. /. RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TMB/R/107 
21 April 2004 
 (04-1777) 
Textiles Monitoring Body  
   
REPORT OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH MEETING 
  
1. The Textiles Monitoring Body held its on e hundred and eighth meeting on 15 March 2004. 
2. Mr. Ivan Lee (Hong Kong, China) appointed  Mr. Yong-Geun Kim (Korea) to replace 
Mr. Tae-Yong Lee (Korea) as his first alternate.  Mrs. Masabata Pheko (Lesotho) was appointed as 
the non-participating observer from Africa. 
3. Present at this meeting were the following members, alternates and observers: 
Messrs. Crippa;   Farahat/Dalela;  Ivan Lee/Kim;  Ms. Petrova;  Mrs. Pheko;  Messrs. Samosir; Seppey;  Sorensen;  Tagliani;  Yoshik awa;  Ms. Zhang/Mr. Khan/Ms. Lu.  
4. The TMB adopted the report of its one hundred and seventh meeting (G/TMB/R/106). 
Notifications under Articles 2.8(c) and 2.11 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
5. The TMB reviewed, under Article 2.21, the notif ications made pursuant to Articles 2.8(c) 
and 2.11 by Switzerland (G/TMB/N/467), India (G/TMB/N/468) and the European Communities 
(G/TMB/N/469).  Switzerland notified that “on 1 January 2005 Switzerland will integrate into 
GATT 1994 all the remaining products not covere d by its first, second and third integration 
programmes”.  For the sake of clarity, a detailed li st of the products concerned was attached to the 
notification.  India stated that “pursuant to Artic le 2.8(c) of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, 
India will integrate all the remaining products of the Annex to the ATC – not covered by India's first, 
second and third stage integration programmes – into GATT 1994 on 1 January 2005”.  The European 
Communities for its part stated that “on 1 January 2005, the European Community will integrate into 
GATT 1994 all textile and clothing products to whic h the ATC applies, as listed in the Annex of the 
ATC, that were not integrated during the first three stages of integration under the ATC.  On this date, 
the European Community will eliminate all remain ing restrictions under the ATC on such products, 
and thus the European Community will have in tegrated into GATT 1994 all products listed in the 
Annex of the ATC”. 
6. In reviewing the above-mentioned notifications  under Article 2.21, the TMB noted that the 
three Members confirmed that on the first day of the 121
st month that the WTO Agreement would be 
in effect their respective textiles and clothing sect or would be integrated into GATT 1994.  The TMB 
reiterated its earlier observation that in order to  inject the necessary tr ansparency into the 
implementation of the ATC, it would be useful to  provide a detailed list of the products to be 
integrated on 1 January 2005.  Accordingly, the TMB had already invited all Members concerned to 
provide such a list.1  With regard to the notification subm itted by Switzerland, the TMB verified on 
the basis of the detailed list provided that on 1 January 2005 the total volume of Switzerland's 1990 
imports of the products in the Annex to the ATC would be integrated into GATT 1994, which 
confirmed the Body’s understanding that, in accordan ce with Article 2.8(c), all the products not yet 
integrated by Switzerland into GATT 1994 under Articl es 2.6, 2.8(a) and 2.8(b) were included in the 
list of the products that will be inte grated into GATT 1994 on 1 January 2005. 
                                                      
1 See G/TMB/R/106, paragraph 12. G/TMB/R/107 
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7. The TMB noted, furthermore, that in its notif ication, the European Communities had stated 
specifically that on the date of full integration, i. e. on 1 January 2005, it would eliminate all remaining 
restrictions under the ATC.  The TMB observed that  this reaffirmation was fully in line with the 
provisions of Articles 2.8(c) and 9.  It was also recalled that the quantitative restrictions maintained 
under Article 2 of the ATC were being implemen ted through additional procedures, such as the 
administrative arrangements agreed between Memb ers and notified under Article 2.17.  The TMB 
recalled that these administrative arrangements coul d only be deemed necessary in relation to the 
implementation of restrictions applied under the AT C.  Therefore, with the elimination of all 
quantitative restrictions under the ATC, all relate d administrative procedures and measures, including 
those specified in the administrative arrangements no tified pursuant to Article 2.17, shall also stand 
terminated. 
 
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