WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/10/POL/4 
G/SG/N/11/POL/5 9 December 2003 
 
(03-6513) 
Committee on Safeguards Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
POLAND 
 
(Matches
) 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 8 December 2003, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Poland.  
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 Please find attached notification of Poland to pursuant to Article 12.1. (c) and Article 9.1 
footnote 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards upon taki ng a decision to apply a safeguard measure for 
imports of matches and on taking a decision not to  apply that measure to imports of matches 
originating in developing countries. G/SG/N/10/POL/4 
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 I. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12. 1(C) OF THE WTO AGREEMENT ON 
SAFEGUARDS 
 
 Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the Agreement on Safeguards and to the format of notifications 
under this Agreement, having regard the notifica tion under Article 12.1(b) of the Agreement on 
Safeguards on finding a serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports 
(G/SG/N/8/POL/4), Poland hereby submits its notif ication upon taking a decision to apply safeguard 
measure to imports of matches.  
 
1. Serious injury caused by increased imports   
 
 Precise description of the seri ous injury caused by increased imports was provided in point 
1(b) of the notification under Article 12.1 (b) (G/SG/N/8/POL/4).  2. Increase in imports  
 
 Precise description of an absolute increase in  imports was provided in  point 1 (a) of the 
abovementioned notification. 
 
 
3. Product subject to investigation  
 
 Description of the product subject to investigation was provided in point 2 of the 
abovementioned notification. 
 
4. Description of the measure 
 
 The safeguard measure consists of the additiona l duty to be paid on imports exceeding certain 
quantities.  The level of the additional duty was calculated on the basis of the price underselling 
margin in recent period and amounts to 20 per cent. 
  The quantity of imports free from additional dut y is established on the basis of the average 
volume of imports of the product concerned in the years 2000-2002.  5. Date of introduction of the measure 
 
 The measure entered into force on 28 N ovember 2003.  The regulation imposing the 
safeguard measure was published in the offici al journal “Dziennik Us taw” No 202 item 1965 of 
28 November 2003.  6. Duration of the measure 
 
 The safeguard measure will be applied till 30 April 2004.  
Additional duty (%) Quantity of imports free from additional 
duty (kilograms) 
Product Code 
Period 
01.12.2003 – 30.04.2004 
(1) (2) (3) (4) 
Matches 3605 00 00 0 20 256 166  G/SG/N/10/POL/4 
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7. Not applicable 
 8.  Not applicable  
9.  Not applicable 
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 II.  NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9. 1 FOOTNOTE 2 OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
SAFEGUARDS OF THE NON APPLICATION OF A SAFEGUARD MEASURE TAKEN BY POLAND TO IMPORTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
  
 
1. Safeguard measure 
 
 The safeguard measure is described in the Po lish notification under Article 12.1(c) of the 
Safeguard Agreement. 
 
2. Product subject to the measure 
 
 The measure applies to matches classifi ed under tariff item 3605 00 00 0 of the Polish 
Harmonized Tariff. 
 
3. Developing countries to which the measur e is not applied under Article 9.1 of the 
Agreement on Safeguards  
 
 Imports from the following countries are excluded from the application of the safeguard measure on matches: 
 
Angola Argentina  Bangladesh Belize Benin 
Bolivia 
Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi China 
Chad 
Democratic Republic of Congo Dominica Dominican Republic Djibouti Egypt 
Ecuador 
Fiji Philippines Gambia 
Ghana 
Grenada Georgia Guyana Guatemala 
Guinea 
Guinea-Bissau Haiti 
Honduras India Indonesia Jamaica 
Jordan 
Cambodia  Cameroon Kenya Kyrgyz Republic 
Colombia 
Congo Costa Rica Cuba Lesotho Madagascar 
Malawi 
Maladies Malaysia Mali Morocco 
Mauritania 
Mauritius Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar 
Namibia Nepal 
Niger Nigeria Nicaragua Pakistan 
Panama 
Papua-New Guinea Paraguay Peru Central African Republic 
Rwanda 
Salvador Senegal Sierra Leone Sri Lanka 
St. Vincent and Grenadines 
Swaziland Surinam Thailand Tanzania 
Togo 
Tunisia Uganda Ivory Coast Salomon Islands 
Zambia 
Zimbabwe 
 
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