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Reference:     WLI/100        23 April 2003  
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS  AND RECTIFICATIONS TO  
SCHEDULE CXXXIX – BULGARIA 
 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified tr ue copy of the Certification of Modifications 
and Rectifications to Schedule  CXXXIX – Bulgaria, effective 19 December 2002 . 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
       Supachai Panitchpakdi 
       D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
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SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS 
 
SCHEDULE CXXXIX – BULGARIA  
 
 
 WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1947 adopted on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Proc edures for Modification and Rectification of 
Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25); 
 
 WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above- mentioned Deci sion, a draft 
containing modifications a nd rectifications to Schedule CXXXIX – Bulgaria was communicated to all 
Members of the World Trade Organization in document G/MA/TAR/RS/87 on 19 September 2002; 
  IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modificati ons and rectifications to Schedule CXXXIX – 
Bulgaria are established in conformi ty with the above-mentioned Decision. 
  The annexed modifications and rectif ications are effective as of 19 December 2002 . 
 
 This Certification is deposited with the Dire ctor-General of the Worl d Trade Organization, who 
shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each  Member of the World Trade Organization.  It shall 
be registered in accordance with the provisions of  Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
  
 DONE at Geneva this eleventh day of April, two thousand and three. 
 
 
  
 
  
         Supachai Panitchpakdi 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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Director-General 
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SCHEDULE CXXXIX – BULGARIA 
This schedule is authentic only in the English Language 
                      
 
19 DECEMBER 2002                 
  
 2ATTACHMENT 
 
 
Rectification to Schedule C XXXIX - Republic of Bulgaria  
  
1. Explanatory notes 
 As per the original Schedule of Concessions  and Commitments on Goods attached to the 
Protocol for the Accession of Bulgaria to the Ma rrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO, tariff item 
numbers ex40109100 and 40109900 (HS 1992) are bound as follows: 
 
• tariff item number ex40109100 “endless synchronous  transmission belts, of a circumference 
exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 198 cm, of a width exceeding 20 cm”:  initial bound rate of 
duty 25%; final bound ra te 15%; implementation period in accordance with Note 3* to Section II 
“Other products” of the Schedule; 
 
• tariff item number 40109900 “other conveyor or tr ansmission belts or belting of vulcanized 
rubber”:  initial and final bound rate - 35%.  
  As a result of the changes to the Schedule related to the introduction of the Harmonized 
System Nomenclature 1996, tariff item numbers ex40109100 and ex40109900 were transposed into 
new tariff item numbers - 401023000 and 401024000. The latter were bound in the Tariff Schedule of 
the Republic of Bulgaria, certified on 26 February 2001, as follows:  
• tariff item number 401023000 “endless synchronous be lts, of a circumference exceeding 60 cm 
but not exceeding 150 cm”:  initial bound rate 25%; final boun d rate 10%; implementation period 
in accordance with Note 3; 
 
• tariff item number ex401023000 “endless synchronou s belts of a circumference exceeding 60 cm 
but not exceeding 150 cm, of a width exceeding 20 cm”:  initial bound rate 25 %; final bound rate 
10%; implementation period in accordance with Note 3; 
 
• tariff item number 401024000 “endless synchronous be lts, of a circumference exceeding 150 cm 
but not exceeding 198 cm”:  initial bound rate 25%; final boun d rate 10%; implementation period 
in accordance with Note 3; 
 
• tariff item number ex401024000 “e ndless synchronous belts of a circumference exceeding 150 cm 
but not exceeding 198 cm, of a width exceeding 20 cm”:  initial bound rate 25 %; final bound rate 
10%; implementation period in accordance with Note 3. 
  With the introduction of HS 1996 changes into  Schedule CXXXIX, technical errors occurred 
in the final bound rates for tariff item numbers  401023000 and 401024000, leading to discrepancies 
between the original and the new final bound rate , on the one side, and between the new final bound 
rate and the content of note 3, on the other side.    Therefore, the final bound rates for 401023000, ex401023000, 401024000 and ex401024000 
should be brought into conformity with the origin al concession and with the scheme of reduction 
prescribed in Note 3 (i.e. reduction to 15%). The fi nal bound rates for the above products should read 
“15%” instead of “10%” (see the table below).  That change does not alter the scope of the con cessions granted by the Republic of Bulgaria on the 
products concerned upon accession to the WTO.  
                                                     
 
* Note 3 reads: “Five years after accession the bound rate of duty will be 25% and ten years after accession it will be 
reduced to 15% in five  equal annual stages”.   
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2. Draft rectification to Schedule CXXXIX of the Republic of Bulgaria 
Tariff item 
number 
HS96/CN98 Description of products CN98 Initial 
bound 
rate Final 
bound 
rate INR on the 
concession Implementation 
period from/to 
3 4 7 8 9 10 
4010 Conveyor or transmission belts or 
belting, of vulcanized rubber     
 - Transmission belts or belting     
401023000 -- Endless synchr onous belts, of a 
circumference exceeding 60 cm but 
not exceeding 150 cm 25 15  See Note 3 
ex401023000 Of a width exceeding 20 cm 25 15 CA See Note 3 
401024000 -- Endless synchr onous belts, of a 
circumference exceeding 150 cm but 
not exceeding 198 cm 25 15  See Note 3 
ex401024000 Of a width exceeding 20 cm 25 15 CA See Note 3 
 
 
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