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GATT Library | xn290dm1779 | Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment : Non-Governmental Organizations. Summary Record Meeting of the Consultative Committee with the representatives of the International Chamber of Commerce held on Friday, 18 July, 1947, at 4.30 p.m. in the Palais des Nations, Geneva | United Nations Economic and Social Council, July 18, 1947 | United Nations. Economic and Social Council | 18/07/1947 | official documents | E/PC/T/131 and E/PC/T/124-135 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/xn290dm1779 | xn290dm1779_92290157.xml | GATT_154 | 0 | 0 | |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/131
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLlSH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
Non-Governmental Organizations
Summary Record
Meeting of the Consultative Committee with the
representatives of the International Chamber of
Commerce held on Friday, 18 July, 1947, at 4.30 p.m.
in the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
M. Dieterlin
Mr. John W. Evans
Mr. C.L. Hewitt
Mr. Olav Hogna
M. Royer
Representatives of the International Chamber of
Commerce:
Mr. John R. Minter
Dr. M.A. Heilperin
In the absence of the CHAIRMAN and VICE CHAIRMAN, the
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, Mr. Wyndham White, presided. The Committee
proceeded to consider the matters which the Representatives of the
ICC had requested and opportunity to discuss.
1. The question of early release of the third Draft Charter as
that distribution can be made to national committees of the
I.C.C. and their comments collated in time for preparation
of a recent to be submitted to the World Conference.
Mr. Minter introduced the item by drawing the attention of
the Committee to the text of the following resolution (No.6)
adopted by the ICC at its Congress in Montreux in June, 1947.
"In order that it may in the future discharge effectively
the responsibility of its consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council, the United Nations and
associated organizations, the International Chamber of
Commerce hopes that it may be allowed to have an adequate
supply of copies of documents with which it is concerned
for supply to nationall Committees at the earliest
possible date and with adequate time for consultation."
NATIONS UNIES
UNRESTRICTED E/PE/T/131
page 2.
In commenting on this resolution, Mr. Minter explained that
before submitting to the World Conference any observations on the
third draft of the Charter the ICC requires full consultation with
all of its national committees in order that the observations may
be representative of their views. Mr. Minter urged the
Preparatory Committee to make available to the ICC the texts of
individual chapters of the Draft Charter as soon as the work on each
is completed, to be followed by the release to the ICC of the full
text of the Charter and commentary as soon as work on those
documents has been completed.
The EXECUTIVE SECRETARY explained the procedure which was
being followed by the Preparatory Committee in the preparation or
the text or the Charter. He indicated that duing the present
Session the text of the chapters and individual articles must pass
through numerous stages, including the initial discussion in
commission, the sub-committee stage, the further consideration by
a commission, the examination by a legal drafting committee, and,
finally, the review of the whole text by the Preparatory Committee.
In these circumstances it would obviously be difficult to determine
when the text of a chapter or of an article had been finally adopted
by this Session of the Preparatory Committee. Nevertheless, he
proposed that the Consultative Committee might recommend to the
Preparatory Committee that the ICC and other interested non-
governmental organizations in Category "A" be provided with the
mimeographed texts of all or part of the Charter as soon as the
Preparatory Committee indicates its final approval of the text.
The EXECUTIVE SECRETARY pointed out that, as would be appreciated
from his earlier observations, the adoption of such a proposal by
the Preparatory Committee would probably not result in the release
of texts to the ICC in the immediate future but would at least make
possible the provision to the ICC of mimeographed texts without the delay that would be involved in waiting for the printed texts.
The Committee agreed to make such a proposal to the Preparatory
Committee.
Concerning the remaining items which the ICC Representatives
desired to discuss, the EXECUTIVE SECRETARY remarked that the
Secretariat had prepared informal notes relating to the original
ICC comments on Chapter VII and Article 18 which had been
circulated to the meeting. The EXECUTIVE SECRETARY suggested that
in the discussion of these two items the Secretariat notes might
constitut, without applying necessarily any
commitment by the members of the Consultative Committee in respect
of the contents of those notes. (The Secretariat notes are
annexed to this summary record).
2. Commodity Agreements - Chapter VII
Concerning the, first point listed in the Secretariat notes
on this topic, relating to the expansion of world trade, the
EXCUTIVE SECRETARY pointed out that the present text of sub-
paragraphs (b) and (e) in Article 48 would appear to place the
appropriate emphasis on the objective of expanding consumption
and production. Dr. Heilperin indicated that while these changes
were welcomed, he thought it might be desirable to state more.
explicitly in Chapter VII that commodity agreements should "serve
the general purpose of securing an orderly expansion of world
trade", as had been suggested in the observation submitted by the
ICC in Document E/PC/T/44. A member of the Committee remarked
that such a statement, applying to the entire Charter, was already
included in Article 1 which contains the general purposes of the
Organization. He added that the provisions contained in
Chapter VII for including both consuming and producing countries
in the operation of commodity agreements might reasonably be
expected to act as an additional deterrent to the establishment of
unduly restrictive commodity arrangements. Dr. Heilperin E/PC/T/131 ,
page 4.
acknowledged that the present text of Chapter VII appeared to
represent a considerable advance over the earlier drafts in the
direction of ensuring, so far as possible, that commodity
agreements should not be of an unnecessarily restrictive character,
but reiterated his conviction that an explicit statement along the
lines previously indicated would be desirable,
The Representatives of the ICC indicated that, as observed in
the Secretariat note, the desire of the ICC to avoid complete
reliance on the cumbersome procedure of study groups and commodity
conferences would appear to have been met by the revisions made in
the present texts of Articles 50 and 52.
Concerning the third point listed in the Secretariat notes,
Dr. Heilperin stated that the revised text, although possibly
representing an improvement over the earlier versions, still
failed to indicate sufficiently clearly the range of commodities to
which inter-governmental commodity agreements should be confined.
He felt that in the new text there remained the possibility that
inter-governmental commodity agreements might be extended
considerably beyond primary commodities especially in view of the
new contents of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 47. He inquired
whether the reference in paragraph 3 to "a commodity which does not
fall precisely under paragraphs 1 or 2" might not be open to a
considerable number of interpretations. It was pointed out by
a member of the Committee that in the report of the Sub-committee
dealing with Chapter VII this language was interpreted as excluding
highly manufactured goods from the scope of inter-governmental
commodity agreements while providing for the possibility that
borderline cases between primary and non-primary commodities might
be subject to the same difficulties as primary commodities and,
hence, might properly be the subject of an inter-governmental
commodity agreement in the same manner as a primary commodity.
i .. E/PC/T/131
page 5.
A member of the Committee indicated that in his judgment the
present language would exclude any commodities which did not
possess the economic characteristics of a primary commodity.
Other members of the Committee indicated their agreement with
this view., Dr. Heilperin suggested that to maks these points
clear the text might be revised to indicate; (a) the production
end marketing characteristics which distinguish commodities
included within the scope of the chapter; (b) that highly
manufactured goods are specifically excluded; and (c) that
agreements relating to the commodities covered by this chapter
might be made between private business entities in the different
countries and not only between governments.
The EXECUTIVE SECRETARY pointed out that, concenring,
Dr. Heilperin's first suggestion, certain number of criteria
appeared to be provided already in articles 46 and 53 for
determining whether or not a commodity met the requirements for
inclusion under the provisions of the chapter. Dr. Heilperin
suggested that these criteria might be elaborated further in the
text or in the commentary. A member of the Committee questioned
whether the specific statement suggested by Dr. Heilperin in his
second point was required or would achieve his purpose since its
inclusion might imply that as a general rule manufactured goods,
unless they were "highly manufactured", could be regarded as
coming within the chapter. This member suggested that the present
language provided a necessary flexibility without extending the
category of commoditis unduly. Concerning Dr. Heilperin's third
suggestion, a Member of the Committee questioned whether the
introduction of a statement concerning the making of on-restrictive
commodity agreements between private enterprises was-really
necessary; since presumably business enterprises could already
make such arrangements (since they would not be of a restrictive
character and hence would not come under Chapter VI) without any E/PC/T/131
page 6.
specific provision. After further discussion of these points
Dr. Heilperin indicated that he felt that the present text did
not meet the points made by the ICC relating to non-primary
commodities and to the distinction made betweenn arrangements
among governments and arrangements among private business enter-
prises in Chapters VI and VII.
Concerning the fourth point listed in the Secretariat notes
relating to Chapter VII the EXECUTIVE SECRETARY questioned whether
the limitation of such agreements to a specified period of short
duration was reasonable since the agreements would have been made
in the first instance because of the existence of certain special
conditions and there could be no assurance that those special
conditions would have disappeared by the end of the specified
period. In any event he felt that the present provisions for
review at the end of a period provided protction against an
unnecessary extension of such arrangements and recognized that
such agreements were not regarded as permanent institutions unless,
of course, the conditions which they were designed to meet
persisted. He noted that the present text encouraged measures
designed to remedy the conditions which rendered the commodity
agreements necessary, particularly in sub-paragraph (d) of
Article 54. Dr. Heilperin remarked that the ICC was not opposed
in principle to the extension of any necessary agreements but
felt that the emergency character of the agreements should be
explicitly emphasized and that the initial period and the sub-
sequent intervals between reviews should be as short as possible
in order to avoid any impression of permanency.
3. Resolution of the Congress of the ICC on Samples and
Advertising Matter.
Mr. Minter read to the Committee the following resolution
which had been adopted at the Montreux Congress (Resolution No.22):
"The International Chamber of Commerce recommends that
a special provision should be included in the Charter of page 7
the International Trade Organization, requesting the
member Governments to grant particularly Favourable
treatment and, where appropriate, total exemption
from customs duties, quantitative and other restrictions
to any article not intended for sale but exclusively
designed for use as an instrument of advertising for
commerce or travel, There should also be special
facilities for commercial travellers and their samples.
Greut care should bo taken in reaching a satisfactory
definition of sample and other instruments of commercial
propaganda. The I.C.C. 's Committtee on Customs Technique
will take this up urgently, with 5 view to preparing
detailed recommendations for submission by the I. C.C.
to the World Conference on Trade and Employment. "
Mr. Minter requested that the, Preparatory Committee should
take note of this resolution, He indicated that the detail
recommendations mentioned in the resolution were not yet
available but would be forthcoming shortly.
4. Basis of Ad Valorem Valuation (Article 13).
The EXECUTIVE SECRETARY drew attention to the notes by
the Secretariat on this subject. He explained that the text
to which the notes referred was still in a fluid state and had
not yet been approved by the Commission. Dr. HeiIperin
remarked that without the present text of the article befors him
he could not indicate to what extent the views of the ICC were
satisfied, but from the Secretariat's notes he judged that the
general trend of the discussion was in a direction which would
be welcomed by the ICC.
He observed that, in addition to the comments submitted
in E/PC/T/44, the ICC had on previous occasions published
suggestions relating to valuation which might be of interest
to the Preparatory Committee. He referred in particular to
Document No. 10 of the 1937 Congress and to pages 28 - 30
of Brochure No. 101 dated June, 1946.
5. Code of Foreign Investment.
The Representatives of the ICC drew attention to, the brochure
on "Foreign Investments and Economic Expansion" (Breeclure No.107) E/PC/T/131
page
which had previously been circulated to Members of the
Preparatory Committee at the request of the ICC.
Thd EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ramarked that questions relating
to investment were to be considered primarily by the Sub-
committee on Chapter IV but that, in view of the complexity of
the various subjects with which that Sub-committee had to deal,
the discussion on the several proposals relating to investment
had not yet commenced. The attention of the Sub-committee
would be drawn to the paper submitted by the lCC and the
Sub-committee would be informed of the importance which the
ICC attached to its proposals relating to this subject.
The meeting rose at 6.00 p.m. E/PC/T/131
page 9
ANNEX 1.
Notes by the Secretariat on the Memorandum by the International.
Chamber of Commerce (E/PC/T/44) regarding Chapter VII.
The following notes review, in the light of the new text
of Chapter VII, some of the principal points raised by the
International Chamber of Commerce on the New York text. (Unless
otherwise stated, Article number refer to new text).
(1) Expansion of world trade:
The I.C.C. suggested that Chapter VII should carry
an explicit endorsement of the principles of an orderly expan-
sion of world trade. Although the new text does not in fact
do this, it will be noted that there is a distinct shift in
emphasis towarus expansion and away from restriction. In
particular, attention may be drawn to Article 52 which now
explicitly provides for agreements involving the controlled
expansion of production and trade, e.g. in connection with
programmes sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization.
(2) Procedure:
The I.C.C. suggested that the procedure of Study
Group and Commodity Conferences might prove too cumbersome to
be effective. Under Article 50 the: provisions in this respect
have been clarified, and it is now clearly provided that the
Study Group stage may be short-circuited at the request of Member
countries whose interest in the commodity represents a substan-
tial part of world production, consumption or trade. It will
also be noted that under paragraph 6 of Article 52 (53(a) in
the New York text) provision is still made for direct action by
Members to conclude an agreement in case of undue delay in the
Study Group or Conference.
(3) Circumstances governing the use of Commodity control
Agreements:
The I.C.C. proposed that paragraph (c) of Article 52
in the New York text, regarding regulatory agreements for non-
primary commodities, should be deleted. This has been done.
There was general agreement, however, that the possibility should.
not be entirely , excluded that inter-governmental agreements
might be necessary for certain non-primary commodities. Under
paragraph 3 of Article 47 it is therefore provided that, in
exceptional circumstances, the Organization may determine that
the principles and provisions of Chapter VII, together with any
additional requirements it may establish, shall apply to inter-
governmental agreements regarding commodities which do "not fall
precisely" under the definition of a primary commodity. The
use of the term "not fall precisely" is intended to exclude
agreements relatin to highly manufactured goods. This con-
stitutes a substantial limitation of the original provision in
sub-paragraph (c) of Article 52 of the New York text. E/PC/T/131
page 10
(4) Initial Terms, Review and Renewal:
(a) The I.C.C. wished it to be made clear that
commodity agreements should be of a temporary, emergency character,
and drew attention to what they regarded as an inconsistency in
Article 55 of the New York text in that it permitted renewal of
regulatory agreements after the initial period of five years.
Members of the Preparatory Committee feel, however, that in the
case of certain commodities, commodity control agreements would
not necessarily solve the special difficulties within the initial
period of five years, although participating countries should, of
course, do all they can, within the time limited, towards solution
of the problema (see Article 54 (d) ). For this reason it is
regarded as necessary to provide for the possibility of renewing
an agreement after its initial term. It should be emphasized
that a commodity control agreement may only be used in the first
Instance, in the strictly limited circumstances described in
Article 53, and may than only be renewed if those circumstances
still apply (see the second sentence of paragraph 1 of Article 56).
These provisions should serve to ensure that commodity control
agreements retain their emergency character and are only continued
over an extended period if absolutely necessary.
(b) The I.C.C. pointed out that it was not made clear
with whom the decision rested as to whether an agreement had
succeeded or failed. It is now made clear in paragraph 2 of
Article 56 that it will be for the Organization to decide whether
the operation of an agreement has failed substantially to conform
to the principles of Chapter VII. ANNEXE 2
Notes by the Secretariat on the Sections of the
Memorandum of the l. C. C. (E/PC/T/44) relating to
The comments of the international Chamber of Commerce on
the New Yorks draft of Article 18 (see E/PC/T/44, pages 25 and 26)
have been re-read in the light of the present draft of Article
18 which is still in the process of being examined by Commission
A.
The ICC stated that "the only purpose of drawing up a set
of international rules on this (tariff valuation) question is
to supply the customs officer with a simple rule-of-thumb method
for assessing duties, and to reduce to a minimum uncertainty and
vexatious delays and disputes for the tradel". The ICC con-
sidered that the New York draft fell short of both of these
objectives and proposed two possible remedies: (i) to retain
only the first paragraph of the Article and leave it to the ITO
to work out a satisfactory standard system of valuation; or
( ii) to amend the remaining paragraphs of the Article.
In the discussions of the Sub-committee on Article 16 there
was an insistent demand that the Charter should provide fairly
preoise rules for the determination of dutiable values, and the
proposal that this problem should be left with the ITO was re-
jected. It would appear that one of the considerations in
reaching this decision was the desire to establish rules which
could be incorporated in the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade as a protection for the tariff concessiors which are
currently being negotiated. Thus the first proposal of the
ICC would probably not be acceptable to the majority of the
Preparatory Committe. evertheles, the first paragraph of
the Article states that the Organisation "may investigate" the
bases and mathods for tariff valuation and make recommendations
to members. Therfore the ICC may be encouraged to continue
its own investigations of this problem and might submit its
findings to the ITO urder arrangements for consultation which
may be made under Article 81(3).
The second proposel of the ICC would appear to be largely
satisfied by the present paragraphs 2 (a ) and 2 (c). Sub-
paragraph (1) of 2 (a) in some degree meets the ICC's demand
that the value for duty purposes shall be based on actual value.
This is followed by sub-paragaaph (ii) which gives a definition
of actual value.
On the question or currency conversions, the ICC point
appears to be fully mat; the ICC rccommends the use of the
official rate resulting from the parity fixed by the IMF
This is now in fact provided for in sub-paragraph (i) of 2 (o). |
GATT Library | fd567jt7235 | Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment : Non-Governmental Organizations. Summary Record Meeting of the Consultative Committee with the representatives of the International Chamber of Commerce held on Friday, 4 July, 1947, at 4.30 p.m. in the Palais des Nations, Geneva | United Nations Economic and Social Council, July 4, 1947 | United Nations. Economic and Social Council | 04/07/1947 | official documents | E/PC/T/129 and E/PC/T/124-135 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/fd567jt7235 | fd567jt7235_92290155.xml | GATT_154 | 1,842 | 12,193 | UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC CONSEIL UNRESTRICTED
AND ECONOMIQUE 4 July 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL E/PC/T/129
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-Governmental Organizations
Summary Record
Meeting of the Consultative Committee with the
representatives of the International Chamber of
Commerce held on Friday, 4 July, 1947, at 4.30 p.m.
in the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Chairman: Dr. H.C. COOMBS.
Present:
Mr. I.B. Bayer
Mr. G. Bronz
Mr. E. Colban
M.r. J. M.Meade
Mr. J. G. Phillips
M. Royer
Representatives of the International Chamber of Commerce:
Mr. John R. Minter
Dr. M.A.Heilperin
Mr. Minter informed the Committee that the International
Chamber of Commerce Delegation had asked again for the opportunity
to discuss the question of protecting balance of payments because
of the great stress which was placed on this subject at the Chamber's
recent Congress at Montreux. He said that although the approval of
the Chamber's Report (E/PC/T/44) by the Executive Committee had
given the Delegation its original mandate for the presentation of
certain views, the Montreux Congress had now confirmed this mandate.
Moreover, the Montreux Congress had passed a resolution giving
notice that the ICC could continue to study these questions and
would again be presenting its views not only at the World
Conference but at all appropriate times after the World
Conference when revisions of the Charter might be up for
discussion.
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/129
page 2
Protecting Balance of Payments, with specific reference to
Articles 6 and 8 (new draft) and Article 26.
Dr. M.A. HEILPERIN explained that the points they wished
to raise in this connection were those made in the Report, with
the addition of one point which had been stressed particularly
at the Montreux Convention.
The Chamber objected to Article 26 as now drafted because
(a) it introduced the possibility of quantitative restrictions
as a long-run feature of international economic relations;
(b) it did not impose on Members the obligation to obtain prior
authorization from the Organization before initiating such
restrictions; and
(c) it would not require Member countries to take steps to
correct domestic conditions which might be increasing
their balance of payment difficulties more than inter-
national circumstances on which individual countries
frequently tended to blame such difficulties.
The Chamber's objections to the present draft of Article 26
could be substantially met by the following amendments:
(i) it should provide for a transitional period after which
all quantitative restrictions would have to be lifted;
(ii) prior approval by the International Trade Organization
should be made a requisite for the introduction of
measures to protect balances of payments in the form of
quantitative restrictions;
(iii) provision should be made whereby the Organization would
advise Member countries on their domestic policies with
respect to the position of balance of payments. E/PC/T/ 129
page 3
One member expressed the view, with respect to the first
point made by Dr. Heilperin, that certain countries felt that
the right to impose internal restrictions must be available
in the event of a world slump since no other measure would
operate quickly enough in such a situation. He believed
Article 26 must be drafted not only to meet the balance of
payments disequilibria of the transitional period but also
possible future disequilibria. Therefore, in drafting the
Article the emphasis had been put on attempting to see that
restrictions were not used more extensively or continued
longer than necessry to meet particular difficulties, while
nevertheless retaining the right to use restrictions. As for
the second point, he regarded the presont draft as a compromise
arrangement with respect to prior approval. Paragraph 2 (a)
laid down conditions for the use of quantitative restrictions;
paragraph 3(a) provided for prior consultation with the
Organization; paragraph 3(b) made it possible for the
Organization to request Members to explain their use of
restrictions, and 3(d) made it possible for any affected
Member to challenge to Member using such restrictions and
for the Organization to pass judgment and apply sanctions.
As for the third point, this Member felt that the Organization
would not be precluded from mentioning internal policies under
the provisions of paragraphs 3(a) and (b). In his view,
consultation would be unlimited, except in so far as paragraph
3(e) provided that the Organization could not recommend the
withdrawal or general relaxation of restrictions because of
a Member's domestic policies. He wondered if this might not
meet the Chamber's point. E/PC/T/129
page 4
Dr. Heilperin replied that, in their view, it would be
more realistic to recognize in the Charter that a great many
balance of payments difficulties were due to internal policies,
not to international circumstances. He agreed that prior
consultation was an advance on the previous situation. However,
the Chamber doubted that Article 26 as now drafted would prevent
a widespread growth of quantitative trade restrictions in a
situation analagous to that following 1930. If prior approval
were required, the Organization would be better able to control
the situation and suggest the adoption of alternative measures.
The Chamber would like to see this problem of balance of payments
disequilibria attacked internationally rather than nationally.
The CHAIRMAN agreed that positive measures would be
desirable, whether taken by the Member country or by the
appropriate agency, but believed most countries which
characteristically faced a balance of payments maladjustment
felt that Article 26 as now drafted represented the limit to
which they could go in this respect.
Another member pointed out that Article 26 was designed
to cover the case of economic difficulties within individual
countries, not that of a general slump, as were Articles 6 and 8.
Another member expressed his general agreement with the
International Chamber of Commerce approach to this problem.
He pointed out, however, that under the International Monetary
Fund Agreement exchange restrictions used during the
transitional period did not require prior approval but merely
prior consultation. He believed that Article 26 contained as
good transitional period provisions as did the Fund Agreement
and that the consultation provisions of Article 26 approximated
closely to prior approval. E/PC/T/129
page 5
Dr. HEILPERIN said that the Chamber would prefer a deadline
after which all quantitative restrictions would have to
be removed. It might, however, be feasible to insert a
special article under which the Organization could allow
a Member the use of quantitative restrictions in emergency
situations. This latter suggestion was not put forward as
a formal Chamber proposal.
Although Dr. HEILPERIN suggested that Article 26,
with a few changes, could be made into a transitional period
Article, one member felt that if a transitional period were
to be provided for, it would have to be along tho lines of
the similar provisions of the International Monetary Fund
Agreement. Dr. Heilperin objected to this suggestion on
the grounds that the Charter should avoid duplicating in
the trade field the restrictions already permitted under
the Fund Agreement with respect to exchange control. What
was needed, in his opinion, was a tighter control over the
use of quantitative restrictions. Two members of the
Committee considered it necessary to provide in the Charter
for the use of measures applicable to trade in addition to
those already existing in the exchange field.
The CHAIRMAN assured the International Chamber of
Commerce representatives that the Chamber's comments on
"protecting balance of payments", particularly in relation
to Article 26 and the new draft of Articles 6 and 8, would
be brought to the attention of the full Preparatory Committee.
Articles 31, 32 and 33.
The CHAIRMAN informed the representatives that although
these Articles had been discussed generally in the Commission, E/PC/T/129
page 6
very little work had been done on them in the Sub-Committee stage,
and that their comments could therefore be taken currently into
consideration.
Dr. HEILPERIN referred to the Chamber's comments on state
trading in thuir Report, (E/PC/T/44), both the introductory
remarks on Chapter V and the specific comments on these Articles.
Article 33.
Dr. HEILPERIN said the Chamber doubted the ability of
complete state monopolies to fulfil the broad principles of
the Charter. He believed the commitments which such monopolies
would be required to make under the present draft of Article 33
were very insufficient in view of the wide powers held by such
monopolies and would permit practices on their part contrary
to the principles of the Charter. He expressed a further doubt
that this subject even needed to bo dealt with in the Charter
at present and suggested that it would be more appropriate
for such countries themselves to devise rules to cover state
monopolies. Specifically, he suggested that Article 33 be
(a) recast and strengthened, or alternatively
(b) omitted from the Charter until state monopoly countries
wishing to join the International Trade Organization
formulated appropriate provisions.
Article 31.
Dr. HEILPERIN said that the Chamber's main objection
to this Article as now drafted was that it did not recognize
sufficiently the essentially discriminatory character of state
trading enterprises, and suggested that some other more
effective way be devised to protect other countries from the
effects of such discrimination than by the application of the
most-favoured-nation clause.
Article 32.
Dr. HEILPEIN regarded the machinery establishod in the
present draft as extremely complex and doubted the necessity E/PC/T/129
page 7
to provide in the Charter for machinery of this nature. He
suggested alternatively that this Article should be limited to
principles, leaving it to the Organization to work out such
machinery as the situation required. His main conclusion was
that the present provisions of Articles 31 and 32 would not
effectively offset the discrimination inherent in state trading.
One member, while agreeing to a considerable extent with
the suggestions made by the ICC representatives, felt that some
such provision as Article 33 must be included in the Chartar for
consideration at the World Conference, oven though the present
draft might not necessarily be the most satisfactory solution of
this extremely difficult problem. As for Article 31, too strict
rules would penalize the state trading countries, while
limiting the Article to general principles would leave it too
weak. Ho considered Dr. Heilperin's point on discrimination
an important one and personally favoured embodying in the Article
the idea of non-discrimination. However, thus far the Committee
bad soon fit te retain this Article as it was. This member agreed
that the machinery established in Article 32 was very complicated,
and that the state trading provisions in general were not too
satisfactory as now drafted, but ho pointed out that it was
extremely difficult to find a more practical solution at the
present time.
The. CHAIRMAN said he believed all Delegations agreed
that these were extremely difficult Articles and that they
must be examined with great care. He doubted if anything final
would be decided with respect to Article 33 at this Session.
However, the points raised by tho International Chamber of
Commerce would be taken into consideration by the Preparatory
Committee in its consideration of these Articles. He regarded
it as most useful to have the Chamber's comments at this stage
and would see that they were brought to the attention of all
Delegations. |
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E/PC/T/108
26 June 1947
ECONOMIC CONSEIL ORIGINAL;ENGLISH
AND ECONOMIQUE
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-Governmental Organizations
Summary Record of Meeting of Consultative Committee
with Representative of the World Federation of Trade
Unions held at 4.30 p.m. on June 20, 1.947 in the
Palais des Nations, Geneva
Chairman: Dr. H. C. Coombs
Present: Mr . S. Ranganathan
Dr. Frant. Kraus
M. . Baradue
M. Royer
Mr. Clair Wilcox
H.E. Erik Colban
Mr J. E. Meade
Dr. T. T. Chang
Representative of the World Federation of
Trade Unions:
M. jean Duret
The CHAIRMAN inquired whether M. Duret would consider it
satisfactory to use as an agenda for the discussion of his
memorandum (E/PC/T/89) the list of points which the Secretariat
had extracted from his paper. M. Duret indicated that this
procedure would be agreeable. Accordingly, the Committee
proceededd to discuss the points in the order in which they were
listed in the Secretariat documents.
1. Reference to the Failure to Mention full Emploment except
in Article. 4.
Suggestion that there be added i.n Article 3 (immediately
following the word s `'goods and services''
systematic application of a policy of full employment''.
M.'Duret suggested that these two points be discussed
together in view of their close relationship. In the discussion
of these points M. Duret referred particularly to the view ot one
Delegation, as mentioned in paragraph 7 of the report by the E/PC/T/108
page 2
Sub-committee on Chapter III (E/PC/T/95), that the term "real
income" might appear in Chapter III in order to make it clear
that an increase in effective demand should be accompanied by a
corresponding growth in the real income of all sections of
the community if full employment is to be maintained. M. Duret
indicated that this proposal expressed somewhat the same thought
as he had in mind when ha proposed the addition of the words
"by the systematic application of a policy of full employment".
The CHAIRMAN observed that the additional words suggested
by M. Duret would, in his judgment, complicate acceptance of the
Charter by some Delegations and were in any event unnecessary
since the basic concept of full employment already appeared in
the Charter both in Article 1 and in Article 4. He felt that
the reference to "unemployment" and " under-employment" and to
effectivee demand" adequately conveyed the meaning which M. Duret
apparently intended without, however, raising controversial
points concerning the elements of a full employment policy. In
this connection ha observed that the details of a full employment
policy might vary widely from one country to another and from one
type of economy to another. The CHAIRMAN considered that the
essential objective was already covered by the sections in the
Charter to which he had referred.
A member of the Committee expressed his general agreement
with the statement by the CHAIRMAN and maintained that the present
treatment of the subject in the Charter was a logical one
inasmuch as the objective of full employment is stated prominently
in Article 1 and is defined in more detail in Articles 3 and 4.
He doubted that further use of the term would be helpful.
The member of the Committee whose Delegation had made the
suggestion concerning the inclusion of "real income" during the
meetings or the Sub-committee on Chapter III expressed his E/PC/T/108
page 3
agreement with M. Duret's insistence on a recognition of the
interdependence of full employment and the distribution of income.
He considered, however, that this relationship could be stated
more appropriately in the general statement of purposes in
Article 1. He intimated that his Delegation planned to propose
an amendment to the present text of sub-paragraph 1 (b) in
Article 1, adding after the words ``reall income" in the text
proposed by the New York Drafting Committee some such words as
"as broadly (evenly) (Justly) (adequately) distributed as
possible".
Another member of the Cormmittee inquired whether M. Duret's
point might be covered if the word "satisfactory" wore to be
added before "employment opportunities"' and the word "widespread"
before the words "effective demand" in paragraph 1 of Article 3.
M. Duret indicated that his suggestion to add the words
"by the systematic application of a policy of full employment"
might be met by using instead the phrase "by increasing the
real income of the masses (of the people)".
The CHAIRMAN remarked that in the further discussion of
Chapter III Delegations would be aware of the suggestions made
by M. Duret on these two points as elaborated in Document
E/PC/T/89.
3, Suggested Revision of paragraph in Article 3 to take account
of Differences confronting Industrialized Countries. Under-
developed countries, and Devastatea Areas in Achieving
Employment.
The CHAIRMAN pointed out that the special problems of
under-developed countries are dealt with in Chapter IV in detail
and recognized in Chapter III by the reference to "under-
employment" as well as unemployment''. He remarked also that
the problems of devastated areas would presumably be primarily page 4
of a balance of payments characters and, accordingly, might be
considered to be covered by articles s 6, 7, 8 and 26 to the extent
that they could appropriately . be dealt with in such a Charter.
He observed that in a general chapter on employment it was
scarcely possible to deal separately with all tne various types
of countries or economies, Instead an attempt had been made to
deal with the principal types of problems relating to the
international aspects of employment.
A member of the Committee suggested that a reference might
be made in the Charter or in the Report of the Preparatory
Committee to the resolution adopted by the Economic and Social
Council (E/PC/T/56). 1He thought that it night be appropriate
to recognize in that manner the distinction between the
employment problems or the different types of countries.
4. Suggested Revised Paragraph "a" in Article 4 to
give Pre-eminence to the Employment Objective.
One member of the Committee expressed his sympathy with the
suggestion made by M. Duret and agreed with him that some order
of precedence should be established for the various purposes of
the Charter in Chapter 1.
The CHAIRMAN doubted that an order of precedence with any
real significance could be devised or would be acceptable. He
remarked that in drafting the Charter an attempt had been made
to insure that in typical situations adequate provision be made
for resolving economic difficulities consistently with high levels
of employment.
Another member of the Committee remerked that the importance
of the employment objective appeared to be explicitly recognized
already in paragraph. 3(e) cf Article 26 in which the Organization
is prohibited from recommending "the withdrawal or general
relaxation of restictions on the ground that the existing or
pro-,peutive baulnce 'of panCnsdi-if'i.culties of ,he MMember in page 5
question could be avoided by a change in that Member's domestic
employment .... policies".
5. The Substitution of "other countries" for "other Members".
M. DUFET deplored the distinction between Members and non-
Members which appeared to him to be implied in the present
language. He expressed his concern that such a distinction might
encourage the formation of conflicting economic blocs, He doubted
that the difference between the treatment of Members and of non-
Members would offer much inducement for non-Members to Join the
Organization. He added that the present provisions concerning
state trading in Articles 31, 32 and 33 would do more to
discourage adherence to the Organization than any distinction
between Members and non-Members could do to encourage adherence.
The CHAIRMAN emphasized that the language at present used
In this Article should not be regarded as prejudging the general
question of relations with non-Members. He remarked that even
though Members, by accepting the Charter, may not be undertaking
any obligations directly to non-Member countries, Members would
in their own interests be unlikely to disregard the effects which
conditions in non-Member countries might have on international
trade. The CHAIRMAN added that the question of relations between
Members and non-Members would be simplified by the adherence to
the Organization of as many countries as possible. To that end, he
felt, the Preparatory Committee and the World Conference would be
desirous of facilitating adherence by countries of all kinds of
economic and political structure.
The CHAIRMAN assured M. Duret that the various points which
had been made in his paper and in the present discussion would be
brought to the attention of the commissions and sub-committees for
consideration in connection with the articles to which they referred.
The Meeting rose at 6.15 p.m. to reconvene at 4.30 Thursday,
June 26, for a continuation of the discussion on the points raised
in document E/PC/T/89. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL
AND ECONOMIQUE E/PC/T/88
4 June, 1947.
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-Governmontal Organizations
Summary Record of Meeting of Consultative Committee
with Represontative of the World Federation of Trade
Unions held at 3 p.m. on 29 May, 1947 in the Palais
des Nutions, Geneva.
Chairman: Dr. H. C. Coombs
Present: Mr. J.R.C. Helmore
M. Baraduc
H.E. EriK Coluan
Mr. John H.G. Pierson
Dr. Frant. Kraus
Mr. L.P. Chao
Representative of the Woriu Federation of
Trade Unions:
M. Jean Duret
The Consutative Committee was convened to meet with
M. Duret representing the World Federation of Trade Unions.
The CHIRMAN explained the function of the Committee and
requested M. Duret to offer the comments of the WFTU on the
various articles of the Charter in order that his comments
might be discussed and that the Committee might consider
whether it should recommend that further discussion of the
views presented by M. Duret should take place in the full
Preparatory Committee.
M. Duret remarked that he would confine his comments
at this stage to Cnaptors III and IV and that his remarks
would be addressed to the text prepared by the Drafting
Committee in New York. He drew attention to the questions
and comments which he had submitted on the earlier text in
Lonuon (E/PC/T/W...1).
NATIONS UNIES
UNITED NATIONS E/PC/T/88
page 2
Chapter III as a whole.
Concerning Chapter III as a whole M. Duret expressed his
regret that the term "full employment" had been omitted from all
parts of the chapter with the exception of Article 4. He con-
sidered the Drafting Committee's version to represent a regression
from the London report in this respect since the London report
had taken fuller cognizance of the full employment objective.
He observed that the concept of full employment had a different
significance for a highly industrialized country than it had for
an under-developed area. In the case of the under-developed aroas
the problem was less one of actual unemployment than of under-
employment or latent unemployment. Similarly, he observed, the
policy to be recommended for the achievement of full employment
would be different in the case oetan industrialized country than
It would for an under-industrializad area. In the former oase
the objective would require the control of credit and the
redistribution of purchasing power. In the latter case the
achievement of really full employment would require appropriate
assistance in the development of the technical potential of the
area.
The CHRkIMUN pointed out that the objective of full employ-
ment remains not only in Chapter III, but also among the general
purposes stated in Chapter I. Accordingly, he thought it fair to
vay that the objective applied to all sections of the Charter.
He remarked that the problem of full employment in under-developed
-areas was recognized in Article 3 of Chapter III where a reference
Is made to the avoidance of "under-employment" and also in
Chapter IV where the problems peculiar to under-developed areas
are dealt uith more extensively. Several other members of the
Committee confirmed the CHAIFMINts interpretation. E/PC/T/88
page 3
Article 3
M. DURET commented on paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the
Draft Charter and on the views of the Economic and Social Council
as represented in the resolution which has been ciroulate.d as
document E/PC/T/56. He thought that the relationship between
"domestic efforts" and "international action" should be more
olearly defined and that the obligation to provide international
assistance should be emphazed.
The CHAIRMAN suggested that the responsibility of countries
to seek full employment might be regarded as weakened if the
emphasis on international assistance were to be increased. A
member of the Committee suggested that while there might be
various interpretations of the statement that "the achievement
and maintenance o! effective demand and employment must depend
primarily on domestic measures" he would be inclined to regard the
word "primarily".as meaning "in the first instance" although
others might interpret it as meaning that the "main burden" rested
with the country itself. M. Duret remarked that it was the
latter interpretation which he w,>- questioning since devastated
areas and under-developed countries could not in many cases assume
the principal burden.
Article 4
ConcerniAg Article 4 M. niret suggested that the statement in
paragraph 2 to the effect that "measures to sustain employment and
demand shall bc consistent with the other purposes and provisions
of this Charter" should be reversed and that all other purposes or
provisions of the Charter should be consistent with the achievement
and maintenance of full employment. The CHkIRMAN indicated:.that, E/PO/T/88
Page 4,
in hia view, the present language was not intended to establish
any priority or'precedence among the various objectives of the
Charter but was merely intended to indicate that in'the pursuit
of one purpose members should respect the other purDoses,.
M. Duret indicated that he would attempt to.formulate a proposal
relating to the text of this section of the paragraph.
M. Duret noted that the words Nother members" are now
employed ln the last part of paragraph 2 in Artiole 4, He ex-
pressed the view that the words "other countries" (as used in
the London report and ln Article 6 of the Drafting Gommittee's
text) would be more appropriate since the'creation of balance-cf-
payments difficulties for non-members should.be avoided by mem-
bers in their own Interest. A disequillbrium ln the balance of
payments of a non-member v'ould injure Internationaltade and
could prejudice the trade of members. He thought that the dis-
tinction'between members and non-members implied in the present
language of Article 4 was regrettable as lt woUld appear to
encourage the creation of economic blocs. He thought that the
use of these words also prejudged the final version of Article 36
concerning relations with non-members.
A member of the Committee remarked that the use of the
words "other members" was based on a recognition that under'the
Charter the members are ascum;d to be eltering Into obligations
only in respect of'other members ln the first instance, and that
the extension of the benefits to non-members ln relation to any
article of the Charter would depend on the final decision concern-
ing Article 36.' He would interpret the present article not as
meaning that members were to disregard the desirability of
avoiding the orcation of balance-of-payments difficulties for
non-members but as meaning simply that members undertook no E/PC/T/88
Page 5,
specific obligation under this part of the Charter to refrain
from creating such difficulties for non-mombers. He suggested
that, contrary to the view expressed by M. Duret, the ude of
the words "other countries" ln this connection would apDear to
prejudge the final version of Article 36 since It would assume
that the obligations of members extended e.pecifically not only
to other members but also to non-members.. He remarked further
that from the practical point of view the lilkelihood of securing
universality in the application of the Charter, and hence the
likelihood of avoiding the encouragement of economic blocs, might
well be increased by confining such obligations at this stage tQ
members since there would then be some Inducement for countries
which were non-members to adhere ln order to share ln the
benefits available to members under the Charter.
The Next Meeting
As the schedule of other meetings made It necessary to
adjourn, the Committee proposed that a meeting should be held with
M. Duret again within about ten days. M. Duret Indicnted hie
desire to meet with the Committee again at that time and stated
that, ln the meantime, ho vrould attemDt to submit further
comment, suggestions or proposals for consideration by the
Consultative Committee and for possible reference to the full
Preparatory Committeo.
The meeting rose at 4.30 p.m. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/239
AND ECONOMIQUE 9 October 1947.
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-negotiated Notes and Schedules.
In accordance with the procedure laid down in document
E/PC/T/220, the Chilean Delegation has submitted the following
letter which it has circulated to those Delegations with which
it has been engaged in tariff negotiations:
"Translation from Spanish.
Letter from: Mr. Fairvovitch,
Chairman of the Chilean Delegation,
Trade and Employment Conference, Geneva.
to: Head of the Delegation.
dated: 8 October, 1947.
Dear Sir,
In accordance with the terms of the Secretariat Note,
Document E/PC/T/220, of 1 October 1947, the Chilean Delegation
wishes to notify you of its intention to append to Part 1 of
Schedule VII-Chile, the following "General Observation":
"The Specific duties and charges included in the
present Schedule VII are expressed in Chilean gold
pesos, of 0.183057 grammes fine gold".
The inclusion of this note is justifiable on the following
grounds:
The Chilean Customs Tariff has for many years been based on
the gold currency referred to in this note, and the negotiations
conducted by the Chilean Delegation have at all times referred to
Customs duties expressed in gold pesos.
Recently, when the Chilean Delegaion's tariff negotiations
were virtually concluded, a provision was inserted in Article lI,
Paragraph 6(a) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to
the effect that the specific duties ahd charges included in the
Schedules relating to contracting parties members of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund are expressed in the appropriate currency
at the par value accepted or provisionally recognised by the Fund
at the date of this Agreement.
As the negotiations conducted by the Chilean Delegation have,
as explained above, always referred to gold currency, which does
not constitute the currency mentioned in tho provision quoted, it
has consequently become necessary to include the note reproduced
above, to which I beg to draw your attention for all useful purposes.
I have the horour to be,
Etc."
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/240
AND ECONOMIQUE 9 October 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Non-negotiated Notes and Schedules
In accordance with the procedure laid down in document
E/PC/T/220, the United States Delegation has submitted the
following statement regarding Non-negotiated Notes which it
proposes to append to the United States Schedule:
The Delegation of the United States of America
submit the following general notes to be inserted at
the end of Schedule XX, relating to the United States
of America. If comments are not received by October
10, 1947, it will be assumed that these notes are
acceptable.
GENERAL NOTES
1. The provisions of this Schedule shall be construed and
given the same effect, and the application of collateral
provisions of the customs laws of the United States to the
provisions of this Schedule shall be determined, insofar as
may be practicable, as if each provision of this Schedule
appeared respectively in the statutory provision noted in the
column at the left of the respective descriptions of articles.
2. In the case of any article provided for in this Schedule,
which is subject on the date of this Agreement to any
additional or separate ordinary customs duty, whether or not
imposed under the statutory provision noted in the column at
the left of the respective description of the article, such
separate or additional duty shall continue in force subject
to any reduction or consolidation with the primary duty
indicated in this Schedule or hereafter provided for, until
terminated in accordance with law, but shall not be increased.
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/240
page 2
3. Wherever in this Schedule provision is made for the
application of a rate of duty to an article when "entered"
during a specified period or in excess of a specified
quantity, the word "entered" shall mean "'entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption".
4. If any tariff quota provided for in this Schedule,
other than those provided for in items 771, becomes effective
after the beginning of a period specified as the quota year,
the quantity of the quota product entitled to enter under the
quota during the unexpired portion of the quota year shall be
the annual quota quantity less 1/12 thereof for each full
calendar month that has expired in such period.
5. In the event that the United States adopts any measure
which precludes the application of "American selling price",
as defined in section 402(g), Tariff Act of 1930, as a basis
for determining the dutiable value of imported merchandise,
it shall be free to adjust any rate of duty specified in
this Schedule which on the date of this Agreement is required
to be assessed on the basis of such "American selling price"
to offset in whole or in part the difference in amount of duty
which would otherwise result from the adoption of such measure. |
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.ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/232
AND ECONOMIQUE 7 October 19477
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTER OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-Negotiated Notes in Schedules
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Document
E/PC/T/220 the Australian Delegation has circulated to
delegations the follOwing Statement regarding non-negotiated
notes intended to appear in ther Schedules:
"The Australian Delegation wishes ta inform
other Delegations as follows:-,
(1) It is the intention of the Australian
Delegation to include the following Note at the
end of Part I of the Australian Schedule:-
NOTE: A/. Wherever the symbol A/, appears
opposite an Item in Part I of Schedule I
in the column headed "Rate of Duty", the
preferential rate of ordinary customs
duty shall, for purposes of sub-paragraph
(a) of paragraph 3 of Article I of this
Agreement, be taken ta be the preferential
rate in force on 15th October, 1946.
This Note is regarded as an Interpretative Note
necessitated firstly by the rule contained in Article I.3(a)
that if no preferential rate is provided in the Schedule the
preferential rate shall, for the purpose of determining the
maximum margin of preference permissible in accordance with
Article I, be taken to be the preferential rate in force on
the base date; secondly by the fact that primage duty is
being removed from. practically all items scheduled i.n Part I
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/232
Page 2.
irrespective.of whother the goods are dutiable at a
preferential rate of the most-favoured-nation rate. In
affect, the removal of primage duty means that the overall
preforential rate is also being reduced. The Interpretative
Note is designed to obviate the repetition of the same Item
in Part Il where the only change ïn the overall preferential
rate is the removal of primage duty concurrently with the
reduction or binding of a most-faveured-natïon rate and
removal of primage duty on the most-favoured-nation rate,
(2) It is intended to add a second Note at the
end of Part I of the Australian Schedule, viz.:-
NOTEs Bf, Tho products described in Part I of
Schedule I of this Agreement shall on
their importation into the Commonwealth
of Australia be exempt from primage duty.
In the case of products provided for under
Ztems in Part I of this Schedule against
which tho symbol B/. appears in the column
headed "Rate of Dutyr" and no rate of duty
is shown in that column , the contractual
obligation of the.Commonwealth of Australia
shall, subjoct to the general provisions of
this Agreement, be deemed in each such case
to be only the exemption of such products
from primage duty.
This Note is designed to cover the Australian offer to
remove primage duty on Scheduled Items. The Note appears to
be necessitated by the language of Article 1(b) which, as it
reads, permits the retention of duties and charges (other
than ordinary customs duties) which do not exceed those E/PC/T/232
Page 3.
imposed on the date of the Agrcement. The second sentence
of the Note aims to set forth clearly the position with
respect to those items on which the concession made by
Australia is limited solely to an undertaking to remove
primage duty on the particular items,
(3) At the end of Part II of the Australian Schedule
it is intanded to add the following variant of Note B/,
already referred to -
NOTE: B/.4 The products described in Part II of
Schedule I of this Agreement which are
the products of territories entitled under
Article I of this Agreement to receive
preferential treatment upon importation
into the Commonwealth of Australia shall,
on their importation into the Commonwealth
of Australïa and subject to the provisions
of Article I of this Agreement be exempt
from primage duty.. In the case of products
provided for underr Items in Part II of this
Schedule against which the symbol B3/,
appears iri the column headed 'Rate of Duty"
and no rate of duty is shown in that column,
the contractual obligation of the Common-
wealth of Australia shall sulbject to the
general provisions of this Agreement, be
deemed in each such case to bc only the
exemption of such products from primage
duty.
See explanation. under (2) above. E/PC/T/232
Page 4.
Unless the Australian Delegation receives written
advice to the contrary effect from any Delegation before
Thursday, 9th October, 1947, it ïs proposed to assumo that
Notes in the terms quoted have the concurrence of other
Delegations . " |
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22 October 1947
S ICON; SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-negotiated Notes in Schedules
With reference to Document E/PC/T/220, the French
Delegation has submitted the following, General Notes which
will be included in its Schedule; these will be in place
of' the extracts from the French Tariff which were originally
proposed for inclusion in the Schedule.
GENERAL NOTES
I. - "The notes and footnotes of the French Tariff the
text of which was handed to Delegations at the
opening of the GENEVA negotiations are regarddd
as forming an integral part of List XI A"
II. - "The receipts issued by the French Customs Authori ty
are subject to a stamp duty. "
NA TI ONS UNI ES |
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ECONOMIC CON SEIL E/PC/T/259 Rev.l.
AND ECONOMIQUE 24 October 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-negotiated Notes in Schedules
NOTE BY THE BRAZILIAN DELEGATION
In accordance with the prDcedure laid down in document
E/PC/T/220, the Brazllian Delogation submits the following
General Note that it proposes to insert at the end of
Schedule III:
I - Except as otherwise specified, the products described
in this Schedule shall be subject, in addition to the
ordinary customs duties specified herein, to any
separate or additional ordinary customs duties not
in excess of those provided for in respect of such
products by laws in force on the date of this
Agreement.
II - The "notes" of the Brazilian Tariff Laws relating to
the articles mentioned in this Schedule are an
integral part of this Schedule.
The Secretariat points out that this document should be
read in place of document E/PC/T/259. Note I remains the saine
as in the latter,
UNITED NATION'S
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UNITED NATIONS j ws3 C RESTRIGTED
E/PC/T/259
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 22 October 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE Original ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE 0F THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TADE .AND EMPLOYMENT.
Non-negotiated Notes in Schedules
NOTE BY THE BREZILIAN DELEGATION.
In accordance with the procedure laid down in document
E/PC/T/220, the Brazilian Delegation submits the following
General Note that it proposes to insert at the end of
Schedule IIl
"Except as otherwise specified, the products described in
this Schedule shall be subject, in addition to the ordinary
customs duties specified herein, to any separate or
additional ordinary customs duties not in excess of those
provided. for in respect of such products by laws in force
on the date of this Agreement."
DEUXIEME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE
DE LA CONFERENCE DES NATINS UNIES
SUR LE COMMERCE ET L'EMOLOI
Notes figurant sur les Listes et n'ayant
pas fait l'objet de négociations.
NOTE DE LA, DELEGATION DU BRESIL
Conformément à la procedure etablie dans la document
E/PC/T/220, la délégation du Brésil communique au Secrétariat le
texte de la Note gén6rale ci-lointe, qu'elle se propos dc faire
figurer à lq fin de la Liste _II
"Sauf dispositions contrsires ,- les prc:luit. d4sigrés dans
cette Liste seront soumis, en. outran do:s droits de dou-ne
ordinaires mentionnés dans la présente Liste, à tous les
droits de douane ordinaires particuliers ou additionnels
ne d6passant pas les droits iîposés sur ces mônies produits
par les Lois en vigueur à la date de la Signaturc de
cet ' ccord, n
UNITED NATIONS |
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SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: EiAGLISH
SECOND SESSION 0F THE PRFEPARATORY COMMITTEE 0F THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Non-negotiated notes in Schedules
NOTES BY THE INDIAN DELEGATION
.In accordance with the procedure laid down In Docurmnt
E/PC/T/220, tho Indian Delegation has subr.nitted thz following
General Notes for insertion at tha end of Schedules XII and XV.
The Indian Delecation points out that thase notes are purely
explanatory.
GE.NERAL NOTES
Il(!) The references in this Schedule to the Indian C5stoms
Tariff item numbers, Description of Products, Rate of Duty,
etc. shall be construed. with reference to the First Schedule
to the Indian Tariff Act, 1934, as reproduced in the Indian
Custor:.s Tariff (Twenty-Seventh Issue) as coripiled by the
Departnerit of Cornercial Intelligenze and Statistics, India,
and copies..of which were furnished to ail Delegations
attandin- cho Second Session of the Preparatory Comnittee et
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employrient, read
with the notes and anendr.ents thereto circulated under
Conference Se±'etariat document E/PC/T/TRF/14, dated the
7th May, 1947, and the ,subsequent arncndnents basod on the
Indian Tariff (Arnendinenv) Act, 1947, also circulated to
Deleations by the Conferènce Secretariat.
(2) The expression "noe otherwise specified" in the
description cf products in column 2 of this Schedule, unless
the context indicates to the -ntrary, shallibe construed es
"not otherwise specifiedd" in the indian Custor.ms Tariff
referred to in the previous note."
.1 NATIONS UNIES
VNIlJL: NATIONtS |
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E/PC/T/W/256
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 29 July 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ENGLISH.
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL:FRENCH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
NOTE BY THE BELGIAN DELEGATION ON THE WORK OF THE
SUB-COMMITTEE ON ARTICLES 26 AND FOLLOWING.
(Chairman : Mr. PHILLIPS)
The Belgian Delegation, being desirous of complying with
the recent recommendation by the Chairman's Committee regarding
work I.n sub-committees, that time for discussion be reserved as
far as possible for member of the sub committees has confineded
itself to folliwIng the discussions. It believes, however, that
tt would be helpful at this point tcommunicatete itobservationsOn
and suggestions,ose that they may be taken into account for the
better preparation of the discussions in plenary session.
1/ -Article 26 igeneralal.eWsu.ugsent that tha sub-oommittee
make a clear statement to the plenary session on the ilityit of
Article 26. Our delegations will have to answer before their
Governments, and they in turn before their Parliaments, the
inevitable objection that Article 26 is valueless because the
matter ls already covered by the Statutefoe the International
Monetary Fund.
The existence of two statutes governing the same matter
in two different ways will be criticized as leading to duplica-
tionfot effort, conflictsfoe authority and the abusive practice
of playing offnore text against the other, despite all
precautlonary co-ordinating measures.
P.T.O, E/PC/T/W/256
page 2
Should the. sub-committee, however, still. be of the opinion.
that there are grounds for retaining two statutes governing the
same matter, then the sub-committee would do the plenary committee
a service. if it drew .up a table listing, and if possible commenting
on the various conclusions which might be arrived at if, in the
case of a difficulty. over balance of payments, the following were
a) the Statute of the.International Monetary Fund,
b) or Articles 26 and following of the Charter, as they
stand,
c)or the two statutes simultaneously,
d)and according to the-different periods.
2/ Article 26, paragraph 4: We wish to stress most emphatically,
that.-this provision vitiates the whole Charter, and is a radical
defect which destroyed any advantages to be found elsewhere in
this document.
This provision allows a country to restrict Its Imports to
essential products, provided that It -imports token quantities of
the others. Thus the Charter removes from the field of discussion
and consolidates the very worst kind of restrictive practice. It
perpetuates in an Instrument of international law that separation
of countries lnto watertight compartments which it was our duty
to fight against.
3/ Article 28, paragraph 1 .sub-Paragraphs (d) and (e); It
seemed hardly necessary to draw attention to the extremely confused
wording of these sub-paragraphs, which need to be completely |
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E/PC/T/151
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 5 August 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE riginalS
SOCIAL COUNCIL Ss EOCIAL :OrNginal EOGLISH
SECOOD SESSI0M OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UMITED NANFENS COIWNRENCE OQ TRADE AND ETPLOYMENI
Note bv the Brazilgan Delenation oi the adJustment
of the Brazilian customs tariff
The Preparmmory Corùittee of the United Nations Conference
on Trade and nmploymeit decided in its First wession ;hat the
negotiatitns for nhe trade agreement had to follow certain
principles which would assure equality of' conditions amongst
the countries taking part in such negotiations (Annexure 10 of
the London Report).
One of the main principles adopted by Annexure 10 (Section
E - 3, page 1+9 of the English text) is the provision which allows
a country to make "Changes in the form of tariffs, or changes
in tariffs owheg to tri depreciation or devaluation of the
currency of the country maintaining the tariff, which do not
result in an increase of the protective incidence of the tariff..."
This principle om adjustrent of tariffs was unanimously
adopted without reservation for obvious reasons. If a country
which had a currency depreciation, owing to the economic
disturbances which occurred before or after the war, was obliged
to maintain its import duties intact (duties in figures which
no longer express the original amount in terms of dollars), this
in practice would force a country to grant a reduction of import
duties without any compensation. As a matter of fact there
would be no need of negotiations for further reduction of customs
duties.
Let us suppose that a country has as a monetary unit the
"crown", and that the parity of its currency was 5 crowns per E/PC/T/151
page 2
US$1. If a product X was taxed at 100 crowns for 10 kilos, this
would represent US$20. If the crown was depreciated by 50 per
cent, the import duty on 10 kilos of X would be reduced to US$10.
If we admit (taking an absurd hypothesis) that the country
mentined would agree in maintaining the same number of crowns
(i.e. 100 crowns) as the import duty of X, it would be simply
fantastic that another country would ask for a further reduction
of the import duty on X.
This is precisely the situation of the specific duties of
the Brazilian customs tariff. (See figures annexed).
The duties of the Brazilian Tariff were fixed in 1934 on
the basis of 12.69 cruzeiros for US$1. Owing to the depreciation
of the Brazilian currency (18.67 cruzeiros a US$1), the Brazilian
import duties are reduced by 47 per cent. In order to correct
this maladjustment the Brazilian Government decided to readjust
the duties of its tariffs taking into account only part of the
currency depreciation, i.e. 40 par cent. Otherwise, the
Brazilian Government would initiate the multilateral negotiations
at Geneva by making a gratuitous reduction of 47 per cent of the
duties of the Brazilian Tariff. In making adjustment at the
rate of only 40 per cent a gratuitous concession of the residual
difference is already implied.
Furthermore, it must be pointed out quite clearly that the
wording of Annexure 10 is "owing to the depreciation or de-
valuation of the currency". This means that those provisions
take into account not only the devaluation of the par value made
by law or by agreement with the International Monetary Fund, but
also the actual currency depreciation at the time of the multi-
lateral neotiations at Geneva. E/PC/T/151
pag e 3
Therefore, the adjustment of the Brazilian customs tariff
and the negotiation of the multilateral trade agreement on the
basis of this adjustment is perfectly consistent with the
guiding principles of this Conference. This being the case,
the Braziliail Delegation is confident that the use of such a
right will be considered in a spirit of complete understanding.
This statement is in accordance with the position taken
in London by the Brazilian Delegation, a position which was
further reiterated in Geneva, both by the Leader of the same
Dalegation in his speech at the inaugural plenary session and
by the declaration added to every list of offers exchanged by
Brazil with all negotiating countries.
It is equally pertinent to recall that this adjustment is
a matter of national policy which has been under consideration
by the Brazilian Government for a long time and which aws the
object of public statements by the responsible authovities,
having been already included in the Presidential Message to the
National Congress at the opening of the present session. E/PC/T/151
page 4
SOME EXAMPLES OF THE EFFECT OF CURRENCY DEPRECIATION ON THE
BRAZILIAN CUSTOMS TARIFF AND OF THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE SAME
TARIFF
TARIFF
DESCRlPTION
TARIFF
1934 (MIL
REIS OR
CRUZEIROS)
TARIFF BE-
U S.$ FORE THE
ADJUSTMENT
(CRUZEIROS)
THE TARIFF
U.S. $ ADJUSTMENT
ON THE BA-
SIS of 40%
(CRUZEIROS)
No 50 Leather
shoes etc.
(Pair)
No 86 Preserved
Meat (kg.)
No 98 Condensed
milk (kg.)
No 107 Cheese (kg.)
No 267 Cigarettes
No 286 Olive oil
(kg. )
No 291 Champagne
No 467 Cotton
stocking
(Pair)
No 631 Ornaments,
etc. (glass)
(kg.)
No 739 Fancy goods,
etc(copper)
(kg.)
No 576 Gold watches
une)
29.12
8.32
3.12
6. 24
60.84
2.08
6.21-
2.08
62.40
62.40
21.84
2.30
0.66
0.21
0. 49 l
4.80
0.16
0.16
4.91
4.91
29.10
8.30
3.10
6.20
60.8G
2.10
6.20
2.10
40.80 2.18
11.(D1 0.62
C 1'
PQ±3 3.
3.28
0.11
0..233
0.11
3__3
62.40
21.30
4.34
8.63
(3. 23
oQ46
85.30 4r 57
2. 91e
8.68
o.16
.Il 6
2.98 C.16
82.20 4.68
82.20 4. 68
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/143/Add.2
AND ECONOMIQUE 8 August 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
NOTE BY THE CHINESE AND CANADIAN DELEGATIONS ON THE
QUESTION OF VOTING IN THE CONFERENCE CONSIDERED BY
THE COMMITTEE ON VOTING AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE, EXEC-
UTIVE BOARD.
(Reference E/PC/T/143 Part C)
The Chinese and Canadian Delegations blieeve that it may be
helpful if they amplify the suggestions looking towards a
compromise solution of the question of voting which they ad-
vanced in the course of the Sub-Committee's discussions. For
this purpose they have amalgamated their suggestions so as to
constitute a single proposal.
1. The proposal is that the system of voting known as
one state, one vote" should be the basic system. In certain
designated cases, however, they suggest that this system of
voting should be supplemented by requiring also a majority of
votes cast in-accordance with a system of weighted voting.
2. Before considering the details of this proposal it
may be convenient to indicate the main principle on which it
is based.
Voting in accordance with the principle of one state,
one vote has the advantage of affording protection against
measures supported solely by large and economically powerful
states. It has been said to have the disadvantage of enabling
a group of relatively small states to impose a solution on
large states which have a very great stake in world trade.
A system of weighted voting, on the other hand, gives
some protection to large and economically important states
against measures supported solely by small states. It has been
said to have the corresponding disadvantage of enabling the
first group, if it is unanimous, to impose a solution on the
second.
The system of combined voting suggested by the Chinese and
Canadian Delegations for use on certain designated issues combines the
p.t.o.
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advantages of the other two systems and eliminates their dis-
advantages. It secures this result without requiring majorities
so largo that they might be difficult to obtain on controversial
issues.
3. The details which would have to be settled if the system-
of combined voting is approved concern two questions-.
(a) What system of weighting should be adopted,
and
(b) What issues should be designated as requiring
a combined majority?
4. (a) On the first of these questions the Chinese
Delegation is in favour of the system proposed. in Attachment A
to the Report of the Committee on Voting and Membership of the
Executive Board. This system is further explained in Document
E/PC/T/14+3 Add.1. The Canadian Delegation would prefer a
somewhat 'heavier" weighting; for instance, a basic vote. of
twenty-five might be substituted for the basic vote of one
hundred in Attachment A.
(b) The Chinese and Canadian Delogations consider
that the use of the system of combined voting should be limited
to those cases in which Member States consider that it is necess-
ary for the protection of their interests. If, therefore, the
principle of using thc system of combined voting in certain
designated cases is acceptable to the Commission it is hoped that
Delegations will be prepared to indicate the issues, if any, on
which they consider that the combined system should be employed.
The Commission will then be in a position to ascertain if the
proposed list of designated issues is generally acceptable.
5. In this way it is hoped that the Preparatory Commission
may be enabled (as the terms of reference of the Sub-Committee
have suggested) to reach a solution satisfactory to all. |
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18 August, 1947.
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Note by the Executive Secretary
Owing to the failure to complete the work of Commission 'B'
within the programme, it has become necessary to postpone the
public Plenary Sessions from Thursday and Friday August 21 and 22
to Friday and Saturday August 22 and 23.
DEUXIEME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE
DE LA CONFERENCE DU COMMERCE ET DE L'EMPLOI
DE L'ORGANISATION US NATIONS UNIES
Note du Secrétaire exécutif
Etant donné que la Commission B ne peut achever ses
travaux dans les délais prévus, il a été nécessaire de reporter
les Séances Plénières publiques des jeudi et vendredi 21 et
22 aout aux vendredi et samedi 22 et 23 août. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/121
AND ECONOMIQUE 4th July 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note by the Executive Secretary
VERBATIM RECORDS
My attention has been drawn to inaccuracies of the
interpretations of speeches included in the verbatim records.
These inaccuracies arise from the that that the non original
texts consist of a verbatim report of the interpretations at
the committee sessions and it is therefore hardly to be ex-
pected that these should be an exact translation of the
original. If the interpretations were to be corrected so as
to bo an exact translation, the appearance of the verbatim
records would be considerably delayed to the detriment of
their utility. More-over, the additional expense and staff
required would be considerable.
In these circumstances, the following alternatives
present themselvcs:-
(a) to continue the present system with the
understanding that the records of interpretations
are- not to be relied upon as the exact equivalents
of the original statements, or
(b) to confine the verbatim records to texts of
statements in the original language.
There appears to be much to recommend the second
alternative. In the first place, the records of interpretations
are of little value as part of the record of discussions and
on the other hand they may give rise to subsequent misunder-
standinbs. Secondly, thu suppression of records or interpre-
tation would result in desirable economies of paper and man-
power.
If .on the other hand, it is proposed to adhere to
alternative (a), it must be recognized that it is impracticable
te issue corrigenda of the interpreted text and that the only
authoritive record is the original text.
The Secretariat will seek the instructions of the
Preparatory Committee on this matter at the next meeting in
executive session.
NATIONS UNIES |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/138
AND ECONOMIQUE 29 July 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTE BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
My attention has been drawn to the fact that there is
some uncertainty as to the nature of the annotations to be
included in the Report of the Second Session of the Preparatory
Committee. It may therefore be useful to set out the decision
of the Preparatory Committee on this matter, arrived at at the
twentieth meeting in Executive Session held an Monday 7th July,
1947. It was then agreed on the motion of the Delegate of the
United Kingdom that there should be inserted in the text of
the Report (a) reservations, and (b) such explanatory notes as
are necessary in order to avoid a reservation. In addition,
it was agreed that certain selected working documents might
also be published at the same time as the Report, but as a
separate document.
For full account of the discussion on this matter please
refer to pages 15 to 21 of the verbatim report E/PC/T/EC/PV.2/2C.
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES |
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SOCIAL COUNCIL
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CONSEIL
ECONOMIQUE
ET SOCIAL
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5th May, 1947.
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTE BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
A meeting of observers, Members of the United
Nations but not members of the Preparatory Committee, will
be held on Tednesday, May 7th, at 4.30 p.m., in Conference
Room 9. The Executive Secretary would welcome any delegates
who wish to attend.
DEUXIEME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE DE
LA CONFERENCE DU COMMERCE ET DE L'EMPLOI
DE L'ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES.
NOTE DU SECRETAIRE EXECUTIF
Une réunion des observateurs des Etats, Membres
des Nations Unies, qui ne sont pas membres de la Commis-
sion préparatoire est prévue pour le mercredi 7 mai, 1947,
à 16 h. 30, dans la Salle de conférences no9. Le secré-
taire exécutif sera heureux d'accueillir tous les délégués
qui désireront y assister. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/148
AND ECONOMIQUE 4 August, 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Note by the Executive Secretary
The following resolutions were passed by the Economic and
Social Council on 28th July, 1947:-
"The Economic and Social Council takes note of the Interim
Report of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment and approves
the recommendations made therein concerning the Agenda of the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment.
The Economic and Social Council having considered the
resolution of the Preparatory Committee concerning the date and
place of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment,
and having noted that the invitation of the Cuban Government to
hold the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment in
Havana is accompanied by an offer of the Conference facilities
and financial assistance to meet the additional costs to the
United Nations of holding the Conference away from Headquarters,
resolves that the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Employment xhould be held at Havana, Cuba, on 21 November, 1947.' |
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AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
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ECONOMIQUE E/PC/T/66
ET SOCIAL May 8, 1947
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Note by the Executive Secretary
WORKING PARTY ON TECHNICAL ARTICLES.
Following the decision of the Executive Session held on
Thursday, 8 May, 10.30 a.m., the first meeting of the
Working Party on Articles 15 - 23 and 37
will be held on Friday, 9 May at 10.30 a.m. in Conference
Room VII.
Agenda of the meeting
Discussion of Articles 19, 20, 21 and 22.
SECONDE SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE
DU COMMERCE ET DE L'EMPLOI DE L'ORGANISATION
DES NATIONS UNIES.
Note du Secrétaire Exécutif.
GROUPE DE TRAVAIL CHARGE DE L 'EXAMEN DES ARTICLES TECHNIQUES.
A la suite de la décision prise par le comité exécutif, au
cours de la séance du jeudi, 8 mai, à 10h.30, la première séance
du
Groupe de travail chargé de l'examen des articles 15
à 23 et 37
aura lieu le vendredi 9 mai à 10h.30, dans la salle de Conférence
VII.
Ordre du jour de la séance
Discussion des articles 19, 20, 21 et 22.
UNITED NATIONS |
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AND ECONOMIQUE Original:ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Note by the Executive Secretary
1. Delegations are reminded that their fortnightly reports on
changes in their offers of tariff concessions and on the general
state of their negotiations are due on Monday next, 30th instant.
2. Further, the Executive Secretary would draw the attention
of delegations to E/PC/T/93 on "preferential internal taxes" and
E/PC/T/100 on "entry into force of the General Agreement", and
would be grateful if those delegations which have not submitted
their replies would do so with the least possible delay.
DEUXIME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE DE
LA CONFERENCE DU COMMERCE ET DE L'EMPLOI DE
L'ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES.
Note du Secrétaire Exécutif
1. Le Secrétaire Exécutif rappelle aux délégations que leur rapport
bimensuel relatif aux modifications apportées à leurs offres de
concessions tarifaires et à l'état général de leurs négociations
doit être remis lundi prochain 30 juin au plus tard.
2. En outre, le Secrétaire Exécutif desire attirer l'attention des
délégations sur le document E/PC/T/93 relatif aux "taxes intérieures
préférentielles" et sur le document E/PC/T/l10 relatif à "l'entrée
en vigueur de l'Ancord Général"; il serait reconnaissant aux délé-
gations qui ne l'auraient pas encore fait de bien vouloir communi-
quer leur réponse dans le plus bref délai possible.
NATIONS UNIES
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SRCOND MESJION OF TfE PREPARATOrY COM ITTEE OF THE
UNITEDNDATMONS MENNFT(C Oji RADE AUJD H-POY1I:qT
Nyte bv Uhe E:ecutive Secretar-.
A1RANGEENTS FOR COMPENTON OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDIITGTHE
GRAERALRAGREEMENT OF TARIFFS LND TMADE
With the completion of the discussions on the draft
Charter there remains to consider what arrangements would be
aperopriate Lor completing tho discussions on the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
The decmmion of the reparatoryyCoraattee to sponsor
ahetateriff neg gtiunionsha s -kcn on the ro ids t1 t the
carrying out f sucl nc:otiations wculd. faci1itate the task
of the onited iations Conference cn Trade and Employment,
and it was therefore within the mandate given to the Pre-
paratmry aommittee byòthe Econo.ic ;nd Social CÔuncil (in
this connection see the Resolution of the First Session
regarding the Negotiation of a Mu.tilateral Trade Agreement,
Embodying Tariff ConRessions - page 47 of the 'eport of the
First Session). This view was not dissented from by the
Economic and Social Council.
It would therefore appear appropriate that the text of
the Agreerent should be formally approved by the Preparatory
Committee upon the conclusion of negotiations, and it is
suggestmm thae the Preparatory Cornittec should instruct the
P. .o.
11Ill' NIF.Ç E/PC/T/181.
Page 2
Tariff Agreement Committee to continue in being and to
elaborate the text of an Agreement. The Tariff Agreement
Committee should as soon as its work is completed, make a
report to the Preparatory Committee submitting with the report
a text of an Agreement.
It is hoped that the action of the Preparatory Committee
will be limited to the formal approval and signature of the
Agreement, All that would then be necessary, would be to
convene the Committee for a single formal meeting at the end
of September.
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/149
AND ECONOMIQUE 4 August, 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note by the Executive Secretary
INVITATION TO NON-MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD CONFERENCE
The following resolutions were adopted by the Economic and
Social Council on Friday 1st August, 1947:-
"The Economic and Social Council having considered the
resolution of the Preparatory Committee relating to the invitations
to the Conference, resolves that voting rights at the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Employment shall be exercised only by
Members of the United Nations attending the Conference.
The Economic and Social Council having considered the reso-
lution of the Preparatory Committee relating to the invitations
of States non-Members of the United Nations to the Conference,
resolves that invitations should be sent to the following states
not Members of the United Nations which have an appreciable Interest
in world trade:-
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Eire, Finland, Hungary, Italy,
Pakistan, Portugal, Roumania, Switzerland, Transjordania
and the Yemen
to participate in the work of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Employment.
The Economic and Social Council further resolves that the
Allied Control Authorities in Germany, Japan and Korea be invited
to send qualified representatives to the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Employment in a consultative capacity.
The Economic and Social Council having noted that it became
clear during the negotiations which have taken place in Geneva
during the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee, that Burma,
Ceylon and Southern Rhodesia, although under the sovereignty of a
Member of the United Nations, possess full autonomy in the conduct
of their external commercial relations, and that the Preparatory
Committee considers that such separate customs territories should
be invited to participate in the work of the Conference, resolves
that invitations be sent through the Government of the United
UNITED NATIONS'
NT'lONS UNIES E/PC/T/ 149
page 2
Kingdom to the Governments of Burma, Ceylon and Southern
Rhodesia to participate in the work of the United nations
Conference on Trade and Employment.
The Economic and Social Council recognising that the
Indonesian Republic enjoys in fact autonomy in the conduct of
Its external commercial relations, recognising further that the
participation of the Government of the Indonesian Republic will
promote the objectives of the Conference, resolves to send a
direct invitation to the Government of the Indonesian Republic
to participate in the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Employment.
The Economic and Social Council further resolves that
invitations to be represented at the Conference be sent to the
specialised agencies and other appropriate Inter-Governmental
Organisations and non-Govenmental Organisations in category 'A'."
The rejection of voting rights for non-Members of the
United Nations took place despite the reading by the Assistant
Secretary-General of the attached message from the Preparatory
Committee, which was dispatched in accordance with the decision
of the Heads of Delegations at the meeting of the Chairman's
Committee on 1st August, 1947. E/PC/T/149
page 5
PRO SUETENS EX WYNDHAM WHITE
CHAIRMAN' S COMMITTEE OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
COMPRISING HEADS OF ALL DELEGATIONS UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED
TODAY TO INSTRUCT ME TO COMMNICATE TO ECOSOC A MESSAGE
ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:-
(BEGINS) THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE HAS LEARNED WITH CONCERN
OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE ECONOMIC COMMITTEE OF THE
ECOSOC WHEREBY NON MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS INVITED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD CONFERENCE WOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT
TO VOTE IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THAT COMFERENCE. IT IS THE
UNANIMOUS VIEW OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE THAT ALL STATES
INVITED TO WORLD CONFERENCE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE
WITH FULL VOTING RIGHTS. THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE HAS NOTED
IN PARTICULAR THAT IF RESOLUTION OF ECONOMIC COMMITTEE WERE TO
BE CONFIRMED BY ECOSOC PAKISTAN WHICH HAS BEEN RECOCNISED AS
ENTITLED TO SIGN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE
WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO VOTE INWORLD CONFERENCE. IT IS
STRONGLY THE VIEW OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE THAT CONFIRMATION
BY ECOSOC OF RESOLUTION DENYING VOTING. RIGHTS TO ANY PARTICIPANTS
IN THE WORLD CONFERENCE WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPAIR PROSPECTS FOR
SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE. PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WOULD ACCORDINGLY
URGE ECOSOC TO ACCORD FULL VOTIMG RIGHTS TO ALL. COUNTRIES
INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE. (ENDS)
I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD BRING THIS
MESSAGE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL AS EARLY AND FORCEFULLY
AS POSSIBLE. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/93
AND ECONOMIQUE 9 June 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note by the Executive Secretary.
In the discussion of the United States Amendment to
Paragraph 2 of Article 14 (E/PC/T/W.146), to delete the
.word "other" in line 4, and to add in the same line the
lords "or internal taxes" (Report of the Drafting Committee,
page 10,) the Sub-Committee of Commission A on Articles 14,
'15, 15A and 24 decided to invite the.Delegations to notify
the Secretariat of any such
preierential internal taxes
existing in their country which they would wish to have
preserved in the manner suggested by the amendment. The
Sub-Committee considered that such preferences should be
only those resulting from taxes imposed in accordance with
.the provisions of trade agreements. A reference should
therefore be made to any such trade agreement.
The Delegations are requested to address their
communications to the Executive Secretary. |
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A ND ECONCOMIQUE E/PC/T.51.
SOCIAL COUNCIL SOCIAL 22 April 1947.
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
(Note by the Executive Secretary concerning
arrangements for Tariff Negotiations)
As envisaged in the plan of work communicated to
Governments prior to the commencement of the present meetings,
it is expected that the two delegations concerned will in each
case provide the secretariat for the bilateral tariff
negotiations. It is suggested that delegations, at the
initiall meetings, should appoint a joint secretariat for each
negotiation and that this joint secretariat should, along with
its other functions, assume the general responsibility for
,dealing with the central Secretariat of the Preparatory
*Committee on matters relating to the conduct of the particular
negotiation. In accordance with the arrangements proposed in
the report of the Ad Hoc working party, the joint secretariat
might, at the outset:
(a) Notify the central Seuretariat in writing of the
initial exchange, and transmit the two lists of offers
exchanged by the negotiating teams. Such communica-
tions should be handed personally to one of the
following officers of the Secretariat against a
signed receipt:
Mr, E. Wyndham 'White, Room 216
Mr. J. A. Lacarte, Room 218
Mr. A. E. Ritchie, Room 213 E/PC/T. 51.
Page 2.
(b) Advise the central Secretariat of the decision
reached by the two negotiating teams as to the time of
the next meeting or meetings, including a request for
the use of a negotiating room if such accommodation is
required. (See Document E/PC/T/50).
If Delegations feel that it would be helpful to have a
responsible officer of the Secretariat present at the opening
of the meeting at which the initial exchange of offers takes
place, with a view to elaborating on the arrangements set out
in this document and in document E/PC/T/50, the Executive
Secretary will be prepared to assign a responsible member of
his staff for this purpose.
As will be appreciated from an examination of the schedule
for exchanges of offers, presented in Annex A, the task of
securing the necessary coordination of meetings at the outset
and during the subsequent period is a formidable one. Close and
continuous cooperation, as well as occasional meetings, between
the central Secretariat and the joint secretariat for each
negotiation will be essential if the negotiations are to
proceed in an orderly manner and if the work of the Tariff
Negotiations Working Party is to be facilitated.
Even in advance of the commencement of many of the nego-
tiations, numerous exchanges of lists of. requests will be
required. In order to perform its usual functions in connection
with the distribution of such request lists, and in order to
facilitate the exchanges, the central Secretariat will consult
with the delegation concerned prior to the scheduled date of E/PO/T. 51.
Page 3.
each exohange in order to assist in any feasible manner in
meeting or improving on the date scheduled (see Annex B),
Adherenes to these arrangements will enable the central
Secretariat to maintain the records neoessary for the
continued operation of the Ad Hoc Working Party and to assist
the Working Party in other respects.
Note: Annex A referred to above will represent a re-
arrangement of the information in Annex A of E/PC/T.47,
and Annex B will represent a similar re-arrangement of
the information in Annex B to E/PC/T.47. ANNEX A
TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
Dates agreed for Exchange of Offers
Annex A)
Wednesday, 23 April
Thursday, 24 April
Friday, 25 April
Monday, 28 April
Tuesday, 29 April
Wednesday, 30 April
Thursday, 1 May
Friday, 2 May
Saturday, 3 May
Monday, 5 May
Tuesday, 6 May
Wednesday, 7 May
Australia - United States
Canada - Czechoslovakia
Canada - United States
Czechoslovakia - United States
United Kingdom - United States
France - United States
Canada - France
China - France
France - South Africa
Chile - United States
France - United Kingdom
India - United States
South Africa - United States
France - Lobanon-Syria
Australia - France
Brazil - United States
Canada - Norway
China - .Cuba.
Cuba - Czechoslovakia
Cuba - United Kingdom
Czechoslovakia -.New Zealand
France - Norway'
India - United Kingdom
New Zealeand - United States
Canada - India
China Czechoslovakia
India Lebanon-Syria
Cuba - France
Lebanon-Syria - United States
Norway - United States
Norway - UnitodKingdom
Canada - China
Canada - Cuba
China - South Africa
Cube - Norway
Czechoslovakia -.South Africa
New Zealand - South Arrica
Norway -.South Africa
Australia - Norway
China - NeW Zealand
Lebanon-Syria - United Kingdom - 2 .
Thursday, 8 May
Friday, 9 May
Saturday, 10 May
Monday, 12 May
Tuesday, 13 May
Wednesday, 14 May
Thursday, 15 May
Friday, 16 May
Saturday, 17 May
Monday, 19 Muy
Tuesday, 20 May
Wednesday, 21 May
Thursday, 22 May
Monday, 26 May
Tuesday, 27 May
Brazil - Canada
Brazil - China
China - United Kingdom
Benelux - Brazil
Benelux - India
Benelux - United States
Brazil - Cuba
Brazil - Norway
China - United States
Czechoslovakia - India
New Zealand - Norwey
Benelux - Canada
Benelux - Norway
France - New Zealend
Benelux - Cuba
Benelux - New Zealond
Benelux - South Africa
Chile - Norway
Cuba - United Stotes
Czechoslovakia - Norway
France - India
China - Norway
Cuba - New Zealand
Benalux - China
Benelux - Lebanon-Syria
Canada - Chile
India - Norway
Brazil - France
Chile - France
Cube - South Africe
Czechoslovakia - Lebanon-Syria
India - New Zealand
South Africa - United Kingdom
Australia - Cuba
Brazil - United Kingdom
Chile - China
Chile - Cuba
China - India
Australie - Chine
Benelux - France
Benelux - United Kingdom
Chile - Czechoslovakia
Cuba - India
Czechoslovakia - France
Brazil - Czechoslovakia
Chile - United Kingdom
Czechoslovakia - United Kingdom - 3 -
Wednesday, 28 May
Thursday, 30 May
Australia - India
Australia - South Africa
Australia - Benalux
Australia - Czechoslovakia
Benelux - Chile
Benelux - Czechoslovakia
Brazil - Chile
Brazil - South Africa ANNEX B
TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS
Dates on which requests are to
be ready for submission
(See E/PC/T/47 AnnexB)
Monday, 21 April
Tuesday, 22 April
Wednesday, 23 April
Thursday, 24 April
Friday, 25 April
Saturday, 26 April
Wednesday, 30 April
Thursday, 1 May
Monday, 5 May
Australia to Benelux
Australia to Czechoslovakia
Australia to France
Australia to India
Brazil to France
'Brazil to United States
Lebanon-Syria to France
Cuba to France supplementary)
Lebanon-Syria to United Kingdom
Czechoslovakia to China
Czechoslovakia to India
Lebanon-Syria to United States
Brazil to Benelux
Norway to China
Brazil to Canada
New Zaaland to Benelux
New Zealand to China (a)
Australia to Brazil
Australia to China
Australia to Cuba
Brazil to Norway
Brazil to United Kingdom
Cuba to India (supplementery)
Czechoslovakia to Lebanon-Syria
Nw Zealand to Chile
New Zealand to China (a)
New Zealand to Czechoalovakia
New Zealand to France
New Zealand to Norway
Benelux to Czechoslovakia
Benelux to France
Benelux to Lebanon-Syria
Benelux to Norway
Brazil to Chile
Brazil to China
Brazil to Cuba
Brazil to Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia to Brazil
Czechoslovakia to Norway
Czechoslovakia to United Kingdom
France to Benelux
Benelux to Chile
Benelux to Cuba
Benelux to United Kingdom
Lebanon-Syria to Benelux (b) -2 -."
Wednesdey, 9 May
Thursday. 15 MLy
Saturday, 17 May
Thursday, 22 MEy
.Chile to Australia
Chile to Benelux
Chile to Brazil
Chile to Cnada
Chile to China
Chile to Cuba
Chile to Czechoslovakia
Chile to France
Chile to India
Chile to Lebanon-Syria
Chile ta New Zealand
Chile to Norway
Chile to South Africa
Chile to United Kingdom
Chile to United States
Czechoslovakia to Chile
Czechoslovakia to Benelux
Czechoslovakia to France
Brazil to India
Brazil to Lebanon-Syria
Brazil to New Zealand
Brezil to South Africa
Other submissions of requests were indicated to
be planned for tne neer future without definite
dates being fixed
(a) indicated as scheduled for 26 or 30 April
(b) scheduled in fact for Sunday, 4 May |
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5 August 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL Original: FRENCH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note by the French and Belgium-Luxenbourg
Delegations regarding Chapter V
Following the discussion in committee on Article 38, the
French and Balgium-Luxembourg Delegations feel it desirable to
point out to the other delegations that the commercial agreement
concluded between France and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic
Union on 23 February 1938 provides for a special regime for the
exchange of certain specified agricultural and industrial products
between Belgiun and the Grand Duchy of Luxenbourg on the one hand,
and certain specified bordering areas of France on the other hand.
The above-mentioned delegations have always been of the
opinion that this special regine was covered by those articles
of the Charter which deal with fronting traffic.
Should any one of the other delegations have any doubt as
to the possibility of maintaining this regime under the terms of
Article 38 as at present worded, the French and Belgium-Luxembourg
Delegations would be oblied to request the inclusion of a new
annexure to Article 14, paragraph 2(b), mentioning the special
arrangement which is still in force and which the three countries
concerned intend to meintain.
In that case the heading which the above-mentioned dele-
gations would suggest for Annexure G would be as follows:
Special Regime for exchanges between Belgium, and
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and certain bor. ing
areas of France.
.
. |
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AND ECONOMIQUE 23 May 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
NOTE
by the Polish Observer concerning the Draft General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
The Draft General. Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as laid
before the governments of the countries participating in the work
of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Employment, calls for a few comments, both of a
juridical and a practical character.
The General Agreement has been drafted by the Drafting
Committee appointed by the Freparatory Committee at its First
Session "For the purpose of preparing a Draft Charter based
upon the report and other documents" of that session. The
Drafting Committee prepared the Draft General Agreement as a
working paper to the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee
``without commitment to any government''.
Should the Draft General Agreement in its proposed form be
adopted by the Governments of the countries participating in the
work of the Preparatory Committee the following consequences
should be considered:
1. It is said in the preamble of the Draft General
Agreement that its signatories desire "to further the objectives"
of the future U.N. Conference on Trade and Employment "by making
effective among themselves such provisions of the...draft Charter
as are applicable at this stage". In fact, by adopting the text
of the Agreement as it stands, the signatories would adopt in
advance virtually the whole of the Charter ( with the exception
of its Chapter VIII dealing with the International Trade Organ-
ization). Part from including into the Agreement 20 articles of
the Draft Charter in full text (out of 60 which form the first
seven chapters) they would pledge in the Protocol constituting
an integral part of the Agreement:
(a) to apply in their relations the spirit of the
provisions included in Chapter I of the Draft Charter,
(b) "to observe and to make effective to the fullest
extent of their authority all or the principles and
provisions" of Chapter III, IV, V, VI and VII of the
Draft Charter.
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/7'7
page 2
2. It is difficult to imagine what would be the discussion
of the Draft Charter when laid before the 55 United Nations
'assembled in the Conferonce on Trade and Employment. By adopting
textually or in principle the first seven chapters of the Draft
prior to the Conference the 17 Governments of the countries
participating in the Preparatory Committee would, in fact, find
it difficult to discuss or alter the first 60 articles of the
Draft, while the remaining 38 governments would probably deem
such discussion necessary. In regard to the 20 articles included
in the General Agreement in their full text the 17 governments
would be prevented even from. agreeing to any drafting amendments
as they would already have adopted and signed the respective
formulae prepared by the Preparatory Committee.
3. While some multilateral provisions may be needed to
complete the successful achievement of tariff negotiations
pursued among the 17 participants of the Preparatory Committee
in Geneva prior to the opening of the U.N. Conference on Trade
and Employment, it seems doubtful whether the situation, as
visualized in p.2 above, could really be the aim of the authors
of the Draft General Agreement. The Conference would, in such a
case, amount to:
(a) the discussion of the provisions of the Draft Charter
relating to the I.T.O.;
(b) the presentation to the 38 United Nations not taking
part in the Preparatory Committee of the 60 articles forming
the first seven chapters of the Draft Charter in view
either of adopting them "on bloc" or of refraining from
joining the Organization.
.4. It has been said already that the wish of completing
.. the presently negotiated tariff agreements by some sort of multi-
lateral document is perfectly understandable. Moreover, some
of the countries applying in their commercial policy tariffs as
the only means of protection may feel reluctant to assume commit-
ments in this sphere without having any assurances as to the
degree in which other forms of protection applied parallelly
to tariffs by their partners would operate after they themselves
have substantially reduced their tariff levels. It would seem,
however, that in order to obtain such a legitimate assurance,
there is no need to adopt by less than one third of the United
Nations a Draft which has not been discussed by more than two
thirds of them, thus making extremely difficult both, technically
andlegally, the discussion of the U.N. Conference on.Trade and
Employment.. It would seem. that, in view of obtaining the
needed assurances, it would be sufficient:
(a) to include into the future Gineral Agreement only
those articles of the Draft .Charter which are closely
related to tariffs - thus completing the agreement reached,
in the negotiations; the artiles in question would
comprise: art.14 (most favoured-nation treatments), E/PC/T/77
page 3
art.15 (national treatment on internal taxation and
regulation),, art.17 (anti-dumping and countervailing
duties), art.18 (tariff valuation), art.19 (customs
formalities), as well as art.34 emergencyy action
on imports of particular products) and art.38 (territorial
application - frontier traffic - customs unions);
(b) to add in the future Guneral Agreement two special
provisions:
aa) one - to the effect that, during the period between
the entering into force of the Guneral Agreement and
the entering into force of the Charter ( after its
final adoption by the U.N. Conference), the present
protective measures, other than tariffs, applied by
the signatories of the General Agreement would not be
reinforced in any way;
bb) the second - providing that if as the result of
the discussions in the U.N. Conference on Trade and
Employment, the provisions related to the protective
measures, other than tariffs, could be considered by
any of the signatories of the General Agreement as having
been weakened as compared with those of the Draft
Charter as laid before the U.N. Conference, the
interested party would be free to withdraw partly or
fully the tariff concessions applied by it as the
result of the negotiations held in Geneva;
(c) Finally - the U.N. Conference on Trade and
Employment should be held as early as possible after
the end of the work of the Preparatory Committee. |
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30 June, 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note by the Secretariat
The attached letter and enclosure have been received
from the Representative of the International Cooperative
Alliance supplementing the comments previously communicated
(E/PC/T/80). The present comments relate to Chapter VII.
The Representative of the International Cooperative
Alliance indicates that his organization is preparing further
comments relating to Chapters I - IV and Chapter VIII and
that those comments will be submitted within the next few days.
In accordance with the established procedure, the
attached paper is drawn to the attention of all Delegations
and particularly to the members of the Consultative Committee
(Non-Governmental Organizations).
To
....-. The Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Committee
. . of the Conference on Trade and Employment of the
United Nations,
Sir,
With reference to my previous letter accompanying the
comments of the I.C.A. on Chapter VI of the Draft Charter I
have the honour of submitting to you the comments of the
Alliance on Chapter VII. Further comments, on Chapters I-IV
and Chapter VIII, are under preparation and will be handed in
during the next days.
Very sincerely yours
(signed) THORSTEN ODHE
Permanent representative of the
International Co-operative Alliance
to the United Nations.
UNRESTRICTED
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NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/114 ,
Page 2
DRAFT CHARTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANISATION (I.T.O.)
COMMENTS ON CHAPTER VII -
(INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMODITY ARRANGEMENTS)
Presented by MR. THORISTEN ODHE,
Representative of the INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ALLIANCE (I.C.A)
In the original Proposals for an expansion of international
trade and employment, elaborated by experts of the Government of
the United States of America, it was very strongly emphasised that
the inter-governmental commodity agreements contemplated by the
Proposals should be considered in principle as emergency measures.
The main purpose of such agreements should be not to stabilise the
branch of production concerned but to lay down a programme of
re-adjustment to the changes in the market situation, limited to
that period during which the reorientation of productive life may
be carried out without too great a strain upon producers. It was
also pointed out that changes in different branches of production,
resulting in the lowering of prices and the amassing of burdensome
surpluses, are inevitable in avery progressive national economy.
The policy pursued by Governments should not aim at preventing
changes of this nature, which in many instances might be regarded
as important stages of a process by which productive life will be
enabled to satisfy the changing changing the consumers. Only when
the changes take place too rapidly and cause cerious dislocations
to the mass of small producers it may seem justified to try to find
a remedy by international agreements regulating the production or
export of the commodity in question. Under all circumstances the
first measure to be contemplated in trying to overcome the effects
of burdensome surpluses on production and price should be to pro-
pose steps aiming at an increase in consumption; only when such
measures have failed or are likely to fail should the establishment
of a regulatory agreement be made the subject of an official study
as proposed in the Dratt Charter.
It was also stressed by the Proposals that any agreement
between Governments with a view to introducing restrictions on
the production or marketing of a commodity (which is very much
the same as international csL2o or private agreements do which
aim at restricting the production of certain raw materials) is
likely to be utilised for obtaining unfair advantages at the cost
of the consumers. The Proposals, therefore, emphasised the
importance of establishing sufficient safeguards for the consumers
in all such agreements; as well as the need for widespread
publicity concerning their nature and working, in order to give
public opinion throughout the word an opportuniy to assure that
such agreements will be effected in the interest of the public
wellbeing. E/PC/T/114
Page 3
As formulated in the provisions of the Draft Charter, the
Proposals for inter-governmental commodity agreements seem to
have taken proper advantage of the original suggestions, as
far as the general spirit and basic arrangements of its provi-
sions are concerned. Chapter VII provides for inter-govern-
mental agreements of the type contemplated by the Proposls
with a view to regulating production, price, distribution and
consumption, in order to assist primary-producing countries dur-
ing depressions caused by special circumstances. It is
emphasised that the special difficulties existing in the case
of primary products are different in character from those
which manufactured goods generally present, as burdensome
surpluses or primary products cause conditions which are
generally characterised by sudden price falls and ensuing
serious hardship to small producers that cannot be corrected
by market forces alone. The aim of a commodity Agreement should
be to alleviate the effects of a depression without seeking to
conserve the conditions of production and marketing as they were
when the slump commenced. It should consequently only serve
an a buffer agreement for a restricted period (limited to five
years) and its ultimate purpose should be an economic adjust-
ment designed to promote the expansion of consumption or a
shift of man-power out of over-expended branches of production
to new productive occupations.
Generally it may thus be stated that inter-governmental
commodity agreements, having such aims and being so constructed
as to serve the purpose of attnining a state of equilibrium in
a certain field of production during a period of transition,
should not come into conflict with the general objectives of the
Charter which are to promote an expansion in production and in
international trade.
The International Co-operative Alliance (I.C.A.), which to
an increasing extent unites the Co-oporative associations of
small industrial and agricultural producers, is well aware off
the fact that inter-governmental agreements of this kind may
be a very useful instrument in remedying emergency situations,
mitigating ensuing protracted depressions, particularly on raw
materials an foodstuffs markets, and creating and restoring
healthy economic conditions for these very large groups of
producers whose interests carry a decisive weight in internal
Politics in many countries, and might otherwise be safeguarded
by restrictive national measures of economic policy. likely to
impair the general purposes of the Organisation. Internation-
al action of this kind, carefully planned and administered, is
all the more important and in conformity with the general aims
of the Charters there is a constant danger of under-employ-
ment or latent unemployment in under-developed areas demanding
appropriate assistance in the shope of credits for investments,
aid for development of the technical potential of the areas, and
the like. The I.C.A. is also convinced th t stabilising
measures on an international scale, as contemplated in Chapter
VII, may usefully contribute to promoting the organisation of
small producers in Co-operative Societies, having as their
principal aim the further technical and organisational rationali-
sation of production, as well as the efficient marketing of the
products with a view to reducing the margin of costs between
the producer and the ultimate consumer. E/PC/T/114
page 4
To ensure that the commodity agreements function in this
spirit, the Charter provides a number of guarantees, mainly with
regard to procedure. Thus a request for the assistance of the
Organisation in establishing a commodity agreement shall only be
considered after an "investigation at the root causes of the
problem; an agreement, when concluded, shall be administered by
a Commodity Council appointed by the I.T.O. and responsible to the
Organisation; and representatives of consumer countries shall be
invited, together with those of the producing countries, to the
Conference, where an agreement is to be negotiated, and to the
Council administrating it, such representatives being entitled in
important questions to a voice equal to that of the producing or
exporting countries.
No doubt these safeguards with regard to procedural matters
are essential, and are bound to be valuable when the time comes
for the provisions of Chapter VII to be implemented. Their main
purpose is to provent monopolistie exploitation of the Consumers,
intentional or un-intentional, by the primay producing countries
by means of inter-governmental commodity agreements.
It was pointed out in the original Proposals submitted by
the American Government that all agreements of an international
scope intended to function by regulating the supply of a commodity
- by restricting or controlling production and marketing for
export - are bound to have monopolistic effects. This is implied
in Chapter VI of the Draft Charter, which expressly exempts
inter-governmental commodity agreements concluded in comformity
with Chapter VII from the provisions regarding control over
combinations in restraint of trade. It is, therefore, essential
to incorporate provisions which strike a fair balance between the
interests of the producers and the consumers.
In the opinion of the I.C.A., the question whether the
safeguards for the consumer' interests as regards procedural
matters in this Chapter will be sufficiently effective -
particularly in preventing the survival of certain agreements of
this kind after their official termination as the core of private
international monopolistic combinations - should be submitted to
a closer study by the Preparatory Committee before the provisions
of this Chapter are finally drafted. This oould be done, in
the opinion of the I.C.A., by defining more closely (with a view
to limiting the agreements to commodities subject to a particular
inelasticity of demand and to market situations of a qualified
emergency character) those commodities and market situations
calling for action by the Organisation; and by deleting from the
Draft any reference to the objective of the agreements being to
achieve stable and remunerative prices, as such a formulation
might easily lead to encouraging potential monopolistic
tendencies in producers' countries. In this connection the
I.C.A. considers it of importance that the sentence in square
brackets in Article 47(c) should be deleted ("in order to achieve
a reasonable degree of stability on the basis of remunerative
prices to efficient producers without unfairness to consumers")
since the objective of achieving remunerative prices is
subordinate to the shiftin: of man-power and other resources from
over-expanded branches of production into new and productive
occupations. As a matter of principle , such. arrangements should
provide, where practicable, for measures designed to expand world
consumption of the commodity. (.Article 51(f)). E/PC/T/114
page 5.
The I.C.A. desires to make another positive proposal for the
final drafting of the Charter, relating to the participation of
non-governmental agencies in the procedures prescribed
particularly in Articles 48, 49, 54 and 55. It is important
that the material. submitted to the Study Groups which have to
make the recommendations for the establishment of a commodity
agreement, as well as to the Commodity Conferences which have
to make the final decisions, should not only be as exhaustive
as possible but should represent as many views as possible.
Non-governmental agencies representing the collective organisa-
tions of consumers and producers should be able to make a
valuable contribution in this respect. In order to establish
a detailed procedure for the consultation of the organizations
of consumer (and producers) in matters connected with Article
48, it seems only necessary to insert at the end of the second
paragraph of this Article the following words: "and non-
govern'mental organisations. representing producers and consumers",
so that the sentence as a whole would read: "Non-members and
non-governmental organisations representing producers and
consumer may also be invited." A similar insertion should
be made at the end of the second paragraph of Article 49, the
last part of which would then read" "and non-members as well
as non-governmental organisations representing producers and
consumer having a similar interest may be invited by the
Organisation to participate." If these additions are made,
the rights of the non-governmental organisations in the
preparatory stages of inter-governmental commodity agreements
will be as expressly safeguarded as those of inter-governmental
organizations.
The proper functioning of the commodity agreements will
mainly depend on the Commodity Councils as the governing bodies
of the different agreements. In the Commodity Councils the
counterbalancing influence of the consumers will be exerted
by the consumers' countries which in all substantive matters
shall have together a voice equal to that of the producers
countries. However, situations may arise where, in the case
of various consumer countries and various commodities, a conflict
may emerge between the State interests of a country represented
in the Council and the direct interested of the individual
consumer in that country and generally. For such cases, and
generally to facilitate the direct representation of the
interests of the consumers, It would be fair, as well as
advantageous, to the attainment of the aim of a continuous and
exhaustive consultation between the non-governmental organisa-
tions and the I.T.O., to stipulate the right of the I.T.O. to
invite also non-governmental organizations with a substantial
interest in the safeguarding of consumers' rights and interests
to have a permanent seat in a Commodity Council. Technically,
the granting of this right calls for a slight change of the
wording of Article 54, paragraph 3, which it is suggested
should read as follows: "The Organisation shall be entitled
to appoint a non-voting representative to each Commodity Council
and to invite any competent inter-governmental organisation or
any non.-governmental organisation representing the interests
of the consumer to nominate a non-voting representative for
appointment to a Commodity Council." E/PC/T/114
page 6
Finally, the I.C.A. desires to draw the attention of the Pre-
peratory Committee to another important question. In the course
of implementing the international agreements affecting production
and distribution (exports and imports) of raw materials, circum-
stances may arise which, if due measures of precaution are not
taken, may interfere with the right of free access for all nations
on equal terms to the naturel resources of the earth, as expressed
in Article IV of the Atlantic Declaration. A Paper read before
the Congress of the I.C.A. at Zurion last year, which found the
approval of Congress, refers to the question of free access to
raw materials as follows:-
"From the consumers' viewpoint it is absolutely
necessary that raw materials should be made available to
the whole of humanity on equal terms. No valid reason can
be constructed for regarding evory raw material as the
monopoly of the State within whose boundaries it happens
to exist or can be produced. On the contrary, raw mater-
ials should be the first thing after armaments to be played
under the control of the United Nations; and the model for
their exploitation should be the principles applied within
the Co-operetive Movement, viz., equal conditions for all,
and the right of every enterprise to buy as much as it con-
siders it can utilise."
Stipulations in other Chapters of the Charter provide for
the exchange of goods, raw materials included, among the member
countries in a non-discriminatory manner. These provisions, how-
ever, may be seriously impaired by restrictive marketing operations
undertaken by private organisations of a monopolistic character
taking an unfair advantage of inter-governmental commodity agree-
ments, if private restrictive agreements of an international
character are allowed to carry on their activities in the field of
certain commodities after such inter-governmental agreements have
been carried into effect. At present, to take an exemple, the
Chilean producers of nitrate seem to have concluded agreements
limiting the number of firms which may purchase and import in each
country, and in some countries Co-operative Wholesales and other
Co-operative Organisations are excluded. It is evident that such
agreements, if allowed to remain within the basic framework of the
inter-governmental commodity agreements, might encroach upon the
rights of individual countries of free aceess to raw materials
(e.g., in the case of private restrictive international agreements
which make the market of an individual country the exclusive proper-
ty of supplying firms in other countries)and foil the efforts of
the respective Commodity Councils to prevent monopolistic price-
fixing.
In view of this the I.C.A. submits to the consideration of
the Conference, whether it might not be desirable to insert some
specific provisions in Chapter VII calling for a previous investi-
gation of monopolistic combinations in. all cases where inter-govern-
mental commodity agreements are proposed to be established, and
also making it obligatory,under all circumstances, to the exporters
in the producing countries to sell to all buyers in all countries
willing to pay the current market price and to fulfil other
reasonable conditions of the seller. If the regulation of exports
is to be carried into effect by means of quotas for the different
importing countries, it will seem appropriate to stipulate that,,
in determining.the quota for an individual country, all importers
willing to pay the market price shall be entitled to share that
quota, and that in no case shall private exporters in the selling
country have the right to decide upon the distribution of the
quota quantities among buyers. |
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AND ECONOMIQUE 4 July 1947
ORIGINAL: FRENCH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note by the Secretariat.
The attached paper on the problem of foreign investment
was presented by M. Duret, the Representative of the World
Federation of Trade Unions, to the Consultative Committee (Non-
Governmental Organizations) at its meeting on Thursday, July 3.
The paper is circulated herewith for the information of Members
of the Preparatory Committee.
THE PROBLEM OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS.
The problem of foreign investments is one of the funda-
mental problems of our time, but it involves an internal
contradiction which it is very difficult to resolve.
The economic recovery of a great many countries would have
been considerably facilitated by foreign loans and investments.
This applies not only to poor and economically under-developed
countries but also to certain countries which themselves were
formerly exporters of capital but, having suffered considerably
as a result of the war, would have been able to reconstruct
more speedily with the help of foreign loans and investments.
But it is precisely these two types of country which are
very anxious to retain complete national independence and are
afraid that a tremendous wave of foreign investment would render
such independence illusory. These fears are not unfounded.
In the past, (as was eloquently shown by Rudolf Hilferding
in his work "FINANZKAPITAL"), the export of capital has always
led to ever-increasing interference on the part of the lending
country in the affairs of the borrowing country. Investments
at variable rates of interest (industrial investments and
others) are particularly conducive to such interference. When
considerable amount of foreign capital is fixed permanently
in a country in the form of installations, buildings, etc.,
the country investing or whose capitalists are investing cannot
fail to be interested in the domestic, foreign, economic and
social policy of the country in which the capital is invested,
as it is on this policy that depend not only the way in which
the capital bears fruit but sometimes the fate of the capital
UNITED NATIONS
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page 2
itself. When the volume of investment reaches a certain level
lender countries are bound to take an interest in the domestic
policy of the borrowing state and to wish to influence this
policy. This is precisely what all those States are afraid
off. They have their own ideas as to how their economies
should be developed and as to how their social problems should
be solved. These ideas may differ considerably from those
of the capitalist lenders, but it is usually the latter whose
ideas prevail.
An attempt must be made to resolve this contradiction,
but how?
I confess that the solution put forward by the International
Chamber of Commerce does not seem to me to be a good one, and
I must say frankly (despite the solidarity of the "badly
treated") that various amendmentsseem to be a little too
impregnated by these ideas.
The International Chamber of Commerce states that, in
prinoiple, it favours equality of treatment for all invested
capital; in actual act it declares for preferential treatment
of foreign capital. The latter enjoy a transfer privilege
which domestic capital does not possess. If foreign investments
reach a certain volume, this creates the risk of disrupting
the whole national economy. Capital, technicians, etc. ...
enjoy preferential treatment:
"The principle of equality of treatment must be applied
to foreigners without restriction on condition that the
civic and property rights of nationals are fully protected
by the Government of the country importing capital. In
cases where the rights of nationals in this connexion are
limited, special protection shall be accorded to foreign
capitalists and to foreign staff employed in their under-
takings, even if this were to result in treatment more
favourable than that accorded to nationals." (p.20/E "Foreign
investment and Economic Expansion").
In the event of nationalisation, owners of foreign capital
are compensated in cash:
"Such compensation shall be paid in cash and be freely
transferable within a reasonable period of time" (Op.cit.J).
In practice, this would prevent any nationalisation, as
the countries which nationalise are nearly always in a difficult
financial position.
If the Conference adopt these ideas of the International
Chamber of Commerce, even in part, the people would be given
the unfortunate impression that they had to choose between their
own economic and social ideas and foreign investment.
An analogous proposal was that a distinction should be
drawn between industries of vital interest and others. In the
latter case, foreign capital investments would enjoy the same
treatment as domestic capital and most favoured nation treatment
in relation to other foreign capital. E/PC/T/118
page 3
This thesis, which seems attractive at first sight,
presents nevertheless a very serious danger in view of the
difference in economic potential of the various countries.
A rich country would be able to make much bigger investments
than economically weaker countries and it is clear that the
influence on domestic economy may be much greater in the case
of very considerable capital coming from a rich country than
in the case of a relatively small amount of capital from a
country with a weaker economic potential. And this reminds
us of the classical story of the horse and tho lark.
Take an industry which, in any case, cannot be considered
vital,(e.g. sock-suspenders, coca cola). If, as a result of
the importation of foreign capital, such an industry develops
abnormally, it may become a disruptive element by absorbing
too large a quantity of fuel, labour, raw materials, etc.
We consider that the only reasonable solution would be
for holders of capital for investment to have en expect knowledge
of the actual situation in the countries where they wish to
invest, and the precise aims of the economic policy of these
countries. In this way they could know in what branches of
economic activity they could invest with the maximum security
and yield, i.e. that their investments would harmonise with
snd further the policy of the borrowing country instead of
running counter to it.
There might be, for example, a system of vises issued
by the economic authorities of the country of investment,
testifying thet the investment was in conformity with the
political and economic aims of the country in question.
This solution must not, however, be confused with that
of official publication of conditions of investment, which
might produce a sort of discriminatory policy on the part of
lender States towards States which declined to adopt a
sufficiently conciliatory attitude.
In order to enlighten lender States, the ITO might
assemble all the necessary documentation. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/89
AND ECONOMIQUE 6 June 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: FRENCH-
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT
The attached comments and suggestions relating to
the text of the Draft Charter as contained in E/PC/T/34
--have been received from M. Duret, representative of the
- World Federation of Trade Unions. In accordance with
the established procedure the attached paper will be
considered, in the first instance, by the ConsuLtative
Committee (Non-Governnental Organizations).
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/89
page 2.
AMENDMENTS TO THE I.T.O. DRAFT CHARTER
PROPOSED BY THE WORLD FEDERATION
OF TRADE UNIONS
ARTICLE 3.
We propose the addition of the following phrase at the end
of Article 3 :
"by the systematic application of a policy of full employment".
Our propossl is based on the following considerations:
We note, with disappointment, that the work of the New
York Draftin- Committee has been based only to a very slight
extent on the Report of the First Sussion of the Conference in
London.
The term "full employment" is used only once, incidentally,
in Article 4. In our opinion, it is far less important to
establish whether genuine full employment is really feasible than
to take a stand for or a-ainst a policy, the general implications
off which are well-known, and which is designed to achieve the
maximum development of productive resources while avoiding through
a rational policy of economic planning and redistribution of
purchasing power the otherwise inevitable crises. The W.F.T.U.
has defined a full employment policy capable of very wide
application and valid for all the nations whose workers it represents.
We are re-stating a thesis which we have put forward on mary
previous occasions. In some countries, the most advanced
economically, the crux of the problem is to guarantee regular
employment for the whole of the labour force. The pre-requi3ites
of this policy seam to be the restriction of working hours and a
simultaneous increase in the wages paid to workers.
A general policy of re-distributing purchasing power must
also be adopted, for without such a policy there cannot be a
stable and steady expansion and a more equitable distribution of
the national income. In other countries, sometimes called the
economically backward countries, the problem assumes a different
form. In such countrics it aay be impossible to regard the
position as satisfactory even though all the available resources
of manpower are fully ernployed. Indeed, if the protective
measures used are out of date, an abseilce of visible unemployment
can exist side by side with a very low level of national income
and wretched living conditions for the population as a whole.
In such countries, even in the absence of mrirked unemployment, there
is nevertheless latent or concealed unemployment against which
action must be taken. In such countries therefore a full employ-
ment policy consists in the maximum expansion of the national in-
come, the provision of modern equipment and at the same time the
effective employnient of manpower on this new basis. It is most
essential that such countries should be able progressively to
close the present gap between their economic development and that
of the countries most advanced economically. What is required
therefore is a complete reversal of the present tendency, for
during the last twenty years this gap h.as, on the contrary,
steadily tended to become wider. E/PC/T/89
page 3.
Lastly, there are countries whose potential.ecohomic
development is greatly in.excess of their reserves of manpower
and which cannot, therefore, employ their productive potential
ta the full without the introduction of foreign labour. The
ecor.omic development of such countries has, moreover, frequently
been-retarded - especially since the war and enemy occupation -
by a shortage of equipment and raw materials.
The aim of a full employment policy should, therefore,
be to place at their disposal greater resources of nianpower and
more up-to.-date equipment which, by enabling them to develop
their productive potential and expand their national income
will be a valuable contribution ta international trade.
A full employment policy of the kind I have described
therefore has very wide implications. In all countries it
implies a policy of increasing the national income and
redistributing purchasing power in favour of the working classes.
It also demands a redistribution of purchasing power between
the different countries of the world, rich and poor, vihich in
*turn requires a comprehensive system of international loans.
We have already asked whether our ideas correspond ta
those of the other '21embers of the Conferencb. We are putting
the same question again for it is our wish that che need for
the systematic application by all countries or a policy of full
employment.
We duly emphasised we would draw attention to the
resolution on employment and economic development adopted by
tne Econom!.c and Soci.al Council on 28 March 1947, which stresses
the need for action "ta maintain world full Eg&ployment and
economic stability'.
In our opinion, paragraph 2 of Article 3 should be
reworded as follows:
* memberss recognize that a distinction must be made between
action to promote full employment when unemployment or
* und.er-employ:nent result from the lack of effective deniand,
and action which is appropriate when. as ih devastated
areas or undeveloped or under-developed` countries, the
obstacle is the deficiency of certain factors such as
equipment, fuel and raw materials which are necessary to
employ productively the aveilble zuply of labour.
Where this is the case, the regulAr excPMjnge of informa-
tion and views among Membars snall be suppiemnr.ted by
international action.'
Our amendment is designed to establish a ai.stirction
between countries able ta carry out a policy of full employment
through the use of their own resources, ..nd countries which must
for this purpose rely mainly on assistance frois abroad.
In the main, our amenrment merely reproduces cpat of the
Economic and Social Ccuncil's resolution or employment and
economic deve1opmnivc, cf 28 March 194j. (E/PC/T/56) E/PC/T/89.
page 4.
ARTICLE 4
We propose the two following amendments to paragraph 2
of Article 4:
"(a) All the provisions of this Charter are to be
interpreted in the light or the necessity-of carrying
out a policy of full employment on the international
scale.
(b) In the choice of such measures each Member
shall seek to avoid creating balance-of.-payments
difficulties for other countries."
In our view, thase amendments are justified by the
following considerations:
(a) In accordance with the opinions which we have many
times expressed in the course of this Conference, the achieve-
ment of full employment must constitute the essential
objective or the I.T.O., an objective to which all others must
be subordinate.
(b) We prefer the text drawn up in London to the New
York wording. This second version might well give rise to
what, in our opinion, would be a dangerous interpretation.
It might induce the belief that States adhering to the I.T.O.
should adopt a very different policy towards Members from
that which they adopt towards non-Meembers. Further, the New
York text sees indirectly to take a definite stand on the
tenor oe Article 36, which has so far been kept out of the
discussion.
We believe that disequilibrium in the balance of payments,
even among non-Member states would be harmful to the
expansion of international trade.
Sooner or later, directly or indirectly, Membar countries
would feel the ill-effects of this disequilibrium. A definite
choice must be made between the concept of the universality oe
world trade which seemed to be that held by the promoters of
the Charter, and that of the partition or world trade which
would inevitably lead to a "bloc" policy.
ARTICLE 5
We propose that the present terms of Article 5 be
modified as follows:
"Members, recognising that all countries have a. common
interest in the maintenance of fair labour standards,
related to the productivity of each country, agree to
take whatever action may be useful and feasible:
(a) to eliminate sub-standard conditions of labour
in all sectors of Production;
(b) to improve la',cur conditions in proportion to the
national productivity of the country in question. E/PC/T/89.
page 5.
"Members recognise that expansion of production shall in
no case involve a reduction in the wage-earners' share of the
total national income".
Wages in industries producing for export, and wages in
industries producing for the domestic market are closely inter-
dependent.
Members must be prevented from following a low wage policy
in any industry, for by so doing they are practising what is in
tact a social dumping. Naturally wages cannot be fixed at the
same level in all Member States; historic and economic factors
conditioning the national income., etc., must be taken into full
account, but there too it is essential to reverse the general
tendency and consider the relative importance Or the wage-earners'
share in the national income. Member States must avoid any
reduction in the wage-earners' share or the total real income.
ARTICLE 6, 6A and 7
We propose the following amendment to Article 6
"Members with a consistently adverse balance or payments
shall undertake to correct the maladjustment by appropriate action,
The main contribution to the re-adjustment shall, however,
be made by those countries whose consistently favourable balance
of payments exerts pressure on the economies of States with an
adverse balance.
States with a consistently favourable balance of payments
shall, within a reasonable period, take appropriate measures toi
correct the maladjustment."
We propose that this be followed by an Article 6 (a)
worded thus
"Recognising that it is more important and more.
efficacious to forestall a deflationary crisis than to restriot
its affects, Members shall undertake to prepare the necessary
machinery for this purpose and to set it in motion at the
appropriate time".
We propose the following amendment to Article 7
"Should a crisis nevertheless arise,. the Organizatin shall
prescribe discriminatory measures against the exports of countries
affected by the depression whose balance of payments is con-
sistently favourable. Countries affected by the crisis shall
take appropriate measures to endeavour to attain a true economic
adJustment."
It is difficult to elaborate an economic theory based on
the definition or fundamental disequilibrium in the balance of
payments advanced by the "CambridgeSchool". It is more useful
to define the relative importance or disequilibrium in the
balance of payments or difrerent-States where some small
countries have an adverse balance over a long period and soma
large States a consistently favourable-one. In such cases the
two categories or States injure each other and prevent the
expansion of international trade. :;/[,0/1/89
Page 6
But how is responsibility to be allocated as
between the different States? It depends on their'size
and relative power and on the specific importance of their.,
economy to world economy. In present circuxstanceà the
'excessive fàvourable balances of certain large countries
may be regarded as the trtin reason for the fundamental
disequilibrium of international trade. Correction of
this disequilibrium is now the pririary necessity.
The W.FT.U. groups the labour organizations of
countries with favourabla balances as woll as of those with
adverse balances and is guided solely by the logic of
impartial analysis.:
- -The appropriAte measures for correctizig a2fundrn.ont.l
disequilibrium in the balance of pyiz.onts are enuaerated in
the Report of thù Früparatory Coiniittue as follows:
"Th, stimulation of imports or the r;e.ov.a of special
oncouragemonts te exports,
"an appreciation Of the country's exchingo rte,
"an upw-ard revision oe its internal price and cost structure,
".an;incre1scG in fere±gn investirent etc.""
io would add te thase, and this is . point to which
we attach tho utmost iiAportanco, systematic application of
the policy of full employment, redistribution of income, and
increased purchasing power of the masses. This is'not.just
a slogan but a definite econoi.i^c policy. It is only by the
systematic application of such a policy th-t'the b;)llace of
payments can be.adjusted and u'deflationQry crisis. fxon over-
production prevented.
Vie boliovo, in spito of :-;ppeuruncos, that it is easier
to prevent an over-production crisis thJirn to have to overcome
it and restrict its ufft''cts. That is:why we stilil.regret thot
certain propos::ls of the Prepar~.tory Coxaitteo.vvere not
retained. Tho Preparatory Coemaittee propc-ed 'rthe.synohroni-
sation of credit policies se as te easa turïns of. borrowing
over a wide area in .tir.es oe general dcflationary pressure,
arranga7ients te promote stability in the inc ..e, and sa in
tho buying powtr, of producers of prir-ry products, the
timing of axpund!ture on intornati.cn.ll .capital projects and
the encouraLgearnt.cf ia flow of' capital in periods of world
deflationary pressure to tfïose co;ntri4eswhose btilancé of
payrnents neads tonporary support in order to.onabl6 them te
maintain their domtûstic policies for full :nd productive
employrm.Ott".
.,ie believe thut these proposals could be supplcDr-iontod
by preparing in adv-ince pl:-ns te be put into effect if i
depression thrcataned te spread froz: an important country te
other countries. àuch plans should preferably be financed
under guiranteu frori the MIer.bers of the Organiz:-tion.
This system would rnean adopting, on.-the international
.plane, thc domestic policy fallowei. by fitztes for securing
stability by h3stening the application of plans and developing E/PC/T/89
page 7
new scharàus to prevent ui falling-off in demand. Countries with
.% strained bnl.nce of pay,:eants position, but hich are not
undeveloped countries a.nd merely naed foreign capital, would
thus be able to correct such i!nlâdjustr,ûnts, without resorting
to jieasures which right. endcXnger their iiiin prosperity or that
of other countries. Definite provisions shoulv7 be prepared and
incorporate6l in tha Charter.
These rules should ba c1esirsnud, in the event of an in-
creasod demand resulting from international investment to
direct a proportion of thc ordJ.ors to ,industrialised countries
with an adverse balance of payments, so as to enable them to
correct the def'ioit.
* Countries suffering from a slur.ip rust pursue an active
policy ::inst de;nrssion. Tho 1929 crisis proved taat de-
pressions are not followed by automatic recovery. If a great
nation suffering from a slurmp insiste. on believing in economic
aut.omatisa -and allowed the slunip to continue, it would spread
across tha world a.nd the expected recovery would not take
place; hence the neo;tl frr active measures against depression,
the raOst striking example of which ivzs Prosidont Roosevalt's
New Deal.
The policy of full employ.nent Irovides the surest means
Or forestalling a crisis; wh 'ver zy have baen said on this
subject, it is only a police planned economy and purchasing
power that car put an end pDression. If ail these measures
were insufficient to prevent gpression front spreading, some
procedure should be established for multi-lateral action
against the exports of countries which, though not subject to
any strain in their balance of puy:aunts, suffered from de-
pression and fr±llin- prices. The unilateral action provided
for in Article 7 in roa:rd to sLfeguards fcr countriessubject
to external dalfatienery pressure, tk.en in conjunction with
Articles 34 and 35 regarding protective action and consult.tlon,
would, in genarâl, allow countries whose industry worked ex-
clusively for thi domestic market to be protected ...gainst
external pressure.
Such protection would be insufficient for the majority
of industri'lise countries whose exports had to compete
in other markets lth the eHergçncy dur.ping of countries
suffering from a depression. It would be insufficient because
othar countries migxt not wish, or might not even be in a
position, te apply Article 7. 'k:! therefore recomieond that
.the Organization itself should decide on general discrimina-
tion by ail Memnbers against the exports of -- country
suffering front a depression, but with a consistently favourable
balance of payments. In conclusion, wa revrert to the need, in
order to ensure economic stability, of increasing tho direct
or indirect sharc of the working :-asses in the national
income, increasad productivity being t..cen into account. In
this connection Soction B of Chapter 1, part 2 of the Rzport
and article e 6 of the Draft Charter, are inadequate. E/PC/T/3-J
rage 8
CHAPTER 4:
Article 9:
We propose that the following sentence be added at the end
of this article; providedd it is accompanie(À by a clear-sighted
and rational economic and social policy".
The classico" colonial policy, uhile it brought technical
progrc:- to backward countries, usually led alo tc all kinds of
disturbances and even great puverty. Dislocation of their natural
economy and tf primitive institutions, when brought into contact
with oapitalist economy, is a very painful process. A clear-
sighted and rational economic and social policy is indispensable to
tide over the period of transition and to ensure that economic
development is accompanied by increased prosperity and well-being.
A policy of large-scale capital investment may greatly accelerate
economic evolution.
Care must, however, be taken to prevent such an investment
policy from becoming a menns of exerting pressure, either hn the
occupying country, or on the native population.
.Article 10:
After the word "productiyity" we ask that the words "and
employment" be inserted, since the twc terms are not synonymous.
Article 11:
Paragraphs 1 and 2 - Co-&peratimn by the World Federation of
Trade Unions, which unites 71 million workers, seems tu us
indispensable to the promotion of industrial end general economic
development. Apart from its moral authority, the W.F.T.U,
represents tha "labour" element withoit which any productive etfort
is impossible.
We therefore ask that after the words "inter-governmental
organizationss " te added the words, "l'nd the W.F.ToU."
Article 12:
Paragraph 1 - Wt ask that the wcr a"labeur" be added after
the words "managerial skill".
Paragraph 2 - We should like a definition oe the term
"unreasonable action". Is nationalization an unreesonable action?
We also request elucidation of Article 61, paragraph C. Are
elements "brought from one country to another", to hesve equel
treatment or special treatment? Does it mean equitable application
of the laws of the country or a special régime which would be a
preferential one? |
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NOTE BY THE WORKING PARTY ON TARIFF
NEGOTIATIONS
Consultation with Delegations concerning dates on
which Submission of Requests ond Exchanges of of-
fers are due.
The Working Party, at its mo-ting on April 23,
discussed arrangements for consulting with Delega-
tions as the scheduled dates approach, in order that
the Working Party might have regulorly at its dis-
posal the up-to-date information required for its
affective operation, including the submission of
progress reports to the Chairman's Committee (Hesds
of Delegations).
The Working Party has accordingly authorised
the Deputy Executive Secretary to check each day
on its behalf, with the Delegations concerned re-
garding requests scheduled to be submitted or offers
scheduled to be exchanged on that day in order to
confirm that the schedule is being maintained or
improved.
In this connection, the Working Party would
advise Delegations that, in its view, the Working
Party is not authorised to revise to significantly
later dates the dotes scheduled in the two annexures
to Document E/PC/T/47 as approved by the Proparatory
Committee in executive session on April 22. Although
the Working Party will be prepared to discuss
suggested changes with Delegations, any material
postponement of dates would have to be referred by
the Working Party to the Chairmen's Committee (Heads
of Delegations) for approval before any such
revision of the present schedule is made. The
Working Party will report on any such requests
in its periodic reports to the Chairman's Committee.
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UNITED NATIONS CONFFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note for Insertion in Australian Schedule
The following communication has been received by the
Secretariat from the Leader of the Australian Delegation:
23 October 1947
Dear Sir,
I have received an instruction from the Governmrent of
the Commonwealth of Australia to insert a Note in the following
terms at the head of Part II of Schedule I:-
'!Rates of duty appearing in Part II, against
which an asterisk in parenthesis - (*) - appears,
are scheduled for the purpose establishing the
maximum margin of preference permissible in
accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 3 of
Article I of this Agreement, and the inclusion nf
any such rate in Part II is not to be regarded as
binding the preCerential rate in respect of anr
product so scheduled"
I should be glad accordingly if you would circulate a copy of
this letter to the delegations now present at Geneva an& to
the Chalrman of the Tariff Negot'ations Working Party.
It should be noted that the Note in question is of
interest only to countries having preferential relations with
the Commonwealth of Australia.
Yours faithfully,
Signed: C. E. Morton.
Leader of Australian Delegation
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Note from Australian Delegation regarding Non-Discriminatorv
Quantitative Regulations
Arising from Document E/PC/T/221, the following statement
has been lodged with the Secretariat by the Australian
Delegation:
"In accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of
Article 18 of the Gencral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the
Australian Delegation reports the existence of quantitative
restrictions in force on lst September, 1947, which the
Australian Govornment proposes to maintain. The relative
details are as follows:
Product -
Plain Clear Sheet Glass.
Nature of the Measure -
A quantitative restriction on the total volume
of annual imports,
PurPose of the Measure -
The assurance of a minimum
Australian industry.
local market to the,
Yours faithfully,
Sïgned: C.L. Hewïtt.
Secretary,
Australian Trade Delegat on..
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Original: ENGLISH
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SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT,
Note from indian Delegation
Arising from E/PC/T/221, the following statement has
been lodged with the Secretariat by the Indian Delegation:
"With reference to paragraph 6 of Article XVIII of tiLe
Draft General Agreement (E/PC/T/2'l+, Add. i Rev. 1) the
Indian Delegation wish to report the existence in force in
India of the undermentioned non-discriminatory measure, which.
was introduced before the lst September, 1947. The Trade
Conference Secretariat is requested to bring this to the notice
of the other contracting parties in accordance with the
provisions contained in the Article referred to above.
Name of Droduct
Grinding wheels
and Segments
Nature of measure
Prohibition of imports
of grinding wheels and
segments of the same
quality as the products
of the local industry.
The measure is being
enforced through
administrative action,
Purpose
Development of the
domestic Grinding
wheel and Segment
industry.
B. N. BANERJI
Member-Socretary. " |
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ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EPMPLOYMENT.
Note from Indian Delegation regarding Non-
Discriminatory Measure in Force in Pakistan.
Arising from E/PC/T/221, the following stament has
been lodged with the Secretariat by the Indian Delegation:
"With reference to paragraph 6 of Article XVIII
of the Draft General Agreement (E/PC/T/214 Add.l Rev.l)
the Indian Delegation wish to report the existence in
force in Pa'kistan of the undermentioned non-discriminatory
measure, which-was introduced before the lst Sentember,
1947. The Trade Conference Secretariat is requested
to bring this to the notice of the other contracting
parties in accordance with the provisions contained in
the Article referred to above."
"Name of product Nature of measure
Grinding wheels Prohibition of
and Segments imports of grinding
wheels and segments
of the same quality as
the products of the
local industry. The
measure is being en-
forced through admini-
strative action.
Purpose
Development
of the domestic
Grinding wheel
and Segment
industry,
Signed: B.N. Banerji
Member-Secretary. "
NATIONS UNIES |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/246
AND ECONOMIQUE 10 October 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOIN SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note from Norwegian Delegation regarding Non-Discriminatory
Quantitative Regulations.
Arising from document E/PC/T/221, the following statement
has been lodged with the Secretariat by the Norwegian Delegation
"Referring to Doc. E/PC/T/221, and to paragraph 6 of
Article XVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
I beg to inform you that in Norway quantitative regulations,
imposed for the establishment, development or reconstruction
of particular industries or particular branches of agriculture,
are at present applied on the following products
Lard
Shortening butter
Evaporated milk
Dried milk
Salted mutton
Sawn timber and plane boards of softwood
Plywood
Feeding stuffs
Molasses
Products of whale
Certain seeds
Lower bulbs
Potatoes
Mixed fertiliser
Superphosphate
Oysters
Owing to the limited time ït is not possible to state
whether all of the regulations mentioned above will be maintained.
Yours sincerely,
Signed : Paal Bog,
Secretary,
Norwegian Delegation.1
UNITED NATIONS
NAITIONS UNIES. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/222
AND ECONOMIQUE 30 September 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE GINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL AL: ENGLISHGINU: ENGLXSH
SECONDH SESSION OF TE OMMPARETORY CHEMITTIE OF Ta
UNITED NATIONS CONFEDENCE ON TRACE AND EMLOYMENT.
Note from tae Secretariet Concerning
COrrigendum to the Report of the Second Session
, /~, ( E/PC/TZ186 )
The Socretariat is proposing to issue a corrigendum sheet
within the next few days incorporating significant corrections
whiche have been dawn to itconcerningn ooncerning the printed
text of the Draft Charsheet This conet will onotain the
following corrigenda:
Page 24; paragraph 5 of Article 22
Ti words "under paofgraph 2 Of Article 18" should read
"ulder paragraph 3 and 4 of Article 18".
Page 24; para oaph 1(a) cf Article 23
The following worbs should he added at the end of the
last fentence oe this paragraph in the French text after the
word "d6rogatïons" in order to render the Freglishnd En,1ish
texts comparable:
"Afin dê ne pas g8ner la reéchangess changes
raltilatS eux."'
Page 62; Annex D
The title of this Annex should be changed to read:
"LIST OF TERRITORIES REFERREARAGRAPH P AGRAPI 2(b) OF
ARTICLE 16 AS RESPECTS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"'
If Delegations have discovered other similar points which
they consider to be of sufficient importance to warrant theïr
inclusion in the correction sheet the Secretariat would be grate-
ful to receive such corrections by noon Friday, October 3. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/300
AND ECONOMIQUE 15 August 1947
SOCIAL COUNClL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTE FROM THE BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG DELEGATION
ARTICLE 24 (1) (a).
In conjunction with the report of the Sub-Committee on
Articles 14, 15 and 24, the Belgium-Luxembourg Delegation
wishes to draw attention to the suggestion which it made in
the course of the debates in sub-committee, with a view to
attaining compromise. It suggested that the present text
of 24 (1) (a) should be replaced by the following:
"Prior international obligations shall not be
permitted to stand in the way of negotiations with
respect to preferences, it being understood that
such international obligations may have to be modified
or terminated in accordance with their terms in order
to a dapt them to the agreements resulting from the
above-mentioned negotiations."
DEUXIEME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE DE LA
CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE DU COMMERCE ET DE L'EMPLOI
NOTE PAR LA DELEGATION BELGO-LUXEMBOURGEOISE
ARTICLE 24 (1) (a).
A la suite du rapport du sous-comité sur les Articles 14,
15 et 24, la Délégation Belgo-Luxembourgeoise signale qu' elle
avait suggéré, à titre de compromis, pendant les discussions
du sous-comité, la texte suivants pour remplacer l'alinéa
24 (1) (a):
"Les obligations internationales antérieures ne
devront pas entraver les négociations relatives aux
préférences, étant entendu que ces dites obligations
internationales auront éventuellement à être modifiées
ou dénoncées conformément à leurs dispositions propres,
afin de les adapter aux accords résultant des nego-
ciations visées ci-dessus." |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/177
AND ECONOMIQUE 16 August 1947
ORIGINAL :ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Note from the Executive Secretary
Concerning Chapter III -
"Employment and Economic Activity"
At its 16th meeting, Commission A approved an English
language text of Chapter III. It was indicated on that occasion
that certain changes would be required to render the Fronch
language text equivalent to the English text. (See E/PC/T/A/PV/16
and E/PC/T/A/SR/16).
Since that time the Legal Drafting Committee has completed
its examination of both the French and English language texts
and has presented its suggested version of each text in E/PC/T/166.
In view of the apparently non-controversial nature of the
changes suggested by the Legal Drafting Committee, the Secre-
tariat would propose to use the text proposed by the Legal Draft-
ing Committee in compiling the text of the entire Charter for
the final plenary meetings of the Second Session,
If any Delegations feel that the alterations suggested by
the Legal Drafting Committee require discussion in Commission,
they should advise the Secretariat by noon Monday, August 18.
If further Commission discussion is considered necessary, the
Secretariat would propose either that it should take place in
Commission A on Monday evening after the completion of Articles
14, 15 and 24 or that a special meeting of Commission A should
be arranged for Tuesday morning.
NATIONS UNIES |
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E/PC/T/200
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 16 September 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note from the Secretariat
As indicated by the Chairman at the meeting of the Tariff
Agreement Committee on Tuesday, Delegations are urged to supply
the Central Secretariat on Wednesday, September 17, with the
information requested in E/PC/T/195.
The Central Secretariat and Socretaries of Delagations
will meet to discuss mechanical details relating to the
production of the schedules from 9.30 to 10,30 a.m. on Thursday,
September 18, and from 9.30 to 10.30 on Friday, September 19,
in Committee Room VIII. At that time, if the Central
Secretariat has received the information requested in
E/PC/T/195, it should be possible to clarify various points
relating to preparations which Delegations and the Central
Secretariat are making for tho production of the Schedules.
DEUXIEME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE
DE LA CONFERENCE DU COMMERCE ET DE L'EMPLOI
DE L'ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES
Note du Secrétariat
Comme l'a indiqué le Président, à la séance de mardi du
Comité charge de l'examen de l'Accord sur les Tarifs douaniers,
les délégations sont invitées à fournir d'urgence au Secréta-
riat central, la mercredi 17 septembre, les renseignaments
demandés dans le document E/PC/T/195.
Le Secrétariat central et les Secrétaires de délégation
se réuniront pour examiner les details techniques relatifs
à la presentation des listes, de 9 h. 30 à 10 h. 30, le jeudi
18 september et de 94 h. 30 à 10 h. 30, la vendredi 19 septembre,
dans la salle de Commission No. VIII. A ce moment, si la So-
cr6tariat central a reçu les renseignements demandés dans le
document E/PC/T/195, il sera sans doute possible de préciser
différents points concernant les préparatifs auxquels procèdent
les Délégations et le Secrétariat Central on vue de la pré-
sentation des listes. |
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ECQNOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/83
AND ECONOMIQUE 16 May 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTE FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON
CHARTER DISCUSSIONS
With reference to the Executive Secretary's previous
memoranda concerning the advance submission of amendments
to Articles of the Draft Charter (E/PC/T/DEL 24 and 31),
the Steering Committee requests all Delegations to submit
to Room 220 in the Secretariat by noon, Saturday, May 17,
any amendments which they plan to propose to Chapter III
beyond those already indicated in the Draft Annotated
Agenda for that Chapter (E/PC/T/70) in order that such
proposed amendments may be Included in a revised agenda
to be issued Saturdday afternoon.
It is proposed by the Steering Committee that the
discussion on Chapter III should commence at 11.00 a.m.,
Monday morning, May 19.
.IONS
NATIONS UNIES |
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CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/338
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 16 September 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note from the Tariff Negotitations Working Party
At the request of the Head of the Norwegian Delegation,
the Tariff Negotiations Working Party has given consideration
to the question of the earliest date on which the Final Act
cculd be signed.
In examining this question, the Working Party has taken
account of the progress of tariff negotiations and has noted
also the recommendation in E/PC/T/197 concerning the date for
notification of measures under paragraph 6 of Article XVIII.
The Working Party has come to the conclusion that October
15 should be established as the earliest date on which the Final
Act could be signed.
Accordingly, the Tariff Negotiations Working Party
recommends that every effort should be made to conclude the
tariff negotiations so that the Final Act can be signed about
that date. |
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E/PC/T/248
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 10 October 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE Original: FRENCH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION 0F THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Note from tho Lebano/Syrian Custorms
Union to the Secretariat.
The following statement referring to Document E/PC/T/221
has bean submitted to the Secretariat by the Lebano/Syrian
Customs Union:
"In accordance with the provisions of Article
XVIII, paragraph 6, of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade, I wish to notify the other
contracting parties that, under Article 41 of the
Customs Code in force in Syria and Lebanon, the
Syrian and Lebanese Governments are both empowered
to impose quantitative restrictions of a general
economie nature for industrial or agricultural
purposes.
Attached is the list of products in respect
of which non-discriminatory protective creatures have,
for these purposes, been adopted in Syria and Lebanon,
together with a statement of the reasons therefor.
It must be clearly understood that our reply
will in no way prejudice aur freedom of action an
the Havana Conference, and .-., 'i; to put forward or
maintain reservations in regard to the provisions of
the Article in the Draft Charter which corresponds
to Article XVIII oa the Agreement.
Paris, 8 October 1947
(Signad) IZZAT TRIBOULSI
For the Syrian and Lebanese
Delega tions ' E/PC/T/248
Page 2
PRODUCTS IN RESPECT 0F WHICH NON-DISCRIMINATORY
PROTECTIVE MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPOSED.
Type: Q, antit:'4:ive Resrictians
1~. ?'le2.sures A.roptcd. for thbe estc.blhment of
Parttemliar J½n.nches of Jnclostrv:
t..ri ff Item
122 ec 123
417 & 435
663 to 681
966 & 967
Chap XI)
755 to 82
1,25
32
134
1.36
14O ta 144
152 to 160
192
2 9
Ex 308
320
329
340
35" to 357
Sugar and coeifectionery
Paper and cardboard and wares of paper and
cardboard
Glass and glassware
Plsti c Materias
2. 1'easLrcs Adonted for toe Delo ment of
Part.,icu].r- ~B;-ar-ches:
4.- ca I nda.str l
Milling products, malt, starch and fecula
Confectionery
Choaclate and articles made of chocolate
Macaroni, spaghetti and similar products
Pastry anrd b.s ccu.its
Preserved fruit
Beverages and alcoholic 1ïquids, including beer
Cement
Perfuincry a.nd cosmetic arLcLes (Xicàudaïig
tooth-p.s5t-s and mouùlhwaLShes)
Paints
Soaps
Glues oa animal origin
Matches
T>;iiW,: ^; - -,d!; s':-.ns Tariff Item
No.
358 to 365
Ex 377 & 379
393
398
401 to 405
443 to 446
447 to 461
469 to 492
507 to 517
518 to 521
522 to 526
527 to 5'4O
542
551 te 561
566
580 to 583
600 to 606
641
Ex 755
EX 755 & Ex
768 & 769
86o
975 & 976
969 & 970
765
68
55 to 62
70 to 74
518 to 521
E/PC/T/248
Page 3
Manufactures of leather
Rubber soles
Plywood
Toinery work for building
Articles made of wood
Natural silk thread
Fabrïcs of natural silk, pure or mixed
Fabrics of artificial silk, artficial silk
waste, - .d artificial textile fibres, pure or
mixed
Fabrics of wool, horsehair or other animal hair
Cotton
Cotton thread or yarn
Cotton fabrics, pure or mixed
Hemp
Fabrics of flax, hemp or ramie, pure or mixed
Cabling, cordage and twine of hemp
Hosiery
Footwear
Tiles of cement
Articles of tinplate (sheet iron)
Metal beds
Copper articles
Electric batteries
Games and toys for children
Brushes
B.- of Agriculture
Wheat, spelt and meslin
Edible fruits
Rice, barley, maize, millet
Cotton E/PEC/T/248
Page 4
Tariff Item
No.
839
Ex 841
844 to 845 (1)
Ex 855
Ex 855
Il Il
il i
il hi
Il 1
3.- Products in respect of which guantitative
restrictions have been imposed for the purpose
of coordinating the establishment and recon-
struction of particular branches of industry
Machines for the production of cold
" " manufacture of footwear
spinning, twisting and weaving
the manufacture of stockings and
socks
"l "l " " "beer
"l "l " preparation of oxygen
" " " " acetylene
" " " manufacture of hosiery
Il Il "matches
il.
H preparation of alcohol
Subsequent to the receipt of the above list, ws have received
the following message (dated 9 October 1947) from the Minister
Plenipotentiary, Kead of the Lebanese delegation to the Preparatory
Committee:
"Following on the note dispatched from Paris, on
8 October 194+7, by the Lebano-Syrian Customs Union to the
Secretariat, I wish to inform you that I have received a
telegram from my Government, stating that'a supplementary
list of products in respect of which non-discriminatory
measures have been imposed in Lebanon and Syria, was
dispatched by air mail front Beirut on 6 OctoiDr7 194+7 and
will reach Berne on the llth or 12th of the same month.
As soon as I receive this list I shall be pleased to
communicate it to you."
1) French text: 842 |
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E/PC /T/425
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 17 October 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Note on arrangements for Final Meeting.
The final meeting of the Second Session of the
Preparatory Comnittee of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Employment will be held in public session in the
Council Chamber of the Palais des Nations at 1000 a.m. on
October 30, 1947.
Mr. Suetens (Belgium), the Chairman of the Preparatory
Committee, will preside. Those Vice-Chairinen of the Preparatory
Committee who are in Geneva at the time, and the Secretary, will
sit to the right and left of Mr. Suetens.
1. The proceedings will commence with an address by
the Chairman. During the course of his remarks he will refer
to the size and scope of the tariff negotiations which have
taken place in Geneva and the significance of the General
Agreement on Tarif`fs and Trade embodying the results of the
tariff negotiations. It is proposed to circulate beforehand.
copies in both languages of the Chairman's speech, so that
interpretation will not be necessary.
2. The Chairman will then call upon the chairman of the
sub-committee of the Tariff Agreement Committee on credentials
to submit his report.
3, The Chairman will then announce that the Final Act
is open for signature and will call upon each representative
in alphabetical order to advance and sign the Final Act which
will be oDen for signature on a table placed in front of the E/ PC/T/.'255e
page 2
Chairman.
Th. Te Chairmanr wïll then announce that the Protocol
nf± Provisional Applicati.on is opon for signature and will call
upon the r&presCntatJves of those countries wiho havo expressed
theïr desire to slgn the Protocol at Genova to advance and sign
the Protocol in their alphabetical order.
5. After this the Chairman will announce that signature
will take place of any special bilateraal agreemrnnts or exchanges
of notes arising out of the si,, Ature either of thl Final Act
or Of the Protocol of Provisional Application. Dc4.legations
will be asked to advise the Socrctariat in advance of such
agreements nr exchanges of notes as they n;ay wish to sign at
Geneva. The representatives o? tho countries concerned will
take Possession of the agreements or notes exchaingod immediately
upon being handed such document by the represeritative of the
other country concerr.ed and it will not be necessary to leave
a copy with the Secretariat unles theo Dcolgn.tion so desires.
The proceedings xqill conclude with a. few;w brie? remarks
of the Chairman, who will then declare torrninated the wiork of
the Preparatory Comnmittoe o? the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Employment,. |
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SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL 11 October 1947
_________________________ Original: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note sent to the Secretariat by the Delegation
of the United States of Brazil.
The following statement referring to document E/PC/T/221
has been transmitted to the Secretariat by the Delegation of
Brazil:
"The Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Delegation presents
his compliments to the Deputy Executive Secretary of the
Preparatory Committee of the Conference on Trade and Employment
and regrets to inform him that the Delegation of Brazil is still
awaiting instructions concerning the communication provided for
under paragraph 6 of Article XVIII of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade.
The Delegation of Brazil will lose no time in transmitting
any relevant information it may be called upon to furnish on
the subject.
Geneva, 10 October 1947."
NATIONS UNIES |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL RESTRICTED
AND ECONOMIQUE E/PC/T/251
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL. FRENCH.
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPAY.ATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note sent to the Secretariat by the Lebano-Syrian
Customs Union.
The following statement referring tn document
E/PC/T/221, has been transmitted to the Secretariat by the
Lebano-Syrian Customs Union. The whole should be read in
conjunction with document E/PC/T/248, of 10 October.
"Sir,
Further to my letter, reference 793/b, of
9. October 1947, I attach the list of products in
respect of which non-discriminatory protective
measures have been imposed, which reached us
today from Beirut.
Minister Plenipotentiary
Head of the Lebanese Delegation
to the Trade and Employment
Conference.
LIST
of products in respect of which
non-discriminatory protective
measures have been imposed.
Type: Quantitative Restrictions
Tariff Item Designation of Goods Remarks
No.
I - Measures adopted for the
establishment of particular
branches of industry.
122 Sugar
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/251
page 2.
Tariff item Designation of Goods Remarks
No.
417 to 435
663 to 681
ex 966 and
ex 967
25
26
Chap. XI -
75 to 82
125
132
133 to 136
Chap. XX -
137 to 144
Chap. XXII -
152 to 161
178
192
319
ex 308
320
325
329
340
351
358 to 365
Paper and cardboard and wares of
paper and cardboard
Glass and glassware
Articles of plastic materials
II - Measures adopted for the
development of particular
OF INDUSTRY
Butter
Cheese
Milling products: malt, starch
and fecula
Confeetionery
Chocolate and articles made of
chocolate
Preparations with basis of flour
or fecula
Preparatiorns of vegetables or
fruits
Beverages, alcoholic liquids and
vinegars
Salt
Cement
Perfumery articles
Paints for buildings
Soap
Candles and tapers
Glues of animal origin
Matches
Tanned leather
Manufactures of leather E/PC/T/251
page 3.
Tariff Item Designation of Goods Remarks
No.
ex 379
393
ex 398-a
401 to )405
443 to 4L46
147 to 461
469 to 492
507
522 to 526
527 ta 540
566
580 to 583
Ch. LiV 6oo
to 606
639
ex 755
768 to 769
86o
975 and 976
969 and 970
Ch. X - 68
to 74
55* to 62
518
Rubber soles
P lywood
Doors and windows
Articles macle o' wood
Natural silk thro&.d
Fabrics of natural silk, pure or
mixed
Fabrics of artificial siljk, ot
artificial silk waste and of
textile fibres, pure or mïxed
Woollen fabrics
Cotton thread
Cotton fabrics, pure or mixed
Cabling, cordage and twine of
hcofmp
Hosiery
Footwear
Manufactures of cement and
concrc te
M.tal badsteads
Copper articles
Electric batteries
Gamers and toys for children
13rushes
B - 0F ACYRICULTURE
Cercals
Edible fruit
Cotton E/PC/T/251
page 4.
Tariff Item
No.
Designation of Goods
Ch. XXIV -
171, 172
IIl - Products in respect of which
Quantitative Restrictions
have been imposed for the
purpose of co-ordinating the
establishment and reconstruc-
tion of narticular branches
of industry.
Machines for the production of cold)
Machine, for the manufacture of )
footwear )
)
Hosiery looms and knitting machines)
Machines for the manufacture of )
beer
)
Machinery and apparatus for the )
manufacture of matches )
Machinery ar.d apparatus for the
preparation of oxygen
Machinary and apparatus for the )
preparation of acetylene
Machinary and apparatus for the
preparation of alcohol )
Article 41
of the Cus-
tons Code and
Decision No.
682, dated
31 July 1947,
of the "Con-
seil Supé-
rieur des
Intérêts
Communs".
Tobacco
Remarks
839
8>+1-a
ex 845
ex 855-b
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ex 855-g
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cx 855-g |
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Original: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Note to Delegations
The Third Plenary Session of the Inter-American Council of
Trade and Production. has forwarded to the Chairman of the Pre-
paratory Comaittee the following Resolution regarding the Draft
Charter, requesting that it should be brought to the notice of
Delegations:
INTER-.AMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRADE AND PRODUCTION
MONTEVIDEO
THE COUNCIL
Having considered the Draft International Charter on Trade
and Employment sponsored by the United Nations and the advisability
of drawing up directives for the development of the economy of
the Americas
DECLARES:
1. That in order to develop trade between nations two
courses of procedure should be simultaneously adopted: the re-
duction of customs barriers and of restrictions on foreign trade,
and the increase of the purchasing power of peoples;
2. That in the establishment of the principles and
fundamentals that should govern the organization of international
trade, essential consideration should be given to the influence
of international trade on the economic and social conditions of
each country and vice versa;
3. That the organization of international trade should be
carried out in a manner which takes account of the economic and
social structure of each country, promoting the conditions neces-
sary for the development and better exploitation of their respective
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material and human resources and increasing access to better
conditions of life for all people;
4. That the industrialization of economically less
developed nations should be accelerated on a basis of inter-
national cooperation, as a means of raising the economic
level of peoples;
5. That it is a function of international trade to
reduce economic disparities among peoples, in a manner which
permits the goods produced to have the widest possible distri-
bution both in area and in depth so as to reach those sections
of the population having the most limited resources;
6. That countries requiring a greater degree of in-
dustrialization for their economic development should be allowed
recourse to reasonable and non-discriminatory quantitative and
qualitative import restrictions, when this is necessary, in
order to achieve the following objectives:
(a) to prevent disequilibrium in the balance of
payments,
(b) to assure the gradual liquidation of industries
created or expanded during the war without
sufficient economic foundation;
7. That access to products essential to the development
of agriculture should be facilitated by the elimination or
greatest possible reduction of customs duties or formalities;
8. That for reasons of equity and efficiency, an equal
vote should be assured to all nations participating in the
assembly of the International Trade Organization,
AND REQUESTS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
To inform by cable the Second Session of the Preparatory
Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employ-
ment (Geneva, April, 1947) of the foregoing declarations, and
request that they be considered during the discussion of the
Draft Charter for the said Organization. |
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SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL 23 April 1947
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTICE FROM THE NORWEGIAN DELEGATION
As it appears that some delegations are not fully informed
of the current surtaxes levied on imported good in Norway in
addition to the rates ot the customs tariff, the Norwegian
Delegation wants to refer to the excerpt below from the -tariff
of 1946-47.
Temporary Surtaxes:
I. . In addition to the current customs duties including the
tariff items mentioned under Preliminary Provisions) a
temporary surtax of 50% is levied on all goods except the
following items:
Fruits 1.a.
1.b.
" 1.c.
2.c.
2.d.
2.f.
i 2.g.
Vegetables 1.b.
"
Cork B.a.l.
"l B.a.2.
Nuts a.
Rice in the husk, in bulk
"l If "i "i packed
" husked
Wines 1.a.
Il 1.b.
* . 2.a.
r;:. Further, the surtax is not levied on petrol-, kerosene-
and rude oil motors, electric motors and generators, power
threshers nor on other agricultural machines not specially
Mentioned. nor on part of the said machines..
Il. In.addition to the import duties (including the tariff
items mentioned under Preliminary Provisions and the temporary
surtax mentioned in part I above) there shall be levied an extra-
.ordinary surtax of 10% on the duties payable on sugar in accordance
with tariff item "Sugar 1 and 2", 20% on "Spirits 1 and 2", "Cork
B.a1., and 2" and "Wines 1.a.,1.b. and 2.a." 80% on tea and 33 1/3l
,:or all other goods except those specified in the last sentence of
.part I.
The Finance and Customs Department is empowered to reduce or
to cancel the above extraordinary surtax in regard to duties oon-
solidated by Conventions. |
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26 October 1947.
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Notification of Final Offers
In connection with the provision of marked con-
solidated lists, the French Delegation has suggested the
use of the following abbreviations in the French text.
These are circulated for the information of other
Delegations.
AUSTRALIE ......
BENELUX .......
BRESIL .........
BIRMANIE .......
CANADA ........
CEYLAN ....,....
CHILI ..........
CHINE ..........
ETATS-UNIS
INDE ..........
PAKISTAN .......
NORVEGE ......
NOUVELLE-ZELANDE
PALESTINE ......
RHODESIE DU SUD
SYRIE-LIBAN ....
TCHECOSLOVAQUIE .
UNION SUD-AFRICAINE ............
ROYAUME-UNI ....................
Au
Bx
Br
Bi
Cd
Cy
Ci
Ce
Us
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Nv
Nz
P1
Rh
Si
Ts
Af
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E/PC/T/172 Add.l.Rev.i.
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 23 October 1947.
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESS ION OF THE PREPARATORY COMfiITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE A.ND EMPLOYMENT.
Notification of Final. Offers
With reference to Document E/PC/T/172 adv,1., several
Delegations have questioned whether, w1hen they have sent
copies of all cheir final bil,.eral lists to all other
Delegations, it is also necessary for them to distribute
consolidated lists showing ta which country each concession
was granted.
The Tariff Negotiations Working Party agrees that it
is not essential to do this in cases where a Delegation
has sent copies of . its bilateral lists te ail other
Delegations, but feels nevertheless that it would be a
great convenience ta Delegations te have the information
in auéstion available in the consolidated form. The Working
Party would therefore appreciate it if all Delegations would
distribute marked consolidated lists, whether or not they
have already circulated bilateral lists. |
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SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMYITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Notification of Final Offers.
It has been brought to the attention of the
Tariff Negtiations Working Pa.rty that not every
delegation has complied with the request contained in
document E/PC/T/172 that, on the completion of the
bi-lateral stage of any negotiation, they should. send
copies of the final bi-lateral list of concessions,
not only to the Secretariat but also to all other
delegations. The Working Party considers it desirable
that, if possible, delegations should conform with this
procedure, and has decided that, ir, any case, every
delegation should, as soon as possible, and not later
than December lst, 191+7, provide all other delegations
wîth copies of their consolidated list, marking against
each item, the country to which the concession was
granted.
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/256 Add.2.
AND ECONOMIQUE 22 October 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITEE OF THE
UNITED NATTONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Notification of Non-Discriminatory
Measures
The following letter, dated 20 October 1947, has been
received by the Chaïrman of the Tariff Negotiations Working
Party from the Head of the Chilean Delegation, and is circulated
for the information of rLernbers of the Tariff Agreement Cormittee.
It forces part of the correspondence already circulated in
Docuiment E/PC/T/256 Add.l., with which it should be read in
conjunction
TrLnslation frorn SPANISH.
Letter from : r. Angel Paivovich,
Head of the Chilean Deletation,
Trade and Employmiient Conferunce,
Geneva.
to: Mr. L.D. Wilgress,
Chairman of the Tariff Nogotiations Workin& Party,
Trade and Er.iployrne.nt Confùrencet
Genava.
Da.ted: 20 OCtober 1947.
I have received your letter of the 18th instant, referring
to the Chilan statement on the non-discriminatory protective
ncasures which were in force in Chile on 1 September 1947.
You inforrmed mne firstly that the VJorking Party was
p1easd to note that this De1egatiQrn is in a position to remove
fron its statement the restrictions described under sections
(C) and (D) of imy letter of 14 October, but that nevertheless
the renaining sections still contain certain products, including,
for exaujple, r;illing-cutters, boring tools, retort carbon and
tissues of horse-hair, which appear in the Chilcan Schedule to
tho General Agreey,.ient on Tariffs and Trade, and that the
restrictions in respect of theso products, imposed for purposes
of econornic development, viill have to be removed as soon as the
General Agreemerit comes into force, in accordance with the
provisions of Article XVIII, paragraph 7.
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T/256 Add.2.
page 2.
in rDlly to this point I wou].d inforrn you that neither
L.illin--cuttars nor boring tools and retort carbon are specific
1sïitioxd uin th- Chileari Sch:(dula to tho Tarif? Agreenent, and: for
that re:-son were not included in the postscript to my letter,
datod 17 October. Ncvarthjlcss, those products, or soi!o' of thon,
could ho included unclor sore eenric iteo. of the said Schedule,
stui a;, for exariple, Itn i387. In that case, this Doleoation
agraus thlit, if those product- are actually included in tho
C28hi.La.:i Soehadule, the restrictions now ir:iposed upon thor.: for
puiyosfis of oconoric developrmcnt would have to cease on thî date
(lliee >;i"ns thc Tariff Agrrcrlant.
W`it' re :.rd ta tissuus of horse-hair, I would point eut
that tl !i ro.uct firçures in tho postscript te iiy letter, datcd
17 Octc.,r. under the narie of "Optima" tissue.
R a-ardiug Scction (E) of riy ltter datod 1- Octobar, the
cr1ly rproduct which appee. .. iu the Chilean Schedule as wrell, is
"li'Nu rs", .A.r this also appears in thc postscript to r.y latter
*.f ti .Y ltih instant.
Th: WJorking Party wonders .hether, in rc;m.'i te SeCtiOn (E)c,
it is m-essay te ria'ntain differential excisa duties, ir vleNw
cxr th-- iact 'that Chile would ra!,ain frec to increase tha tariffs
on pro-lucts which appear in Saction (E) but which have not be.i tho
isubjeet of negotiations at Genova.
Iru reply to this point I would inforr you that, aftur a
dotull d study of thc qustio, r.Ây Goverrunut riay possibly ducido
to transf-r tha present di.fferanti.al excise duty ii,,pcsed on thesc
pr<dlucts to thu Custc..s duty; this, hwaevcr, is a question whleh
:'ust in any casc ba cf t for the decision c:f the Chilean Govern-
I hava thc honour to bû .............
Signed: A. Falvovich
Hoad of th. Delegation of Chi-Io. |
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SECOND SESSION OF THE, PREPARATORY COMMlTTEE, OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Notification of Non-Discriminatory
With reference to document No. E/PC/T/256
and the previous documents referred to therein, copies
of an exchange of letters between the Chairman of the
Tariff Negotiations Working Party and the Delegations
of Chile and Norway are circulated thereunder for the
ïnformation of members of the Tariff Agreement Committee,
Copies of a similar exchange of letters with the Lebano-
Syrian Delegation will be circulated later. E/PC/T/256. Add.1
page 2
Exchange of Leiters between the Chairman
of the Tariff Negotiations Working Party
and the Chilean Delegation.
16 October 1947.
Dear Mr. Faivovich,
The Tariff Negotiations Working Party has considered
your letter of the 14th October, addressed to the Acting
Executive Secretary, regarding paragraph 6 of Article XVIII
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and listing in
this connection the products to which Chïle at present
applies non-discriminatory protective measures for the
establishment, development or reconstruction of particular
industries or particular branches of agriculture.
The Working Party points out that paragraph 6 of Article
XVIII applies only to non-discriminatory measures used for
purposes of development or reconstruction and not for reasons
connected with balance of payments difficulties. On those
grounds it considers that many of the items listed in your
letter do not come within the scope of paragraph 6 of Article
XVIII. Moreover, the inclusion in the list of any items on
which ta-iff concessions have been negotiated at Geneva would
not be in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
The Working Party feels that, for the reasons stated
above, your letter of the 14th October does not meet the
requirements laid down in the General Agreement. If, however,
in the light of this letter, the Chilean Delegation wishes to
submit a revised list of non-discriminatory measures, falling
within the scope of paragraph 6 of Article XVIII, it is welcome
to do so, but the Tariff Negotiations Working Party would
request that this list should be provided as soon as possible
accompanied by information on the following points:
1. The nature and amount of each of the measures
involved.
2. The date when each such measure came into actual
operation and whether it is still in force.
3. Whether such measures are, in fact, non-
discriminatory.
4. The purpose of each such measure,
5. Whether any of such measures apply to products
with respect to which obligations may be
assumed by Chile through negotiations at Geneva
with other Members of tho Prnparatory Committee. E/PC/T/256 .Add. 1
page 3
Your earliest advice on these matters will be appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
L.D. Wilgress.
Chairman,
Tariff Negotiations Working Party.
Angel Faivovich, Esq.
Chilean Delogation,
Palais des Nations,
Geneva. E/PC/T/256. Add. 1.
page 4
Translation from Spanish
'Letter from: Mr. Faivovich,
Head of the Chilean Delegation,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment,
Geneva.
To: Mr. L. D. Wilgress,
Chairman of the Working Party on Tariff Negotiations,
Uinited Nations Conference on Trdde & Employment,
Geneva.
Dated: 17 October 1947.
I have received your letter of the 16th inst containing
varicus observations on the statement made by this delegation on
14 October in regard to the non-discriminatory protective measures
in force in Chile on 1 September ]947.
In reply, I wish to draw your attention to the following:
The statement made by this Delegation on the 14th instant
embraces all the measures which, in one form or another, constitute
import restrictions, in force in Chile at the date specified. As
was indicated in this statement, not all of these measures have as
thoir soj]. nurpo.e the ostabliihrment, develor),-nt or reconstruction
of .-rti.cular branches of inndustry or agriculture, sinco those
rmcntionel<d under hcadin:,s (C) .znd (D) aro chiefly desiî:ncod to safe-
ftuard thc balance of paynrnnts.
I should theref`or lik,. to .ake it clear to you, as you re-
questo;:1, hhaet the inrotective EtanureC :noting thc purposes speci-
fiod ir Airticle XVIII, para-J;r;_ph 6 of the General Agreernent on
Tarif fs and Trade , are thrce nentionc-i under h]adings (A), (3) and
(E) of the Chil.an statient in ruDstion. l'h(e -iesures reiVurod to
undcr hc2iiinrs (C) ancd (D) will b~ the subject of discussion latcr
in accorcl,,nce, with the provisions of the A.roement rclati.ng, to lle
segu ird.in' of the balayicé of oayfients.
i.th r.ferr:nce tco th inforrr:ation requo-tcd in Point;, 1 te 5
of your ltetr, I wish to convey,, to you the following:
(1) These "cjea.-urcs, as pointed out in i!ly statoe.rInt cf Ml;
October, are of t4ho following nature:. - Hz.eding (A): Application
ofi e Qulota. I ',.uS3t inform you that it is a practical itrtossïbllity
tc> srDoc1fy th:: quantities which will be neraitt.d under this
..o asurc, rince _ quotas ..re fixed e.i riodically in accordance with
dlorsl(:l t;ic r.liuirer:ents, . Hea-tlidn;> (B): Izport Prohibition. UIcading
(i3): iY-ei-o duties hi..7her rhan those; irnposed in respect of like
-.rticles of io-:Iestic origin.
(2) All these measures were effective on 1 September 1947
andl are in frrce rzt present,
(3) NDn:z of thes., ruW.a -lu1res is discrirminatory in charc ter.
(4+) The purnoso of those casures is the development af
tho *lnesti.c production of similar ïierchandise. E/PC/T/256. Add. 1.
page 5
( 5) A limited number only of products negotiated on for the
Tariff Agreement, are affected by the protective measures specified.
Trusting that this supplementary statement will give satis-
faction to your Committee,
I have the honour to be, etc.
(Signed) A. Faivovich
P .S.
The products referred to in point (5) of this letter are
the following:
Sandpaper
iron bars of circular section for building
Jute sacking
Black fuses for use in mines
"Optima"' tissues
Fire bricks
Spirits E/PC/T256 .Add.1.
page 6
18th October, 1947.
Dear Mr. Faivovich,
I thank you for your letter of the 17th October which
has been considered by the Tariff Negotiations Working Party,
The Working Party is glad to note that you are able to
eliminate sections (C) and (D) from your list. It notes,
however, that the remaining sections of your list still contain
certain items, including, for example milling-cutters, boring
tools, etc., retort carbon, and tissues of horse hair, which
are contained in your Schedule to the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade. Import restrictions on these products, applied
for developmental. purposes, w»i of course 1.ave zo be dis-
continued under the terms of paragraph 7 of Article XVIII, as
soon as the General Agreement becomes effective.
It is further noted that at last one item in section (E)
of your list, relating to differential internal taxes, is also
contained in the schecdule of Chilean concessions. With regard
to other items iri section (E) of your list., the Tariff Negotia-
tions Working Party questions whether it is necessary to retain
differential internal taxes. in view of the fact that Chïle
would be free to increase the tariff on these products for
developmental purposes.
I shall be glad if you will take note of these facts, also
In so far as they may apply to other items still on your list.
Yours sincerely,
L. D. Wilgress
Chairman
Tariff Negotiations Working Party.
Mr. A. Faivovich,
Chilean Delegation,
Palais des Nations. E/ PC/ T/2 56. Add . 1
page 7
Exchange of letters between the Chairman,
of the Tariff Negotiations Working Party
and the Norwegian Delegation
11 October 1947.
Dear Mr. Bog,
The Tariff Negotiations Working Party has considered
your letter of the 10th October, addressed to the Acting
Executive Secretary, regarding paragraph 6 of Article XVIII
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and listing
in this connection the products to which Norway at present
applies quantitative regulations for the establishment.,
development or construction of particular industries or
particular branches of agriculture.
The Working Party notes that owing to the limited time,
you are unable to state whether all of the regulations
mentioned in your letter will be maintained. It feels, however,
in any case, that your letter does not meet the requirements of
Article XVIII, and therefore requests the Narwegïan Delegation
to advise it as to :
1. The nature and amount of each of the quotas
involved.
2. The date when each such quota came into actual
operation and whether it is still in force.
3. Whether such quotas are non-discriminatory.
4. The purpose of each such quota.
5. Whether any of such quotas apply to products with
respect to which obligations may be assumed by
Norway through negotiations at Geneva wïth other.
Members of the Preparatory Committee.
Your earliest advice on these matters will be appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
L. D. Wilgress.
Chairman,
Tariff Negotiations Working Party.
Paal Bog, Esq.,
Secretary,
Norwegian Delegation,
Palais des Nations..
_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ''" Y./T/256.Add.1
page 8
NORWEGIAN DELIGATION
International Conference
on Trade and Employment
Geneva, 17th October, 1947.
Dear Mr. Wilgress,
Referring to your letter of the 11th October, I beg to
give the following additional information .regarding the products
to which Norway at present applies import regulations for the
establishment, development or reconstruction of particular
industries or particular branches of agriculture:
Product: Import Regulation Introduced:
Lard 1934
Artificial Lard 1939
Butt er 1931+
Evaporated, milk 1936
Dried milk 1936
Salted mutton 1939
Sawn timber and plane boards of softwood 1931
Plywood 1932
Feeding stuffs (except Tapioca flour and
Rice bran which are included in the
consolidated list of Norwegian tariff
concessions) 1934
Products of whale 1939
Mixed fertilizer 1927
Oysters arci cystois' fry 1936
For ail the products mentioned a genEral import pro-
hibition is ,ln force. Dispt;nsatien can be givon by the
com,1pti;.nt 15inistry, rnd is at present not difficult to obtain if
the requirod exchange licence can bu produced. The measure is
non.-diszl:liniotory, and has beon imposed for thc development of
pnrH.c:u2..r brnnche.s, of industry and agriculture.
'..- folrwinig products are to be omitted from th( list sent
te the wcretariat with our Ietter of the 10th October, as they
are included in the t'Iorwegian list' of tariff concessions: E/PC/T/256 .Add .1
page 9
Molasses
Flower Bulbs
Superphosphate
Furthermore "Potatoes" i.s to be omitted as the protective
measure in thïs case is imposed as a safeguard against plant
disease, and "Certain Seeds" because the main purpose of the
protection in this case is quality control.
I take it that you will give the Secretariat the
necessary information.
Yours sincerely,
Hon. L. D. Wilgress,
Chairman,
Tariff Negotiations Working Party,
Palais des Nations. E/PC/T/256.Add.1.
page 10
18 October 1947.
Dear Mr. Colban,
I thank you for your letter of the 17th
October. The Tariff Negotiations Working Party
has considered its contents, and notes that for all
the products mentioned a general import prohibition
is in force, but that dispensation can be given by
the competent Ministry and is at present not
difficult to obtain if the required exchange licence
can be produced.
From this, the Working Party infer, that the
only difficulty in connection with the import of the
products concerned at present arises for exchange
reasons.
It is therefore the view of the Working Party
that, having regard to the fact that import restrict-
ions for exchange reasons are covered by Article XII
of the General Agreement, lt might prove unnecessary
for Norway to take advantage of the provisions of
paragraph 6 of Article XVIII which in any case are
intended to apply only to the transitional period.
Yours sincerely,
L. D. Wilgress. |
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E/PC/T/256.Add.3.
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 28 October 1947.
AND ECONOMIQUE
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Notification of Non-Discrirminatory Measures
With reference to document E/PC/T/256 and the previous
documents referred to therein, copies of an exchange of letters
between the Chairman of the Tariff Negotiations Weorling Party
and the Lebanon-Syrian Delegation are circulated hereunder for
tho information of Members of the Tariff Agreement Connittee.
18 October 1947.
Dear Mir. Traboulsi,
The Tariff Negotiations Working Party has considered
your letters of the 8th and 9th October, addressed to the
Acting Executive Secretary, regarding paragraph 6 of
Article XVIII of the General Agrecment on Tariffs and Trade.,
ani 'isting in this connection the products to which Lebanon-
Syria at present applies non-discriminatory protective
measures for the establishment, development or reconstruction
of particular industries or particular branches of agriculture.
The Working Party points out that paragraph 6 of Article
XVIII applies only to non-discrirninatory measures used for
purposes of development or reconstruction and not for reasons
connected with balance of payments difficulties. On these
grounds it considers that many of the items listed in yeur
letter do not come within the scope of paragraph 6 of Article
XVIII M1oreover, the inclusion in the list of any items on
which tariff concessions have been negotiated at Geneva would
rot be in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
The Working Party feels that, for the reasons stated
abovy, your letter of the 14th October does not meet the
requirements laid dcwn in the General Agreement. If, however,
in the light of this letter, the Zebanon-Syirian Delegation
wishes to submit a revised list of non-discrirminatory measures,
falling within the scope of paragraph 6 of Article XVIII, it
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is welcome to do so, but the Tarifi' Negotiations Workîng Party
would request that this list should be provided as soon as
possible accompanied by information on the following points:
1. The nature and amount of each of the measures involved.
2. The date when each such measure came into actual
operation and whether it is still in .force.
3. Whether such measures arc, in fact, non-
discrirninatory.
4 The purpose of each such measure.
5. Whether any of such measures apply to products
with respect to which obligations may be assurnod
by Lebanon-Syria through negotiations at Geneva
with other Members of the Preparatory Committee.
Your earlist advice on thesc matters will bc appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
L.D, Wilgress.
Chairman,
Tariff Negotiations Working Party.
M. Traboulsi,
Lebanon-Syrïan Delegation,
Palais des Nations,
Geneva. - 3 -
27 October 1947
Messieurs,
I have received your letter of the 25th October,
and have placed it before the Tariff Negotiations Working
Party. The Working Party notes that, for the purposes of
paragraph 6 of Article XVIII of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade, the LDbano-Syrian Customs Union submits
the list of non-discriminatory measures contained in
document E/PC/T/251 after deletion of those items which
appeal, in the Lebarno-Syrian consolidated list of tariff
concessioL-s negotiated at C leva. However, in View Of
the wide range aand varic.,ty of items stîli remaining in the
list, even ag'ter these delEtions are made, the Worki!ng
Party takes the view that in many cases, the primary
purpose of the non-discriminatory measures in question
relates to balance of payments difficulties and not to
the establishment of particular industries or particular
branches of agriculture.
Yours sincerely,
L. D. Wilgress
Chairman
Tariff Negotiations Worlzing Party.
M. I. Traboulsi,
La Delegation Syrienne.
M. J. Mikaoui,
Le President do la
Delegation Libanaise. Translated from French,
Letter from: The Syro-Lebanese Customs Union.
to: Hoon. L. D. Wilgress
Chairman of the {'ariff Negotiations Working Party.
Dated: 25 October 1947
Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of 18 October 1947 concerning
Article XVIII, paragraph 6, of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade, we have the honour to make thc following statement:
1. Thc Syro*-Lcoanese Customs Union intends to take as a
basis the list contained in Docrment E/PC/T/251; therefore, the
list reprodîuceà irn DocuieriL E/PL/T/21+8 can be abandoned.
2. In ccnformity with Article XVIII, paragraph 7, we
a'ree to renovc, from th,? afore.mentioned list the products which
appear in our consolidated schedule of final concessions
negotiated at Goneva. Our two GovcrrQnerts would. nevertheless
be able to avail themselves of the provisions of Article XII of
the General Agreu.ment and order any quantitative restrictions for
the purpos- of safeguardi.nr the balance of payments.
3, The ineasures taIen and mentionecd in our list werL in
force on 1 Sûptomber 1947 and our two Governmnents intend ts)
maintain them.
+. As we havû already stated, those measures are in no
way discriminatory and are imposed for the estab1isumn~nt or
development cf particular branches of industry or agriculture
and, in a general way, for oconornic purposes.
5. For the time being we are unable to state the amount
they coveo, as theo quota might vary `roni one period to another
according to the requirements of our twro countries.
In thiû hope that this stait irment will. bc te the satisfaction
of the Tariff Negotiations Wqorking P-rty,
We havw: the honour to be, etc.,
For the Syrian Delegation: The Head of the Lebanese
IZZAT TRASCULSI Delegation:
J. MIKAOUI |
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E/PC/T/W/159 4 June 1947
ECONOMIC CONSEIL ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
AND ECONOMIQUE
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
OBSERVATIONS AND AMENDMENTS OF THE CUBAN DELEGATION
TO ARTICLES 14 AND 24 OF THE CHARTER.
The Cuban Delegation is of the opinion that it is
inconsistent with the purposes of the Charter and with the
basic idea of a multilateral agreement, which aims at the
removal of unnecessary trade barriers and customs duties,
that the concessions made by one Member should have to be granted
to another Member, even if the latter were unwilling to fall
into line with those Members who readily accept a multilateral
agreement based upon reciprocal aad mutually advantageous
concessions between all Members.
Article 24 already provides a remedy for the extreme case
in which a Member has failed to fulfil, within a reasonable
period of time, its obligations under paragraph 1 of this
Article. But this seems to refer only to the case in which the
Organization finds, as sentence 2 of paragraph 3 states,
"that the Member has, without sufficient justification, having
regard to the provisions of the Charter as a whole, failed to
negotiate" with the complaining Member.
The Cuban Delegation understands that this covers the
case in which a Member has rejected the negotiations, but not
the different situation, which may be not less serious, of its
refusal to make reasonable concessions equivalent to the effers
made by another Member.
Under these conditions the concessions granted in the
interest of all Members who are co-operating to create a genuine
multilateralism lose their real character and become a unilateral
,obligation of one Member in favour of another.
In order to avoid that the progressive idea of a real
multila ralism in international trade, to which the Cuban
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DeIegation adheres, could be discredited by such undesired and
undesirable consequences, and to make fully clear the inter-
dependence existing between the obligations set forth in Articles
14 and 24, the Cuban Delegation suggests that there be inserted in
Article 14 paragraph 1,
after the words "shall be accorded immediately and unconditionally",
the words "subject to the provisions of Article 24".
The Cuban Delegation also suggests that a new paragraph, 4,
be added to Article 24 to read as follows:
- Article 24: paragraph 4.
"Paragraph 3 will apply correspondingly if offers made
by one Member in accordance with paragraph 1 were not met
by equivalent concessions of the other, so as to make
possible a reciprocal and mutually advantageous agreement
on tariff and/or other charges on imports, and if the first
Member considere that its interests would be seriously
prejudiced by the fact that nevertheless its multilateral
concessions could be claimed by the other Member on the
basis of the most-favoured-nation clause".
Furthermore, the Cuban Delegation is convinced that the
preferences deliberately kept in force as a result of careful
deliberations should be proieeted. Therefore the Cuban Delegation
- proposes that paragraph 1(b) of Article 24 should road as follows:
Article 24, paragraph 1(b)
"All negotiated reductions in most-favoured-nation
import tariffs shall operate [automatically] to reduce or
eliminate margins of preference, as far as the Member that
enjovs the preference and will be affected by such reduction
agrees. No margins of preference shall be increased after
the negotiations are completed." |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL 30 May 1947
AND ECONIOM!QUE ORIGINA: FRENCH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: FRENCH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Observations by the French Delegation on Article 14
of the Draft Charter
It follows trom the present wording of Article 14 that
customs advantages, in connection with importation, apply to
all products originating in Member countries. On a strict
interpretation, this article would preclude export countries
being taken into consideration. In other words, customs
advantages would be granted to products harvested or manu-
factured in member states, even it be sold and exported by
other countries, whether Members of the Organization or not, and
the conditions of direct consignment could not be imposed by
importing states.
This provision which should be read in conjunction with
Article 16, paragraph 6, to which the French Delegation has
already drawn attention is incompatible with France's traditional
legislation under which customs advantages depend both on
country of origin and country of export.
The French Delegation feels obliged to point out that,
in the opinion of its Government it is not desirable, at a time
when French ports, which were so severely damaged by the war,
are in process of reconstruction and require every help from
public authorities, to make any change in existing legislation
which, hitherto, has not given rise to any difficulty in any
of the bi-lateral or multi-lateral agreements concluded by
France. France is not in a position to adapt her legislation
immediately to the terms of Articles 14 and 16. In any
event she would need some time to make the necessary changes. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/109
AND ECONOMIQUE 27 June 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ENGLISH ORIGINAL: FRENCH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
OBSERVATIONS BY THE FRENCH DELEGATION
ON DOCUMENT E/PC/T/103
(Record of work performed by working
party on technical articles.)
The French Delegation desires to make the following
observations affecting both the French and English text of
document E/PC/T/103.
Article 16: 1 (Comments, page 3).
-ptj14 It might have bean advisable to state that:
"The Netherlands Delegation enquired whether the principle
of freedom of transit was applicable to goode of foreign origin
arriving in a country without the final destination being known
at the time and subsequently consigned to a third country after
being in bond in the country in question. By a majority vote
the Working Party considered that the answer to this question
was in the affirmative. (See Summary Record of 16 May 1947
E/PC/T/WP.1/SR.6, page 4.)"
Article 16: 6 (Comments, page 5).
The following sentence right be added at the end:
"In this connection see document E/PC/T/W/141
(Observations by the French Delegation), and the discussion
which took place at the Seventh Meeting of Commission A on
3 June 1947 (E/PC/T/A/PV/7 pages 7 - 12 and A/SR/7, pages 1 - 3)."
P.T.O. E/PC/T/109
page 2.
Article 20: 5 (Comments. page 29).
It would be desirable to add a reference to the meeting
of the Working Party on 10 May 1947 (E/PC/T/WP.1/BR.2, page 2)
and to emphasise the importance attached by the Working Party
to the word "early" in this paragraph.
Article 21:1 (Comments, page 33)
The following paragraph should be added, as suggested
at the meeting of the Working Party on 12 May 1947 (E/PC/T/WP.1/SR.3,
pages 2 and 3):
"The Drafting Committee considered that the Organization
should be responsible for collecting, analysing and publishing
in the most accessible form all laws, regulations and decisions
concerning foreign trade and for the periodical collection,
in the form of detailed studies, of information concerning the
regulations of member States on a given point (E/PC/T/34,
page 16). This idea was re-stated in an amendment proposed
by the Delegations of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and
Luxembourg (E/PC/T/W.42). The Working Party noted this
suggestion but in view of the provisions of sub-paragraph (a)
of Article 61 considered it unnecessary to include it in
paragraph 1 of Article 21." |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL 23 August 1947
AND ECOCNOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
OBSERVATIONS BY THE NORWEGIAN DELEGATION
ON ARTICLE 18 (ART.15 OF THE NEW YORK TEXT.)
At the final stage of the discussion of Art. 18 (Art. 15 of
the New York text), the Norwegian delegation reserved its position.
Whilst the Norwegian delegate at that meeting did not elaborate in
detail the reasons for this standpoint, he stated that before the
end of the Geneva conference, the Norwegian delegation would prepare
a document setting out the Norwegian views on this Article in the
hope that these views might be of interest to other Governnents
in their study of the results of the Geneva session. Accordingly,
the Norwegian-delegation in the present paper-will outline sore
of the considerations which in its opinion ought to be taken into
account at the Havana conference when this Article will cone up
for discussion again. The Norwegian authorities are continuing
the studios of the very difficult problems which arise in connection
with this Article.
As stated at the discussion of Article 18 at the present
session, the Norwegian delegation fully agrees with the principle
underlying that Article, namely that internal taxes and internal
regulations of a discriminatory character should not be used for
the purpose of protecting domestic industries including agricul-
ture) except within narrow and clearly defined limits. On the
other hand the Article should not go beyond that principle or
.apply that principle so rigidly as to prevent Member countries from
carrying out their obligations under the Charter to conduct an
economic policy which aims at achieving and maintaining full and
productive employment and large and steadily growing demand for
goods and services. In particular, two aspects of such an economic
policy call for special consideration in relation to Article 18.
1. Experience has shown that it is necessary for most
countries to apply a system of price control as a means against
inflation. In order to carry out a price control and stabilisation
system it will normally be necessary to take measures which would
be contrary to Article 18 and Article 20 (Art. 25 of the New York
text); the Preparatory Committee therefore agreed to amend Article
37 of the New York text in such a way as to allow measures to be
taken as exemptions from Articles 18 and 20 when essential to the
control of prices by Members undergoing shortages subsequent to
the war (Art. 43,II b). This exemption, however, is meant to
cover a transitional period and only the special case referred to.
(shortages subsequent to the war). On the other hand it has been
recognised in the draft Charter as. agreed at the Geneva session
that a price stabilisation policy may be conducted as a permanent
.part of economic policy in many countries. Art. 31, § 4 recognizes
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one special application of this principle, ie in regard to the
price policy of import monopolies.. *Secondly Art. 43 §, i,
permits export restrictions which are necessary to maintain domestic
prices on a product at a lower level than the export prices.
Finally the whole Chapter VI, dealing with intergovernmental
commodity agreements, arc based on the assumption that a reasonable
stabilisation of the level of prices of primary commoditis is a
necessary condition for achieving the main objects of the Charter,
namely full and productive employment and economic progress.
The Charter itself, however, as so far drafted, does not contain
a general provisions relating to permanent price regulation.
The Norwegian delegation believes that questions relating to
the stabilisation of prices should be considered in principle, so
as to make it possible to draft the relevant articles of the
Charter in such a way as to enable Members to achieve the main
objects of the Charter. The Norwegian delegation has considered,
whether it would be right to propose an amendment to Articles 2
and 3 to the offect that Members should undertake to prevent wide
fluctuations in the level of prices within their countries. The
delegation believes, however, that certain countries might consider
it contrary to their policy to maintain a permanent price stabili-
sation system. On the other hand it seems to the Norwegian
delegation that many countries, perhaps most countries, will find
it necessary as part of their future economic policy to conduct
a permanent price stabilisation policy. Although the Charter
should therefore probably not require Members to take measures to
prevent wide fluctuations-in the level of prices, the Charter at
any rate should not prevent those Members which consider a permanent
price stabilisation policy as essential, from taking the necessary
measures to carry out such a policy. The most effective measures
to this end would in certain cases be contrary to Article 18 as
now drafted. The Article for example would prevent Members front
introducing discriminatory internal taxes, even if those taxes
wore applied not for protective purposes, but in order to equalize
prices over long periods. Whilst the Article as now drafted would
permit Members to counteract high prices on imported goods through
taxes on domestic goods in order to equalize the price level of
imported and domestically producod goods, the Article would prevent
Members from applying the same principle in the case of a slump
in import prices. In that case it would be contrary to the Article
to introduce higher internal taxes on imported goods than on
domestic goods because this would be considered as a dis-
criminatory internal tax. The Norwegian delegation is of opinion
that the Article ought to be amended on this point ao as to allow
the measures mentioned above, when they are applied as part of a
permanent price stabilisation system.
2. Apart front the price stabilisation problem, also another
aspect of economic policy has to be considered in relation to
Article 18, i.e. the policy with-regard to internal regulations
production. The Article in this respect has been drafted with
a view to preventing that internal regulations be applied as a
method of affording protection to domestic industries (including
agriculture). As previously stated the Norwegian delegation
agrees that discriminatory regulations of- a protective character
should not be allowed except within narrow and clearly defined
limits. But this aspect of the problem relating to internal
regulations must not bo permitted to prevent the consideration
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effective and appropriate way, in which to attain the progressive
development of the industrial and other econonic resources of
Member countries and to raise standards of productivity.
Particularly, the Charter should not prevent members from applying
mixing regulations or other internal regulations of production
which aim a standardisation of products to improve quality, to
reduce oosts of production or distribution, or in order to achieve
the full use of raw materials. Even if such regulations lead to
an increase in consumption of goods produced domestically and
perhaps a decrease in imports, these measures ought not to be
prevented by the Charter.
Article 18 as now drafted permits the maintenance, under
certain conditions, of existing regulations of the kind referred
to above, whilst it prohibits the introduction of new measures of
the same kind. The Norwegian delegation is of opinion that the
Charter ought to lay down objective criteria for the use or preven-
tion of internal regulations, and that measures which do not fall
within the acknowledged criteria should be brought to an end, if
necessary in the course of a reasonably short transitional period.
The delegation feels that it is wrong in principle to allow in
soma countries the existence of certain categories of regulations
which other Members will not be permitted to introduce as part of
a future policy.
The Norweginn delegation is the first to admit that the ideas
which have been suggested above concerning the internal regulations
are merely sketchy, and that it may be very difficult to draw up
in a legal text limits within which those regulations should be
permitted. It is, however, considered to be of the utmost
importance to be able to strike a balance between those regulations
which ought to be condemned as being of a protective character, and
those measures which ought to be permitted as necessary for the
achievement of a full employment policy and the progressive
development of the natural resources of Member countries. It
will be so much the more difficult to strike this balance as public
policy and economic systems vary front one Member country to
another. The Norwegian authorities are now urgently studying
these problems, and it is hoped that the delegation will be able
to make acceptable proposals to the Havana conference on this
subject as well as on tho price stabilisation subject.
3. Finally, with regard to the question of cinematograph
films the Norwegian delegation considers Article 18 unsatis-
factory. Film performances are to be compared with theatrical
performances. These performances are not first and foremost
goods in a commercial sense, but services of a cultural character.
If a country considers it necessary to protect a national film
industry, other factors than the purely commercial are taken into
account. Therefore, questions relating to the international
exchange of films should bc considered by other organisation than
the International Trade Organisation. There are other bodies of
the United Nations, which seem more appropriate for dealing with
this problem.
If the ITO Charter should include any rules relating to film
performances, these rules should in any case be limited to apply
to foreign films.
The Norwegian delegation has no objection to Article 19,
which also deals with cinematograph films, but the provisions of
that Article do not seem to cover all aspects of the problem. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/286
AND ECONOMIQUE 13 August 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PRAPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Observations of the Czechoslovk Delegation on the
draft of Tariff schedules as contained in document
E/PC/T/153
1. The above mentioned draft puts all agreed notes and
explanatory remarks straight behind the various tariff items,
instead as is customary into a protocol (annexed final protocol)
to the tariff schedules.
According to the procedure customarily followed by
Czechoslovakia at the conclusion of agreements containing tariff
concessions all agreed notes and explanatory remarks whose pur-
pose was only to throw light on the extent of the agreed
concession or which contained in advance agreed mutual concess-
ions for a later and different arrangement of these concessions
and further all provisions which had nothing in common with the
customs tariff were not inserted in the tariff schedule but in
a protocol attached to such schedule./x
The reason for this procedure is based upon the fact that
the particular tariff schedules change or bind provisions of
the customs tariff i.e. of a law of which they become automat-
ically a part - after constitutional approval - in accordance
with the provisions of par.6 subpar.3 of the Czechoslovak
customs law, without any further interstate procedure. But
provisions contained in a final annexed protocol change or bind
explanatory notes to the customs tariff i.e. of a governmental
ordinance or of legal provisions other than the customs tariff.
For these reasons Czechoslovakia Must even in the case
of a multilaterall agreement retain her present system and
reserves the right to attach to her schedule a protocol to con-
tain all provisions of an explanatory character or notes which
do not concern the customs regime etc. and which have no place
in the customs tariff itself.
2. Czechoslovakia also requests the following provision to
be inserted into her schedule:
"The value of the Czechoslovak crown in which the agreed
specific rates of duties are expressed is understood to be the
par value as accepted by the I.M.F. at the tine of the signat-
ure of this Agreement. In case this currency is depreciated
in accordance with the Articles of Agreement of the I.M.F. the
Czechoslovak Government reserves its right to adjust the spec-
ific rates of duty in proportion to the depreciation of its
currency."
The Czechoslovak delegation would have no objection if a
similar clause is attached to all schedules as far as specific
rates are concerned.
X/ /Viz f.i. the provisions of the protocol to the Agreement
between USA and Czechoslovakia of March 7, 1938 "Ad Schedule I
- Section A" par.2 /fee for phytopathological inspection/ or
par.5 /contents of sulphur dioxide in dried fruit admissible as
not harmful to health./ //
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/310
27 August 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: FRENCH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Observations of the French Delegation on the draft
of Tariff Schedules as contained in document
E/PC/T/153
.
The French Delegation associates itself with the
proposal contained in part 2 of document E/PC/T/W/286
submitted by the Czechoslovak Delegation.
Although specific rates of duties are exceptional
in the new Customs Tariff, the French Delegation
considers it essential to insert in the French Tariff
Schedule a text similar to that proposed by the
Czechoslovak Delegation. |
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UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC NATINS UNIES CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/285
AND ECONOMIQUE 12 August 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Part III
of the Interm Agreement on Trade and Tariffs,
Suggested new text by the Czechoslovak Delegation.
Article XXII.
Delete par. 3, 4, and 6.
Article XXIII.
Delete par. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
par.7: As soon as the I.T.O. has been established, the
contracting parties shall transfer to it all functions arising
from the administration of the provisions of this Agreeient.
Article XXIV.
par.3 a/: Delete "and which is not self-governing in matters
provided for by this Agreement."
par. 4 : Add after ANNEX G the words "and if there are no
objections raised by the Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations."
Article XXV.
Any contracting party shall at, any time be free to withhold or
to withdraw, in whole on in part any concession granted under
par.1 of article II in respect of which such contracting party
determines that it was initially negotiated with a State which
has not become or has ceased to be a contracting party, provided
that the contracting party taking such action shall give notice
to all other contracting parties and, upon request, consult with
such of the other contracting parties which have a substantial
interest in the product concerned.
Article XXVI.
On or after November 1, 1950, any contracting party may by
agreement with any other contracting party with which such
treatment was negotiated, modify the treatment which it has
agreed to accord to any product described in the appropriate
schedule annexed to this Agreement.
Article XXVII.
Delete.
.ATIONS E/PC/TW/285
page 2.
Article XXIX.
The contracting parties shall put in force the provisions of
this Agreement by way of their existing commercial treaties.
Where there is no commercial treaty existing among the
respective countries, this Agreement shall provisionally take
the place of such a treaty.
Article XXX.
instead of 11Governments" put "States"
Delete par.2.
Article XXXI.
par.1.
A state not party to this Agreement may adhere to it by
depositing with the Secretary General of the United Nations
an instrument of adherence accompanied by a schedule of
tariff concessions agreed upon by this State and the other
signatories of this Agreement representing 2/3 of the foreign
trade of the state concerned. Tariff reductions agreed upon
in the previous commercial treaties existing among the
signatories of this Agreement and the adhering state may be
included in the schedule.
par.2:
Should the Charter not have entered into force on November lst
1948, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall
convene a meeting of the contracting parties to reconsider
the situation and to decidc on further steps to be taken,
Article XXXII.
Delete in par.1 sub-paragraph 3.-
Protocol of Signature,
Delete the last paragraph.
The immediately preceding par of the Protocol should, be
modified accordingly. |
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E/PC/T/W/291
ECONOMIC CONSEIL 15 August 1947 ENGLISH
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: FRENCH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Position of the Lebanese and Syrian Delegations on
the question of signature of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade-
1. The Lebanese and Syrian Delegations see no objection
so far as they are concerned, to the signature of a General
Agreement on Tariffs to consolidate the reductions of
customs duties obtained during the negotiations.
2. The two above-mentioned Delegations are also agreeable
in principle to signature of the General Agreement, including
Chapter 2 regarding commercial policy to be followed in the
future relations of signatory states, but would only them-
selves sign subject to the following reservations:
a) Signature of the Agreement does not, for the
Lebanese and Syrian Delegations, constitute an obstacle to
the discussion in full freedom, at the World Cinference, of
the whole of the provisions of the Charter.
b) Those provisions of the Charter definitely adopted
which correspond to Chapter 2 of the General Agreement, shall
be automatically incorporated in the latter, with the result
that every article of the Agreement shall be automatically
replaced by its equivalent in the Charter. In particular,
all those articles on which the States of the Arab League
obtain satisfaction in the course of the discussions on the
Charter shall replace the equivalent articles in the Agreement.
3. The Lebanese and Syrian Delegations would add that they
are prepared to undertake, either in the Protocol of
.
. E/PWC/T/W/291
page 2
Signature or in any other way, to respect those principles
stated in the Charter which do not run counter either to the
reservations expressed by the two delegations or to the laws
in force in their countries, pending the coming into force
signature and to do their utmost to promote their
signature and application. |
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15 September 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Prepared by the Australian Delegation
after further consideration and consultation.
ARTICLE XXVII - Paragraph 1
1. On the day on which the Charter of the International
Trade Organization enters into force, Part II of this Agreement
shall be suspended and superseded by the corresponding provisions
of the Charter. Provided that within sixty days of the closing
of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment at
Havana any contracting party to this Agreement may lodge with
the Contracting Parties an objection to any provision or
provisions of this Agreement being so suspended or superseded
or to the incorporation in this Agreement of any provision of
the Charter.
2. Within sixty days after the final date for the lodging of
objections, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the
contracting parties shall, if any such objection has been lodged,
confer to consider the objection and to agree whether the
relevant provision of the Charter to which objection has been
lodged shall apply, or whether the relative provision of this
Agreement in its existing form, or in any amended form, should
apply.
3. If any contracting party has not accepted the Charter,
when it has entered into force, the contracting parties shall
confer to agree whether, and if so in what way, the Agreement
insofar as it affects relations between the contracting party
which has not accepted the Charter and other contracting parties
shall be supplemented or amended.
4. On 1 January 1949; should the Charter not have entered
into force, or on such earlier date as may be agreed if it is
known that the Charter will not enter into force or on such
later date as is agreed if the Charter ceases to be in force,
the contracting parties shall meet to agree whether this
Agreement should be amended, supplemented or maintained.
The following sentence would be added to the end of
Article XXIV paragraph 5:
"Provided that no such entry into force shall take
place until any agreement necessary under the provisions
of Article XXVII paragraph 2 has been reached. "
NATIONS UNIES
UNITED NATIONS
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ECONOMIC
AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
CONSEIL E/PC/T/235
ECONOMIQUE 9 October l947
ET SOCIAL
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COM'..ITTEE OF THE
UNITEDNATIONS CO FERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Printing of Final Act and Protocol
The Tariff Negotiations Working Party has decided to
despatch the Final Act and Protocol of Provisional Application
to the printers at an early data. In its present form the
Protocol lists th, following countries
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
France
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States of Amerïca.
Any Member of the Tarif f Agreement Committee not named
in the above list and wishing to sign the Protocol at
Geneva should notify the Secretariat not later than noon on
Monday, the 13th October.
NATIONS UNIES |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/253
AND ECONOMIQUE 15 October 1947.
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Procedure for Final Check on Schedules
The following notes should be read in conjunction with
documents E/PC/T/195; 210; 210 Add.1.Rev.1; 210 Add.1. Ref.16
Corr.1; and 228.
1. In cases where the Secretariat is undertaking preparation
of stencils in either English or French or both, Delegations
should send final copies of Schedules to Monsieur Veillet-
Lavallée (Room C.426) with a sinned statement to the effect
that:
(a) All negotiations have been completed;
(b) The translation has been checked and approved; and
(c) Preparation of stencils may start.
2. When the stencils are ready, the Secretariat should,
acccrding to the instructions which it receives from each
Delegation, either
(a) Run off 30 preliminary copies of each Schedule
(in each language), and send then to the Secretary
of the Delegation concerned (against a signed
receipt) ior i:i.uidiThte dis bribution by hi1 to
cù-, r Deleations; or
(b) hlavc 3 carbon copies (in each languaEe) fro-m the
s3tencil available for other Delegations to check
(RLo: 208).
(Irn cases .; Dc lrc elce-ations are preparin. their own stencils
and rucitn off r &'liiiïry copies theïnsolvces, they should
c>.i t?'ûx'.t
UNl TEV) NA TIO0NS
'A7''Iii'S5 UNIES' *E/PC/T/253
pa L 2
(a) Srnd oria copy to nach Dc:l(a1ation and one to the
Sacretariat (Roca 208) or
(b) Senid thrcü carbon copies froi`! thc srcncil to the
Sccratariat (Roan 208) and iimûediately notify other
Delrîtians that they Prc available for checking.)
3. In each casc, Do1,*egatJlons should iiotify theC SCcretary oif
tho Dc1o;1ation concUrncd o. any coricctions which thezy cornsidckr
necessary, within 48 hours oif thc issuc of the preliL.lnary
run-off copies ofa clch Sch, du1e or of thc riotica that c irbon
copies ar, n.Vailabl for inspection; if' no coi-..uInts arc
r2ceiv(cld within this tico, it will bu -surmcd that tho Schudule
has b .r u d by 11 DDl :ytions. The Socrotary of the
Dol-a;tion should thon ùiotify Mc)nsicur Vcilllt-Lavall~e (RoorD
C.'+26) OI *any corre;uiDns which havoc to ba r.nadc, and s.nd hir.1 a
si~;ned st;^t&;;.nt that tho lists have bcWin chechckcic a-rd that,
subj ct to such corrections, thr finai run-off i'ay start. (In
casus whz r' D,, l 1:,tjofl ha.ve i.dd their owri stencils, tlhey
shau.ldt, .:if uursu, at this :;t.a;e also scnd th; stencils to
Monsicur VJ1let-Lavl1ec.)
Additionl n1ote ta Dele. atians cuttirn thuir oviii Stvnlls,
Dclu e, t1ions; cutt.Lu;r!, thuil own z tunciln, ini *xiu CQr
bouh l; niFuat:es) should, bleforc startinL;, subit thcir S3ChcduLs
to M1jisia:ur Vuillot-Lava1lle for a final check as to prusunt:tion;
thoy shouicd ase show th' first two or thr,.. sturicils to
iss 'iyr (Ty I«o (. L,05) Lor a l:inal chock on lay-out. It should
bu noted cht thu ztir±cils uszcd ;should .b in all cases Steobc l
No,62 (pvrint;ed iu brown). It should .also be notod that tho word
1'13CELT'," sblul(l b; cut in the ton right hanci carnor of the
first pa Jy(, ')i1y ofa` ,aeh Schcd..culc. This instruction suparsudcs
thut oaneerrLin; the usD oai a rubber stai.:p contained in docu-ient
E/PC/T/210) Ad1ùl, i Gv.l Corv.l. (AlthouULi cut on the stencil,
thu word "oI3CLaizT'1 wlll not, of cour,-o, appear on tho original
coLies of th._ Schédu1 cs at vached. to the G!nural Agruei:ant). |
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ECONOMIC
AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
CONSEIL
ECONOMIQUE
ET SOCIAL
E/PC/T/253.Rev.1.
22 October 1947.
ORI&INAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Procedure for Final Check on Stencils.
In Document E/PC/T/253, procedure was laid down by
which Delegations might, when their Schedule stencils are
ready, choose either
(a) to have 30 preliminary copies run of for circulation
to other Delegations, or
(b) to make 3 carbon copies available for ether Delegations
to check.
The Tariff Negotations Working Party has decided on
the following modification of the above procedure:
(1) In the case of every Schedule in the authentic language,
30 preliminary copies are to be run off.
(2) In the case of Schedules which are not in the authentic
language, the preliminary run-off should, where practic-
able, be dispensed with and only the 3 carbon copies
made available through the Secretariat.
The purpose of this change is, on the one hand, to
ensure a thorough check of stencils in the authentic language,
and. on the other hand, so far as possible, to reduce the work
falling on the Secretarîat.
A list is attached showing the authentic language(s)
pf each Schodule.
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NATI ONS UNI ES D2,',PC,/T/253.Rev..1
page 2
C m in nZm
Australia
Benelux
X'otherlands East Indies)
Curaçao )
Surinam )
N'3:1.
Burma
C.&rada
Ceylon
Chile
China
Cuba
Czechôslovrakia
France
*Irndiâ
iNCew Zoailand.
Norway
Pakistan
Southern Rhodeseia
* Syria - Lebanon
South A.frica
United Kingdoir
United States of America
Schedule
Number
I
IX
Language authenticity
English
French
I English
III 1Bnglish and French
V* *English
V:I. :English and ?rench
VI English
VX I French
VIII . English'.nd...en-h
IX English
X Englïsh and Frerch
XI English and French
XIV English
XIII English
XIV English
XV Engli s h
XVI Engli.sh
xVII French
XVIII English
XIX English
XX English |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/210 Add.1.Rev.1.
AND ECONOMIQU E 23 September 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL : ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS ,CONFERENCE ON TRAE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Production of Schedules to the General Agreement
1. The numbers shown on the form and referred to below, corres-
pond to the horizontal and vertical guide numbering of
Gestetner Durotype No. 62 stencils. The layout thus
indicated should be adhered to as far as possible.
2. The word "SECRET" should appear on every page in the top
right hand corner (horizontal : 3, vertical : 65).
3. The heading "SCHEDULE (XX) - COUNTRY" should be on the level
of number 6.
4. In the French text the word "LISTE" should be used for
"SCHEDULE".
5. In cases where a single Schedule covers more than one customs
territory the letters A, B, C etc. should be attached before
the name of the country. Thus
SCHEDULE XX A - (metropolitan territory), XX B - (first
separate customs territory) etc.
6. The heading "Part 1" or "Part II" should be on the level of
number 10.
7. The heading "Part 1" should be used in every Schedule, even
by countries which have no preferential tariffs. In the
latter case, Part I should be followed by a separate sheet
headed "Part Il" with the word "NIL" in the middle of the
page.
8 Part I of each Schedule should have a sub-heading on the
first page "Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff".
UNITED NATIONS
NAITIONS UNIES E/PC/T/210 Add. 1. Rev.l.
Page 2.
9. Part II of each Schedule should have a sub-heading on the
first page ''Preferential Tariff".
10. Each page following the first page should have as a
heading "Part I [Part II (continued)", and for the
last page concluded)".
11. The upper horizontal line of the frame should be on the
level of number 14.
12. The lower horizontal line should, if possible, be on the
level of number 17.
13. The vertical line, dividing the first and second columns,
should run along number 19.
14. The tariff numbers should be placed close to that lino in
order to allow space on the left for possible binding.
15. The commodity description which appears in the centre
column should be single spaced, with a double space
between the separate tariff items.
16. The line dividing the second and third columns should, if
possible, run along number 62; it will be necessary to
use discretion with regard to the space required for the
rate of duty.
17. Stencils should not be cut lower than the horizontal
guide number 65. SCHEDULE XX (COUNTRY)
PART I
(Country)
Tariff item
number
XXX
XXX
(19)
Description of Products
(62)
(65) -------------
Rate of duty
(65)
SECRET
(3)
(6)
(10)-
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Information Centre Press Release No.403
Geneva. 1 October 1947.
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
PRESS GUIDANCE
Progress of Tariff Negotiations
For the convenience of members of the press, the following
list indicates the 56 tariff negotiations which were completed in
their bilateral stage up to September 20th. These results have
already been made public, in overall figures, in the Sixteenth
Report of the Tariff Negotiations Working Party (Document E/PC/T/218)
of 25 September.
Australia-Chile Chile-Norway
-Cuba -South Africa
-Lebanon-Syria -U.K.
-South Africa -U.S.A.
Benelux -Chile China-Czechoslovakia
-China -France
-Lebanon-Syria -Norway
-Norway -South Africa
-South Africa Cuba -India
Brazil -Canada -Norway
-Chile -South Africa
-China -U.S.A.
-Cuba Czechoslovakia-India
-India -Lebanon-Syria
-Norway -Norway
-U.S.A. -South Africa
Canada -Chile France-Lebanon-Syria
-Czechoslovakia -Norway
-India -South Africa
-Lebanon-Syria India-Lebanon-Syria
-Norway -Norway
-South Africa Lebanon-Syria-U.S.A.
Chile -Cuba New Zealand-Norway
-Czechoslovakia -South Africa
-France Norway-South Africa
-India -U.K.
-Lebanon-Syria -U.S.A.
-New Zealand South Africa -U.K.
It is to be understood that the results of these negotiations
are subject to any adjustment that may be required in the light of
other negotiations as they are completed and are to be incorporated
in the Schedules to be annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade; further, the General Agreement may be subject to
approval by the authorities of the countries concerned.
Additional negotiations have been completed since September
20 and will be listed in the next Report of the Tariff Negotiations
Working Party. |
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E/PC/T/W/65 14 May 1947
ECONOMIC CONSEIL ORIGINAL: FRENCH
AND ECONOMIQUE ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
PROPOSAL BY THE DELEGATION OF BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG
Draft Charter
Non-discriminatory Administration of State-trading
Enterprises
Article 31, paragraph 3
Reword paragraph 3 as follows:
"This Article shall apply when a Member government, directly
or indirectly, whether by virtue of legal provisions, or
under arrangements granting special or exclusive privileges,
or merely in fact, exercises effective control or management
of enterprises, organs or agencies or of their trading
operations only."
Reasons
This amendment ls designed to make the provisions
of Article 31 applicable to organizations in the import
policy of which the state has no direct right of
intervention. In addition, it amalgamates alternatives
A and B so that the situations envisaged in each of them are
covered by the Charter and the application of Article 31
is not unduly limited by Its wording. |
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SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COM ITTEE OF
THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Proposal by the Delegation of the Union of South Africa.
"Article 5
FAIR LABOUR STANDARDS"
to be replaced by
the following new article 5.
Article 5.
IMPROVEMENT OF LABOUR STANDARDS.
Recognizing that countries in all stages of social and
economic development have a common interest in the improvement
of labour standards, each Member, in collaboration with the rele-
vant inter-governmental organizations, agrees to take in prod-
uction for export and generally throughout its jurisdiction such
action toward this end as may be appropriate and feasible in
relation to its national economy. ---------
DEUXIEME SESSION DE LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE DE LA
CONFERENCE DU COMMERCE ET DE L 'EMPLOI DE L' ORGANISATION
DES NATIONS UNIES.
Proposition présentée par la délégation de l'Union Sud-Africaine.
Article 5
"CONDITIONS DE TRAVAIL EQUITABLES"
Remplacer le texte actuel par le nouvel article 5 suivant :
Article 5
AMELIORATION DES CONDITIONS DE TRAVAIL
Reconnaissant qu'à tous stades de développement écono-
nique et social, les pays ont un intérêt commun à l'amélioration de
des conditions de travail, chaque Membre, en collaboration avec
les organisations intergouvernementales compétentes, s'engage
à prendre à cette fin, dans les secteurs de la production destinée
à l'exportation et, d'une façon générale, dans toute l'étendue
de sa juridiction, toutes mesures appropriées et réalisables,
eu égard à son économie nationale. |
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AND ECONOMIQUE 15 August 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPOYMENT
Proposed draft for Article 88, paragraph 2
The Delegation of theUnïted States proposes the
following substitutin for paragraph 2 of Article 83
(formerly Article 36) (E/PC/T/139) as a reconciliation
of the points of view expressed in alternatives a and
B of that paragraphas shown in document E/PC/T/139.
It is understood that a number of other delegations
are in substantial agreement with this text.
"Any resolution of the Conference under paragraph
3 of Article 87 or decision of the Conference under any
other Airticle of this Charter shall be subject to review
by the International Court of Justice through the means
of a request by the Organization for an advisory opinion
pursuant to the Statute of the International Court of
Justice. The request for review of such resolution or
decision shall be made by the Organization, in appropriate
form, upon the instance of any substantially interested
Member. " |
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AND ECONOMIQUE ` October 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONTERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Pronosed Interpretatïve Note Relating to Margins of Preference.
Arising from the recent discussion of the Tariff Agreement
Committee, the Tariff negotiationss Working Party has given
consideration to defining more precisely the term. "margin of
preference" and has decided to recommend the inclusion in
Annex I to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of the
following interpretative note o Paragraph 3 of Artcle I.
If Members of the Tariff Agreement Comiittee have not submitted
comments by noon on October 14 , it will be assumed that they
have no objection to the following text:
ad ARTICLE I
Paragraph 3
The term "margin of preference" means the absolute differ-
ence between the mos,.-favoured-nation rate of duty and the
preferential rate of duty for the like product, and not the
proportionate relation between those rates. As examples:
1.) if the most-favoured-nation rate were 36 per cent
ad valorem and the preferential rate were 24 per cant
ad valorem, the margin of preference would be 12 per
cent ad valorem, and not one-third oî the most-
favoured-nation rate;
2.) If the most-favoured-nation rate were 36 per cent ad
valorem and the preferential rate were expressed as
two-thirds of" the most-favoured-*nation rate, the
margin of preference would be 12 per cent ad valorem;
3.) If the most-favoured-nation rate were 2 francs per
kilogram and the preferential rate were 1.50 francs
per kilogram, the margin of preference would be
0.50 francs per kilogram.
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AND ECOOMIQUE 7 August 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
PROPOSED NEW DRAFT OF ARTICLE 24, Par. 1 (a)
SUBmITTEd BY THE BENELUX DELEGATIONS
Prior international obligations shall not prevent the
initiation of discussions concerning the reduction or
elimination of a margin of preference. When a Member
party to a preferential agreement has received.from a
third party a request for the reduction or elimination of
preferences it is granting, it shall, at the same time it
is negotiating with the requesting party, consult with
the other party or parties to the preferential agreement
to ascertain the basis of mutual advantages on which the
request may be acceded to.
Agreement determining adequate compensation may be
made between the Member granting and the party or parties
receiving the preference, or, if no satisfactory settlement
can be reached between then on a triangular, basis.
All prior obligations which have not been modified
by agreements concluded as above shall remain unchanged,
provided that the preferential agreement embodying them
may be terminated. in accordance with its terms. |
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AND ECONOMIQUE 4 October 1947.
-SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOC AIL ORIGINAL ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PR. PARATIORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS COL±:kJ c.. ON TRADE AND i 1 ..;I.
Proposed Statement for lnclusion in the Chairman's Speech
at the Final l:eetii.;> of the Preparatory Committee.
The Tariff Negotiations Working Party has. ded to recommend
the inclusion of the following statement in the Chaiman's.
at the final meeting of the Preparatory .Committee; it is inuended.
that this statement should be included verbatim in the record of
that meeting. If members of the Tariff Agreement Committee have
not submitted comments by noon on October 14, it will be assumed
that they have no objection either to the statement or to the course
of action proposed.
"The question has been raised whether there is any provision.
in the Genera l Agreement on Tariffs and Trade whereby it can be
ensured that all contracting parties make tariff con ssions of
equivalent value. The point arises particularly in relation to the,
concessions to be made by new adherents and whether the will be
equivalent to those made by the original . urittracting paties
Moreover, the same question will probably aris: from: time to time
as the process of lowering trade barriers goes forward in respect
of the original contracting parties."
"This problem was, of course, foreseen in the draft Charter,
and the Preparatory Committee has recommended in Articcle 17 (new
numbering,) provisions which we all consider ndequate to mest the
case. Referernce may be made especially to the introduotery words
in paragraph 1 (which commit Members to negotiave about tariff and
preferences) , to paragraph 1 (c) (which says that concessions made
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in previous negetiations shall. be taken into account) , to
paragraph 1 (d) which says that the results of such negotiations
shall be incorporated into the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade) and to paragraph 2 (which gives the lnternational Trade
Organization certain rights as to the implementation of Members'
undertakings in paragraph 1)".
"Thus, it can be stated with some confidence that the
question of the contributions to be made to the objectire of
reducing trade barriers by Members, new or old, from time to time,
will be adequately covered when the Charter comes into force. If,
unhappily, the Charter does not come into force, or if there is
long, delay, the question of having provisions equivalent to those
of article 17 of the Draft Charter will inevitably be one of those
which the contr:eting parties will have to take into consideration
in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of Article XXIX
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. " |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/117 Rev.1
AND ECONOMIQUE 9 July 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
R E P O R T
OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
PART A - INTRODUCTION
1. Establishment of the Preparatory Committee
(a) The Economic and Social Council at its First Session resolved
on 18 February, 1946 to call an International Conference on Trade
and Employment for the purpose of promoting the expansion of
production, exchange and consumption of goods. At the same time
,..
the Council constituted a Preparatory Committee to elaborate for the
Conference an annotated draft agenda, including a draft convention,
taking into account suggestions which might be submitted by the
Council itself or by any Member of the United Nations.
(b) The Council also charged the Preparatory Committee with
presenting recommendations regarding the date and place of the
Conference on Trade and Employment and which states, if any,
non-Members of the United Nations, should be invited to the
Conference.
2. Stages in the Work of the Preparatory Committee
(a) The First Session of the Preparatory Committee was held in
London from 15 October to 26 November, 1946. In the course of this
Session a draft Charter for an International Trade organization was
prepared and embodied in a report which was distributed as
rb ss jwwe
nxrcw tls^wer E/PC/T/117 Rev.1
page 2.,
Document E/PC/T/33 and published.
(b). The First Session appointed a Drafting Committee to meet as
soon as possible after the First Session for the purpose of editing
the draft Charter produced in London. The Drafting Committee met in
New York from 20 January to 25 February, 1947 and recorded the results
of its work in a report which was distributed as Document E/PC/T/34
and later published.
(c) The Second Session of the Preparatory Committee began on
10 April, 1947, at Geneva and it is hoped that it will conclude its
work not later than 15 August, 1947. In view of the desirability of
holding the Conference on Trace and Employment as soon as possible,
this Report has been prepared before the conclusion of the work of the
Preparatory Committee for consideration at the Fifth Session of the
Economic and Social Council. A full report of the Second Session
will be published immediately after the and of the Session,
3. Participants in the work of the Preparatory Committee
All members of the Prepratory Committee (1) with the exception
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics took part in the work of
the First and Second Sessions and of the Drafting Committee. The
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics indicated that it did not feel
able to participate in the work of the Preparatory Committee as it
had not found it possible to devote sufficient preliminary study to
the important questions which were the subject of the Committee's
discussion.
(1) . The members are:-
Australia, Belgium-Luxembourg, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Chine,
Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, India, Lebanon, Netherlands,
New Zeeland, Norway, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, United States, United Kingdom. E/PC/T/117 Rev.1
page 3.
Two specialised agencies (1) and two other inter-governmental
organizations (2) were actively associated with all the
proceedings and many Members of the United Nations non-Members
of the Preparatory Committee (3) and some non-governmental
organizations in Category "A" (4) sent observers who from time
to time gave the Committee the benefit of their views.
(1) The Food and Agriculture Organization and the International
Labour Office.
(2) The Internationel Bank for REconstruction and Development
and the International Monetary Fund.
(3) Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Peru, Poland and Syria sent
observers to the First Session; Colombia and Mexico to the
Drafting Committee, and the following countries to the
Second Session, in addition to those represented at the
First Session:-
Afghanistan, Argentina, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Iran,
Saudi-Arabia, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela,
Yugoslavia.
Syrian representatives attended the Second Session as part
of a delegation representing the Syro-Lebanese Customs
Union in the tariff negotiations.
(4) The organizations were:-
American Federation of Labour, International Chamber of
Commerce, International Co-operative Alliance, World
Federation of Trade Unions. The International
Federation of Agricultural Producers also submitted its
views on certain points to the Second Session of the
Preparatory Committee. E/PC/T/117.Rev.1.
Page 4.
PART B -- RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PREPARATORY
COMMITTEE
1. Annotated Draft Agenda and Convention for the Conference
on Trade and Employment
The Preparatory Com;ittee adopted the topics suggested by the
Economic and Social Council in its resolution as the substance of
Its agenda for the preparation of the draft Charter for an Inter-
national Trade Organization. As at present drafted the Charter
includes chapters under the following headings:-
- Employment and Economic Activity
- Economic Development
- General Commercial Policy
- Restrictive Business Practices
- Inter-Governmental Commodity Arrangements
together with provisions relating to organization,
membership and other miscellaneous matters.
The Preparatory Committee recommends that these headings
should be adopted by the Conference on Trade and Employment as the
substance of its agenda and that the relevant chapters of the
draft Charter ehould be taken as the principal working paper under
each heading. As additional annotations to the agenda there will
also be available the Reports of the First and Second Sessions of
the Preparatory Committee and of the Drafting Committee. The
. Reports of the First Session and of the Drafting Committee are
annexed hereto as Annexures A and B respectively. The three
Reports will indicate to the World Conference the development of
the discussions leading to the text of the draft Charter submitted
by the Preparatory Committee.
2. Date and Place of the Conference on Trade and Employment
(See annexure C).
In arriving at a recommendation as to the date on which the
Conference should be convened the Preparatory Committee has been E/PC/T/117.Rev.1.
Page 5
much impressed with the desirability of holding the Conference as
soon as possible after the termination of the work of the Prepara-
tory Committee. It was felt by the Committee that the impetus
achieved in the preparation for an International Trade Organiza-
tion should be maintained, and that any substantial delay would
have the effect of postponing for a considerable period the ooming
into force of the Charter and the establishment of the Organization.
On the other hand, the Preparatory Committee has given considera-
tion to the need for providing a reasonable interval between the
end of the current session of the Committee and the convening of
the World Conference in order to provide as much time as possible
for governments which did not participate in the Preparatory
Committee to study the work of the Second Session. In this con-
nection the Preparatory Committee has taken account of the fact
that the full reports of the First Session and of the Drafting
Committee have been in the hands of all Members of the United
Nations for many months and that arrangements have been made for
A such Members to receive all Documents of the Second Session as its
work proceeds.
In all the circumstances the Committee feels it is undesir-
able to delay the convening of the Conference much beyond the
middle of November. Accordingly, the Preparatory Committee
recommends that the Conference should be convened on 21 November,
. 1947. The Preparatory Committee considers that the Conference
should be held in a suitable place in the Western Hemisphere, and
therefore recommends, in view of the cordial and generous
invitation extended by the Government of Cuba, that the Con-
ference be held in Havana, if practicable. E/PC/T/117Rev. 1.
Page 6.
3. Invitation of non-Members of the United Nations to the
Conference (See annexure D).
The Preparatory Committec recommends that, subject to the
resolution regarding Spain adopted by the General Assembly on
12 December, 1946, those states non-Members of the United Nations
which have an appreciable interest in world trade should be
Invited to the Conference on Trade and Employment. It therefore
.:
recommends that the following states non-Members should be invited:
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Eire, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal,
Rumania, Switzerland, Transjordania and the Yemen.
The Preparatory Committee recommends further that the Econ-
omic and Social Council should make provision for the attendance
of persons qualified to represent the appropriate authorities in
Germany, Japan and Korea.
The Preparatory Committee, having in mind specifically the
position of the Governments of Burma, Ceylon and Southern
Rhodesia, wishes to draw the attention of the Economic and Social
Council to the position of territories under the sovereignty of a
Member of the United Nations which are self-governing in matters
,provided for by the draft Charter and for that reason, in the
opinion of the Preparatory Committee, ought to be Invited to
participate in the work of the Conference.
THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE
1. Considering that the task of the World Conference would be
facilitated if concrete action were taken by the principal trading
.nations to enter into reciprocal negotiations directed to the sub-
stantial reduction of tariffs and to the elimination of pre-
ferences on a mutually advantageous basis, the Preparatory E/PC/T/117.Rev.1.
Page 7.
Committee adopted a Resolution at its First Session regarding the
carrying out of tariff negotiations under its sponsorship in con-
nection with, and as part of, the Second Session.
2. The governments represented at the Second Session of the
Preparatory Committee are now engaged in the negotiations foreseen
in the above-mentioned Resolution. These negotiations have not
yet been completed.
3. It is expected that the concessions resulting from these
negotiations, together with such other provisions as may be
appropriate, will at the end of the Second Session be incorporated
in a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. E/PC/T117.Rev 1.
Page 8
ANNEXURE C
Resolution Regarding Date and Place of United Nations
Conference on Trade and Emplo:ment.
- WHEREAS in the resolution whereby the Economic and Social
Council constituted the Preparatory Committee, the Council requested
the Committee, inter alia, to report recommendations regarding the
date and place of the International Conference on Trade and
Employment, and
WHEREAS the Preparatory Committee considers that it is desirable
to proceed as rapidly as possible with the establishment of an
International Trade Organization and the formulation of its Charter,
THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS that the Economic and
Social Council requests the Secretary-General to convene the
Conference on 21 November, 1947, at a suitable place in the Western
Hemisphere(1)
The Committee further recommends that the
invitation extended by the Government of Cuba to hold the Conference
in Havana be aocepted, if practicable.
(1) The Committee has considered and rejected a suggestion by the
Secretariat that the Conference should be held at Lake Success. The
Committee is strongly of the opinion that Lake Success would not be "a
suitable place" for the Confprence. The experience of two sessions
of the Preparatory Committee has demonstrated that any reasonable rate
of progress in the complicated discussions which will confront the
Conference is dependent upon regular end comprehensive dally Delegatioln
meetings and inter-delogation discussions. These are greatly
facilitated by the provision of office accommodation in the Conference
building which, having regard to the size of the delegations, would not
be available at Lake Success. If, added to this, the hotel and office
accommodation of Delegations were a considerable distance from the
Conference buildings, the result would be severely to curtail the time
available for Conference and Committee Sessions nnd thus to add
considerably to the length and expenses of the Confrence, (including
the heavy expenses entailed for delegations for accommodation, staff
and transport).
The considerations which led the Committee to reJect the
suggestion of Lake Success also prompted their favourable recommendation.
on the Cuban invitation to hold the Conference in Havana. The
Committee were assured of the provision of an adequate Conference
building which would include office accommodation for delegations, and
hotel accommodation in close proximity to the Conference building.
The Committee felt that the consequent saving in time and expense
argued strongly in favour of Havana. They considered that the having
ln the time required for the completion of the Conference at Havana as
compared with Lake Success would go a long way to offset the
additional expenses which might be involved for the United Nations
Secretariat. Moreover, they understood that the Cuban Government
had offered to contribute generously to the Confrrence arrangements
with a view to avoiding casting any additional burden of expense upon
the United Nations. E/PC/T/117 Rev.1
Page 9.
ANNEXURE D
Resolution Relating to Invitation of States
non-Members of the United Nations to the
Conference on Trade and Employment.
WHEREAS in the Resolution whereby the Economic and Social
Council constituted the Preparatory Committee, the Council
requsted its Committee to recommend, inter b.U, when states,
if any, non-Members of the United Nations should be invited to
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, and
WHEREAS the Preparatory Committee has now considered this
request
THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS, subject to the
Resolution passed by the General Assembly of the United Nations
on 12 December 1946, on the relations of Members of the United
Nations with Spain, that invitations should be sent to all states
not Members of the United Nations which have an appreciable
interest in world trade, namely: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria,
Eire, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Rumania, Switzerland,
Transjordania, and the Yemen.
THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FURTHER that the
Economic and Social Council should make provision for the
attendance of persons qualified to represent the appropriate
authorities in Germany, Japan, and Korea.
WHEREAS in the negotiations which have taken place at
Geneva during the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee,
it has become clear that Burma, Ceylon and Southern Rhodesia,
although under the sovereignty of a Member of the United Nations,
possess full autonomy in the conduct of their external
commercial relations and other matters provided for by the draft
Charter. E/PC/T/117 Rev.1.
Page 10.
THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE CONSIDERS that such separate
Customs Territories should be invited to participate in the work
of the Conference, and,
RECOMMENDS FURTHER that the Economic and Social Council
should make arrangements for invitations to be sent to such
separate Customs Territories through the government or the
competent metropolitan state. |
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AND
SOCIAL COUNCIL
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E/PC/T/117 Rev.1.Corr.1
15 July 1947
ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFRENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
RE P O R T
OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
It should be noted that Document E/PC/T/117 Rev. 1 which
was previously market " Restricted " has now been de-restricted.
DEUXIME SESSION DE LA COMISSION PREPARATOIRE
DE LA CONFERENCE DU COMMERCE ET DE L 'EMPLOI
DE L ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES
RAPPORT ADRESSE
AU CONSEIL ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL
PAR LA COMMISSION PREPARATOIRE DE LA CONFERENCE
DU COMMERCE ET DE L'EMPLOI DE L'ORGANISATION
DES NATIONS UNIES
Il y a lieu de mater que le document E/PC/T/117 Rev.1
qui portait jusqu'ici la mention "Restricted" n'est plus
désormais considered comme confidentiel.
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/339
AND ECONOMIQUE 17 September 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
RECOMMENDATION OF THE TARIFF
NEGOTIATIONS WORKING PARTY
The Tariff Negotiations Working Party, in consultation with
representatives of India and Pakistan, has given consideration to
the exceptional circumstances arising out of the establishment of
India and Pakistan and recommends to the Tariff Agreement
Committee the adoption of a new paragraph 5 of Article XXIV of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, together with an
interpretative note, as proposed herewith:-
Proposed New Paragraph 5 of Article XXIV
Taking into account the exceptional circumstances
arising out of the establishment of India and Pakistan
as independent states and recognizing the fact that they
have long constituted an economic unit, the contracting
parties agree that the provisions of this Agreement shall
not prevent the two countries from entering into special
arrangements with respect to the trade between them, pending
the establishment of their mutual trade relations on a
definitive basis.
Addition to Interpretative Notes
Article XXIV, paragraph 5
It is understood that measures adopted by India and
Pakistan in order to carry out definitive trade arrange-
ments between them, once they have been agreed upon,
might depart from particular provisions of the Agreement,
but that these measures would in general be consistent
with the objectives of the Agreement. |
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SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Recommendation of t:e Working Party on Tariff
Negotiations.
Subject: The progress of the Tariff Negotiations.
Document E/PC/T.86 was approved in Executive Session
on 9th June 1947, subject to the deletion of the word
"satisfactory" in sub-paragraph (ii).
The Working Party now requests the Heads of Delegations
to submit their first report on the progress of their
negotiations not later than Monday next, 16th June.
Forms for the Progress Reports will be distributed to
delegations and should be returned to Room 220.
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AND ECONOMIQUE E/PC/T/86
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMFLOYMENT.-
Recommendation of the Working Party on Tariff
Negotiations.
Subject: The progress of the Tariff Negotiations.
In view of the fact that the first stage in the Tariff
Negotiations - i.e.,the initiation of all contemplated
bilateral talks - has now been almost completed, the Tariff
Negotiations Working Party believes that the time has some
to establish some procedure for obtaining reports from
Delegations on the progress of their negotiations.
Accordingly the Working Party recommends that a questionaire
be issued to each Delegation asking for information in respect
of each negotiation in which it is participating; it is pro-
posed that Delegations be asked which of the following
descriptions would apply to the state of each negotiation:
(i) Negotiations in preliminary stages,
(ii) Negotiations making satisfactory progress,
(iii) Negotiations making considerable progress, or
(iv) Negotiations nearing completion.
In addition, Delegations should be asked for supplementary
or explanatory comments including, when possible, an estimate of
the approximate date by which the negotiations will be
concluded.
The Working Party recommends that reports in the form of
replies to the proposed questionaire should be obtained from
Delegations frortnightly.
It is suggested that the first report should be
submitted to the Secretariat, on forms to be supplied, not
leter than Monday, 16 June, and that subsequent reports be
submitted on alternate Mondays thereafter.
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/76
AND ECONOMIQUE 21 May, 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Recommendation of the working Party on Tariff Nego-
tiations
SubJect: Communication of information concerning
chan es relating to lists of tariff con-
In connection with the submission of periodic reports on
the progress of the tariff negotiations, as instructed by the
Chairman's Committee (Heads of Delegations) on 21 April, the
Working Party has reviewed arrangements for exchanging
information concerning offers made in the negotiations (sàe
Documents E/PC/T/47 Rev.1 and 2; and E/PC/T/51). The Working
Party considers that the adequacy of the arrangements made for
such exchanges of information will not only affect any assess-
ment of progress but may well influence directly the progress
of the negotiations.
The Working Party appreciates that, by the nature of the
present negotiating process, initial offers or changes in such
offers should not be regarded as binding upon the parties con-
cerned until the end of the negotiations, when the final
schedules are drawn up and the General Agreement signed,
Accordingly, the Working Party would emphasize that, in consider-
ing the present paper, Delegations should rocognize that such
reports as may be exchanged concerning offers or changes therein
are intended for information only and should not be regarded as
Implying any commitment on the part of the reporting Delegation,
The Working Party is of the opinion that the existing
arrangements make satisfactory provision for informing eligible
Dulegations and the central Secretariat of the initial offers
submitted at the outset of each negotiation. Concerning sub-
sequent changes in such offers, however, it seems to the Working
Party that, although the general intention may be apparent,
sufficienty specific provision has not yet been made for reporting
such developments to the contral Secretariat and to all those
Delegations which are entitled to receive such information, by
virtue of the fact that they have opened negotiations with the
Delegation whose offers are changed, but which are not partici-
pants in the negotiations concerning the particular items.
The Working Party is well aware that the changes in
respect of the initial offers which can be expected in the
course of the various negotiations may vary widely from case
to case. For instance, such offers may themselves be
"revised" upwards or downwards: or they may be ``sumpplemented"
UNITED NATIONS
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page 2
with offers on new items; or they may be "withdrawn for
reconsideration"; or they may be "withdrawn". The Working
Party would recommend the adoption of a reporting procedure
which would involve a uniform obligation on the part of all
Delegations to report the fact of any such changes, but which
.would provide an element of flexibility whereby the Delegation
concerned would have the option of itself advising interested
Delegations of the nature of such changes and explaining the
circumstances and conditions under which they are being made.
The procedure should also facilitate, though it should
not require, the reporting of changes which are merely
contemplated or tentative, and of which interested Delegations
should, so far as practicable, be kept advised.
On the understanding thct the general principles
nestablished in paragraph 6 of E/PC/T/47 (as revised by Revs.
1..and 2) were intended to appiy not only to initial offers ,
but also to subsequent developments relating to such offers,
the Working Party, with du; regard to the need for flexibility
and for security, recommends that the following supplementary
:.reporting arrangements be adopted to give effect to that
intention:
» (a) each Delegation should arrange to complete and
submit to the central Secretariat each fortnight,
the form reproduced in Annexure A of the present
; t document, in respect of each negotiation in which
any of its offers have been changed during the period.
The first of such reports should be submitted to the
central Secretariat on Saturday May 31 and should
cover all changes which have occurred in any offers
from the commencement of each negotiation. The
next report should be submitted Saturday June 14;
and subsequent reports, fortnightly thereafter.
In the event that no change has occurred during
. such a period in respect of any offers of a
Delegation; an officer of the Delegation should
complete one of the forms indicating the negotiations
in respect of which there have been no changes of
* offers to report. In the event that replies are not
- -. received from a Delegation concerning the various
- L- . negotiations in which it is engaged, the central
Secretariat should be authorized to consult with that
ske!^t-wv Delegation to ascertain whether or not there are any
developments to report in respect of its offers. The
central Secretariat should ensure that prior to May
31 the secretary of each Delegation receives a
sufficient number of blank forms on the pattern of
Annexure A to ensure that reporting of such changes
can commence on that date. The attention of
Delegations is drawn to the fact that, under the
proposed procedure, they may select either of two
alternative methods of communicating to other
Delegations the details concerning the nature and
extent of such changes as they report to the
Secretariat (see Annexures A and B) E/PC/T/76
page 3
(b) On the basis of the information submitted by
Delegations, the central Secretariat shall advise each
Delegation of changes reported in the offers of any
other Delegation with which that Delegation has
commenced negotiations The information will be
communicated on a form similar to that presented in
Annexure B of the presei. document. If a Delegation
has authorized tho central Secretariat to communicate
details concerning the nature and extent of the
indicated changes, the report to eligible Delegations.
will indicate the name and location of the officer in
the Secretariat from whom authorized representatives of
eligible Delegations may secure such supplementary
information. If the alternative method of comunicating
such details has been selected by a Delegation, the
report from the central Secretariat will inform
eligible:Delegations of the name and location of the
designated member of the reporting Delegation who
can provide such information. Such reports by the
central Secretariat should be made fortnightly,
commencing Tuesday June 3. It should be noted by
each Delegation that, in determining which Delegations
have opened negotiations with that Delegation (and,
hence, which are to be regarded as eligible to receive
the fortnightly reports concerning changes in its
offers), the central Secretariat will be governed by
the reports which the joint Secretariat of each
negotiation is expected to file under the procedure
established in paragraph "a" of E/PC/T/51. E/PC/T/76.
page 4.
SECRET
Annexure A
Report to the Central Secretariat concerning
changes relating to offered tariff concessions
TO : The Executive Secretary (Room 216) or
The Deputy Executive Secretary (Room 218) or
Mr. A.F. Haight (Room 212).
1. 0.1 behalf of the Delegation of
am hereby advising you that our offers to the other Delegations
with which we are in negotiation have been changed during the
two weeks ending in respect of the items
appearing below.
2. The information transmitted herewith may be communica-
ted by you to all Delegations with which we have opened negotia-
tions, in the manner indicated in column 4, the two alternatives
being the following
Either (A) in full as reported in the first three
columns below,
or(B) only the information contained in the
first two columns, advising those Delegations
that details concerning the nature and ex-
tent of the change may be secured from
Mr. of our
Delegation, Room _ _
3. It is to be understood that the above information is
reported for the general guidance of eligible Delegations and
that the reporting of this information does not imply any
commitment on the part of our Delegation.
Signed
By/for Head of Delegation
Country to Item identified by Nature and Method of
which affer commodity descrip- Extent of Reporting
originally tion, or tariff num- Change. (A) or (B)
made. ber, or number in re- above.
quest list of other
Delegation, or in
some other convenient
manner. E/PC/T/76
SECRET
Annoxure B
Report by the central Secretariat to eligible Delegations
concerning changes relating to offered tariff concessions
TO: (The Head of the Dolegation of
1. The Executive Secretary has been advised by the Delega-
tions concerned that the offers of the following Delegations with
which you are negotiating have been changed during the two weeks
ending
2. For details concerning the nature and extent of any of
the above-mentioned changes you may consult: (the Seoretariat
will strike out whichever of the alternatives is not applicable
in the light of the reply given by the reporting Delegation to
para. 2A or 2B of Annexure A).
A. Mr. of the central Secretariat,
Room , in respect of changes relating
to the offers of Delegations:
B. The following officials in connoction with the
offers of their respective Delegations:
Room
Room
Room
Room
Room
Room
Room
Room
Dolegation
Delegation
Delegation
Delegation
Delegation
Delegation
Delegation
Delegation
3. It is to be understood that the information concerning
changes mentioned above has been reported to you for the guidance
of your Delegation only. The information is to be regarded as
SECRET and is to be treated with the same care as that exercised
in, the case of initial lists of affers received by you. The
reporting of this information does not imply any commitment on
the part of the reporting Delegations.
(Signed)
Deputy Executive Secretary
Delegations whose Delegations to Item
offers have been which the offers (Identified by commodity
changed have been made description or tariff
number, or number in
request list of the Dele-
gation to which the offer
was made, or in any other
manner indicated by the
reporting Delegation)
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
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of
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL 24 September 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Recommendations by the Tariff Negotiations Working, Party
Delegations which are not undertaking their own
translations are reminded that consolidated lists should be
submitted to the Secretariat for translation as soon as they
are ready.
In cases where the state of negotiations does not yet
allow the submission of the final consolidated list, a
provisional consolidated list containing the tariff item
numbers and description of products, but not necessarily the
rates of duty, should be submitted.
Unless Delegations comply with this recommendation, a
delay in the production of the Schedules may prove inevitable.
Delegations are also reminded that the Secretariat is
responsible for circulating, at fortnightly intervals, only
the indication of the changes in offers which have been made
iin a bilateral negotiation prior to the completion of the
negotiation.
It is the responsibility of the Delegations who have
not circulated consolidated lists to distribute themselves,
immediately after completion of each bilateral negotiation,
the Final List for that negotiation to all Delegations with
which they have been ne-otiating. |
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CORRIGENDUM TO DOCUMENT E/PC/T/103 -
WORKING PARTY ON TECHNICAL ARTICLES -
RECORD OF WORK PERFORMED.
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ECONOMIC E/PC/T/W/232
CONSEIL 3 July 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE Original: ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
REDRAFT OF ARTICLES 71 TO 79 INCLUSIVE
SUGGESTED BY THE DELEGATION OF AUSTRALIA
ARTICLE 71
Powers and Dutios.
1. The Executive Board shall bE responsible for the execution
of the policies of the Organisation and shall exerciss the powers
delegated to it and perform the duties assigned to it by the
Conference. It shall prepar the preliminary agends of the
Conference.
2. The Board shall take whatever stops are within its authority
to ensure the provision of adoquate nachinery to assist the
respective organs of the Organisation to perform their functions
in accordance with the requirements of this Chartar. Where
.
necessary the Board shall make recommendations to the Conference
for this purpose.
3. Tho Exacutive Board may make recommendations to the Con-
ferance, to the Members of the Organisation, or to othor inter-
governmental organisations on any subject falling within the
soope of this Chartor.
ARTICLE 72
Establishment of Commissions
The Conference may, on the recommendation of the Executive
Board, establish Commission in the field of employment and
economic activity, aconomic development, goneral commercial
. E/PC/T/W/232
policy, restrictive business practicos and inter-governmontal
commodity arrangements. Any such Commissons which are
established shall be responsible to tho Executive Board.
ARTICLE 73
Composition and procedure of Commissions
In the establishment of any such Commissions the following
conditions shall apply:
(a) Commissions shall be comprised of persons chosen by the
Executive Board and qualified by training or experience
to carry out the functions of the Commissions in accor-
dance with the purposes of this Charter.
(b) The number of mambers of each Commission shall be dater-
mined in accordance with rogulations prescribed by the
Conference.
(c) Each Commission shall elect its Chairman, and shell adopt
rules of procedure which shall be subjact to subject to approval by
tha Executive Board.
(d) The Conference and Executive Board may respectively pro-
vide under their rules of procedure that the Chairman of
any Commission may participate, without the right to
vote, in tho oliberations of each of thoso Organs.
ARTICLE 74
Funetions of Commissions
The Commissions shall perform such functions as the Conference
or the Exacutive Board may assign to tham.
ARTICLE 75 [78]
Staff
1, There shall be a Director-General and such other staff as
may bo required. E/PC/T/W/232
page 3
2. The Director-General shall have authority to appoint
Deputy Director-Generals in accordance with regulations approved
by the Conference.
ARTICLE 76 [79]
The Director-General
1. Para. (1) of Article 79 Drafting Committee Report.
2. The Director-General or his representative shall be entitled
to participate , without the right to vote, in all meetings or
the Conference, of the Tariff Commiittee, of the Executive Board,
of the Commissions and of the Committees of the Organisition.
The Executive Board may include the Director-General or a
representative proposed by him in the membership of any Commission.
3. The Director-General may initiate proposals for the con-
sideration of any organ of the Organisation. Ho shall present
to the Conference through the Executive Board an annual report
on the work of the Organisation and the annual budget estimate
and financial statements of the Organisation.
ARTICLE 77 [80]
Employment of Staff
Existing text of Article 80 except that "staff" should be
Substituted for "staff of the Sacretariat" in paragraph 1 and
for "ecretariat" in paragraph 2.
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/W/279
AND ECONOMIQUE 11 August 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONTS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
RELATIONS BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANISATION
AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Observations by Australian Delegation on paragraph
2 of Article 29.
Paragraph 2 of Article 29, as agreed by the majority of
the Sub-Committee appointed to deal with Articles 26, 28 and
29 provide that
"....The Organisation, in reaching its final decision
in cases involving the criteria set forth in paragraph
2(a) of Article 26 shall accent the determination of
the International Monetary Fund as to what constitutes
a serious decline in the Member's monetary reasonable
very low level of its monetary reserves or a reasonable
rate of increase in its monetary reserves, and as to the
financial aspects of other matters covered in consulta-
tion in such cases".
The Australian delegation disagrees with this text, be-
lieving that the underlined words should be replaced by the
words "shall give special weight to the opinions", for the
following reasons:-
(i) It is impossible to define accurately the purely
financial aspects of the criteria in Article
26(2)(a), on which it might be reasonable to
give the Monetary Fund the final say, front
the wider economic and commercial aspects,
which are the concern of the Organisation at
least as much as of the Fund.
(ii) It is undesirable to separate the functions of
decision from those of responsibility for
action. The I.T.O. will have responsibility
for any action to be taken under paragraphs 4(c)
and 4(d) of Article 26, and therefore should
also retain the right of decision as to whether
the criteria under paragraph 2(a) have been met.
(iii) Co-operation between the Organisation and the Mone-
tary Fund, which should be as close as possible
in the field of balance of payments questions,
will be impaired if the Organisation is forced
to carry out decisions with which it disagrees,
but which are imposed upon it by the Monetary
Fund.
(iv) In the view of at least one delegation, it would
be the Fund, and not the Organisation, which
would "pay due regard to special factors" in
relation to the three specific criteria of
Article 26(2)(a) on which the Organisation is
required to "accept" the determination of the E/PC/T/W/279
Page 2
Fund. If this is so it means that in relation to
these criteria, the Organisation is giving up not
only its jurisdiction over the facts but also its
right to use ;its discretion in deciding whether
special circumstances exist which should modify
its decision. In relation to these three criteria,
it is difficult to see, for example, how the Organi-
sation could carry out the provisions of .paragraph
3(a) of Article 26, requiring it to take full
account of the difficulties of post-war adjustment"
tv) Since it may be assumed that membership of the two
bodies will be fairly similar, it is likely that
differences of opinion between theo will arise
mainly through differences in voting power of
individual countries in the two bodies, It is
particularly undesirable that a system of weighted
voting, which may be appropriate in the case of
the Monetary Fund, should be used to force decisions
upon the Organisation.
(vi) It is unreasonable that a Member's action in trade
matters under the Charter should be directly
subject to the decision of another body of which
it may not be a -member.
(vii) If the Monetary Fund is to be given final decision on
financial questions arising in connection with the
Charter, it would be equally reasonable to provide
that the Organisation should have final decision
as to commercial or trade questions arisin.- in
connection with the Articles of Agreementnt of the
Monetary Fund.
The Australian Delegation believes that an important error
of principle will be made if the Commission adopts the text
approved by the majority of the Sub-Committee, and that the
future relations between two important international organisa-
tions are likely to be seriously prejudiced by such a provision.
It is in the hope that reconsideration will be given to this
question that the Australian delegation is putting forward the
above views. |
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AND ECONOMIQUE 24July 1947
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EYPLOYMENT
REMARKS OF THE CUBAN DELEGATION ON THE PROPOSALS FOR
AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES 9 AND 12, HAVING TO DO WITH
CAPITAL INVESTMENT, SUBMITTED BY THE DELEGATION OF
THE UNITED STATES (E/PC/T/W.123 AND E/PC/T/W .250).
The Delegation of the United States begins by proposing that
Chapter IV be entitled-"Economic Development and International
Investment."
The Cuban Delegation. is of the opinion that the investment of
international capital is not an end in itself, but only one ot the
means that may be used to foster economic development. Con-
sequently, they feel that the title of Chapter IV should not be
amended.
The Cuban Delegation recognizes the extraordinary importance
of international investment at the present time, as it aids the
highly industrialized countries to mobilize otherwise non-
productive capital resources, while at the same time it increases
their exports of capital goods, and if applied adequately, it
facilitates the development of the under-developed countries,
Under these viewpoints, the Cuban Delegation submits that all
provisions concerning international capital investment should be
incorporated into a separate article, which may be entitled
Article 12-A. In drafting this Articlo, emphasis should be
placed on the necessity of a real integration of foreign and
domestic interests, under conditions mutually advantageous,
securing also, as far as possible, a co-operation of national and
foreign capital.
Therefore, in drafting the provisions intended to encourage
international investment, the guarantees for the foreign capital E/PC/E/W/254
Page 2.
should be combined with their indispensable counterpart, namely,
adequate means to protect the countries where such investments
are made against unfair and unreasonable terms, and interference
on the part of creditors.
With regard to these deliberations, the Cuban Delegation
suggests that the new Article which should be inserted between
Articles 12 and 13, be entitled "International Investment for
Economic Development". This title has been selected to indicate
that it will cover only investments directed to that end even if
of different nature, namely: a) responsible or equity investment
(a share in industries or agricultural enterprises which parti-
cipate in profits and losses); and b) other investment (especially
loans at fixed interest, with or without participation in the
profits).
As a basis of discussion and in order that the Committee
may draft paragraph 1 of Article 12-A, the Cuban Delegation offers
later a working text.
Having, this in mind and the fact that the amendments
proposed by the United Stat s should be examined in the order in
which they have been submitted, we hall express our opinion
about them beginning with Article 9.
Article 9
For the reasons explained above, we do not consider it
necessary to include in the title of Article 9 the reference to
International Investments, inasmuch as these are dealt with under
Article 12-A. For the same reasons, the Cuban Delegation con-
siders that the new sentence suggsted by the Delegation of the
United States at the and of Article 9 is also unnecessary here.
Article 10
Since no amendment has been .made to this Article by the
Delegation of the United States, we have no comment to make. E/PC/T/W/254
Page 3.
Article 11
The Cuban Delegation considers acceptable the amendments
suggested by the Delegation of the united States in connection
with this Article, with the exception of the last sentence. To
be consistent with an amendment of the Cuban Delegation -- already
approved by the Committe and which, has a close connection with
the spirit which ïnspired the amendment of the United States --
the latter should be drafted as follows:
"....and assist in the procurement of appropriate
engineering, financing and other technical assistance."
Article 12
The amendment relative to the title is accepted, and as to
the para-raphs thereof, the Cuban Delegation wishes to make the
following comments:
Paragraph 1: The amendment of the Delegation of the
United States is acceptable.
Paragraph 2: The Cuban Delegation considers it preferable
to keep th- present paragraph 2 of Article 12, incorporating into
the new Article 12-A the relevant provisions of the new paragraph
2 suggested by the Delegation of the United States.
In accepting paragraph 2 cf Article 12 of the New York Draft,
the Cuban Delegation considers it essential to delete the words
"or otherwise" which appear in line 9, and to substitute the word
"rights" for "interests" in lin, 10 of said pararaph.
Paragraph 3: In due time the Cuban delegation requested
the entire deletion of this paragraph, on the grounds that the
right of complaint because of non-fulfilment of the obligations of
the Charter and the procedure for consultation and decision should
be a single procedure applicable to all Chapters of the Charter.
Should it be agreed that a provision as to consultation is
to be included in each Chapter, without prejudice to a uniform E/PC/T/W/254
Page 4
procedure of decision in Chapter VIII, the Cuban Delegation
suggests that paragraph 3 of Article 12 should be drafted as
follows:
"3. Any member by itself or on behalf of any.
affected business entity or person within
that member's jurisdiction, may submit to
the Organization a complaint that action by
another Member is consistent with its
obligations under this Article. No member
shall unilaterally withdraw or suspend
concessions, advantages, favours, privileges
or immunities granted in any form to other
Members on the ground that its Nationals do
not receive fair or equitable treatment in
the other Member's territory. The. Organization
may request the Members concerned to enter
into consultation with a view to reaching a
mutually satisfactory settlement and may
lend its good offices to this end "
Article 12-A
International Investment for Economic Development
The Cuban Delegation feels that thc substance of the
amendment of the Dclegation of the United States on "Capital
Investment" should be covered by a now Article, the first para-
graph of which could be drafted as follows:
"1. The Members recognize th_ importance of productive
international capital movements, both public and private,
and of responsible co-operation between national and foreign
capital in promoting economic development under mutually
advantageous conditions which would effectively contribute
to this end, such as:
"(a) Investments in agriculture or industries
which work exclusively for exports;
"(b) Investments in agriculture or industries
which are restricted to work for the domestic market,
delivering new articles not imported;
" (c) Investments in agriculture or industries
which, work for the domestic market, delivering
articles apt to substitute goods imported;
"(d) investments in agriculture or industries
which work for the domestic and foreign markets at
the same time; and
"(e) Investments in public utilties that
facilitate agricultural and/or industrial development". E/PC/T/W/254
Page 5.
Paragraph 2: In connection with sub-paragraph 2 (a) of
the amendment suggestud by the Delegation of the United States,
the Cuban Delegation considers this subject already covered by
paragraph 2 of Article 12, above referred to.
In connection with sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of the
new text contained -in Document E/PC/T/W250, the Cuban Delegation
considers that it substitutes in whole the text of paragraphs 2
and ?A of Article 12 a.- contained in Document E/PC/T/W 123, and,
consequently, the comments of the Cuban delegation only refer to
the last text proposed in document E/PC/T/W 250 by the Delegation of n of
he united states.atos
paragraph ran) (b: The n Delegation consider that the tho
text proposed by the Delegation of the United States is t;
ptable.blo.
Paragraph (c): Thre cuban Delegatino considers that the hat
now tproposed for this sub-paragraph is acceptable, with the tho
exception of reference to the "interest" and the "conduct of ct o
business", which terms regarded as quite vague in their contentcont
and enlarges tdangerous texsextthe scope of possible claimsaims
applying itmatters which,ich, if not supported by existingting
legislation, could ne juridically protectedcted.
Sub-paragranh (d):. Ttexttc:t coonly be acceptable to ble o
tho Cubaeg Deluation ef tho followina ie iddod et thu end ef tho
fsentencesonc,:
xcept when the placing under public management or r, . cir
occupateon is thufrespenalty or the consequenceon<i'4ucnce
of a viole national legislation.
Now para graph 4 of Article 1
In connection with th_e suggested ddition of a pparagrap
iimmediately after paragraph 3 of the ppresent Article 2 of the
New York Draft the Cuban Dlelegatio considers it aacceptable
except as reg ard the Dpreparation and adoption of an Internationaional
General Code on Inment rent Prineiplos, ae tho Cubelegationtiîo E/PC/T/W/254
Page 6.
feels that the subject matter is not sufficiently matured for
codification.
Guarantees for Nations in which Capital Investment is made.
In accordance with the thesis maintain by the Cuban
Delegation that all nations should offor ample guarantees to
intenational investment it follows as a corollary that said
guarantees should be counter-balanced by those which in turn are
given to national capital and to the nations in which the
investment is made.
In this sense, the Cuban Delegation processes that a new
article be added after Article 12-A, the text of which could more
or less be as follows:
"Article 12-B. Nothing in this Chapter shall be
construed as to prevent a Member from taking the
necessary steps to assure:
(1) That national capital will not be displaced.
(2) That national capital be afforded an
adequate opportunity to participate in the economic
development, either industrial or agricultural, of
the country;
(3) That foreign investment may not receive
a preferential treatment in comparison with national
investment; and
(4) That foroign investment may not be mis-
used to impose decision upon a Member. or otherwise
interfere with its own national policies." |
GATT Library | zj701qc2845 | Second session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment : Remarks on Article 18 by the Uruguayan observer | United Nations Economic and Social Council, May 28, 1947 | United Nations. Economic and Social Council | 28/05/1947 | official documents | E/PC/T/W/134 and E/PC/T/W/125-150 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/zj701qc2845 | zj701qc2845_90050270.xml | GATT_154 | 351 | 2,211 | UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES RESTRICTED E/PC/T/W/134 ECONOMIC CONSEIL 28 May 1947.
AND ECONOMIQUE
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
Remarks on Article 18 by the Uruguayan observer
Article 18 provides that value for duty purposes should
be based on actual value.
In order to stabilise values, thereby simplifying the
work of customs officers and providing safeguards for business
transactions, certain countries assess the value of products
on a more or less long-term basis. Ad valorem duties are
therefore levied on the basis of this fixed valuation.
Will the application of the system outlined in Article
18 involve the elimination of this method of making fixed
valuations? Or does it merely mean that when customs duties
charged on a product are based on its value they are to be
based on its actual value?
If fixed valuations are eliminated because they do not
always correspond to actual value at the time when the customs
duty is applied, specific duties must also be eliminated.
A duty of 31% on a product valued at 3 pesos per kilo amounts
to the same as a specific duty of $0.93 per kilo, no matter
how the actual value may vary.
Only ad valorem duties would therefore be based on actual
values. If this is the intention of Article 18 of the Charter,
I venture to point out that it would cause serious complications
in customs operations in countries with only limited facilities
for investigation and inspection. For them it would mean a
retrograde step in the technique of applying customs duties and
would add to the uncertainty as to the amount of the customs
duties payable and the variations in such duties.
It should therefore be clearly stated whether Article 18
replaces the system of estimated values by that of actual
values, or whether it allows for the retention of both methods
of valuation, on the understanding that ad valorem imports will
be assessed on the basis of actual values and fixed valuations
will be applied to products previously valued by appropriate
bodies. |
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ECONOMIC CONSEIL E/PC/T/227
ECONOMIQUE ET 4 October 1947
AND ECONOMIQUE ORIGINAL:ENGLISH
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.
Re-organization of the Secretariat
Note by the Deputy Executive Secretary.
The Executive Secretary and the Deputy Executive Secretary
are shortly leaving for New York to assist with arrangements for
the November Conference. However, if the need arises, one or
both of them will return to Geneva at short notice. In the
meantime, the Secretariat retraining in Geneva will be under the
direction of Mr. A.C. GILPIN. Mr Gilpin will. be located in
room 202, telephone extension 2242. Mr. Gilpin will be pre-
pared to assist delegations with any matters requiring the
services of the Trade Secretariat or of the Geneva Office of
the United Nations, and will be in teleoprinter communication
with Headquarters in New York.
Enquiries not requiring Mr. Gilpin's attention should be
addressed as follows:
a) The Daily time-table of negotiations and the related
allocation of negotiating rooms - (Miss Schubeler,
room 206, telephone extension 2240);
b) Translation or stencilling of schedules and other
matters relating to the issuance of documents -
(Miss Hudson, room 208, telephone extension 2239).
Miss Hudson will assume all the functions previously
performed by the Documents Clearing Office, formerly
located in room 220.
Mr..Gilpin will be assisted by Mr. Guillerminon technical
matters.
All offices of the Secretariat not mentioned above will be
vacated as from noon on monday, October 6th, when the above
described re-organization taken effect. |
GATT Library | fn200pg7201 | Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment : Report by Ad Hoc Working Party on Tariff Negotiations | United Nations Economic and Social Council, April 22, 1947 | United Nations. Economic and Social Council | 22/04/1947 | official documents | E/PC/T.47/Rev 3 and E/PC/T/44-66 | https://exhibits.stanford.edu/gatt/catalog/fn200pg7201 | fn200pg7201_92290053.xml | GATT_154 | 2,419 | 18,619 | UNRESTRICTED
ECONOMIC CONSEIL
AND ECONOMIQUE
SOCIAL COUNCIL ET SOCIAL 22 April 1947
SECOND SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE 0F THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT.:
Report by Ad Hoc Working Party on Tariff
Negotiations
The Working Group decided that its main task within the
scope of its terms of reference should be an endeavour to arrange
for as many.tariff negotiations as possible to commence as soon as
possible. With this end in view the working Group decided to
invite, in alphabetical order, each delegation to discuss with
the Working Group the possibility of advancing the dates on which:
negotiations could begin between members of the Preparatory
Committee. Attached to this Report as Annex A is a schedule
showing the dates which it has been possible to establish -for
the. commencement of tariff negotiations among certain members of
the Preparatory Committee as the result of the discussions which.
took place between the Working Group and representatives of the
different delegations.
Out of a total of 120 possible tariff negotiations, the
Report shows that twenty-four negotiations are planned to commence
in April, forty-eight during the first half of May, and twenty-four
during the second half of May. It has not been possible to
establish dates for the commencement of the remaining twenty-four
possible tariff negotiations. In a number of these twenty-four
cases, no tariff negotiations are likely to take place owing to
the absence of substantial trade between the countries concerned.
In others, certain members have stated that they have no present
intention of exchanging lists of requests and offers with other
members with whom they have preferential arrangements.
Annex B to this report gives the dates pn which Delegations
-have stated that they will be able to submit requests. The
`Working Group wishes to point out that the list of firm dates
for the exchange of concessions is dependent to a great degree
on the dates agreed for the submission of requests and therefore
strongly recommends to Delegations that they should make every
endeavour to meet or improve upon these dates in the interest
of the early and smooth initiation of the negotiations.
No attempt has been made by the Working Group to estab-
lish dates for the commencement of tariff negotiations
concerning overseas territories, with separate tariffs, for
which members have international responsibility. The Working
Group recommends that this matter be left for arrangement
between the negotiating teams concerned.
* This revision merely incorporates the amendments contained
in Rev. 1 and Rev. 2.
UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES E/PC/T.47/Rev .3
Page 2.
The Working Group have proceeded on the basis that tariff
negotiations shall be deemed to have commenced when on the
dates established in the enclosed schedule the negotiating
teams from any two members meet and exchange lists of offers.
Each negotiating' team may.,give to the other..any proliminary
explanation that may be required, after which the two negotiating
teams. would agree when they can most conveniently meet again
to continue the negotiations. It should. be incumbent upon each
Delegation to notify the Secretariat of the initial exchange
and of the decision reached .by:the two negotiatinrg teams as to
the time of the next e n ms.tiTIt is nec TVilonessary that
the Seoretariat be kept fully informld at ail times of the meet-
ings taking olace se may hat it"ellocato negotiating rooms
adeordingly and have at the disfosal ot,Delegations up-to-date
larttIalàrs as to the meetin helein:g.,d at anytime.
It ms reco mended'by tie orkXng'Grtupimultaneouslyualy
with the.exchaogo cf lists of offers -between any twoonea9ti9ting
te ms,' ach'of he 'teo Dole at ona's fil- 1le' ith thc'Seôretariat,
for information only, a copy or copies of the lis ooffers otf
submitted by its negotiating team to, the other. lisjtist: of
offers shall be made available by the'eDalogations to uch.other
Delegations as avm-coamenced nagotoatibns with the.Delegation
submitting the list of offers.: However,Delegat ons.may consider
it desirable to hand to Delegations with which. they.,have initiated
negotiations a list containing all toffeff'ewhich thh hey.are ready
to maoe te other members. ,
It. is suggested. that after a.sufflcient number of tariff
. a gotitions are under wae, thi Chn rmaz,of the Preparatory.
OCemittae might, at his..discretion,. wish di cuss' with his
Coinittee (Heads oef Delgations.) tee.quqstfon e fthé'buture.
procegure novorring the tariff negotia ons',wi view'VoQ .tQ sub-
mitting recommendations, if'any are considered dele abv@', to the
Preparatory Ctmmi ftvee.or discussion in executive session.
The Workiong Grup further reco mèad'thElyearlY consideration
should be given to convening the Prepar tommiCc=Z ttee'in
executive sesfion tor the purpose of disnussitg Articl so15'tO
23 inclusiveAand £rticlo 37 cfthe rafp;eh, torÇ' on the.grounds
that these artihles 'ave a direct bearing on the tareff nagotia-
tions and a text for these articles was.not established at the
First Session -of the. Preparatory Coemittut, bt. ,only. proposed
by the DraftimmiCo=i ttee. E/PC/T/47
Page 3.
ANNEX A
DATES AGREED FOR EXCHANGE
0F LIST. 0F OFFERS
Australia - Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg
Australia - Brazil
Australia - Canada
Australia - Chile
Australia - China
Australia - Cuba
Australia - Czechoslovakia
Australia - France
Australia - India
Australia - Lebanon-Syria
Australia - New Zealand
Australia - Norway
Australia - Union of South Africa
Australia - United Kingdom
Australia - United States
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Brazil
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Canada
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Chile
Belgium-Netherlands-Luzemburg - China
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Cuba
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Czechoslova kia
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - France
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - India
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Lebanon-Syria
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - New Zealand
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Norway
Beigium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - Union of South
Atrica .
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - United Kingdom
Belgium-Netherlands-Luxemburg - United States
30 May
20 May
17 May
30 May
30 April
28 May
7 May
28 May
23 April
9 May
10 May
30 May
14 May
12 May
30 May
21 May
9 May
14 Mlay
12 May
10 May
12 May
21 May
9 May E/PC/T/47
Page 4.
Brazil - Canada 8 May
Brazil - Chile 30 May
Brazil - China 8 May
Brazil - Cuba 9 May
Brazil - Czechoslovakia 26 May
Brazil - France 15 May
Brazil - India
Brazil - Lebanon-Syria
Brazil - New Zealand
Brazil - Norway 9 May
Brazil - Union of South Africa 30 May
Brazil - United Kingdom 17 May
Brazil - United States 30 April
Canada - Chile 14 May
Canada - China 5 May
Canada - Cuba S May
Canada - Czechoslovskia 23 April
Canada - France 25 April
Canada - India 1 May
Canada - Lebanon-Syria
Canada - New Zeeland
Canada - Norway 30 April
Canada - Union of South Africa-
Canada - United Kingdom
Canada - United States 23 April
Chile - China 19 May
Chile - Cuba 19 May
Chile - Czechoslovakia 21 May
Chile - France 15.May
Chile - India
Chile - Lebanon-Syria
Chile - New Zealand
Chile - Norway 12 May
Chile - Union of South Africa E/PC/T/47
Page 5.
Chile - United Kingdom 26 May
Chile - United States 28 April
China - Cuba 30 April
China - Czechoslovakia 1 May
China - France 25 Ap'ril
China - Indie 19 May
China - Lebanon-Syria
China - New Zeeland 7 May
China - Norway 13 May
China - Union of South Africa 5 May
China - United Kingdom 8 May
China - United States 9 May
Cuba - Czechoslovakia 30 April
.Cuba - France 2 May
C.uba - India 21 May
Cuba - Lebanon-Syria
Cuba - New Zealand 13 May
Cuba - Norway 5 May
Cuba - Union of South Af rica 15 May
Cuba - United Kingdom; 30 April
Cuba - United States 12 May
Czechoslovakia - France 22 May
Czechoslovakia - India 9 May
Czechoslovakia - Lebenon-Syria 15 May
Czechoslovakia - New Zealand 30 April
Czechoslovakia - Norway 12 May
Czechoslovakia - Union of South Africa 5 May
Czechoslovakia - United Kingdom 27 May
Czechoslovakia - United States 23 April
France - India 12 May
France - Lebanon-Syria 29 April
France - New Zoaland 10 May
France - Norway 30 April E/PC/T/47
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France - Union of South Africa 25 April
France - United Kingdom 28 April
France - United States 24 April
India - Labanon-Syria 1 May
India - New Zealand 16 May
India - Norway 14 May
India - Union of South Africa
India - United Kingdom 30 April
India - United States 28 April
Lebanon-Syria - New Zealand _
Lebanon-Syria - Norway
Lebanon-Syria - Union of South Africa
Lebanon-Syria - United Kingdom 7 May
Lebanon-Syria - United States 2 May
New Zealand - Norway 9 May
New Zealand - Union of South Africa 5 May
New Zealand - United Kingdom
New Zealand - United States 30 April
Norway - Union of South Africa 6 May
Norway - United Kingdom 3 Yay
Norway - United States 2 May
Union of South Africa - United Kingdom, 16 May
Union of South Africa - United States 28 April
United Kingdom - United States 23 April E/PC/T.,47
Page 7.
Countries
ANNEX B
Date on which lists of
requests were submitted or
will be ready .for submission
Comments
by the first by the second
named country named country
Australia-Belgium, April 21 submitted
Netherlands, Luxembourg
Australia-Brazil April 30
Australia-Canada . a
Australia-Chile ,May 7
Australia.China April 30 April 4
.Australia-Cuba April 30 submitted
Australia-Czechoslovakzia April 21 March
Australia-France April 21 March 1 -
Australia-India April 21 March
- -
Australia-Lebanon, , no negotiation
Syria f toreseen
Australia-New Zealand
Australia-Norway . Aprild12 submittec-
Australia-South .Africa April 12 - February
Australia-United Kingdom E/PC/T. 47
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Australia-United States February 5 January 23
, . . . _ _pi. 14
- Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg-Bruzil
April 15
April 25
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - Canada
submitted
February 1
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - Chile
May 5
May* 7.
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - China submitted April 15
*Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - Cuba May 5 submitted
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - Czechoslovakia May 1 May 15
Belgium, Ietherlands,
LMxembourg - France iay1 May 1
Belgium, Ietherlands,
Luxembourg - India . submitted M!arch
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - Lebanon, May 1 May 4
Syria
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - New Zealand submitted April 26
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - Norway
May 1
submitted
supplementary
request by
Norway short4J
_ _, . _
. E/PC/T. 47
Page 9.
.Belgium, Netherlands,
.Luxembourg - South Africa
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - United Kingdom
Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg - United States
Brazil - Canada
Brazil - Chile
Brazil - China
Brazil - Cuba
Brazil - Czechoslovakia
Brazil - France
Brazil - India
Brazil - Lebanon, Syria
Brazil - New Zealand
Brazil - Norway
Brazil - South Africa
Brazil - United Kingdom
submitted
May 5
submitted
April 26
February
February 15
March 18
March 28
February 1
May 1 May 7
May 1 April 15
May 1 submitted
May 1
April 21
May 17
May 17
May 17
April 30
May 22
April 30
May 1
March 1
New Zealand will be
able to make a request
ten days after receipt
of additional informa-
tion on the Brazilian
tariff
submitted
February
February 15-
.
. E/PC/T. 47
Page 10..
Brazil- United States
Canada- Chile
Canada - China
Canada - Cuba
Canada - Czechoslovakia,
Canada - France
Canada - Indïa
Canada - Labanon--Syria
Canada - New Zealand
Canada - Norway
Canada - South Africa
Canada - United Xingdom
Canada - United States
Chile - China
Chile - Cuba
Chile - Czechoslovakia,
Chile -'France
April 21
February
February
February
Fe bruary
February
February
i
i
20
i
i
2.
February
May 7
April lE~
submitted
March
March i
March
No negotiations
f'oreseen
February i Submitted
February'
February 5 February
May 7 April 3.5
.May 7 Submitted
May 7 - .
May 7
"May 7
March i E/PC/T. 47
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May 7
May 7
May 7
May 7
May 7
May 7
May 7
Apri .
April
April
- India
- Lebanon-Syria
- New Zealand
- Norway
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Cuba
- Czechoslovaka
- France
- India
- Lebanon-Syria
- New Zealand
- Norway
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States
April 30
Submitted
April 15
February
Submitted
April 24
Maroh 1
15
15
15
April 15
April 15 April 26 or 3.)
April 15h'' 5
April 15 February
April 15 February
Submitted February 14
April 4
Chile
Chile
Chile
Chïle
Chile
chiel
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
China
-
4
- -
-
- -
-
-
-
- -
-
- -
- E/PC/T. 47
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Cuba - Czechoslovakia Submitted March - and
April 18
Cuba - France Submitted and March 1
April 23
Cuba - India Submitted and
April 30
Cuba - Lebanon-Syria No negotia-
tions fore-
seen
Cuba - New Zealand April 3
Cuba - Norway Submitted Submitted
Cuba - South Africa Submitted
United Kingdom
United States
- France
- India
- Lebanon-Syria
- New Zealand
- Norway
.- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States
Submit
Submitted
May 1
April
April
May 1
March
May 1
March
(Preliminary)
.ted February -
tted March 26
.5 March 1
24 March -
30 March 5
- April 30
Submitted
- February - -
April 14
- January 26
Lminary) April 4
Cuba -
Cuba. -
Czecho.
Czecho.
il
Czecho.
Czecho.
Czecho.
Czecho.
Czecho.
Czecho.
_ _
__
.
_
__ France -India
Franc e -Lebanon-Syria
France - New Zealand
France - Norway
France South Africa
France- United Kingdom
-France- United States
India.- Lebanon-Syria
India. New Zealand
India - Norway
India --South Africa
Indiga United Kingd.om
March
March
March
March
March
March
.March
April
E/PC/T. 47
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Maroh -
April 22
April 30
Submitted
February
March-
February 24
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1
1
2.
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March -
Submit ted
Submitted
India - .United. States. Maroh -December 17
March 31
Lebanon.Syria
* Lebanon-Syria. New does not pro-.
Zea1and . .. .. . . ~~~~~~~-Pose-to-..make.
except as a
poosequenoe
orroeivizig
requeste
Lebanon-Syria -Norway
Lebanon-Syria -South Africa *. E/PC/T. 47
Page 14.
*Lebanon-Syria - United . April 23' March -
Kingdom
Lebanon-Syria - United April 24 March 3
States '' April 4
New Zealand - Norway April 30 Submitted
New Zealand .- South Africa Submitted February - '
New Zealand - United Kingdom - .
New Zealand - United Submitted .January 2'3.
States April 14
Norway - South Africa Submitted February - Norway will
submit add-
itional
specific re-
quests to
certain'
countries
Norway - United Kingdom Submi'tted Maroh -
Norway - United States Submitted February 20
.. ..-.-. April 4
South Africa - United February -
Kingdom
South Africa - Unlted February - January 23
'States . .Aprli 14
United Kingdom - United February - December -
States April 3 |
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