RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/M/33
31 January 2003
(03-0647)
Committee on Customs Valuation
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 29 NOVEMBER AND 10 DECEMBER 2002
Chairman:  Mr. Raimundas Karoblis (Lithuania)
The agenda proposed for the meeting, circulated in WTO/AIR/11975 was adopted as follows:
Table of Contents
I. PARAGRAPH 12 OF THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
(WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1):  IMPLEM ENTATION-RELA TED ISSU ES..................................1
A. PARAGRAPH 8.3 OF DOCUMENT WT /MIN/(01)/17 ........................................................................1
B. T IRETS FROM PARAGRAPH 7 OF DOCUMENT JOB(01)/152/R EV.1 ...............................................1
II. NOTIFICATIONS MADE BY DEVELOPING COUNTRI ES............................................2
A. E XTENSION OF DELAY PERIODS ..................................................................................................2
III. OTHER BUSINESS............................................................................................................. .....2
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I. PARAGRAPH 12 OF THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
(WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1):  IMPLEMENTATION-RELATED ISSUES
A. PARAGRAPH 8.3 OF DOCUMENT WT /MIN/(01)/17
1.1 The Chairman informed Members that he was still consulting on the draft terms of reference
to the Technical Committee and on the draft report to the General Council.  He proposed suspending
this agenda item until he completed his consultations.
1.2 The Committee so agreed.
B. TIRETS FROM PARAGRAPH 7 OF DOCUMENT JOB(01)/152/R EV.1
1.3 The Chairman informed Members that the report to the Trade Negotiating Committee on this
agenda item, adopted at the previous meeting and contained in document G/VAL/49, had been
forwarded to the TNC.  He proposed that the Committee take note of this information.
1.4 The Committee took note of this information.G/VAL/M/33
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II. NOTIFICATIONS MADE BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
A. EXTENSION OF DELAY PERIODS
2.1 The Chairman drew Members' attention to document G/VAL/W/115 containing a draft
decision granting Sri Lanka a further extension of the delay period for application of the Agreement
on Customs Valuation.  He proposed that the Committee adopt this draft Decision.  
2.2 The Committee adopted the dr aft decision in G/VAL/W/115.
2.3 The representative of Sri Lanka thanked the Committee for adopting the decision.  He informed
the Committee that since the circulation of document G/VAL/W/105 on 24 October 2002, the draft
amendments to the Customs Ordinance had already been gazetted and were ready as a bill to bepresented in the Parliament.  It was his expectati on that Sri Lanka would be able to implement the
Agreement before the expiry of the extension granted.  He added that his delegation intended to submit a
reservation to maintain minimum values on used motor vehicles classified under HS headings 87.01,
87.02, 87.03 and 87.04 before the expiry of the extension.
2.4 The Committee took note of the statement.
III. OTHER BUSINESS
3.1 The meeting was suspended until further notice.
Resumption of meeting on 10 December 2002
I. PARAGRAPH 12 OF THE DOHA MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1):  IMPLEMENTATION-RELATED ISSUES
A. P ARAGRAPH 8.3 OF DOCUMENT WT/MIN/(01)/17
1.1 The Chairman drew Members attention to the draft report of the Committee to the General
Council contained in document G/VAL/W/116 and to the draft Terms of Reference for the Technical
Committee on Customs Valuation contained in G/VAL/W/117.  He reported that he had held a
number of informal consultations on the two documents and proposed that the Committee adopt the
draft Report to the General Council.
1.2 The Committee adopted the draft Report to the General Council contained in G/VAL/W/116.
1.3 The Chairman took up the two outstanding bracketed texts in the draft Terms of Reference.
The first bracketed text was in the third bullet point of issue 1 and the second was the second footnote
referring to the WCO Enforcement Committee.
1.4 The representative of India stated that her delegation could agree to removing the brackets
around the first bracketed text provided that the word "respecting" was changed to "in respect of".
1.5 The representative of Australia, while believing that consultations with the WCO
Enforcement Committee were important, agreed to remove the bracketed footnote given its
unacceptability to some Members.G/VAL/M/33
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1.6 The Committee agreed to the changes proposed by India and Australia and adopted  the
revised draft Terms of Reference to the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation.  The Committee
also agreed that the Terms of Reference should be attached to the Report to the General Council.
1.7 The meeting was adjourned.
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