Committee on Customs Valuation - Jamaica - Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 - Decision

World Trade Organization G/VAL/24 3 April 2000 (00-1329) JAMAICA - AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 Decision The following Decision concerning the reservation by Jamaica under paragraph 1 of Annex III of the Agreement on Customs Valuation was adopted by the Committee on 16 March 2000. _______________ TAKING NOTE of the Government of Jamaica’s request under Paragraph 1 of Annex III of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (“WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation”) done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, to extend its delay in the application of the provisions of that Agreement; RECOGNIZING that on 9 March 1995, Jamaica became a contracting party to the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation and invoked paragraph 1 of Article 20 of that Agreement to delay application of its provisions for a period of five years from the date of entry into for