Committee on Agriculture - Special Session - Revised Draft Modalities for Agriculture - Sensitive Products: Tariff Quota Creation
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- 2008/12/16
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World Trade
Organization TN/AG/W/6
6 December 2008 (08-6015) Committee on Agriculture
Special Session
REVISED DRAFT MODALITIES FOR AGRICULTURE
SENSITIVE PRODUCTS: TARIFF QUOTA CREATION
Based on consultations to this point, it is my sense that neither one nor the other of the options presented in paragraph 83 of the text will prevail. If that judgement is correct, the only realistic landing zone will be on the basis of a fully transparent, strictly conditioned and limited allowance for some tariff lines not currently subject to tariff rate quotas to be declared sensitive and newly subject to tariff rate quotas. Based on constructive consultations that have taken place to this point, the following represent the elements of convergence that have emerged. They are not in final legal drafting form but could, hopefully, operate as a platform to get to closure.
Paragraph 83, second option would be deleted.
As regards paragraph 83 first option, something along