Committee on Import Licensing - Transitional review mechanism - Communication from China

World Trade Organization G/LIC/W/39 11 October 2011 (11-4948) Committee on Import Licensing Original: English TRANSITIONAL REVIEW MECHANISM Communication from China The following communication, dated 10 October 2011, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the People's Republic of China. _______________ iv P OLICIES AFFECTING TRADE IN GOODS 3. Import licensing (a) I mplementation of the provisions of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures and the WTO Agreement applying the measures set out in Section 8 of the Protocol including provision of the time taken to grant an import licence T he present import licensing procedures maintained by China include import license administration, automatic import licensing and tariff rate quota administration. P ursuant to the Law on Foreign Trade (President Order No. 15 in 2004, G/LIC/N/1/CHN/4 ) and the Regulations on Administration of Import and Export