WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/33
29July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3260)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body helditsthirty-fourth meeting on7to9July1997.
2. Mr.OttoWentzel (Norway) wasappointed member fortheperiod 1Julyto31December 1997.
Heappointed Mr. Jean Saint-Jacques (Canada) ashisalternate. Mr. Richards appointed
Mr.Adebayo Babajide (European Community) toreplace Mr.Martijn Quinn ashisalternate as
from 1July1997. Mr.AliUrkan (Turkey) wasappointed member forthesecond semester of1997.
Heappointed Mr.Radovan Varga (Slovak Republic) ashisfirstalternate, andMr.Jean-Daniel Rey
(Switzerland) ashissecond alternate. Mr.Kenji Kobayashi wasappointed member uponMr.Saeki’s
departure, witheffect asfrom 7July1997. Mr.Kobayashi appointed Mr.Koichi Ito(Japan) ashis
alternate asfrom 7July1997.
3. Following theappointment ofnewmembers andalternates, thecomposition oftheTMB was
asfollows:
Members Alternates Second Alternates
Miss Claudia Orozco Jaramillo /CIColombia/CJ Mr/CO Pedro Da Costa e Silva /CIBrazil/CJ Amb/CO Alexander A/CO Kravetz /CIEl Salvador/CJ
Mr/CO John Richards /CIEuropean Community/CJ Mr/CO Adebayo Babajide /CIEuropean Community/CJ
Mr/CO Asoke Mukerji /CIIndia/CJ Dr/CO Magda Shahin /CIEgypt/CJ
Mr/CO Kenji Kobayashi /CIJapan/CJ Mr/CO Kouichi Ito /CIJapan/CJ
Mr/CO Dong/CNWon Kim /CIKorea/CJ Mr/CO Timothy Tong /CIHong Kong/CM China/CJ Mr/CO M/CO Abdul Mannan /CIBangladesh/CJ
Mr/CO Otto Wentzel /CINorway/CJ Mr/CO Jean Saint/CNJacques /CICanada/CJ
Mr/CO Mumtaz Malik /CIPakistan/CJ Mr/CO Hou Iun Lam /CIMacau/CJ
Mrs/CO Lourdes A/CO Berrig /CIPhilippines/CJ Mr/CO Arnupab Tadpitakkul /CIThailand/CJ
Mr/CO Ali Urkan /CITurkey/CJ Mr/CO Radovan Varga /CISlovak Republic/CJ Mr/CO Jean/CNDaniel Rey /CISwitzerland/CJ
Mr/CO William Tagliani /CIUnited States/CJ
Non/CNparticipating observer for Africa/DK Mrs/CO Usha Chandnee Dwarka/CNCanabady /CIMauritius/CJ/DL for Asia /DK Mr/CO N/CO R/CO Meemeduma /CISri Lanka/CJ/CO
4. Present atthismeeting were thefollowing members and/or alternates: Messrs. DaCosta;
Kim/Tong; Kobayashi; Malik; Mukerji; Richards/Babajide; Tadpitakkul; Tagliani; Urkan/Varga/Rey;
Wentzel/Saint-Jacques.
5. TheTMB adopted thereport ofitsthirty-third meeting (G/TMB/R/32).
Notifications under Articles 2.8(a) and2.11oftheATC
6. TheTMB reviewed under Article 2.21thenotification made, pursuant toArticles 2.8(a) and
2.11, byMorocco (G/TMB/N/246 andCorr.1). During thisreview theTMB noted that,inaccordance
withArticle 2.8(a), thevolume ofproducts integrated amounted to17.36 percentofthevolume of
imports in1990 oftheproducts falling under thecoverage oftheAgreement. TheTMB alsonotedG/TMB/R/33
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that,inaccordance withArticle 2.8(a), theproducts integrated included products from eachofthe
fourgroups: topsandyarns, fabrics, made-up textile products andclothing.
7. TheTMB reverted toitsreview under Article 2.21ofthenotification made, pursuant to
Articles 2.8(a) and2.11, byElSalvador and,seeking further information andclarification, decided
torevert toitsreview atasubsequent meeting.
Honduras/United States: Imports ofWomen 'sWool Coats andJackets (USCategory 435)
8. TheTMB reverted tothematter raised byHonduras initscommunication under paragraphs 6
and7ofArticle 8,asagreed atitsmeeting on4to6June1997 (G/TMB/R/31, paragraph 26).Since
thatmeeting, theTMB hadrescheduled itsmeeting, originally planned for7to11July1997, to
7to9July, andboththeUnited States andHonduras hadbeeninformed that,therefore, theTMB
expected torevert tothisissue on9July1997.
9. TheTMB received on7July1997 communications fromHonduras according towhich, due
topriorengagements, itwould notbeabletoparticipate inthemeeting on9July1997. Honduras had
taken noteoftheTMB’srequest totheUnited States tonotify theTMB by9Julythedateonwhich
itwould rescind therestraint onimports orproducts ofUScategory 435fromHonduras. Honduras,
expressing disappointment thattheUnited States hadnotyetcomplied withtheTMB recommendation
made atitsmeeting on4to6June1997 thatit“expected thattheUnited States would rescind the
restraint assoonaspossible, andthatitwould communicate thedateinquestion totheTMB atthe
latest by10July1997”,requested that,iftheUnited States reply didnotcomply withthesubstance
oftheTMB recommendation, theTMB “continue withtheprocess offullyreviewing theU.S.measure
onCategory 435...promptly ”,i.e.atthemeeting scheduled for21to25July1997.
10. TheTMB alsoreceived on9July1997 acommunication from theUnited States according
towhich thereview bytheUnited States todetermine whether itwaspossible torescind thatrestraint
before31October1997dependedontheavailabilityofnewproductiondata,whichwerenotyetavailable
butwould beavailable before thenextTMB meeting. Therefore, theUnited States assured theTMB
thatitwould beinaposition toinform itofitsdecision atthattime.
11. TheTMB tooknoteofthese communications, andexpressed concern that,contrary toits
expectation, theUnited States hadnotcommunicated thedateonwhich itwould rescind themeasure
onimports ofproducts ofUScategory 435fromHonduras totheTMB atthelatest by9July1997.
TheTMB decided torevert tothisissue, referred toinparagraph 26ofG/TMB/R/31, during thelatter
partofitsmeeting scheduled for21to25July1997, towhich bothMembers areinvited.
Communications Received
12. TheTMBstarteditsreviewofcommunicationsbyArgentina,Liechtenstein,NorwayandTurkey
inresponse tothequestions putbytheTMB withaviewtoverifying whether thestatistical information
forthe"exHSlines" provided bytheMembers concerned regarding integration wasrelated precisely
totheproducts described intheAnnex (G/TMB/R/29, paragraphs 43to45)anddecided torevert to
itsreview atasubsequent meeting.
Preparation forthe1997 Comprehensive Report under Article 8.11oftheATC
13. TheTMB continued theconsideration ofelements ofadraftofitscomprehensive report on
theimplementation oftheATC during itsfirststage, tobetransmitted totheCouncil forTrade in
Goods inthecontext ofthemajor review envisaged inArticle 8.11oftheATC. Italsoconsidered
inthiscontext thecommunication received fromColombia inresponse totherequest forinformationG/TMB/R/33
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theTMB hadsent on14February 1997, aswell ascommunications received from the
European Community andNorway inresponse toquestions putbytheTMB inthecontext ofthe
preparation forthereport.
Discussion onPanel andAppellate Body Reports Adopted bytheDispute Settlement Body
14. TheTMB hadageneral discussion onthereports ofthepanels “United States -Restrictions
onimports ofcotton andman-made fibreunderwear ”fromCosta Ricaand“United States -Measure
affecting imports ofwoven wool shirts andblouses from India”,andoftherespective subsequent
Appellate Body reports. Theobjective ofthediscussion wastoconsider thesereports, andinparticular
toidentify thoseaspects ofthelegalfindings provided intheparticular caseswhich could provide further
guidance alsototheTMB interms ofitsapproach andmethodology fortheexamination ofthemeasures
referred toitpursuant toArticle 6.TheTMB agreed torevert tothisdiscussion atafurther meeting.