Textiles Monitoring Body - One Hundred and Sixth Meeting of the Textiles Monitoring Body - Note by the Chairman

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED G/TMB/29 26 January 2004 (04-0283) Textiles Monitoring Body ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH MEETING OF THE TEXTILES MONITORING BODY Note by the Chairman The Textiles Monitoring Body met on 20 January 2004. The TMB authorized its Chairman to provide WTO Members with the following information: In the context of its review of the notification made by one Member pursuant to Articles 2.8(c) and 2.11 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), the TMB recalled that Article 2.8(c) states that “on the first day of the 121st month that the WTO Agreement is in effect, the textiles and clothing sector shall stand integrated into GATT 1994, all restrictions under this Agreement having been eliminated.” The TMB also recalled that Article 2.11 states that “[t]he respective programmes of integration, in pursuance of paragraph 8 [of Article 2], shall be notified in detail to the TMB at least 12 months before their coming into effect, and cir