RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/16
23September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3787)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE SEVENTEENTH MEETING
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body helditsseventeenth meeting on9-11September 1996.
2. Present atthismeeting werethefollowing members andalternates: Messrs. Berz; Kacar/Rey;
Malik; Saeki; Ms.Shahin/Mr. Mukerji; Messrs. Suboh; Tagliani; Tong/Kim; Vanerio;
Wentzel/Saint-Jacques.
3. TheTMB adopted thereport ofitssixteenth meeting (G/TMB/R/15).
Notifications under Article 6.11oftheATC
4. TheTMB began itsexamination ofthesafeguard measures introduced byBrazil, pursuant to
paragraph 11ofArticle 6,onimports ofproducts ofcategories 618(woven artificial filament fabric)
and838(men’sandboys’knitshirtsofmaterialotherthancottonandman-madefibre)fromHongKong.
Thetwomeasures hadbeen introduced witheffect asfrom 1June1996. TheTMB invited the
participation ofBrazil andHong Kong, which sentdelegations topresent theirrespective cases. Both
parties made presentations andprovided replies toquestions withrespect tobothmeasures. Onthis
basis, theTMB started itsin-depth discussion but,inviewofthecomplexity oftheissueandthelack
oftimeavailable, wasunable toconclude it.TheTMB, therefore, decided torevert toitsexamination
attheearliest possible dateacceptable tobothparties, which wereinvited tosendrepresentatives upon
theTMB’sresumption ofthisexamination.
5. TheTMB wasinformed byBrazil andKorea thattheyhaddecided toresume consultations
withrespect tothesafeguard measures introduced byBrazil pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 6on
imports ofthefollowing products categories from Korea: category 611(woven fabrics containing
85percentormore byweight ofartificial staple); category 618(woven artificial filament fabric);
category619(polyesterfilamentfabric);category620(othersyntheticfilamentfabric);andcategory627
(sheeting ofstaple filament fibrecombination). Bothparties, consequently, requested theTMB todefer
itsconsideration ofthese measures.
Notification under Articles 8.5and4.2
6. TheTMB noted thatithadbeeninformed bythePhilippines andtheUnited States thatthey
haddecided tocontinue consultations withrespect tothecommunication made totheTMB bythe
Philippines, pursuant toparagraphs 5ofArticle 8and2ofArticle 4,regarding changes inthe
United States 'rules oforigin. Thetwoparties had,therefore, requested theTMB todefer its
consideration ofthisnotification. TheTMB registered thatthetwoparties continued tomaintain this
request fordeferral.
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Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(b)
7. TheTMB began itsreview ofthenotification made bySaint Kitts andNevis pursuant to
paragraphs 6and7(b)ofArticle 2,and,seeking further information, decided torevert toitatalater
stage.
Notification under Article 3.1
8. TheTMB considered thenotification made under paragraph 1ofArticle 3bySaint Kittsand
Nevis. Inthisnotification, Saint KittsandNevis stated thatitmaintained noquantitative restriction
noranyother restriction ontheimportation oftextiles andclothing. TheTMB tooknoteofthis
notification (G/TMB/N/192).
Derestriction ofDocuments
9. Following thedecision adopted bytheGeneral Council atitsmeeting on18July1996, the
TMB considered thequestion ofthederestriction ofitsworking documents (G/TMB/W/- and
G/TMB/SPEC/-series).TheTMBrecalledthatinadoptingitsownworkingprocedureson13July1995
ithadagreed thatitwould “...decide ontheimplementation ofthedecision oftheGeneral Council
onderestriction ofdocuments when theGeneral Council hasadopted itsdecision onthismatter ”
(G/TMB/R/1). TheTMB tooknoteoftheGeneral Council ’sdecision anddecided thatitwould act
infullcompliance withit.
Reports bytheTMB
10. TheTMB decided toaskthatitsreplytotherequest forinformation received fromtheChairman
oftheCouncil forTrade inGoods andtheChairman oftheCommittee onTrade andDevelopment,
regarding theimplementation ofthespecial provisions oftheATC infavour ofdeveloping andleast-
developed country Members, becirculated asaworking document oftheCommittee onTrade and
Development.
11. TheTMB began theconsideration ofitsreport totheCouncil forTrade inGoods inthecontext
ofthepreparation fortheMinisterial Conference inSingapore.