plaid, in-
cluding printed or pleated, and those
which contain metal threads, N.W............. 1.03 per kg.
Plus an ad valorem duty of................... 20%
(not negotiated)
Trimmings, for ornamental purposes, such as
tassels, fringes, and figured or openwork
braids, or with spangles or beading, and
fancy galloons, N.W..........................1.06 per kg.
(not negotiated)
Note: By ribbons are meant woven fabrics
not more than 12 inches in width, not
specifically classified having one or
both edges fast or cut.
Of oats, including cats prepared for food
(rolled oats), G.W.........................
1.325 per 100 kg.
142-E
142-F
142-G
142-H
256-D GATT/CP/71
Appendix C
page 3
APPENDIX C
SCHEDULE IX - CUBA
PART II
Preferential Tariff
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
Rate of Duty
(Specific Duty
in Cuban pesos)
Ordinary colorless or artificially
colored glass:
In tableware, and other articles which
do not constitute ornaments, plain,
pressed or moulded, not chased, engraved,
gilded or painted.
All classes of eathenware articles,
not elsewhere specified:
Articles for tableware which are not
painted, gilded or in relief.
Other articles, not painted, gilded or
in relief.
All articles, including tableware
when painted, gilded or with ornaments
in relief.
2.70 per 100 kg.
2.95 per100 kg.
2.25 per100 kg.
(not negotiated)
Inorganic salts:
Nitrogenous solutions composed of ammonium
nitrate, sodium nitrate, urea, or of any
combination of these materials, in a
solution of ammonium hydroxide; and
sulphate of potash magnesia.
Free
Pharmaceutical products and insecti-
cides, not specifically classified:
Threads ot silk, bandages, court-
plaster, taffeta, and other aseptic
and antiseptic articles, in any form,
including the unsterilized product
designated as surgical crinoline; and
bleached gauze, plain medicated, or
sterilized, in strips, rolls, or flat
folds, packaged and labeled to show
11-A
20
20-A
20-B
20-C
95
95-G
100
100-F GATT/CP/71
Appendix C
page 4
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
Rate of Duty
(Specific Duty
in Cuban Pesos)
its use for surgical or any other
medicinal purpose.
0.05 per kg.
Note: The duties provided for under
this Sub-item for crinoline shall only
be applicable to said article when
imported in rolls of not more than
100 yards in length and in the original
packages in which this article is
normally exported when destined for
surgical purposes in general.
Sterilized absorbent cotton, in any
form, for hygienic, pharmaceutical,
surgical, and curative uses, and
unsterilized cotton for biological
or other similar uses in hospitals
or laboratories in packages weighing
not more than 2½ kilograms each.
Other pharmaceutical products.
0.005 per kg.
0.091 per kg.
Trimmings and ribbons:
Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes,
but for finishing clothing and other
made-up articles., or for manufacturing
reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W......................................
Plus an ad valorem duty of.................
Braids and galloons, not for ornamental
purposes, but for finishing clothing
and other made-up articles, or for
manufacturing reins, bridles, cinches,
and footwear; including "alpargatas"
(twine-soled sandals), N.W ................
Ribbons, for ornamental purposes, of one
or more colors, such as those of moire,
velvet, satin, grosgrain; and plaid,
including printed or pleated, and those
which contain metal threads, N.W................
Trimmings, for ornamental purposes, such
as tassels, fries, and figured or open-
work braids, or with spangles or beading,
and fancy galloons, N.W.
0. 50 per kg.
20%
024 per kg.
(not negotiated)
(not negotiated)
Note: By ribbons are meant woven fabrics,
not more than 12 inches in width, not
specifically classified, having one or
both edges fast or cut.
100-G
100-H
127
127-A
127-B
127-C
127-D GATT/CP/71
Appendix C
page 5
Cuban
Tariff Item
Description of products
Rate of Duty
(Specific Duty
in Cuban Pesos)
Note: Trimmings, ribbons galoons,
cords, etc., containing threads of
other vegetable fibers, or of wool,
silk, floss silk, or artificial or
synthetic fibers, in any proportion,
shall be classified under the appropriate
Items of Classes V, VI, and VII.
(See Prov. I, Rules 6 and 7.)
Knit fabrics of rayon, nylon, and other
similar synthetic yarns:
137
In stockings, other than those classi-
fied under Sub-item G., socks, gloves and
other small articles, N.W.
In nylon stockings, for women.
3.30 per Kg.
20% ad valorem,
but not less than
2.00 pesos per dozen.
Trimmings, galloons. ribbons, and
other articles made of rayon, nylon,
and other similar synthetic or
artificial yarns:
Ribbons, not for ornamenrtal purposes,
but for finishing clothing and other
made-up articles, or for manufacturing
reins, briles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W.................... Plus an ad valorem duty of............
Braids and gallons, not for ornamental
purposes, but for finishing clothing and
other made-up articles, or for manu-
facturing reins, bridles, cinches, and
footwear, including "alpargatas" (twine-
soled sandals), N.W
Ribbon, for ornamental purposes, of one
or more colors such as those, of moire,
velvet, satin, grosgrain, and plaid,
including printed or pleated and those
which contain metal threads, N.W........
Plus an ad valorem duty of.............
1.00 per kg.
25%
0.34 per kg.
0.75 Per kg.
20%
137-G
142
142-E
142-F
142-G GATT/CP/71
Appendix C
page 6
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
(Specific Duty
in Cuban Pesos)
Trimmings, for ornamental purposes, such
as tassels, fringes, and figured or open-
work braid, or with spangles or beading,
and fancy galloons, N.W.
0. 78 per kg.
Note:. By ribbons are meant woven
fabrics not more than 12 inches in width,
not specifically classified, having one
or both edges fast or cut.
Office appliances and loose parts and
accessories for the same, not specifically
classified:
222
Office appliances, including typewriting
machines, check protectors; sales regis-
tering machines and cash registers;
machines for recording and reproducing
dictation anti conversation, including
cylinders and machines for cleaning and
shaving the same; calculating, book-
keeping, addreessing machines; and all other
machines for use in offices, banks, etc.
Loose parts and accessories, not speci-
fically classified, for office appliances
in general, including ribbons for machines.
Flour, meal and semolina:
Of oats, including cats prepared for
food (rolled oats); G.W.
Fresh fruits:
Apples and pears, imported during the
period from August 1 in any year to
March 31 of the following year,
inclusive; and peaches, plums, cherries,
grapes nectarines and apricots,
imported during aiy period of the year, G.W.
Tires of rubber or synthetic rubber,
or of these materials combined with
fabrics, for all kinds of vehicles,
and inner tubes:
Hollow tires, weighing less than 8
kilograms each, except bicycle tires,
or more than 62 kilograms each
10% ad valorem
6% ad valorem
1.00 per 100 kg,
0.60 per 100 kg.
0.25 per kg.
142-H
222-A.
222-B
256
256-D
262
262-B
314
314-B GTT/CP/71
Appendix C
page 7
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
Rate of Duty
(Specific Duty
in Cuban Pesos)
Hollow tires, other
0.35 per kg.
Inner tubes
Waterproof fabrics, that is, those
covered on one or both sides with a
coating of rubber or synthetic rubber
and also those having an interior
coating of rubber or synthetic rubber:
Other materials of cotton in the piece,
including rubber friction tape.
0.35 per kg.
0.15 per kg,
314-C
314-D
322
322-B APPENDIX D
CUBAN TARIFF ITEMS RENEGOTIATED BY CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN ACCORDING WITH
THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTED BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN THEIR SECOND SESSION,GENEVA, 1948
(This list includes the six tariff items mentioned in the "Report of Working Party 7, on the
Cuban Schedule" (GATT/CP.2/43) as well as those other tariff items on which concessions have
been granted by Cuba at the request of the United States as adequate compensation for such
increase as have been made in the former.)
Unit
of
Duty
Product
M.F.N. Tariff
Present Future
U.S. Tariff
Present Future
Ordinary colorless or artificially colored glass:
A. In tableware, and other articles which do not constitute orn-
aments, plain, pressed or moulded, not chased, engraved, gilded
or painted.
100 Kgs.
$6.172
% 5.372 $ 3.50
All classes of earthenware articles not elsewhere specified:
A Articles for tableware which are not painted, gilded or in
relief.
Other articles not painted, gilded or in relief.
C All articles, including tableware, when painted, gilded or
with ornaments in relief.
100 Kgs.
100 Kgs.
100 Kgs.
4.5425
4.5425
8.32
4.55425 295
3.8425 2.95
8.32
6.24
Inorganic salts:
G Nitrogenous solutions composed of amonium nitrate, sodium
nitrate, urea, or of any combination of these materials, in a
solution of ammonium hydroxide; and sulphate of potash magnesia.
Kg.
0.055
0.022
0.033
Free
Tariff
11
20
95
2.70
2.95
2.25
6.24 GATT/CP/71 Appendix D Page 2 Tariff
Item
100
P r o d u c t
Pharmaceutical products and insecticides, not specifically
classified:
F Threads of silk, bandages, courtplaster, taffeta, and other
aseptic and antiseptic articles, in any form, including the
unsterilized product designated as surgical crinoline; and
bleached gauze, plain, medicated, or sterilized, in strips,
rolls, or flat folds, packaged and labeled to show its use for
surgical or any other medicinal purpose.
Note. The duties provided for under this Sub-item for crinoline
shall only be applicable to said article when imported in rolls
of not more than 100 yeards in length and in the original packages
in which this article is normally exported when destined for
surgical purposes in general.
G Sterilized absorbent cotton, in any form, for hygienic, pharma-
ceutical, surgical, an curative uses, and unsterilized cotton for
biological or other similar uses in hospitals or laboratories, in-
packages weighing not more than 2 1/2 kilograms each.
H Other pharmaceutical products.
Unit
of
M.F.N. Tariff
Present
Kg.
Kg.
Kg.
Trimings am ribbons:
A Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes, but for finishing clothing
and other made-up articles, or for manufacturing reins, bridles,
cinches, and footwear including "alpargatas" (tuine-soled sandals) N.W. Kg.
Plus an ad-valorem duty of
B Braifs and galleons, not for ornamental purposes, but for finishing
clothing and other made-up articles, or for manufacturing reins,
0.10
0.13
0.32
Future Present Future
$ 0.08 $0.07 $07
0.035
0.13
0.58
20%
0.07
0.091
0.005
0.091
0.24
0.50
20%
127
U.S. Tarrif GATT/CP/71 Appendix D Page 3 Tariff
Unit
of
bridles, cinches, and footwear, including "alpargatas"
(twine-soled sandals) N.W.
C Ribbons, for ornamental purposes, of one or more colors, such
as those of moire, velvet, satin grosgrain, and plaid, in-
cluding printed or placated, and those which contain metal
threads, N.W.
Plus an ad-valorem duty of
D Trimings, for ornametal purposes, such as tassels, fringes,
and figured or open-work braids, or with spangles or beadings
and fancy galoons, N.W.
Note By ribbons are meant woven fabrics, not more than 12
inches in width, not specificaly classified, having one or
both edges fast or cut.
Note: Trimings, ribbons, gallons, cords etc., obtaining
threads of other vegetable fibers, or of wool, silk floss
silk, or artificial or synthetic fibers, in any proportion,
shall be classified under the appropriate Items of Classes
V VI, and VII. (See Prov I, Rules 6 and 7).
Note: Sub-Items C and D of this Item have a custom surtax in
addition to the assessed duties, in each case, amounting to
30% (Law of August 9, 1932)
Kint fabrics of rayon, nylon, and other similar synthetic yarns:
F In stockings, other than those classified under Sub-Item G.
socks, loves, and other small articles, N.W.
G In nylon stockings, for women
Note: All Sub-items of this Item have a customs surtax in
addition to the assessed duties, in each case, amounting
to 30%. (Law of August 9, 1932).
Kg
M.N.P. Tariff
Present Future
$0 0.32
0.70
0.70
Kg
Kg
Kg.
Kg.
5.50
$0.32
0.71
20%
0.70
5.50
5.50 20% ad val.
$2.20 Kg but
not less than
$2.00 per doz.
%2.20 Kg.
U.S. Tariff
Present Future
$ 0.24 $ 024
0.49
0.49
3.30
0.50
20%
00 1
3.30
3,30 20% ad val.
but not less
than $2.00
per Doz. GATT/CP/71 Appendix D Page 4 P r o d u c t Unit
of
Trimaings, galloons, ribbons, and other articles made of rayon,
nylon, and other similar synthetic or artificial yars:
E Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes, but for Finishing cloth-
ing and other made-up articles, or for manufacturing reins,
bridles, cinches, and footwear, including 'alpargatas"
(twine-soled sandals) N.W. Kg.
Plus an ad-valorem duty of
F Braids and galloons, not for ornamental purposes, but for
finishing clothing and other made-up articles, or for
manufacturing reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled sandals), N.W. Kg.
G Ribbons, for ornamental purposes, of one or more colours, such
as those of moire" velvet, satin, grosgrain, and plaid, in-
cluding printed or pleated, and those which contain metal
threads, N.W. Kg.
Plus an. ad-valorom duty of
H Trimings, for ornamental purposes, such as tassels, fringes
and figured or openwork- braids, or with spangles or beading,
and fancy gallons,N.W. Kg.
Note: By ribbons are meant woven fabrics not more than 12
inches in width, not specifically classified, having one or
both edges fast or cut.
M.F.N. Tariff
$0.42 $1.08
25%
0. 42
1.47
1.47
0.42
1.03
20%.
1.06
U.S. Tiff
$ 0.34 $ 1.00
25%
0.34 0.34
1.19
0.75
20%
1.19 0.78
Tarff
Item
142 GATT/CP/71 Appendix D Page 5 P r o d u c t
Unit
of
M.F.N. Tariff U.S Tariff
Present Futre Present
Note: Sub-Items G and H of this Item have a custom surtax in
addition to the assessed duties, in each case, amounting to
30% (Law of August 9, 1932)
Office appliances and loose parts and accessories for the
same, not specifically classified:
A Office appliances, including typewriting machines, check
protectors; sales registering machines and cash registers;
machines for recording and reproducing dictation and
conversation, including cylinders and machines for cleaning
and shaving the same; calculating, bookkeeping,, addressing
machines; and all other machines for use in offices, banks,
etc. ad-valorem
B Loose parts and accessories, not specifically classified, for
office appliances in general, including ribbons for machines
ad-valorem
Flour, meal and semolina:
D 0f oats, inluding oats prepared for food (rolled oats), G.W.
Fresh fruits:
B Apples and pears, imported during the period fran August 1 in
any year to March 31 of the following year, inclusive; and
peaches, plus, cherries, grapes, nectarines, and apricots,
imported during any, period of the year, G.W.
20.84% 16.84%
18.84% 12.84%
100 kgs. $1.625 $ 1.325
14%
12%
10%
6%
222
256
262
$ 1.30 $ 1.00
1.30 0.80 0.60
Tariff
Item
100 Kgs. 1.50 GATT/CP/71 Appendix D Page 6 Product Unit
of
M.F.N.Tariff
Present Future Present
U.S.Tariff
Future
Tires of rubber or Anythetic rubber, or of there materials
joined with fabrics, for all kinds of vehicles, and
inner tubes:
B Hollow tires, weighing less than 8 kilograme each, except
bicycle tires, or more than 62 kilograms each.
C Hollow tires, other.
D Inner tubes
Waterproof fabrics, that is, those coverd on one or both
sides with a coating of rubber or synthetic rubber and also
those having an interior coating of rubber or synthetic
rubber:
B Other materials of cotton in the piece, including rubber
friction tape.
Kg.
Kg.
Kg.
Kg.
$ 0.47 $0.47
0.47
0.455
0.57
0.54
0.35 0.29
Tariff
314
322
$0.25
0.25
0.265
0.21
$ 0.,25
0.35
0.35
0.15 |
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GATT/CP/71/Amend.1
30 September 1950
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SCHEDULE IX - CUBA
Report on Renegotiations with the United States
Amendment to Appendix C
The following letter from the Govornments of Cuba and the
United States, dated 12 September 1950, referring, to the report contained
in GATT/CP/71, has boon received:
"The Cuban Government is desirous of having, Appendix C changed
to include all cases in Part I and Part II of Schedule IX (Cuba) where
there has been a change in the sub-item letter or in the description of
the products or where there has been in increase in the rate of duty
resulting from the renegotiations. This is in accordance with the pro
cedure which which followed by the Cuban Government in the preparation of
Schedule IX at Geneva in 1947 and in the Protocol of Rectifications of
March 24, 1948. The United States perceives no objection to this procedure.
It would be appreciated, therefore, if you would substitute for
the Appendix C which was transmitted with the letter of June 2, 1950, the
new Appendix C transmitted herewith." GATT/CP/71/Amend.1
page 2
APPENDIX C
SCHEDULE IX - CUBA
PART I
Most-Favored-Nation Tariff
Cuban :
Tariff Item, Description of Products Rate of Duty
Number :
(Specific duty in
Cuban. pesos)
All classes of earthenware articles,
not elsewhere specified:
'articles for tableware which are not
painted, gilded or in relief
Other articles, not painted, gilded
or in relief
All articles, including tableware,
when painted, gilded or with ornaments
in relief
Not negotiated
Not negotiated
Not negotiated
Inorganic salts:
Nitrogenous solutions composed of
ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate, urea,
or of any combination of these materials,
in a. solution of ammonium hydroxide; and
sulphate of potash magnesia Not negotiated.
Pharmaceutical products and insecti-
cides, not specifically classified:
100-F Threads of silk, bandages, court-
plaster, taffeta, and other aseptic
and antiseptic articles, in any form,
including the unsterilized product
designated as surgical crinoline; and
bleached gauze, plain, medicated, or
sterilized, in strips, rolls, or flat'
folds, packaged and labeled to show
its use for surgical or any other
medicinal purpose
Note: The duties provided for under
this Sub-item for crinoline shall
only be applicable to said article
when imported in rolls of not more
than 100 yards in length and in the
original packages in which this article
is normally exorted when destined for
surgical purposes in general.
100-G
Not negotiated
Sterilized absorbent cotton, in any
form, for hygienic, phanmaceutical,
surgical, and curative uses, and, un-
sterilized cotton for biological or
20
20-A
20-B
20-C
95
95-G
100 GATT/CP/71/Anend. 1
page 3
APPENDIX C (continued)
Cuban :
Tariff Item: Description of Products Rate of Duty
Number
other similar uses in hospitals or
laboratories, in packages weighing
not more than 21/2 kilograms each
Other pharmaceutical products
Not negotiated
Not negotiated
Trimmings and ribbons:
Ribbons, not for ornamental
purposes, but for finishing cloth-
ing, and other made-up articles, or
for manufacturing reins, bridles,
cinches, and footwear, including
"alpargates" (twine-soled sandals),
N.W.
Plus an ad valoren duty of
Braids and galloons, not for orna-
mental purposes, but for finishing
clothing and other made-up articles,
or for manufacturing reins, bridles,
cinches, and footwear, including
"alpargates" (twine-soled sandals),
N.W.
Ribbons, for ornamental purposes,
of one or more colors, such as those
of moire, velvet, satin, grosgrain,
and plaid, including printed or
plated, and those which contain
metal threads, N.W.
Plus en ad valorem duty of
Trimmings for ornamental purposes,
such as tassels, fringes, and figured
or open-work braids, or with spangles
or boading, and fancy galloons, N.W.
Note: By ribbons are meant woven
fa rics, not more than 12 inches in
widthh, not specifically classified,
having on, or both edges fast or cut.
Note: Trimmings, ribbons, galloons,
cords, etc., containing threads of
other vegetable fibers, or of wool,
silk, floss silk, or artificial or
synthetic fibers, in any proportion,
shall be classified under the appropri-
ate Items of Classes V, VI, and VII.
(See Prov. I, Rules 6 and 7).
0.58 per Kg.
20%
(Not negotiated)
0.32 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
0.71 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
0.70 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
Knit fabrics of rayon, nylon, and other
similar synthetic yarns:
100-H
127
127-A
127-B
127-C
127-D
137 GATT/CP/71/Amend.1
page 4
APPENDIX C (continued)
Cuban
Tariff Item : Description of Products : Rate of Duty
Number
In stockings, other than those
classified under Sub-item G.
socks, gloves, and other small
articles, N.W.
In nylon stockings, for women
Not negotiated
20% ad valorem
plus 2.20 per Kg.,
but not less than
2.00 pesos per
dozen plus 2.20
per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
Trimmings, galloons, ribbons, and
other articles made of rayon, nylon,
and other similar synthetic or
artificial yarns:
Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes,
but for finishing clothing and other
made-up 'articles, or for manufacturing
reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W.
Plus an ad valorem duty of
Braids and galloons, not for ornamental
pur poses, but for finishing clothing and
other made-up articles, or for manu-
facturing reins, bridles, cinches, and
footwear, including "alpargatas" (twine-
soled sandals), N.W.
Ribbons, for ornamental purposes, of one
or more colors, such as those, of moire,
velvet, satin, grosgrain,, and plaid,
:'including printed or pleated, and those
which contain metal threads, N.W.
Plus an ad valorem duty of
Trimmings, for ornamental purposes,
such as tassels, fringes, and figured
or openwork braids, or with spangles
or beading, and fancy galloons, N.W.
Note: By ribbons are meant woven
fabrics not more than 12 inches in
width, not specifically classified,
having one or both edges fast or cut
Flour, Meal and Semolina:
Of oats, including oats prepared for
food (rolled oats), G.W.
1.08 per Kg.
25%
(Not negotiated)
0.42 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
1.03 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
(Not negotiated)
1.325 per Kg.
137-F
137-G
142
142-E
142-F
142-G
142-H
256
256-D GATT/CP/71/Amend.1
page 5
APPENDIX C - continued)
Cuban
Tariff Item: Description of Products : Rate of Duty
Number
262
Fresh fruits:
Apples and pears, imported during
the period from August 1 in any
year to March 31 of the following
year, inclusive; and peaches,
plums, cherries, grapes, nectarines,
and apricots imported during any
period of the year, G.W.
(Not negotiated)
Tires of rubber or synthetic rubber,
or of these materials combined with
fabrics, for all kinds of vehicles,
and inner tubes:
Hollow tires, weighing less than 8
kilograms each, except bicycle tires,
or more than 62 kilograms each
Hollow tires, other
0.47 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
0.57 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
Inner tubes
0.54 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
262-B
314
314-B
314-C
314-D GATT/CP/71/Amend.1
page 6
APPENDIX C
SCHEDULE IX - CUBA
PART II
Preferential Tariff
Cuban :
Tariff Item Description of Products Rate of Duty
Number
(Specific duty in
Cuban pesos)
Ordinary colorless or artificially
colored glass:
In tableware, and other articles
which do not constitute ornamentas,
plain, pressed or moulded, not
chased, engraved, gilded or painted
All classes of earthenware articles,
not elsewhere specified:
Articles for tableware which are not
painted, gilded or in relief
Other ,articles, not painted, gilded
or in relief
All articles, including tableware,
when painted, gilded or with orna-
ments in relief
2.70 per 100 Kg.
2.95 per 100 Kg.
2.25 per 100 Kg.
(Not negotiated)
Inorganic salts:
Nitrogenous solutions composed of
ommonium nitrate, sodium nitrate,
urea, or of any combination of these
materials, in a solution of ammonium
hydroxide; and sulphate of potash
magnesia
Free
Pharmaceutical products and insecti-
cides, not specifically classified:
Threads of silk, baidages, court-
plaster, taffeta, and other aseptic
and antiseptic articles, in ainy form,
including; the unsterilized product
desirinated as surgical crinoline; and
bleached gaiaze, plain, medicated, or
sterilized, in strips, rolls, or flat
folds, packaged and labeled to show its
use for surgical or any other medicinal
Purpose,
0.05 per Kg.
Note: The duties provided for under
this sub-item for crinoline shall only be
applicable to said article when imported
in rolls of not more than 100 yards in
length and in the original packages in
which this article is normally exported
when destined for surgical purposes in
general
11-A
20
20-A
20-B
20-C
.95
95-G
100
100-F GATT/CP/71/Amend.1
page 7
APPENDIX C - (continued)
Cuban :
Tariff Item: Description of Products : Rate of Duty
Number :
Sterilized absorbent cotton, in any
form, for hygienic, pharmaceutical,
surgical, and curative uses, and un-
sterilized cotton for biological or
other similar uses in hospitals or
laboratories, in packages weighing
not more than 21/2 kilograms each
Other pharmaceutical products
0.005 per Kg.
0.091 per Kg.
Trimmings and ribbons:
Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes,
but for finishing, clothing and other
made-up articles, or for manufacturing
reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W..................... 0.50 per Kg.
Plus an ad valorem duty of.............. 20%
Braids and galloons, not for ornamental
purposes, but for finishing clothing and
other made-up articles, or for manu-
facturing reins, bridles, cinches, and
footwear, including "alpargatas" (twine-
soled sandals), N.W. .................... 0.24 per Kg.
Ribbons, for ornamental purposes, of one
or more colours, such as those of moire,
velvet, satin, grosgrain, and plaid, in-
cluding printed or pleated, and those,
which contain metal threads, N.W. ...... 0.50 per Kg.
Plus an ad valorem duty of ............. 20%
(Not negotiated)
Trimmings, for ornamental purposes,
such as tassels, fringes, and figured or
open-work braids, or with spangles or
beading, and fancy gallons, N.W. ......... 0.49 per Kg.
(Not negotiated)
Note: By ribbons are meant woven
fabrics, not more than 12 inches in
width, not specifically classified,
having one or both edges fast or cut.
Note: Trimmings, ribbons, galloons,
cords, etc., containing threads of
other vegetable fibers, or of wool,
silk, floss sill, or artificial or
synthetic fibers, in any proportion,
shall be classified under the appropri-
ate Items of Classes V, VI, and VII
(See Prov.I, Rules 6 and 7)
Knit fabrics of rayon, nylon, and
other similar synthetic yarns:
In stockings, other than those classified
under Sub-item G, socks, gloves, and
other small articles, N.W. .......... 3.30 per Kg.
100-G
127
127-A
127-B
127-C
127-D
137
157-F GATT/CP/71/Amend. 1
page 8
APPENDIX C - (continued)
Cuban :
Tariff Item : Description of Products : Rate of Duty
Number
In nylon stockings, for women
Trimmings, galloons, ribbons, and
other articles made of rayon, nylon,
and other similar synthetic or arti-
ficial yarns:
Ribbons, not for ornamental purposes,
but for finishing clothing and other
mad-up articles, or for manufacturing
reins, bridles, cinches, and footwear,
including "alpargatas" (twine-soled
sandals), N.W. ..........................
Plus an ad valorem duty of ..........
Braids and galloons, not for orna-
mental purposes, but for finishing
clothing and other made-up articles,
or for manufacturing reins, bridles,
cinches, and footwear, including
"alpargatas'' (twine-soled sandals) N.W.
Ribbons, for ornamental purposes,
of one or more colors, such as those
of moire, velvet, satin, grosgrain,
and plaid, including printed or
pleated, and those which contain
metal threads, N. W. ................
Plus an ad valorem duty of ........
Trimmings, for ornamental purposes,
such as tassels, fringes, and figured or
open-work braids, or with spangles or
beading, and fancy galloons, N.W.
20% ad valorem,
but not loss than
2.00 peses per
dozen
1.00 per Kg.
25%
0.34 per Kg.
0.75 per Kg.
20%
0.78 per Kg.
Note: By ribbons are meant woven
fabrics not more than 12 inches in
width, not specifically classified,
having one or both edges fast or cut
Office appliances and loose parts and
accessories for the same, not specific-
ally classified:
Office appliances, including typewriting
machines, check protectors; sales
registering machines and cash registers;
machines for recording and reproducing
dictation and conversation, including-
cylinders and machines for cleaning and
shaving the same; calculating, book-
keeping, addressing machines; and all
other machines for use in offices, banks,
etc. 10% ad valorem
137-G
142
142-E
142-F
142-G
142-H
222
222-A GATT/CP/71/Amend.1
page 9
APPENDIX C - (continued)
Cuban
Tariff Item
Number
Description of Products
Rate of Duty
Loose tarts and accessories, not
specifically classified, for office
appliances in general, including
ribbons for machines
6% ad valorem
Flour, meal and semolina:
Of oats, including oats prepared
for food rolled oats), G.W.
1.00 per 100 Kg.
Fresh fruits:
262-B Apples and pears, imported during
the period, from August 1 in any year
to March 31 of the following year,
inclusive; and peaches, plums,
cherries, grapes, nectarines, and
apricots, imported during any period
of the year, G.W.
0.60 per 100 Kg.
Tires of rubber, or synthetic rubber,
or of these materials combined with
fabrics, for all kinds of vehicles, and
inner tubes:
Hollow tires, weighing less than 8
kilograms each, except bicycle tires,
or more than 62 kilograms each
Hollow tires, other
0.25 per Kg.
0.35 per Kg.
Inner tubes
Waterproof fabrics, that is, those
covered on one or both sides with a
coating, of rubber or synthetic rubber
and also those having an interior
coating, of rubber or synthetic rubber:
Other materials of cotton in the piece,
including rubber friction tape
0.35 per Kg.
0.15 per Kg.
222-B
256
256-D
262
314
314-B
314-C
314-D
322
322-B |
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GATT/CP/71/Add.1
TARIFFS AND TRADE 26 June 1950
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SCHEDULE IX CUBA
Report on Renetiations with the United States
Addendum
Letter from the Cuban Government invoking Article XIX
The following letter, dated 16 JuneX has been received
from the Cuban Government:
"I have the honour to refer to the renegotiationas
between Cuba and the United States, approved by the
Contracting Parties on 14 September 1948 (GATT/CP.2/SR.25),
of certain items of Schedule IX (Cuba) annexed to the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
"You were advised of the successful conclusion of
these negotiations in the joint letter, dated 2 June 1950,
from Washington, signed by the representatives of Cuba
and,the United States of America.
"In anticipation of approval by the Contracting
Parties of the changes negotiated in Schedule IX -
requested in the letter referred to above, my Goverrunent
ha.s been obliged to make use of the right conferred by
Article.XIX of the General Agreement in order to put into
effect, as from 9 June 1950, the increased duties which
result from these renegotiations for certain items of the
Schedule. My Goverment has decided to make use of its3
rights under Article XIX, without prior consultation with
the Contracting Parties, in accordance with the provisions
of the end of paragraph 2 of this Article, because it
considers that delay would cause grave damage to the
national producers affected which it would be very diffi-
cult, if not impossible, to repair.
"I enclose herewith a copy of the Official Gazette of
.the. Republic, extraordinary edition 23, of the 9th of this
month where Decree 1602 is published. This Decree
provides for the putting into effect, from the date of
publication, of the increased rates of duty which wore
bilaterally agreed with the Government of the United.
States of America for certain items of the tariff. The
reductions agreed to with the United States in the
othir, renegotiated items of the tariff as compensation
for the increased duties, have also been put into forc,: GATT/CP/71/Add. 1
Page 2.
"I have the honour to give you immediate advice
of this action, in accordance with the provisions of the
General Agreement, for the information of the other
contracting parties and for consultation.
"At the sane time I have the honour to call the
attention of the Contracting Parties . to then fact. that
the items of the tariff which are affected by the action
of the Cuban Government and which appear in Schedule IX
of the General Agreement, were not initially negotiated
with any country other than the United States of America."
* * * *
The following extracts from the official Gazette are reproduced
below fQr the information of the Contracting Partibs :
It 0 0 0 * 0
Whereas: The full publicity which has attended these
negotiations, both in Cuba and in the United Statos, since
the month of November of 1949, has occasioned an increase
in the Cuban imports of the articles iri questions in the
expectation of an agreement that was obviously considered
probable, of quantities very much in excess of the normal
requirements, with grave damage to the industries concerned,
and the obvious possibility that the practical effects of
the negotiations might be retarded for several months; this
situation will naturally only be aggravated by public
knowledge of the now duties agreed between the two govern-
ments.
S * * * e 0 * S
Thirdly: The present decree will take effect from the
date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the
Republic and will lapse from the tine that the agreements
resulting from the negotiations referred to in this Decree
are put into force.
Fourthly: Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding
paragraph as regards the entry into force of this Decree,
the increases in duties which result therefrom will not be
applied to merchandise that has left its port before or on
the day of publication of the Decree with bills of lading
visaed in either case by the respective Cuban consuls."
n Ii |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/ CP/36/Add.1
TARIFFS AND TRADE 31 March 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SCHEDULE XX - UNITED STATES
Draft Decision providing a temporar Waiver with
repect to the second Item 771 in Part I of Schedule XX
THE CONTRACTING PARTIES
ACTING pursuant to Paragraph 5 (a) of Article XXV
DECIDE that the obligations of the United States
under article II of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade shall be waived to the extent necessary to permit
it to use, in place of the amount of 350,000,000 bushels
specified in the second proviso to the second item 771
in Part I of Schedule XX, the amount of 335,000, 000
bushels in determining the quantity subject to the redu-
ced duty provided for therein during the twilve-months
period beginning on September 15, 1950. |
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GATT/CP/54
TARIFFS AND TRADE 28 March 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
SCHEDULE XX - UNITED STATES
Request for a temporary Modification in Second
Item771 of Part I of Schedule XX
In Part I of the United States Schedule (Schedule XX) the
import duty on white or Irish potatoes, other than certified
seed potatoes, is bound at the reduced rate of $0.375 per
hundred pounds for quantities imported during any twelve-
month period beginning September 15 and not in excess of a
stated tariff quota. The tariff quota is one-million bushels
(of 60 pounds each) plus a quantity equal to the amount by
which the production in a calendar year of white or Irish
potatoes (including seed potatoes) in the United States is
less than 350 million bushels according to the September 1
crop estimate of the United States Department of Agriculture.
The Part I rate for such potatoes imported in excess of the
tariff quota is bound at $0.75.
At the time this concession was negotiated it was
generally assumed that the United States demand for potatoes
normally would not be less than 350 million bushels and that
imports would be needed to supplement U.S. production of
potatoes in order to meet the domestic requirements. This
calculation has turned out to be at least temporarily in
errors and domestic demand in the United States is now
substantially below that figure. Under these circumstances,
the United States Department of Agriculture finds it
necessary to reduce domestic production goals for the current
year to an amount not in excess of 335 million bushels. In
view of the provisions of this item in Part I of Schedule XX,
any reduction of domestic production
below 350 million bushels brought about by reduced goals
would result in an equivalent increase of the import quota
to which the reduced duty applies. Increased potato imports,
thus encouraged., would frustrate the proposed reduction in
those goals.
The United States Government has discussed this
situation with the Government of Canada, with whom this
concession in Schedule XX was negotiated at Geneva, and now
requests that the Contracting Parties take action under
Paragraph 5 of Article XXV of the Agreement to waive the
requirements of Schedule XX to the extent necessary to permit
the United States to change the amount referred to in the
second proviso to Paragraph 771 of Part I of Schedule XX from
350 to 335 million bushels for the twelve-month period
beginning on September 15, 1950.
The Contracting Parties should note that the only other
important supplier of potatoes to the United, States is Cuba.
Imports of potatoes from Cuba are not counted, in the
calculation of the quota referred to in Part I. Cuba, is
entitled under Part II to a seasonal preferential rate of
$0.30 per hundred pounds.
IUS El TIM F-S7111E |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP/83
TARIFFS AND TRADE 19 - October 1950
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SCHEDULE XX - UNITED STATES
Withdrawal of Item 1526(a) under
the Provisions of Article XIX
The following communication, dated 19 October 1950, has been received
from the Acting Chairman of the United States Delegation in Torquay:
"I am instructed by my Government to inform the CONTRACTING PARTIES
that an investigation by the United States Tariff Commission has resulted in
the following findings:
1. That as a result of unforeseen developments and of the
effect of the tariff concessions granted thereon by the
United States in the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade, hats, caps, bonnets. and hoods, for women's wear,
trimmed or untrimmed, including bodies, hoods, plateaux,
forms, or shapes, for women's hats or bonnets, composed
wholly or in chief value to fur felt, and valued at more
than $9 and not more than $24 per dozen, which products
are described in item 1526(a) of Part I of Schedule XX
(original) of the said General Agreement, are being in-
ported into the United States in such relatively increased
quantities and under such conditions as to cause serious
injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly
competitive products, and as to threaten continuance of
such serious injury;
2, That the withdrawal in whole of the tariff concessions
granted in said General Agreement on the foregoing pro-
ducts. without specified time limit as to its duration,
is necessary to prevent continuance of such injury; and
that such withdrawal would afford much greater relief to
the domestic producers if the effective date of such action
were prior to December 1, 1950, than if it were later.
"Among the circumstances whichi have led the Tariff Commission to moke
those findings are the following:
1. Imports of women's fur felt hat bodies since the reduction in
duties in 1948 have supplied a progressively larger share of the
donestic consumption of such articles; the domestic production
has been materially smaller than before the war. Whereas im-
ports throughout the 1930's and in the immediate postwar years
were equivalent to less than 5 per cent of pre luction, they were
equivalent to 7.2 per cont of production in 1948 (the Pirst year
following the redualction in duty); 21.4 per cent in 1949 and.
30.5 per cent in the first 6 months of 1950. The reduction in
the domestic output of women's fur felt hat bodies, since the
prewar years has been due in large part to the decline in the
total domestic consumption of such hats, resulting from the
increasing practice of going without hats. Increased comectition
from imported hat bodies has, however, also contributed sub-
stantially to the decline in domestic output. GATT/CP/83
page 2
2. Before the war nearly all of the domestic production
of women's fur felt hat bodies, and the larger part of
the imports in most- years, consisted of hat bodies of
plain felt. About the time the duties were reduced
there was a style change greatly favoring hats with
napped or rile finishes (such as 'velours and suedes).
Increase in the supply of hat bodies having these
special finishes began in. the import trade and later
extencdet in much smaller proportion, to domestic
production. It is estimated. that in 1949 and the f irst
6 months of 1950 more than 95 per cent of the imports
consisted of these special finishes, whereas hat bodies
of that type represented 6 or 7 per cent of the domestic
production. Much the greater part of the consumption of
hat bodies of these special finishes has been supplied
by imports. Imports of hat bodies of these special
finishes have to some extent affected domestic pro-
duction of hat bodies of plain felt, particularly those
in the higher-priced ranges. More especially, however,
these imports have severely limited the establishment
and expansion of domestic production of these special
finishes. Dormest'c producers are not confronted with
any technical obstacles in shifting their production
fro m plain felt hat bodies to velours, and other special
finishes; the latter finishes, however, require much
larger amounts of hand labor than the plain bodies.
3. With respect to women's fur felt hat bodies corresponding;
to an import value of more than $9 and not more than %24
per dozen, there is direct and sharp competition between
the imported and domestic products, particularly those
with special finishes. This price range comprises the
great bulk of the imports. It is the marked recent in-
crease in imports within this middle range of values which
has caused serious injury to the domestic industry. This
injury has bee n steadily increasing, since the concessions
went into effect, and, unless the concessions are withdrawn,
the injury will continue and perhaps become still more
serious.
4. Women's fur felt hats are mostly for fall and winter wear,
and imports and domestic production of women's fur felt hat
bodies are highly seasonal. The peak period of production
and sales of the domestic hat bodies occurs in June, July,
and August, a that of the foreign hat bodies 'for the
United States as market somewhat earlier. Considerably in
advance of the season, however, samples are made up and
price lines arr established. Usually as nearly as December
or January precceding a season, price lines and samples are
initiated by importers and carly contracts are made. Under
these circumstances, withdrawal of the concessions by Docember 1,
1950, is necessary to afford the most effective relief.
"In accordance with these findings and pursuant to the provisions of
Article XIX of the General Agrceecnt, the Government of the United States
finds it necessary to writhdraw the Concessions on the above-mantioned pro -
ducts. In view of the critical circumstances sct forth above, which indicate
that delay would cause further damage difficult to repair, it is necessary that
a proclamation of the withdrawal be issued on or about November 1, 1950, to
be effective December 1, 1950.
"This action is being, taken in accordance with the provisions of the
last sentence of paragraph 2 of Article XIX, and my Government is prepared to GATT/CP/83
page 3
afford the CONTRACTING PARTIES and those contractin, paties having a
substantial interest as exporters of the products concerned an oppor-
tunity to consult with it immiediatcely in respect of the proposed action.
There is attached a table showing; the principal foreign suppliers of
United States imports of these ,products.
"It will be appreciated if you wrill inform the contracting parties
immediately of this proposed action, and of my Govenment's willingness to
enter into the required consultation at Torquay as soon as possible. A
public announcement of the proposed action is being made today in Washington.
"ENCLOSURE: Table showing, the principal foreign suppliers of
United States imports of women's fur felt hats and
hat bodies."
NOTE: Item 1526(a) in Part I of Schedule XX reads as follows:
Tariff Rate
Act of of
1930, Description of Proclucis Duty
para- I
graph
1526(a) Hats, caps, bonnets, and hoods,
for men's, women's, boys', or
children's wear, trimmed or un-
trimmed, including bodies, hoods
plateaux, forms, or shapes, for
hats or bonnets, composed wholly
or in chief value of fur of the
rabbit, beaver, or other animals
Valued at not more than
$12 per dozen.................. 55% ad val.,
but not less
than $1. 25
per doz.
Valued at more than $12 and
not more than $18 per dozen... 14.7½ ad val.
Valued at more than $18 and
not more than $30 ) per dozen... 40% ad val.
Valued at more thun $30 per
dozen........................$8 per doz.
and 12½% ad
val.
Provided, that none of the
forcgoin- shall be subject to
Lny addtional duty under the
last clause in )paragraph 1526(a),
Tariff Act of 1930. GATT/CP/83
page 4
Hats, caps, and bonnets of fur or fur felt,x for women
and girls, valued over $9, and not over $24 per dozen:
United States imports for coitsumption, by principal sources,
1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948 and 1949
Country of Origin : 1937 1938 1939 1947a) 1948 1949
Quanltity (dozen)
:
Czechoslovakia 20,168 24,270 2,683 396 20,601 48,395
France 308 1,532 1,374 - 1,713 3,771
Italy 64 26 90 8,646 13,539 53,537
United Knagdom : 424 313 277 12 - 646
Germany :151 221 1 - - -
Austria 649 122 - - - -
Belgium: 150 95 25 - - -
Hungary 56 3 - - -
Canada - 122 - - - 29
Japan 30 - - - -
Netherlands : . - - - - 192 48
Other : 8 14 - - - -
Total
21,978 26,748 4,450 9,054 36, 045 106,426
*Includes finished hats, bodies, hoods, plateaux and shapes.
a) General imports; imports for consumption not readily available. |
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2 March 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SCHEDULE XXII - DENMARK
Modification of two Items ex 8
The Governments of Norway and Denmark
the modification of the text of:
have agreed to
Rate of duty
Item ex 8
Natrium siliciofluoratum,
formalin, formaldehyde, nicotine,
pyrethrum - in casks etc.
ex 8 Ammoniumbicarbonate in casks,
ammonia without water (in liquid
form), spirit of sal-ammoniac,
rennet, formic acid
Natrium siliciofluoratum,
formalin, formaldehyde, nico-
tine , pyrethrum - in casks etc.
ammonia without water (in
liquid form)
Kr. 0.05 per killo
Free
ex 8 Ammoniumbicarbonate in casks,
rennet, formic acid.
Kr. 0.05 per kilo
As the Agreement between the two Governments which
initially negotiated the concession involves a change in
Schedule XXII, as authenticated in the Annecy Protocol of
Terms of Accession, the following procedure is suggested to
give effect to the changes:
Provided no objections to the modification are lodged
with the Secretariat within fifteen days of the date of this
notitfication the text so modified will determine the obliga-
tion of the Danish Government in respect of Items ex 8 of its
customs tariff as of the date on which the Danish Government
becomes a contracting party.
Free.
ten read:
Item ex 3 GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR ACTION
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TRADE ET LE COMMERCE GATT/CP/51
2 mars 1950
FRENCH
ORIGINAL: ANGLAIS
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
LISTE XXII - DANEMARK
Modification des deux positions ex 8
Les Gouvernernements de la Norvete et du Danemark sont convenus de
modifier le texte de la position:
Droits
Ex 8 Fluorure de silicium de sodium, formaline,
formaldehyde, nicotine, pyrethre en
futs, etc. libres
Ex 8 Bicarbonate d'ammoniaque en fats, ammo-
niaque sans eau (sous forme liquide), dis-
solution d'ammoniaque, pressure, acide
formique Cr. 0.05 le kg.
de la facon suivante :
Position Fluorure de silicium de sodium, formaline,
ex 8 formaldehyde, nicotine, pyrethre en futs, etc,
amrnoniaque sans eau (sous forme liquide) libres
Ex 8 Bicarbonate d'ammoniaque en futs,
presure, acide formique Cr. 0.05 le kg.
Etant donne que accord conclu entre lee deux Gouvernements qui
ont negocie primitiverment la concession entraine une modification de
la listed XXII, dont le texte authentique est reoroduit dans le Protocole
d'Annecy des conditions d'adhesion a l'Accord general, il pourrait
atre donne effet a cette modification selon la eroccedure suivante
Si, dans un delai de quinze jours a partir de la date de la
presente notification,s le Secretariat n'a pas recu d'objection contre
la modification en question, les obligations du Gouvernement danois
a l'egard des positions ex 8 de son tariIf douanier seront regies par
le text ainsi modifie a partir de la date a laquelle le Gouvernement
danois deviendra partie contractante. |
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GATT/CP.5/2/Add. 1
TARIFFS AND TRADE 3 October 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
SCHEDULE XXIV - FINLAND
Change to ad valorem system
With reference to Item 5 of the Advance Agenda and to document GATT/CP.5/2,
the following letter dated. 1st October 1950, has been received from the Chairman
of the Finnish Delegation:
"With reference to the letter of the Finnish Foreign Minister datedted.
26tl J which has been distriubuted to the to teothcn cortractingtper?ios,
T/CP,'cp. 5/2), I have the honour tform you that owing to delay caused a?se by
slative ivc. aechnical reasons it will not be possill during the Fifthg thFifth
f the CONTRACTING PARTIES to submit the proposal regarding the arding th
the specific rates of duty which are included are. incndedhin th Firinisn.
? no. ?IJ cf t3?: ?zr.cc? Protvalorem rates.valcror; r?.t?.
er has been settled by the appropriate Finnish authoritiesr.nisli ??utbor.?
ion has been taken towards changing the customs tariff into an.g thc ou?toms taf into an
nish Governmetn will in due jcouse ? Gôverr.eent v?i11ir: duc ourse raiso tho matter
rates included in the Annecy Schedule.?.s inoiudod i:? the ?rncoy .Schulo,
ateful if the paragraph 5 of the 5i bc ?r&t?J'u1 if tho pE.ragraph 5 tho
(GATT/CP.5/1) be deleted. Fifti'? ?c.cs:Lor? (?.TI/'CP.5/1) bc. d?tud.
ariff concessions which the sizc. that The r?c;7 tz.riff concc?oio? 'jhiche-
iations at Torquay will be y ?r':;nt jr: tr..? tariff ? ctL.tior.s et Torqu?ri1i bo
..6-..dc '-r. tK. è'zsiz oL kd w. lorm tfffz." |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT QN GATT/CP.5/2
TARIFFS AND TRADE 3 August 1950.
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
SCHEDULE XXIV - FINLAND
Change to ad valorem system
The following le tter dated July 26 1950 has been received
from the Goverimment of Finland:-
"I have the honour to inform you that a pro proposal
is being prepared in Finland according to which the whole
customs tarif will be ba sed on the ad valorem tariff
system The proposal would imply that the tariff concessions
granted by Finland in Annecy and covering specific duties
would be altered to concessions on an ad valorem. basis. It
is the intention of the Finnish Government to distribute
this proposal to the other contracting parties not later
than at the beginning of th1e Torquay tariff negotiations.
May I therefore ask you to include this matter on the
agenda for the fifth, session of the CONTRACTING PARTIES
to be held at Torquay.
"The proposed actions does not imply any reduction or
curtailment of the concessions included in the Finnish
Schedule but only a change of the present tariff system
to ad valorem tariff f s on the level agreed upon at the
Annecy negotiations. Therefore I presume that the matter
will be settled with the other contracting parties without
any compensatory concessions being requested from Finland
for this reason. ( GATT/TN. 2/10) .
"Finally I wish to emphasize that the new tari ff
concessions which the Finnish Government may grant at
Torquay will be made on the basis of ad valorem tariffs.
"May" I ask you to be good enough to distribute this
notification to the other contracting parties."
w~~~~~~~~~~,e - m
L~E i [ t |
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ON TARIFFS AND GATT/CP.5/B/2
15 November 1950
TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
SCHEDULE XXIV - FINLAND
Rectifications Requested by the Government of Finland
The following communication, dated 10 November 1950, has been received
from the Finnish Delegation:
"With reference to document GATT/CP.5/SR.3 I have the honour to inform
you that the Finnish Government wish to propose a few rectifications which
consist of corrections of misprints, unprecise translations or other errors
which have been found in Schedule XXIV of the Annecy Protocol. These
rectifications are set forth in the enclosed list.
"In this connection I wish to refer to my letter nr. 9, dated
October 4th, 1950, in which you were informed of the intention of the
Finnish Government to propose that certain specific duties embodied in
Schedule XXIV of the Annecy Protocol be changed into ad valorem rates, at
a level not higher than that provided for in the said Schedule. In this
connection I referred to the meeting of the Tariff Negotiations Working
Party on October 2nd 1950, where tne possibility was discussed of changing
specific rates of duty, previously bound under the General Agreement, into
corresponding ad valorem rates. The Working Party then decided that amend-
ments of the above nature be considered as rectifications.
"The contracting parties with which these concessions were initially
negotiated have already been notified of the Finnish proposals. As soon
as these bilateral discussions have been completed I shall not fail to
give you full information." GATT/CP.5/B/2
Page 2
SCHEDULE XXIV - FINLAND
Rectifications
English text (official)
Item ex 13-010
Delete the heading:
"Vegetable saps and juices,
n.e.i., oven if concentrated
or dried:"
and road the item as follows:
"ex 13-006 - mastic (kg) Free"
Item ex 37-012
Read the item as follows:
"- strings of animal guts for
tennis rackets"
Item 38-015
Read the heading as fellows:
"Ready made clothing and other
articles, covered or lined
with fur skin; fur skins, sewn
together:"
Item 39-009
and materials for packings and
joints, of vuleanized rubber:"
French text unofficial)
Position ex 13-010
Supprimer l'inscription:
Sucs vegetaux, n,c,a, , meme
concentres ou seches:"
La position doits se lire:
"ex 13-006 - mastic (kg)
exemption"
Position ex 37-012
La position doit se lire:
"- cordes a b oyaux d'animaux
pour raquettes de tannis"
Position 38-015
L'inscription doit se lire:
"vetements acheves et autres
articles, recouvertys ou doubles
de polleterie; pelleterio on
peaux cousues ensemble :"
Position 39-009
L'inscription on doit se lire:
"Plaques, fauilles, tapis de
pied, bendes, ainsi que mate-
miaux pour beurrages et gar-
nitures, on Caoutehoue vulca-
nise : "
Item 48-140
The second sub-item shall road:
"-- containing in a surface
of 1 sq.cm more than 40 warp and
woft threads, counted together :" |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE
SCHEDULE XXVI - HAITI
Rectifications requested by the Government of
Haiti
.
The following communication dated 4 October 1950 has
been received from the leader of the Haitian Delegation at Torquay :
Description of Goods
.
.
.
.
.
.
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
"The Haitian Delegation has the honour to inform you that
the following errors have crept into the schedule of concessions granted by
the Haitian Government to the French Government in Annecy:
TARIFF ITEMS INCLUDED BY ERROR IN THE SECHEDULE
DRAWN UP IN ANNECY AND WHICH THE FRENCH AND
HAITIAN DELEGATIONS HAVE AGREED TO DELETE:
Item Number of
the Haiti Tariff
6102
Duty
(Gourdes)
.
l n * - il ô n SS O
C; .id dû rosi @ 1), Ctv
aile :4; ',,50
w Cric., ^1' --vRti-7ici -ail asile, Art c.r liât Ad
6103
n , > ,,
C r . r l ' ,
milan 'L 3ç5C
y>-. e Q 1 xrr l s Irv t W
.`i'> !'.`t 7srl-
W .r ... 3 - LS
` i _: . 5,
` . i . # ... . ) v
4` i | C :-.: ô: 3 * , ! 6
C. .:.(; ç '` 1 ', { ;
'.1C4
61C`s
}ô T s c i.< W 1;;5 ,,;z`
es - @ | |
`.)in ;. ! i' . '.. ..,.`':
6142
Uxxder;Sx <)1' Ré' :;cn >X1 si ' -
6143
loti S dû ' Lon; le t t -#KS
- 1 , r | >
,_ ;. , I -or
6 .LUL
J-,_ .,' air * j . 1 '.`, |
The t, 'jl,'.$' ;:1t '1^^.^^^^ ,;.*'-1. i 1.* DEUS .! fl5- @ ty ^ à;;
C_`:tét'S:.'-.i.O:,.c4 ,\,n l1.';1-lll`;'._ aïe Le
1. ' I e Ô_ ' ' t1. ', i I y 1 I J J_1,k ) . iot _' '
Fabric mixtures of natural silk, with war. Finding of specific
or weft wholly of cottee or other vege- duties. Reduction
table fibres, excent plushes, shags, to 30s of ad valorem
velvets, and pile moquettes
ti;rl; %-&Ke , RD zoom MyW i i. +;lq
*ll1t :i? .`>. Le (lés '.....
tf) j `w Idi Or 1_*t9r;-,-
dutien z
Li'.(li bis (Dé 5$M5{^' ' i ) C:
étlLlt i 1 ô r Rerd.5acA;ic:> l
t`3 30;s ci] `d. ve41t5;^wr
Cuti, .v
<<'oo >
t.n
6,ç5
6006
te
6011
Fabrics of natural silk, pure or mixed
in any form with other fibres or fila-
ments, including clushes, shags, velvet
and pile moquettes 2 Description of Goods
Item Number of
GATT/CP.5/6
page 2
.
the Haiti Tariff
.
Tulles and nash fabrics of exceed-
ing 45 contimetres in width.
Lace of all kinds and tulles, also mesh
fabrics lese than 45 contimetres in
width
.
4!1 .:. s: ? . -. . W é .L _ n '. Bi.1.' r ef
t-n .::--- > _i- l c Vluti.:. i
D!01. 1; 1-; .2nac ù .;+n , .! 38X, .
,J ? -.^. ! a,- 1 si <. .
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON LIMITED B
GATT/CP/46/Add. 1
TARIFFS AND TRADE 30 March 1950
ORI GI NAL: ENGLISH - FRANCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SCIEDULE XXVII - ltaly
Additional Modification of Item 466-a
Further to the modification contained in document
GATT/CP/46, the text of the second paragraph of item 466-a.
Natural Sodium Nitrate is admitted free
of duty within the limits of an annual
quota ......."
should be modified to read:
"Natural Sodiu nitrate containing not more than 16.23
per cent of nitrogen is admitted free of duty within the
limits of an annual quota......."
As the Agreement between the two Governments which initially
negotiated the concession involves a change in Schedulo XXVII,
as authenticated in the Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession,
and also an additional modification to that contained in document
GATT/CP/46 to which no objections have been received, the
following procedure is suggested to give effect to the changes:
Provided no objections to the modification are lodged with
the Secretariat within thirty days of the date of this notifica-
tion, the text so modified will determine the obligation of the
Italian Government in respect uf the second paragraph of item
466 a of its customs tariff as of the date on which the Italian
Government becomes a contracting party.
The full description of item 466 a would then read
as follows:
"1) Natural sodium nitrate containing not more than 16.23
per cent of nitrogen...............................
Natural sodium nitrate containing not more than 16.23 per cent
of nitrogen is admitted free of duty within the limits of
an annual quota of 500,000 quintals from all countries,
under regulations and conditions to be established by the
Minister of Finance. " |
GATT Library | ty801fb8169 | Second interim report of working party "A" on Article XVIII : The Measure Relating to Seed Oil Notified by Italy | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, November 21, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) and Contracting Parties | 21/11/1950 | official documents | GATT/CP.5/29 and GATT/CP.5/28/Corr.1,2 CP.5/29-45 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/ty801fb8169 | ty801fb8169_90330114.xml | GATT_141 | 454 | 2,965 | GENERAL AGREEMENT ON RESTRICTED
TARIFFS AND TRADE GATT/CP.5/29
21 November 1950
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fifth Session
SECOND INTERIM REPORT OF WORKING PARTY "A" ON ARTICLE XVIII
The Measure Relating to Seed Oil Notified by Italy
1. The Working Party examined the statement of considerations submitted by the
Government of Italy (GATT/CP/49/Add.1) together with the texts of laws and decrees
contained in document GATT/CP/49. The Working Party noted. that the measures
notified related. to three industries, namely those for the production of radio
electric sets, synthetic organic dyes, and seed oil. This interim report eeals only
with the measure relating to seed oil.
2. The representative of Italy stated. that the notified measure relating to
seed oil consisted of a tax on the manufacture and also on the importation of
seed oil provided for by successive laws and executive decrees, the texts of
which were contained in GATT/CP/49 as Annexes IV to VIII. Notification had been
made under paragraph 11 of Article XVIII by the Italian Government in respect of
the maintenance of this tax with a view to obtaining a release from its obliga-
tions under paragragrph 2 of Article III of the Agreement.
3. A discussion took place in the Working Party ccncerning the effects of
the tax in the course of which reference was made to the Report of Sub-
Committee A of Committee III of the Havana Conference, which dealt with the
corresponding article in the Havana Charter.l In this connection, the- repre-
sontative of Italy informed the Working Party that there was a substantial
domestic production of seed oil.
4. The representative of Italy, after further considration, then withdrew
the notification under paragraph 11 of Article XVIII in respect of the measure
relating to seed oil. The Working Party consequently did not proceed to ex-
amine the substance of the notification. As a result, the Decision taken by
the Contracting Parties on 13 August 1949 permitting the Italian Government to
maintain the notified measures pending a decision under paragraph 12 of Article
XVIII is not required with respect to the items affected by the measure, namely,
Tariff Items 139(a) and (c): raw- linseed oil and soya cil, and may be considered
as terminated.
1)Pargraph 54. of the Report (E/CONF.2/C.3/59), which is reproduced on
page 64 of Reports of Committees and Sub-Committees (ICITO/1/8), reads
as follows:
"The Sub-Committee was in agreement that under the. provisions
of Article 18 regulations and taxes would be permitted which,
while perhaps having the effect of assisting the production
of a particular domestic product (say, butter) are directed
as much against the domestic prduction of another produout
(say, domestic oleomargarine) of Which there was as substantial
domestic production as they are. against imports (say, imported
oleomargarine)" . |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP/40/Add.13
24 April 1950
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
1. SIGNATURE OF ANNECY PROTOCOL OF TERMS OF ACCESSION
Signature by Dominican ReDublic
The Annecy Protocol was signed on behalf of the Dominican
Republic on 19 April and hence the Dominican Republic will become
a contracting party on 19 May.
This signature was accompanied by the appropriate action for
the acceptance of the following protocols;
Protocol 4 modifying Part I of Article XXIX
Protocol 8 replacing Schedule I (Australia)
Protocol 9 replacing Schedule VI (Ceylon)
First Protocol of Modifications
Third Protocol of Rectifications
Fourth Protocol of Rectifications.
Acceptance of Protocols by Liberia
On 20th April the Government of Liberia deposited instruments
of acceptance for Protocol 4 modifying Part I and Article XXIX
and Protocol 7 modifying Article XXVI, This completes the forma-
lities for Liberias accession to the Agreement and therefore
Liberia will become a contracting party on 20th May.
2. APPLICATION OF SCHEDULES IN ANNEX A TO THE ANNECY
PROTOCOL OF TERMS OF ACCESION
In terms of paragraph 3 of the Annecy Protocol the following
contracting parties have notified the Secretary-General of the
United Nations of their intention to apply the concessions
provided for in their respective Schedules in Annex A to the
Protocol:
On 18th April, by the United Kingdom, as from 1st January
1950.
On 19th April, by Pakistan.
On 19th April by France as from 19th May.
Notifications under paragraph 3 by Benelux, Ceylon and
Czechoslovakia were reported in document GATT/CP.4/6/Add.1.
Notifications by Canada, Chile, South Africa and the United States
were reported in earlier addenda in the present series.
3. PROTOCOL 2 RELATING TO ARTICLE XXIV
Acceptance by Southern Rholesia
On 18th April the Government of Southern Rhodesia deposited
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations an instrument of
acceptance for the Special Protocol relating to Article XXIV. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR LlMITED B
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 4 July 1950d
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ENGLISH/FRENCH
Contracting Partics
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
ADDENDUM
Application of the Schedules in Annex A of the Annecy Protocol
of Terms of Accession.
Norway notified the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
in the terms of paragraph 3 of the Annecy Protocol, of its
intention to apply the concessions in its Schedule. This
notification was made on 29 June, in accordance with the
Decision of the Contracting Parties of 21 March 1950 (GATT/CP/61)
which extended the time for notification, in the case of Norway, to
30 June.
Czechoslovakia has advised that the concessions provided for
in its Schedule entered into force successively as the different
acceding governments became contracting parties to the General
Agreement. Consequently, as from 30 May 1950, these concessions
have been applied with the exception of items ex 14 (granted to
Colombia), ex 103 ex b, ex 132 ex b (both granted to Uruguay),
ox 560 (granted to Colombia) and ex 630 (granted to Uruguay).
Parties Contractantes
SIGNATURE DE DIVERS PROTOCOLES
ADDENDUM
Application des Listes de l'Annexe A du Protocole d'Annecy des
conditions d'adhésion.
En conformité du paragraphe 3 du Protocole d.'Annecy, la
Norvège a notifié au Secrétaire général des Nations Uinies son
intention d'appliquer les concessions reprises dans sa liste.
Cette notification a été effectuée le 29 juin 1950, conformément
a la décision par laquelle les Parties Contractantes ont, le 21
mars 1950, prorogé jusqu'au 30 juin 1950 le délai prévu pour la
notification en question (GATT/CP/61).
La Tchécoslovaquie a fait savoir que les concessions reprises
dans sa liste sont entrees en vigueur à l'égard des divers gou-
verneme nts adherents au fur et à mesure que chacun de ces der-
niers est devenu partie contractante à l'Accord général. En consé-
quence, lesdites concessions ont été appliquées à computer du 30
mai 1950 à l'exception de celles visant les positions ex 14 (né-
gociée avec la Colombie), ex 103 ex b, ex 132 ex b (négociées l'une
et l'autre avec l'Uruguay), ex 560 (négociée avec la Colombie),
et ex 630 (négociée avec l'Uruguay). |
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ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP/40/Add. 6
11 January 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Contracting Parties
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
Addendum
Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession
1. Contracting parties were informed (GATT/CP/40 and Add.1)
that the United States and Canada had given notice of intention
to apply as from 1 January 1950 the concessions provided for in
their schedules in Annex A, pursuant to paragraph 3 of the
Annecy Protocol. Notice has now been received from the Secretary-
General of the United Nations that the Benelux countries -
Belgium, Luxemburg and Netherlands.- put into force on 1 January
1950 the tariff concessions provided for in Schedule II of
Annex A.
2. Notifications of intention to apply the concessions nego-
tiated at Annecy may be deposited by other contracting parties
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations up to 30 April
1950.
3. Haiti became a contracting party on 1 January 1950.
According to the latest advices received from the Headquarters
of the United Nations, the Government of Liberia, which has also
signed the Annecy Protocol, has not yet deposited instruments
of acceptance for Protocol 4 - the Protocol modifying Part I and
Article XXIX - and Protocol 7 - the Protocol modifying Article
XXVI.
4. The Protocol will be open for signature by other acceding
governments at the Headquarters of the United Nations until
30 April 1950. |
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LIMITED B
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON GATT/CP/40/Add. 14
2 May 1950
TARIFFS AND TRADE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
ADDENDUM
Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession
Signature of Acceding Governments
The Government of Finland on 25 April, the Guvernments
of Denmark and Nicaragua on 28 April and the Government of
Italy on 30 April signed the Annecy Protocol and took the
appropriate action in respect of the oustanding protocols,
namely:
Protocol 4 modifying Part I of Article XXIX
Protocol 8 replacing Schedule I (Australia)
Protocol 9 replacing Schedule VI (Coylon)
First Protocol of Modifications
Third Protocol of Rectifications
Fourth Protocol of Rectifications
The Government of Denmark gave notice under paragraph 9
(a) that its signature does not include for the time being the
territory of the Faroe Islands pending negotiations between
the Danish and the Faroese authorities.
All of the Annecy acceding Governments, with the exception
of Uruguay, signed the Protocol of Terms of Accession. The
following is a recapitulation of the dates on which acceding
governments became, or will become, contracting parties:
Greece became a contracting party on 9 March,1950
Haiti " " " " 1 January,1950
Sweden " " " " 30 April, 1950
Denmark will become a contracting party on 25 May, 1950
Dominican
Republic " " " " " " 19 May, 1950
Finland " " " " " 25 May, 1950
Italy " " " " " 30 May, 1950
Liberia " " " " " 20 May, 1950
Nicaragua " " " " 28 May, 1950
Application of Schedules in Annex A
In terms of paragraph 3 of the Annecy Protocol, the
following contracting parties notified the Secretary-General
of the United Nations of their intention to apply the con-
cessions provided for in their respective Scheduleis in Annex A:
On 21 April, by the Government of India
On 28 April, by the Government of Australia
On 28 April, by the Government of New Zealand. GATT/CP/40/Add.14
page 2
The Government of Australia gave notice under paragraph
9 (a) that the above notification will apply to the metro-
politan territory of Australia only.
Notifications have been given for the application of
the concessions provided for in all the Schedules of Annex
A except by Brazil, China, o, Lebanon and Syria, and by
-ic-Nr-iY which has been allowed until 30 June to give
notification.
Application of Schedules in Annex B
The Government of Sweden has advised that the con-
cessions provided for in Schedule XXX were applied as from
30 April, to the contracting parties and the Annecy acceding
governments, with the exception of Item ex 63 - Bananas.
Item ex 63 was excluded because it was negotiated with the
Government of Colombia, but it remains in Schedule XXX in
accordance with the recommendation in GATT/TN.1/36. |
GATT Library | my591gd8267 | Signature of various protocols. Addendum. : Protocol 2 Relating to Article XXIV | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, May 8, 1950 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) and Contracting Parties | 08/05/1950 | official documents | GATT/CP/40/Add.15 and GATT/CP/40+Add.1-22+Add.1314/Corr.1 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/my591gd8267 | my591gd8267_90300152.xml | GATT_141 | 120 | 853 | GENERAL AGREEMENT
ON TARIFFS AND
TRADE
ACCORD
GENERAL SUR UNRESTRICTED
LIMITED B
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP/40/Add.15
8 May 1950
ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL :ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
ADDENDUM
Protocol 2 Relating toA Article XXIV
Acceptance by Lebanon
On 1st May the Secretary-General of the United Nations
received a communication from the Government of Lebanon
accepting the Special Protocol relating to Article XXIV.
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
SIGNATURE DE DIVERS PROTOCOLEs
ADDENDUM
Protocole N 2 portant modification de
l'article XXIV
Acceptation par le Gouvernement du Liban
Le ler mai, le Seorétaire général des Nations Unies a
requ du Gouvernement du Liban un instrument d'acceptation
du Protocole portant modification de l'article XXIV.
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GATT/CP/40/Add. 10
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 3 April 1950
ORIGINAL
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ENGLISH/FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
AL..iCY PROTOCOL OF TERES OF ACCESSION
The Annecy Protocol was signed on behalf of the Goverment
of Swreden on 31 March, 1950, and hence Sweden will become a
contracting party on 30 April.
This signature was accompanied by the appropriate action
for the acceptance of the following protocols:
Protocol 4 modifying Part I of Article XXIX
Protocol 7 modifying Article XXVI
Protocol 8 replacing Schedule I (Australia)
Protocol 9 replacing Schedule VI (Ceylon)
Third Protocol of Rectifications
First Protocol of Modifications
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
SIGNATURE DE DIVERS PROTOCOLES
PROTOCOLE D'ANNECY DES CONDITIONS D'ADRESION
Le Protocole d'Annecy des conditions d'addesion a ete signe
le 31 mars 1950 au nom du Gouvernement de la Suede, et en conse-
quence ce pays deviendra parties contractante le 30 avril 1950.
En meme temps, ce Gouvernement a signo les protocoles ci-
apres enumeres, ou en a depose l'instrument d' cceptation:
Protocole No 4 - Protocole portant modification de la Partie
I et de l'Article XXIX
Protocole No 7 - Protocolo portant modification de l'Article
XXVI
Protocole No 8 - Protocole portant remplacement de la Liste
I (Australie)
Protocole No 9 - Protocole portant remplacement de la Liste
VI (Ceylan)
Troisibme Protocole de rectification
P~ .d r. Protocole de modification |
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ON TARIFFS AND
TRADE
ACCOR D GENEPAL SUR
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS
ET LE COMMERCE
LIMITED B
GATT/CP/40/Add. 11
11 April 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/
FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
ANNECY PROTOCOL OF TERMS OF ACCESSION
In accordance with the terms of paragraph 3 of the Annecy
Protocol the Government of the Union of South Africa notified
the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 4 April 1950
of its intention to apply the concessions provided for in
Schedule XVIII of Annex A of the Protocol.
The Government of Chile has given similar notification
of its intention to apply on 30 April 1950 the concessions
provided for in Schedule VII of Annex A of the Protocol-
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
SIGNATURE DES DIVERS PROTOCOLES
PROTOCOLE D'ANNECY DES CONDITIONS D'ADHESION
En conformite des dispositions au paragraphe 3 du Protocole
d'Annecy, le 4 avril 1950 le Gouvernenment de l'Union Sud-
Africaine a notifie au Secretaire General des Nations Unies
son intention d'appliquer les concessions reprises dans la
Liste XVIII de l'Annexe A dudit Protocole.
En outre, le Gouvernement du Chili a egalement notifie
son intention d'appliquer, a computer du 30 avril 1950, les
concessions reprises dans la Liste ' C de C ; '-Annexe A du
Protocole precite.
_ , ... . |
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ON TARIFFS AND
TRADE
UNRESTRICTED
ACCORD GENERAL SUR GATT/CP/40/Add.l3
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 11 & 14/Corr.l
11 May1950
ET LE COMMERCE
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/
FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
Annecy Protocol off Terms of Accession
CORRIGENDUM
GATT/CP/40/Add. 13
1. Signature by Domican Republio
Paragraph 2, theird line, should read:
"Protocol 4 modifying Part I and Article XXIX"
2. Applicaton of Schedules in Annex A to the Annedy Protocol
of Terms of Accession
Paragraph 1, line nine, should read:
"On 19th April by France as from 19th April"
GATT/CP/40/Add. 14
Signature of Acceding Governments
Paragraph 1, sixth line, should read:
"Protocol 4 modifying Part I and Article XXIX"
Accession
Paragraph 1, line eight, should read:
"Denmark will become a contracting party on 28 May, 1950"
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
SIGNATURE DE DIVERS PROTCCOLES
Protocole d'Annecy des conditions d'adhésion
COR?IGENDUM
GATT/CP/40/Aud . 13
Application de listes de l'Annexe A du Protocole d'Annecy
Les conditions d'adhésion
Paragraphe premier, 8ème ligne, lire
"Le 19 avril, la France, à dater du 19 avril"
GATT/CP/40 /Add. 14
Adhesion
Paragraphe premier, 8ème ligne, lire
"Le Daneamark deviendra partie contractante le 28 mai 1950"
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ON TARIFFS AND
TRADE
ACCORD GENERAL SUR
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS
ET LE COMMERCE
LIMITED B
GATT/CP.40/Add.12
14 April 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/
FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SIGNATURE OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS
Protocol Replacing Schedule VI (Ceylon)
First Protocol of Modifications
According to advice received from the Secretary-General
of the United Nations the Government of India deposited
instruments of acceptance on 11 April 1950 for Protocol 9
Replacing Schedule VI (Ceylon) and for the First Protocol
of Modifications.
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
SIGNATURE DE DIVERS PROTOCOIES
Protocole portant remplacement de la Liste VI
(Ceylan)
Premier Protocolc de Modification
Selon notification recue du Secretaire general des Nations
Unies, le ler avril 1950 le Gouvernement de l'Inde a depose
les instruments d'acceptation du protocol NO 9 portant rempla-
cement de la Liste VI (Ceylan) et du premier protocole de
modification. |
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ACCORD GENERAL SUR
LES TARIFS DOUANIERS
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GATT/CP.4/2/Add.5
22 February 1950
ORIGINAL:
ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES .
Fourth Session
SITE OF 1950 TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
COMPARISON OF SITES
The relative facilities of Geneva, Monaco, Torquay
and Cannes, all of which have extended invitations to the
Contracting Parties for the 1950 tariff negotiations, are
briefly set out in the attached sheet.
The estimated conference secretariat cost in each of
the four places is also indicated GENEVA
*Ar~le PIAMeS r n~fc- ml.~icsrnigt
AMpl, Prices ranging from Ample. price ranging from
1100 to 3500 fr. frs. 10 to 45 Sw.frs.
Price - 600-2500 francs Price - 7-35 Sw. frs.
Ample. Prices ranging from Ample. Prices ranging from
970 to 3600 fr.fr. 10 to 16 gn. weekly (meals
included) and 23 to 33 s,
daily (bed and breakfast)
Price - 700 to 2000 francs
Price - 3-) gn. weekly
(meals included), 8/6410/6
dailv , <, h qn 1-- - - _,
200 to 250 together in
Hotel Martinez
Cost: 1100 francs daily
110 in Social Insurance
building
Cost: 1.50 francs daily
Possibly some in Palais
Cost: 6 frances daily
200 together in Grand Hotel
Cost, 1200 francs daily
303 in separate buildings,
of which 183 in Beacon Hill
area. Remainder in 4 diffe.
hotels nearby, each of which
might be taken by one large
delegation.
Cost: 13 weekly (some
heating may be extra)
Committee Rooms
1 large 0 small in
artinez. Free
Hotel 6 small in Social Insuranc
building at 5 francs daily
Possibility of some
in Palais at $6 daily per-
delegation when used for
negotiations.
6 small Grand Hotel, 2
large Sporting Club. Free
1 large Marine Spa. Free
16 small in Beacon Hill area
at L5 per week.
Supplies
Communications
and
Transportation
g o o d
. a v a i l a b l e
t e 1 e p h o n e,
t e l e g r a p
1 c a l l y .
a d e q u a t e
i n s t a l l e d . . .
r h i r e a d e q u a t e
Regular air service trans-
Atlantic and Furopean
Trans-Atlantic port
Regular air service world-
wide
Regular air service trans-
Altlantic and European from
Rice
Cherter air service from
Hcniston Clyst (25 miles)
to London and Continent.
Possibility of special cross
Channel service (boat )
a d e q u a t e
Customs facilities similar
to Annecy
r e c r e a t i o n a l
F a c i I
Customs facilities similar
to Annecy
i t i e s .
9
Special facilities for Heads
of Delegations and Delegations
as a whole. Diplomatic immunity
to those usually entitled to it.
Ectimated-secretatiat
conference cost.
TOTAL
e s
. . . . . In U n i t e d S t a t e s
45,901.00 45,923.05
d o l l a r s
45,982.43
. .
49,840.50
Travel
Per diem
Temporary asst.
Conference rooms
See, offices
Documents
Miscellaneous
1,115.25
5,400.00
15,000.00
nil
5,011.20
4,374.63
15, 000,00
nil
nil
5, 785.05
5,184.00
100,00
19,854.00
15,000.00
1,127.00
5,400.00
15,000.00
nil
5
4,444.23
15,000.00
2,140.50
14,670.00
14,000.00
nil
nil
4,030.00
15,000.00
R. ~otelIs
Other
. . ...
MONACO
TORQUAY
ITEM
.
. .
General
t e l e p r i n t e r s c a n b
t r a i n s e r v i c e - - - .- a r h i r e a d e q u a t e |
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GATT/CP.4/2/Add.3
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUIANIERS 6 February 1950.
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
SITE OF 1950 TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
INVITATION FROM CANNES
The mayor of Cannes, in a lotter of 31 January,
has invited the Contracting Parties to hold the 1950
tariff negotiations at Cannes. He states that adequate
hotel, office and conference room facilities will be
made available. Details of these facilities will be
found in a brochure, one copy of which will be sent to
each contracting party.
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Quatrième session
LIEU DES NEGOITIONS TARIFAIRES DE 1950
INVITATION DE LA VILLE DE CANNES
Par lettre en date du 31 janvier 1950, M. le Maire
de Cannes invite les Parties Contractantes à tenir la
Session tarifaire de 1950 à Cannes.
La lettre susdite precise que la Ville de Cannes peut
offrir un nombre suffisant de chambres d'hàtel, de bureaux
et de salles de seances.
Veuillez trouver tous les details appropriés dans
l'analyse des différentes offres qui fera l'objet d'un
document séparé. |
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ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP.4/ Add.4
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE 21 February 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Fourth Session
SITE OF 1950 TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
INVITATION FROM ITALY
The Italian Government, in a letter of 20 February,
has invited the Contracting Parties to hold the 1950 tariff
negotiations in Bordighera.
Hotel accomodation is adequate and 250 offices as well
as the necessary meeting room space can be provided.
A further paper will be issued giving more detailed
information.
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
Quatrième Session
LIEU DES NEGOCIATIONS TARIFAIRES EN 1950
INVITATION DU GOUVERNEMENT ITALIEN
Per lettre en date du 20 février 1950, le Gouvernement
italien invite les Parties Contractantes à tenir la session
tarifaire de 1950 à Bordighera.
La ville de Bordighera dispose de ressources hôteliêres
suffisantes et pourra fournir 250 bureaux ainsi que les
salles de reunion nécessaires.
Une documentation détaillée sera distribuée ultérieurement. SITE OF 1950 TARIFF NEGOTIaTIONS
COmPARISON OF SITES
For convenience in making a comparison between the
five sites which have been proposed, the data
circulated as GATT/CP.4/2/Add.5 has been reduced
to a common basis (U.S. dollars) as follows:-
U.S. Dollars
BORDIGHERA CANNES
13.7 -
46.6
5.6 -
31.5
21.3 -
73.5
11.6 -
48.3
per week.
GENEVA MONACO
16.3 -
73.5
11.4 -
57.1
18.8 -
75.5
13.5 -
38.6
DELEGATION
OFFICES
CONFERENCE
HALL AND
COMMITTEE
ROOMS
19.6
19.6
21.28 110 at 2.45
more at 9.8
Free 6 small at
8.2
others -
42
SECRETARIAT
OFFICES ? ?
23.2
Free
Free ?
U.K. DELEGATION.
27th February, 1950.
HOTELS
Luxury
Other
TORQUAY
29.4 -
49.1
8.8 -
26.4
8.4
Free
Free |
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ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS GATT/CP.4/2/Add.2
31 January 1950.
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINA: ENGLISH/
FRENCH
Contracting Parties
Fourth Session
SITE OF 1950 TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE IN GENEVA
1: Geneva has offered to the Contracting Parties the Social
Insurance building which is at present under construction.
The Department of Public Works has assured the secretariat
that it can be completed in tine for the meeting. This
building would provide approximately 110 offices and 6 tariff
negotiating rooms. The Conseil. d'Etat has decided to give
this building rent free and charge only for heat, light
concierge, etc. The amount of this charge per unit will be
communicated later.
2: The United Nations is doubtful of being able to offer
any additional office space in the Palais des Nations in
September/December 1950 and will find it quite impossible
during January and February 1951. This difficulty arises
because of the projected transfer of U.N. Headquarters
from Lake Success to Manhattan which will mean that most
United Nations meetings during early 1951 will be held in
Geneva. This will probably make hotel space very scarce
as well.
Parties Contractantes
Quatrième Session
LIEU DES NEGOCIATIONS TARIFAIRES DE 1950
Locaux disponibles à Genàve
1. L'Etat de Genève a offert aux Parties Contractantes l'im-
meuble des Assurances sociales actuellement en construction.
Le Département des Travaux publics a assuré au Secrétariat que
la construction de cet immeuble pourrait être acheée à temps
pour l'ouverture des négotiations, Son utilisation permettrait
de disposer d'environ 110 bureaux et de six salles de négocia-
tions. Le Conseil d'Etat a décidé de mettre lesdits locaux à la
disposition de la Conférence à titre gratuit à l'exception des
frais de conciergerie, d'éclairage, de chauffage, etc.. Le mon-
tant unitaire des dépenses encourues sera communique ultérieure-
ment.
2. D'autre part, I'Organisation des Nations Unies n'est nulle-
ment certaine de pouvoir disposer au Palais des Nations de lo-
caux supplémentaires entre le ler septembre et le 31 décembre
1950, et il lui sera absolument impossible d'en fournir en jan-
vier et février 1951. Cette difficulté résulte du projet de
transfert du siège des Nations Unies de Lake Success à Manhattan,
selon lequel la plupart des réunions des Nations Unies qui au-
ront lieu au début de 1951, se tiendront à Genève. Au surplus
et pour les mêmes raisons, la location de chambres d'hôtel à
Genève sera probablement très difficile pendant la période sus-
indiquée. |
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GENERAL AGREEMENT ACCORD GENERAL SUR
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS8 June 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SOUH AFRICA AN OTENRHODESIA CUSTOMSUIO
The Governments of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia
have sent to the Executive Secretary copies of a "Schedule
of Divergent Rates of Duty" in the tariffs of the two countries.
On account of Its bulk and the expense of distribution by post
these copies will be handed to the representatives of
contracting parties at Torquay on 28 September. However, if
any contracting party wishes to see this schedule earlier than
September, a copy will be sent upon request.
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
UNION DOUANIERE ENTRE L'UNION SUE-AFRICAINE
ET LA RHODESIE DU SUD
Les Gouvernements de l'Union Sud-Afrioaine et de la
Rhodesie du Sud ont adresse au Seeretaire exeoutif des
exemplaires d'une "'Liste des Tuux de droits differents"
dans les tarifs des douanes respectifs de ces pays. Une
distribution postale de ces exemplaires representerait une
depense considerable par suite de leur volume et en consequence,
ils seront remis aux representants des parties contractantes
& Torquay, le 28 septembre. Cependant, toute partie contrao-
tante desireuse d'obtenir un exemplaire de oette liste avant
le mois de soptembre peut adresser une demande au Seoretariat. |
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LIMITED B GATT/CP/69/Add.1
ON TARIFFS AND LES TARIFS DOUANIERS 25 July 1950
TRADE ET LE COMMERCE ENGLISH/FRENCH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTHERN RHODESIA CUSTOMS UNION
Addendum
The Government of South Africa has sent to the Executive
Secretary copies of the First Annual Report, dated Nay 1950,
of the Southern Africa Customs Union Council. On account
of its bulk and the expense of distribution by post these
copies will be handed to the representatives of contracting
parties at Torquay on 28 September. However, if any
contracting party wishes to see this Report earlier than
September, a copy will be sent upon request.
PARTIES CONTRACTANTES
UNION DOUANIERE ENTRE L'UNION SUD-AFRICAINE
ET LA RHODESIE DU SUD.
Addendum
Le Gouvernement de l'Union Sud-Africaine a adresse au
Secretaire executif des exeinplaires du Premier Rapport Annuel
du Conseil de l'Union Douaniere sud-africaineg publie en
mai 1950. Une distribution postale de ces exemplaires
representerait une depense considerable par suite de leur
volume et en consequence, ils seront remis aux representants
des parties contractantes a. Torquay, le 28 septembre.
Cepen-dant, toute partie contractante desireuse d'obtenir
un exemplaire de ce Rapport avant le mois de septembre peut
adresser une demande au Secretariat. |
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GATT/CP/78/Add. 1
2 October 1950
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
CONTRACTING PARTIES
SOUTH AFRICAN IMPORT CONTROL
Addendum
"A copy of the following Government Notice of 8 September 1950,
concerning certain amendments to the import restrictions of the Union of
South Africa, has been submitted by the South African Government for the
information of the Contracting Parties:
"CONTROL OF IMPORTS.
"I, ERIC HENDRIK LOUW, in my capacity as Minister of Economic Affairs and
acting under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by War Measure.
No. 146 of 1942 as amended, read with War Measure No. 75 of 1945 do
hereby further amend Schedule B to Government Notice No. 431 of the
4th March, 1949, as amended by Government Notices No. 50 of the 6th January,
1950, and No. 1864 of the 28th July, 1950, in the manner indicated hereunder,
ERIC H. LOUW.
MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS.
"SCHEDULE B (AS AMENDED)
"By the deletion of the following items therefrom
Cocoa , namely:-
ex (c)
(d)
14(c)
23
53
ex 167
ex 172(b)(i)
ex 172(b)(ii)
288
294
297(a)
Mass, paste or slab, unsweetened.; block chocolate,
unsweetened.
Other unsweetened; cocoa mixed with milk or other
food substances except sugar.
Ginger for manufacturing purposes, preserved in syrup
or brine, in packages of not less than 100 lb. net weight.
Gelatine, animal or vegetable,
Cigars and cigarillos.
Earthenware and stoneware ornaments,
Glassware ornaments; cut glassware and crystal glassware.
China and porcelain ornaments.
Cards, playing.
Paintings, etchings, pictures including calendar mounts
on which a picture is imprinted, lithographed or em-
bossed with or without a decorated border or margin and
not forming, nor intended to form part of any imported
imprinted lithougraphed or embossed matter otherwise pro-
vided for, and picture books.
Loose-leaf covers and binders; letter or documents
files in book or folder fonm.
ex 12 GATT/CP/78/Add .1
Page 2.
ex 308 Tobacconistst Wares, including pipes of a f.o.b. cost
exceeding 30/- per dozen, pouches of a f.o.b. cost ex-
ceeding 18/- per dozen, pipe covers, pipe stands, pipe
cases, smokers' cabinets, cigar and cigarette holders,
match boxes, tobacco jars, cigar and cigarette cases,
ash trays.
"By the substitution therefor of the following items :
ex 23 Gelatine, anirmal or vegetable, excluding isinglass for
manufacturing purposes.
ex 53 Cigars and cigarillos of a f.o.b. cost exceeding 60/-
per 100,
ex 167 Earthenware and stoneware ornaments and vases.
ex 172(b)(i) Glassware ornaments and vases; cut glassware.
ex 172(b)(ii) China and porcelain ornaments and vases.
ex 288 Cards, playing - of a f.o.b. cost exceeding 1/8d, per
pack.
ex 294 Paintings, etchings, pictures, including calender
mounts on which a picture is imprinted, lithographed
or embossed with or without a decorated border or
margin, and not forming nor intended to form part
of any imported printed, lithographed or embossed
matter otherwise provided for,
ex 308 Tobacconists' wares including pipes of a f.o.b,
cost exceeding 90s, per dozen, pouches of a f.o.b.
cost exceeding 18s. per dozen, pipe stands, pipe cases,
smokers cabinets, cigar and cigarette holders, match
boxes, tobacco jars, cigar and cigarette cases, ash trays;
but excluding pipe covers, pipe cleraners, cigarette
papers and cigarette making appliances.
"By the addition thereto of the following item
178 Marble," |
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