| 日期： | 2020/10/21 |
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| 作者： | Council for Trade in Goods |
| 文件編號： | G/C/W/782 |
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INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2002 CHANGES INTO
WTO SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS
Draft Waiver Decision
The General
Council,
Having regard to Articles IV:2 and IX:3 of the Marrakesh
Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (the "WTO
Agreement");
Considering that the General Council, by its Decisions of 13 May 2002[1]
and 8 July 2002[2],
acting pursuant to the provisions of Articles IV:2 and IX:3 of the WTO
Agreement, suspended the application of the provisions of Article II of GATT
1994 for certain Members for periods up to one year for each respective Member
to the extent necessary to implement domestically the "HS2002 changes"[3]
pending incorporation of such changes into their Schedules of Concessions,
subject to certain conditions;
Considering that the General Council, by its Decisions of 12 December 2002[4],
11 February 2004[5],
13 December 2004[6],
1 December 2005[7],
15 December 2006[8],
18 December 2007[9],
18 December 2008[10],
17 December 2009[11],
14 December 2010[12],
30 November 2011[13],
11 December 2012[14],
26 November 2013[15]
11 December 2014[16],
30 November 2015[17],
7 December 2016[18], 1 December 2017[19],
13 December 2018[20]
and 10 December 2019[21], acting pursuant to the provisions of Articles
IV:2 and IX:3 of the WTO Agreement, suspended the application of the provisions
of Article II of
Noting that the same Members, who are listed in the Annex to the present
Decision, have requested an extension of their respective waivers;
Considering that these Members listed
in the Annex to the present Decision would need more time to proceed with
consultations and/or possible Article XXVIII negotiations;
Considering that other Members not listed in the Annex to this Decision may already
have implemented domestically the HS2002 changes, or may intend to do so,
pending incorporation of such changes into their Schedules of Concessions, and
may also desire to be covered by this waiver;
Considering that the General Council, by its decision of 15 February 2005[22],
set forth a procedure by which those Members not currently covered by this
waiver could be included;
Decides, in view of the exceptional circumstances, to suspend the application of
the provisions of Article II of GATT 1994:
(a)
for the Member
listed in the Annex for a further year until 31 December 2021; and
(b)
for any other
Member not listed in the Annex, that has approved its draft HS02 file and whose
draft HS02 file has been released for multilateral review and that notifies the
Committee on Market Access of its wish to be included in the waiver decision,
for the period from the date of implementation of the HS2002 changes for that
Member until 31 December 2021;
to the extent necessary for the purpose of enabling such Member to implement
domestically the recommended amendments to the Harmonized System nomenclature
pending incorporation of such changes into its Schedules of Concessions,
subject to the following conditions:
i.
Members covered
by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Decision shall, where necessary, promptly
enter into negotiations and/or consultations with interested Members pursuant to paragraphs 1-3 of Article XXVIII
of GATT 1994;
ii.
The negotiations
and/or consultations mentioned above shall, to the extent possible, be completed
by 31 December 2021; and
iii.
In accordance
with the provisions of Article XXVIII:3 of GATT 1994, applied
mutatis mutandis to the present waiver, pending the entry into force of
the results of the negotiations and/or consultations mentioned above, the other Members will be free to suspend concessions
initially negotiated with the Member concerned to the extent that they consider
that adequate compensation is not offered by the Member concerned.
ANNEX
Member which has requested to be covered by
the waiver granted under this Decision
1. China
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[1] WT/L/469 in respect of 23 Members.
[2] WT/L/477 in respect of Romania.
[3] "HS2002 changes" are defined as the amendments to the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System recommended by the Council
of the World Customs Organization in its Recommendation adopted on 25 June 1999
which came into force on 1 January 2002.
"Harmonized System" refers to Harmonized Commodity Description
and Coding System.
[4] WT/L/511.
[5] WT/L/562.
[6] WT/L/598.
[7] WT/L/638.
[8] WT/L/674.
[9] WT/L/712.
[10] WT/L/744.
[11] WT/L/786.
[12] WT/L/808.
[13] WT/L/832.
[14] WT/L/873.
[15] WT/L/900.
[16] WT/L/945.
[17] WT/L/967.
[18] WT/L/996.
[19] WT/L/1026.
[20] WT/L/1048.
[21] WT/L/1082.
[22] WT/L/605, paragraph 17.
