WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SLV/10
23 April 2002
(02-2315)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the administration of tariff quotas ( Table MA.1 ) for
the calendar year 2002  was received from the Permanent Mission of El Salvador  on19 April 2002.G/AG/N/SLV/10
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MARKET ACCESS:  El Salvador
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002
Implementation of Market Access Opportunities:  Tariff and Other Quota Commitments
Measure type Tariff item No.(s) encompassed in
product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
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Other cheese 0406.90 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None
Cheddar, in blocks or in bars 0406.90.20 (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  carried out by public a uction
by the El Salvador Agricultural Commodity and Service Exchange (BOLPROES).  Award
certificates (Certificado de Adjudicación) are de livered and subsequently presented by the
bearer to the Ministry of the Economy when applying for the respective import licence forthe tariff quota at a preferential rate to be issued in accordance with the Regulations on the
Opening and Administration of Quotas.
(c) Details of other arrangements:  Resolution No. 102 dated 25 January 2002
(See Annex 1), published in Official Journal No.18, Volume No. 354, dated 28 January
2002, authorized for the period 1 January – 31 December 2002, the distribution of 53 lots
of 10 to 20 metric tonnes each, of the annu al tariff quota of 716 MT for "Cheddar cheese
in blocks or in bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC).
The preferential tariff of the tariff quota is 15 per cent, otherwise the rate is 40 per cent.
(d) Any other information:  NoneG/AG/N/SLV/10
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ANNEX 1
RESOLUTION No.102
WHEREAS,
I. Through Decree Law No. 292, of 9 March 1995, published in Official Journal No. 78,
Volume No. 327, of 28 April 1995, El Salvador ratified the Agreement Establishing the
World Trade Organization, incorporating the Agreement on Agriculture, and its tariff quota
commitments are contained in Schedule No. LXXXXVII, Part I, Section IB;
II. Resolution No. 1040 of 12 December 2000, Published in Official Journal No. 18,
Volume No. 350, dated 24 January 2000, authorized for the period 1 January to 31 December2001, the distribution of 50 lots of 10 to 20 metric tonnes each, of the annual tariff quota of
six hundred and eighty-two metric tonnes (682 MT), for "cheddar cheese in blocks or in
bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC);
III. The Technical Committee on Quotas has assessed the performance of the quota during the
period indicated in the proceeding paragraph and has recommended the size and number of
lots of the tariff quota to be distributed for the period 1 January to 31 December 2002,
pursuant to the instrument mentioned in paragraph 1,
THE MINISTERS OF THE ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK, AND FINANCE,
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TH JANUARY 2002,
THEREFORE:In exercise of the legal powers assigned to them,DECIDE:Article 1.  To distribute for the period 1 January to 31 December 2002, through the El Salvador
Agricultural Commodity Exchange (BOLPROES) an annual tariff quota of SEVEN HUNDREDAND SIXTEEN METRIC TONNES (716 MT) for "cheddar cheese, in blocks or in bars", tariff item
0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), as follows:
Period No. of lots Units Size of lots
January-December 2002 53 Lots 10 to 20 MT
The El Salvador Agricultural Commodity Exchange  (BOLPROES) shall determine the size of the
lots, within the range indicated in the above table, on the basis of the applications received.
Article 2.  The Directorate-General of Customs Revenue shall permit the import of the cheese
mentioned in Article 1 of this Resolution, with an in-quota preferential tariff of 15 per cent onpresentation of the corresponding licence allocated by the Ministry of the Economy, in accordance
with Article 21 of the Regulations on the Opening and Administration of Quotas:  and an-out-of quota
rate of 40 per cent.
Article 3.  The lots shall be allocated to national milk processing plants purchasing at least 10,000
bottles a day of the national milk supply.  For this purpose, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
shall provide information to the Technical Committee on Quotas so as to enable it to transmit the list
of eligible processing plants to the Agricultural Commodity Exchange.G/AG/N/SLV/10
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Article 4.  This tariff quota allocation shall not apply to imports originating in and proceeding from
other Central American countries.
Article 5.  Imports permitted under Article 2 of this Resolution shall be subject to compliance with the
sanitary requirements set by the relevant authorities.
Article 6.  This Resolution shall be transmitted to the Auditor-General's Department, the Directorate-
General of Customs Revenue, the Directorate of the Administration of Trade Treaties of the Ministry
of the Economy, the Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration, the El Salvador
Agricultural Commodity and Service Exchange and the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization.
Article 7.  This Resolution shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal.
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