AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES INVOCATION OF FOOTNOTE 5 TO ARTICLE 2.2

RESTRICTED World Trade G/LIC/1/Add.2 16 February 1996 Organization (96-0622) Committee on Import Licensing AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES INVOCATION OF FOOTNOTE 5 TO ARTICLE 2.2 Note by the Secretariat Pursuant to footnote 5 to Article 2.2 of the WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, a developing country Member, other than a developing country Member which was a Party to the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures done on 12 April 1979, which has specific difficulties complying with the requirements of subparagraphs (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) may, upon notification to the Committee, delay the application of these subparagraphs by not more than two years from the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement for such Member. Article 2.2 (a) of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures states that automatic licensing procedures shall not be administered in such a manner as to have restricting effects on imports subject to automatic