RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/MA/TAR/RS/64
22 December 1999
(99-5511)
Committee on Market Access Original:  English
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULES
Schedule XX – United States
The following communication, dated 10 December 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Pursuant to the Decision of 26 March 1980 on Pro cedures for Modification and Rectification of
Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25), the United States hereby submits the attached list of
modifications and rectifications to Schedule XX – United States.
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If no objection is notified to the Secretariat with in three months from the date of this document,
the rectifications and modifications to Schedule XX – United States will be deemed to be approved and
will be formally certified.G/MA/TAR/RS/64
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1. Additional Note 2 to Chapter 84 and Additional Note 12 to Chapter 85 of Schedule XX each
qualify the concessions on certain listed subheadings.  These notes respectively list the following 38
subheadings in Chapter 84 and 41 subheadings in Chapter 85:
8401.10.00
8401.30.00
8401.40.00
8402.11.00
8402.12.00
8402.19.00
8402.20.00
8402.90.008404.10.00
8404.20.00
8404.90.00
8406.11.10
8406.19.108406.90.20
8406.90.30
8406.90.40
8406.90.45
8406.90.508406.90.60
8406.90.70
8406.90.758410.11.00
8410.12.00
8410.13.00
8410.90.00
8411.11.40
8411.11.80
8411.12.40
8411.12.808411.21.40
8411.21.80
8411.22.40
8411.22.80
8411.81.408411.81.80
8411.82.40
8411.82.80
8412.10.00
8504.21.008504.22.00
8504.23.00
8504.90.608504.90.90
8517.10.00
8517.20.00
8517.30.20
8517.30.25
8517.30.30
8517.40.50
8517.81.008517.82.40
8517.82.80
8517.90.04
8517.90.08
8517.90.128517.90.16
8517.90.24
8517.90.26
8517.90.32
8517.90.348517.90.36
8517.90.38
8517.90.448517.90.48
8517.90.52
8517.90.56
8517.90.58
8517.90.64
8517.90.66
8518.30.10
8518.40.108518.90.10
8535.10.00
8535.21.00
8535.29.00
8535.30.008535.40.00
8535.90.40
8535.90.80
2. With respect to the following 38 subheadings in Chapter 84 and 12 subheadings in
Chapter 85, the United States began implementation of these concessions on 1 January 1996.  As of
1 January 2000 the United States will have completely implemented the concessions on these
subheadings.
8401.10.00
8401.30.00
8401.40.00
8402.11.00
8402.12.008402.19.00
8402.20.00
8402.90.00
8404.10.00
8404.20.00
8404.90.00
8406.11.108406.19.10
8406.90.208406.90.30
8406.90.40
8406.90.45
8406.90.50
8406.90.608406.90.70
8406.90.75
8410.11.00
8410.12.00
8410.13.00
8410.90.00
8411.11.408411.11.80
8411.12.408411.12.80
8411.21.40
8411.21.80
8411.22.40
8411.22.808411.81.40
8411.81.80
8411.82.40
8411.82.80
8412.10.00
8504.21.00
8504.22.008504.23.00
8504.90.608504.90.90
8535.10.00
8535.21.00
8535.29.00
8535.30.008535.40.00
8535.90.40
8535.90.80
3. As agreed in the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and specified in the U.S.rectification of Schedule XX to implement the ITA (G/MA/TAR/RS/17 and Corr.1) on 1 July 1997
the United States began implementation of the concessions on the following 29 subheadings in
Chapter 85.  As of 1 January 2000, the United States will have fully implemented the concessions on
these subheadings:G/MA/TAR/RS/64
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8517.10.00
8517.20.00
8517.30.20
8517.30.25
8517.30.308517.40.50
8517.81.00
8517.82.408517.82.80
8517.90.04
8517.90.08
8517.90.12
8517.90.168517.90.24
8517.90.26
8517.90.328517.90.34
8517.90.36
8517.90.38
8517.90.44
8517.90.488517.90.52
8517.90.56
8517.90.588517.90.64
8517.90.66
8518.30.10
8518.40.10
ex8518.90.10(8518.90.20 in
G/MA/TAR/RS/17)
4. Accordingly, the United States proposes to modify Schedule XX as follows, effective1 January 2000:
A. Additional Note 2 to Chapter 84 shall be deleted in its entirety, and the concessions
on the items listed in Additional Note 2 shall be retained.
B. Additional Note 12 to Chapter 85 shall be modified to read as follows:
"12. Implementation of the concessions on the subheading listed below is
conditional upon the provision by other major countries of adequate entity coverage
under the Agreement on Government Procurement:
ex 8518.90.10 (8518.90.40 in G/MA/TAR/RS/17): Other"
5. The result of this modification will be that the concessions on the subheadings which were
formerly listed in Additional Note 2 to Chapter 84, and the concessions on the subheadings other than
ex8518.90.10 which were formerly listed in Additional Note 12 to Chapter 85, are madeunconditionally, effective as from 1 January 2000.
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