WORLD TRADE G/STR/N/3/PER
28July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3182)
Original: Spanish Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
STATE TRADING
Updating Notification Pursuant toArticle XVII:4(a) oftheGATT 1994 and
Paragraph 1oftheUnderstanding ontheInterpretation ofArticle XVII
PERU
Thefollowingcommunication,dated17July1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofPeru.
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ThePermanentMissionofPerutotheUnitedNationsOfficeandotherinternationalorganizations
atGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld Trade Organization (WTO), Working
Party onState Trading Enterprises, andhasthehonour torefer totheupdating notification itmust
submit inconformity withArticle XVII.4(a) oftheGATT 1994andparagraph 1oftheUnderstanding
ontheInterpretation ofArticle XVII oftheGATT 1994.
Inthisconnection, thePermanent Mission ofPeruwishes toreiterate, asindicated inthe
notification submitted on3July1995(G/STR/N/1/PER), thatinaccordance withthelegalprovisions
inforce inPeruanytypeofsoleright, limitation orother monopolistic restriction orpractice inthe
production ormarketing ofgoods andservices hasbeeneliminated, including those utilized bycentral
Government authorities, public entities, stateenterprises orother bodies.
ThePermanent Mission ofPeru alsowishes tostate inconnection withthenotification
G/STR/N/1/PER thatthestateenterprise Fertilizantes Sintéticos S.A.(FERTISA) hasbeenincluded
intheprivatization process taking place inPeru. Inthisconnection, legislative Decree No.846,a
copy ofwhich isattached, annuls theprovisions thatappointed FERTISA astheentity responsible
forimporting ammonium nitrate andthesubstances necessary formaking itandgranted itspecial import
rights. With effect from 1October 1996, themarketing ofthese inputs hasbeensubject todomestic
regulations applicable toexplosives forcivilian use.G/STR/N/3/PER
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LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO.846
Provisions concerning themanufacture andimport ofammonium nitrate (21September 1996)
ThePresident oftheRepublic,
Taking intoaccount:
Thatintheeighth andfinaltransitional provision ofLawNo.26553, theCongress ofthe
Republic delegated totheExecutive thepower tolegislate interaliaontheattribution andexecution
offunctions soastoimprove public administration;
ThattheCompany Fertilizantes Sintéticos S.A.(FERTISA) hasbeenincluded intheprocess
topromote private investment referred toinlegislative Decree No.674,concluding withthedismissal
ofitspersonnel on30September 1996, making itnecessary tomodify theimport procedure for
ammonium nitrate andthesubstances usedforitsmanufacture indicated inDecree LawNo.25643
andsupplementary regulations:
With thefavourable voteoftheCouncil ofMinisters;
With theresponsibility ofreporting totheCongress oftheRepublic;
Hasissued thefollowing legislative decree:
Article 1:Witheffect from1October 1996, themanufacture, marketing, distribution, storage,
transport, useanddestruction ofammonium nitrate inanyofitsforms andappellations (agricultural,
technical andampholevel) anditscomponents shallbeinconformity withtheregulations inDecree
LawNo.25707 forallmatters thatdonotconflict withthislegislative decree anditsregulations.
Article 2:Theimport ofammonium nitrate anditscomponents shallrequire theauthorization
oftheDirectorate ofControl ofSecurity, Arms Control, Munitions andExplosives forCivilian Use
(DICSCAMEC) oftheMinistry oftheInterior, andshallbeeffected directly bythemanufacturers
ofexplosives andactive mining enterprises withplantcapacity exceeding 1000tonnes ofminerals per
day,subject todetermination ofthisamount bytheDirectorate-General ofMining oftheMinistry of
Energy andMines.
Theimport ofcomponents ofammonium nitrate byenterprises thathavenomining activity
orarenotmanufacturers ofexplosives shallrequire priorregistration andauthorization bytheMinistry
ofIndustry, Tourism, Integration andInternational Trade Negotiations.
Article 3:Domestic trade inammonium nitrate withexisting andfuture users shallonlybe
carried outbymanufacturers ofexplosives whouseammonium nitrate andhavebeendulyauthorized
forthispurpose, having mettherequirements laiddown intheregulations ofthislegislative decree.
Article 4:Inorder tobesoldinthedomestic market, ammonium nitrate foragricultural use
shallnothaveexplosive capacity. TheDICSCAMEC shallissue therelevant certification.
Article 5:Amulti-sectoral commission shallbeestablished, chaired byarepresentative of
theMinistry ofIndustry, Tourism, Integration andInternational Trade Negotiations, andshall be
composed ofarepresentative oftheMinistries ofEnergy andMines, Agriculture, theInterior and
Transport, Communications, Housing andConstruction, inorder todrawuptherulesforthislegislative
decree within aperiod ofsixty (60)working days.G/STR/N/3/PER
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Article 6:Decree LawNo.25643, Decree LawNo.25942 andother regulations thatconflict
withtheprovisions ofthislegislative Decree arehereby repealed.
ACCORDINGLY: forpublication andimplementation andinformation oftheCongress of
theRepublic.Done intheCasa deGobierno inLima, onthetwentieth dayofthemonth ofSeptember
onethousand ninehundred andninety six.
ALBERTO FUJIMORI FUJIMORI
Constitutional President oftheRepublic
ALBERTO PANDOLFI ARBULU
President oftheCouncil ofMinisters
LILLIANA CANALE NOVELLA
Minister forIndustry, Tourism, Integration andInternational Trade Negotiations
JUAN BRIONES DAVILA
Minister fortheInterior