. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/MA/NTM/QR/3 
25 March 2004 
 (04-1365) 
Committee on Market Access  
  
NOTIFICATIONS OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS 
 
Note by the Secretariat
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  1.  The Decision on Notification Procedures fo r Quantitative Restrictions, adopted by the 
Council for Trade in Goods (G/L/59) provides that "Me mbers shall make complete notifications of the 
quantitative restrictions which they maintain by 31 January 1996 and at two-yearly intervals 
thereafter
2, and shall notify changes to their quantita tive restrictions as and when these changes 
occur".  Members which have made, under othe r WTO provisions, notifications of quantitative 
restrictions which fulfil the requirements for qua ntitative restriction notifications under the 1984 and 
1985 decisions and which are up-to-date, shall notify th e fact to the Secretariat.  These notifications 
will be stored in the new database of quantitative restrictions.   
 2. This document has been prepared by the Secretariat pursuant to this Decision according to which "the Secretariat shall pub lish  periodically a document listin g the WTO Members having made a 
notification."  Such a list is provided hereunder al ong with the years in which the notifications were 
made.    
 
3. Since 1996, notifica tions of quantitative restrictions have been received from the 
following Members :   Argentina (1997);  Australia (1996);  Bahrain Kingdom of (1997, 
2000);  Bulgaria (2003);  Chile (1996);  China (2002, 2003);  Cyprus (1996);  European Communities (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002);  Fiji (1997);  Germany-European Communities 
(2000);  Georgia (2003); Hong Kong, China (1996 , 1998, 2000, 2002);  Hungary (1996, 1998, 
2000, 2002);  India (1996, 1997, 1998);  Jamaica (1996, 1998, 2002);  Japan (1998, 2000,2002);  Korea, Republic of (1997);  Liech tenstein (1997, 2002);  Macao, China (1996, 
1999, 2001, 2003);  Maldives (1999); Malta (1996, 2000); Morocco (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002); New Zealand (1996); Nigeria (2002); Norway (1996, 2000); Oman (2001, 2004); Pakistan (1997); Peru (1996, 1997);  Ph ilippines (1996);  South Africa (1996);  
Switzerland (1997, 2001);  Chinese Taipei (2002);  Tunisia (1999, 2001);  Turkey (1996, 
1998, 2000);  United States of America (1999);  Venezuela (1996, 1999);  Zambia (1996, 2002). 
 4. Notifications of changes to their quantitat ive restrictions were received by the following 
Members:   Argentina (2002);  Bahrain Kingdom of (2000);  China (2003);  European 
Communities (1998, 2000);  Hong Kong, China ( 1996);  India (1996, 1998);  Jamaica (2002);  
Macao, China (2001, 2004);  Maldives (1999);  Malta (2000);  Morocco (1999, 2002);  Norway (2000);  Peru (1997);  Tunisia (2001);  Turkey (1998, 2000);  Zambia (1997). 
 
5. The following Members have notified th at they do not maintain quantitative 
restrictions:  Argentina (2002);  Bolivia (1997);  Brunei Darussalam (1996);  Burundi 
(2001);  Costa Rica (1998);  Dominica (2001);  Dominican Republic (1996);  Estonia (2002); Gabon (2001);  The Gambia (1997);  Guatemal a 1999, 2000);  Guyana (2003);  Haiti (1999); 
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 By 31 January 1998, by 31 January 2000, by 31 January 2002, by 31 January 2004. G/MA/NTM/QR/3 
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Honduras (1997); Iceland (1996, 2000); Jord an (2002); Kyrgyz Republic (2000); 
Latvia (1999); Madagascar (2001); Moldova (2002); Mongolia (2000); Myanmar (2001); 
Namibia (1999); Paraguay (1998); Qatar ( 1999); Singapore (1996); Sri Lanka (2003); 
Trinidad and Tobago (1998);  Uganda (1996, 2000);  United Arab Emirates (1996,1997, 2000);  Uruguay (1996, 1999);  Zamb ia (2002);  Zimbabwe (2000, 2003). 
 
6. Members that have not yet not notified under the Decision contained in G/L/59 are urged to do 
so as soon as possible.  7. The Decision also stipulates that "the Secretariat shall make available to Members, as and when 
requested, on paper or computer tape, detailed extr acts of the quantitative restrictions data base.  The 
notifications themselves shall be available for cons ultation in the Secretariat."   Accordingly, these 
notifications are available for Members' consultation in the Market Access Division (Mrs. Perrin, Room 3142, ext. 5041).    
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