GATT/AIR/2566 9 MARCH 1988
SUBJECT: TECHNICAL GROUP ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER NON-TARIFF
MEASURES
1. THE REPORTS OF THE GROUP ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES, ADOPTED BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN 1984 AND 1985 (BISD 3IS/12 AND 211, BISD 32S/12 AND 91), CONTAIN, INTER ALIA,
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UP-DATING AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE INFORMATION BASE ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS.
2. ACCORDINGLY CONTRACTING PARTIES SHOULD MAKE THEIR BIENNIAL COMPLETE NOTIFICATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS WHICH THEY MAINTAIN BY THE
END OF APRIL 1988. THIS NOTIFICATION SHOULD CONTAIN:
(I) A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTS AND TARIFF LINES (OR PARTS OF
TARIFF LINES) AFFECTED TOGETHER WITH THE RELEVANT HEADING OR SUB-HEADING IN THE CUSTOMS TARIFF CONCERNED AND, IN CASES IN WHICH THIS IS NOT BASED ON THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL NOMENCLATURE, THE CORRESPONDING CCCN HEADING;
(II) A PRECISE INDICATION OF THE TYPE OF RESTRICTION, USING THE
SYMBOLS CONTAINED IN THE ANNEX TO THE GROUP'S 1985 REPORT (BISD, 32S/108);
(III) AN INDICATION OF THE GROUNDS AND GATT JUSTIFICATION FOR THE
MEASURES MAINTAINED, INCLUDING THE PRECISE PROVISIONS WHICH THEY CITE AS A JUSTIFICATION (E.G. THE RELEVANT SECTION OF ARTICLE XVIII OR SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLES XX OR XXI);
(IV) AN ASSESSMENT, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, OF THE TRADE EFFECTS OF
THE MEASURES.
3. WHERE REQUESTED, THE SECRETARIAT SHOULD ASSIST DELEGATIONS OF
CONTRACTING PARTIES TO PREPARE THESE NOTIFICATIONS, DRAWING, IF NECESSARY,
UPON INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SOURCES. THE SECRETARIAT
WILL BE SENDING TO EACH DELEGATION, FOR CHECKING AND UP-DATING BY
30 APRIL 1988, THE RELEVANT EXTRACT OF THE INFORMATION BASE (NTM/W/6/-
DOCUMENTATION) AS IT STANDS AT PRESENT.
4. CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE REMINDED THAT THE INVENTORY OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES (INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS) REMAINS OPEN-ENDED AND THAT MODIFICATIONS AND NEW NOTIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE AT ANY TIME. THE PROCEDURES FOR UP-DATING IT, AS ADOPTED BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN NOVEMBER 1979 (BISD, 27S/18), AND THE FORMAT ADOPTED BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN NOVEMBER 1984 (BISD, 31S/227, PARAGRAPH 65(A)) REMAIN IN FORCE.
5. AS DIRECTED BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES IN NOVEMBER 1986 (BISD, 33S/54),
THE TECHNICAL GROUP ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL CARRY OUT THE NEXT MULTILATERAL REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTATION IN A MEETING TO BE HELD LATER IN 1988.
A. DUNKEL
88-0362