GATT/AIR/3362 20 OCTOBER 1992
SUBJECT: TECHNICAL GROUP ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER NON-TARIFF MEASURES
1. IN 1984 AND 1985 THE CONTRACTING PARTIES ADOPTED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UP-DATING AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE INFORMATION BASE ON QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (BISD 31S/12 AND 211, BISD 32S/12 AND 91).
2. UNDER THE AGREED PROCEDURES CONTRACTING PARTIES SHOULD BIENNIALLY MAKE COMPLETE NOTIFICATIONS OF THE QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS WHICH THEY MAINTAIN. ACCORDINGLY, CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE INVITED TO MAKE THEIR NOTIFICATIONS BY THE END OF DECEMBER 1992. THIS NOTIFICATION SHOULD EITHER BE IN INTEGRATED-DATA-BASE FORMAT OR 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 OR HARMONIZED SYSTEM NOMENCLATURE, THE CORRESPONDING CCCN OR HS 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 CITED 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 WILL HELP DELEGATIONS TO PREPARE THESE NOTIFICATIONS, DRAWING, AS APPROPRIATE, UPON INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN OFFICIAL PUBLISHED SOURCES. DETAILED EXTRACTS OF THE QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS DATA BASE, ON PAPER OR COMPUTER TAPE, CAN BE PROVIDED TO HELP WITH THE UPDATING.
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, 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.
A. DUNKEL
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