RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/MA/TAR/RS/12/Corr.1
27March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1300)
Original: English Committee onMarket Access
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OFSCHEDULES
Schedule XXXVIII -Japan
Thefollowing communication, dated 25March 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
Japan submits acorrigendum tothedraft modifications andrectifications toitsSchedule
(G/MA/TAR/RS/12).
Allcorrections areofpurely technical nature, made from thelegaldrafting requirements, to
clarify thescope oftheproducts covered bytheMinisterial Declaration onTrade inInformation
Technology Products, ortobeinconformity withthewording oftheDeclaration.
Inaddition, thefulltextincorporating these corrections isalsobeing deposited withtheWTO
Secretariat.G/MA/TAR/RS/12/Corr.1
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1. Attachment toSection IIofPartI(tobecome Attachment ItoSection IIofPartI)
Delete thetitle"Attachment toSection IIofPartI(tobecome Attachment ItoSection IIof
PartI)"aswellastheprovision thereunder "Delete "Attachment" inthetitleandsubstitute "Attachment
I".". Insert thefollowing above thenexttitle"Attachment IItoSection IIofPartI":
"Replace" Attachment toSection IIofPartI"by"Attachment ItoSection IIofPartI,andinsert the
following Attachment afterAttachment toSection IIofPartI(tobecome Attachment ItoSection II
ofPartI)".
2. Attachment IItoSection IIofPartI
Insert thefollowing below thetitle:"Notes toAttachment IItoSection IIofPartI"
3. Para. 1and3ofNotes toAttachment IItoSection IIofPartI
"four equal ratereductions" shallread"three equal ratereductions", and"The third
andfourth reductions" shallread"The thirdreduction".
4. Para. 2ofNotes toAttachment IItoSection IIofPartI
Thebrackets shallberemoved.
5. Para. 4ofNotes toAttachment IItoSection IIofPartI
"pursuant toparagraphs 1-3above" shallbeinserted after"Rounding oftheratesaftereach
reduction implemented".
6. ListIII
Addasmall "1"tothetitle"List III"andestablish anotestating that"Note 1"Parts" forthe
purpose ofthisListmeans those classified intheheadings specified inaccordance withNote2(b)to
Section XVIandNote2(b)toChapter 90ofInternational Convention ontheHarmonized Commodity
Description andCoding System." attheendofthelist.
7. Electric amplifiers
"inLists I-IV" shallread"falling within thisAttachment."
8. Flatpanel displays
"Flat panel displays (including LDC, Electro Luminescence, Plasma andother technologies"
shall read"Flat panel display devices (including LDC, Electro Luminescence, Plasma, Vacuum
Fluorescence andother technologies"
"inLists I-IV" shallread"falling within thisAttachment".
9. Plotters
"and" shallread"or".G/MA/TAR/RS/12/Corr.1
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10. Printed circuit assemblies
Thedescription shallreadasfollows:
"Printed circuit assemblies5forproducts falling within thisAttachment, including suchassemblies
forexternal connections suchascards thatconform tothePCMCIA standard".
Inthisconnection, theNote 5shallreadasfollows:
"Such printed circuit assemblies consist ofoneormore printed circuits ofHSheading No8534 with
oneormore active elements assembled thereon, withorwithout passive elements. "Active elements"
means diodes, transistors, andsimilar semiconductor devices, whether ornotphotosensitive, ofHS
heading No8541, andintegrated circuits andmicro assemblies ofHSheading No8542".
11. Note 1
"inthisList" shallread"forthepurpose ofthisList".
12. Note 2
"inthisListI-IVarenotcovered bythese Lists" shallread"under thisAttachment arenot
covered bythisAttachment".
13. Note 3
"Automaticdataprocessingmachinesareincluded"shallread"ThisAttachmentcoversautomatic
dataprocessing machines,".
14. Note 4
Thesentence shallreadasfollows:
"This Attachment doesnotcover televisions (including highdefinition televisions)."