State Trading - Notifications Pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII - Revision
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World Trade
Organization G/STR/N/10/Rev.1
24 February 2004 (04-0790) Working Party on
State Trading Enterprises
STATE TRADING
Notifications Pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and
Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII
Revision
1. Pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII, Members shall notify their state trading enterprises to the Council for Trade in Goods in accordance with the following working definition of such enterprises:
"Governmental and non-governmental enterprises, including marketing boards, which have been granted exclusive or special rights or privileges. including statutory or constitutional powers, in the exercise of which they influence through their purchases or sales the level or direction of imports or exports."
2. In accordance with the recommendation adopted by the Working Party on 11 November 2003 Me