WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/21
6January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0007)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body helditstwenty-second meeting on25and26November 1996.
2. Ms.Claudia Orozco Jaramillo (Colombia) wasappointed member uponMr.Gustavo Vanerio ’s
departure, witheffect from12November 1996. Ms.Orozco Jaramillo appointed Ms.Marcia Thomas
(Jamaica) asherfirstalternate andMr.Sergio SotoNuñez (Mexico) ashersecond alternate.
3. Present atthismeeting were thefollowing members andalternates: Messrs. Kacar; Kim;
Ms.Orozco Jaramillo, Messrs. Richards; Saeki; Ms.Shahin; Messrs. Suboh; Tagliani; and
Wentzel/Saint-Jacques.
4. TheTMB adopted thereport ofitstwenty-first meeting (G/TMB/R/20).
5. Some issues, including acommunication fromColombia, onbehalf ofseveral WTO Members,
relating toparticular aspects pertaining totheimplementation byWTO Members oftheintegration
programmes under theATC, could notbeconsidered atthismeeting because ofprocedural reasons
(paragraph1ofSection5ofTMB’sworkingprocedures).TheTMBwilldosoatitssubsequentmeeting.
Notifications under Articles 2.6and2.7(b) oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC)
6. TheTMB reverted, onthebasisofcorrections received, toitsreview ofthenotification made
pursuant toparagraphs 6and7(b)ofArticle 2byIsrael and,seeking further information andclarification
decided torevert toitatalaterstage (G/TMB/N/135 andRev.1).
7. TheTMB began itsreview ofthenotification made byLiechtenstein pursuant toparagraphs 6
and7(b)ofArticle 2and,seeking further information andclarification decided torevert toitatalater
stage (G/TMB/N/203).
Notifications under Article 6.1oftheATC
8. TheTMB tooknoteofthenotifications made pursuant toparagraph 1ofArticle 6byIceland
andBrunei Darussalam thattheydidnotwishtoretain theright tousetheprovisions ofArticle 6
(G/TMB/N/201 and204). TheTMB alsotooknoteofthenotification made pursuant toparagraph 1
ofArticle 6byLiechtenstein thatitwished toretain theright tousetheprovisions ofArticle 6
(G/TMB/N/202).
Notification under Article 8.6oftheATC
9. TheTMBconsideredanotificationreceivedfromKorearequestingtheTMBtoconduct,pursuant
toparagraph 6ofArticle 8,anexamination ofsafeguard measures introduced byEcuador, referring
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totheprovisions oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, onimports ofseveral textiles andclothing
products fromKorea andHong Kong. Thisnotification hadbeenreceived bytheTMB afterthenotice
convening thetwenty-second TMB meeting hadbeenissued. TheTMB decided, therefore, toconduct
theexamination atitstwenty-third meeting on17to19December 1996, andtoinvite representatives
ofEcuador andthetwoWTO Members affected bythemeasure tothisexamination.
DiscussiononavailabilityofinformationpertainingtotheapplicationofGATT1994rulesanddisciplines
10. TheTMB continued itsdiscussion related totheavailability ofinformation pertaining tothe
application ofGATT 1994 rulesanddisciplines asdefined inArticle 7oftheATC, inthecontext of
thecomprehensive report theTMB isduetosubmit totheCouncil forTrade inGoods in1997 on
theimplementation oftheATC during itsfirststage. Itdecided torequest theTMB secretariat to
prepare, induetime, acompilation ofthenotifications received bycertain WTO bodies, andofthe
relevant portions oftheirreports, which could berelevant inthatcontext.
Observations withrespect tolatenotifications
11. With respect tonotifications addressed totheTMB aftertherespective deadlines foreseen in
theATC, theTMB reiterated thatitstaking noteoflatenotifications waswithout prejudice tothelegal
status ofsuchnotifications.
Schedule ofTMB meetings for1997
12. TheTMBdecidedtoamenditstentativescheduleofmeetingsfor1997.Themeetingspreviously
scheduled for27to29January, 17to19February and17to19March wererescheduled asfollows:
13to15January, 4and5February, 27and28February, and10to12March. Other meetings remained
unchanged.