WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/186
13September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3569)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notifications under Article 3.2(b)
Slovenia
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived thefollowing notifications fromSlovenia pursuant
toparagraph 2(b)ofArticle 3.
TheTMB hasreviewed these notifications1and,inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,
iscirculating these notifications toWTO Members fortheirinformation
1SeeG/TMB/R/15.G/TMB/N/186
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Permanent Mission oftheRepublic ofSlovenia
totheUNOffice -Geneva
13December 1995
Withregard toyourletterof5December 1995, inwhich information wasrequested inaddition
tothenotification oftheRepublic ofSlovenia under Article 3.1oftheAgreement onTextiles and
Clothing, theRepublic ofSlovenia willpropose aprogressive phase-out programme ofthequantitative
restrictions which itmaintains onimports oftextiles andclothing, inaccordance withArticle 3.2(b)
oftheATC.
Thisprogramme willbesubmitted totheTextiles Monitoring Body assoonaspossible, at
thelatest bytheendofthesix-month period afterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement
fortheRepublic ofSlovenia.
(signed) Andrej Logar
Charge d'Affairs
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
World Trade Organization
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TheRepublic ofSlovenia
Ministry ofEconomic Relations andDevelopment
28June1996
World Trade Organization
Textiles Monitoring Body
Notification under Article 3.2(b)
oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
Pursuant toparagraph 2(b)ofArticle 3oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, the
Government oftheRepublic ofSlovenia hereby notifies theprogramme fortheprogressive phase out
ofthequantitative restrictions maintained ontheimports oftextile andclothing products, which were
notified under Article 3.1oftheATC (document G/TMB/N/90/Add.1).
Imports oftextile andclothing products subject toquantitative restrictions represent 17percent
ofthetotalvolume ofSlovenia 's1992 imports* oftextile andclothing products listed intheAnnex
totheATC.
Theprogramme willbecarried outin3phases:
1.Phase :
On1January 1997thequantitative restrictions willbeeliminated forthefollowing textile and
clothing products:
HSNo.
52.04 5210.21 6203.23 6302.10
52.05 5210.22 6203.29 6302.21
52.06 5210.29 6203.31 6302.22
5208.11 5211.11 6203.32 6302.29
5208.12 5211.12 6203.33 6302.31
5208.13 5211.19 6203.39 6302.32
5208.19 5211.21 6204.19 6302.39
5208.21 5211.22 6204.21 6302.40
5208.22 5211.29 6204.22 6302.51
5208.23 5212.11 6204.23 6302.52
5208.29 5212.12 6204.29 6302.53
5209.11 5212.21 6204.39 6302.59
5209.12 5212.22 6204.49 6302.91
5209.19 5513.19 6204.51 6302.92
5209.21 5513.29 6204.52 6302.93
5209.22 5514.19 6204.53 6302.99
5209.29 5514.29 6204.59
5210.11 5514.49 6205.90
5210.12 6110.90 6206.10
5210.19 6203.19 6206.90
Imports oftheseproducts represent 62percentofthetotalvolume ofSlovenia 's1992 imports
oftextile andclothing products subject toquantitative restrictions.
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*Slovenia usestheimport dataoftheyear1992, which wasthefirststatistical yearafter itsindependence.G/TMB/N/186
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2.Phase :
On1January 2001thequantitative restrictions willbeeliminated forthefollowing textile and
clothing products:
HSNo.
51.11 5209.49 5211.51 5513.41
51.12 5209.51 5211.52 5513.42
5208.31 5209.52 5211.59 5513.43
5208.32 5209.59 5212.13 5513.49
5208.33 5210.31 5212.14 5514.11
5208.39 5210.32 5212.15 5514.12
5208.41 5210.39 5212.23 5514.13
5208.42 5210.41 5212.24 5514.21
5208.43 5210.42 5212.25 5514.22
5208.49 5210.49 55.12 5514.23
5208.51 5210.51 5513.11 5514.31
5208.52 5210.52 5513.12 5514.32
5208.53 5210.59 5513.13 5514.33
5208.59 5211.31 5513.21 5514.39
5209.31 5211.32 5513.22 5514.41
5209.32 5211.39 5513.23 5514.42
5209.39 5211.41 5513.31 5514.43
5209.41 5211.42 5513.32 55.15
5209.42 5211.43 5513.33 55.16
5209.43 5211.49 5513.39
Imports oftheseproducts represent 22percentofthetotalvolume ofSlovenia 's1992 imports
oftextile andclothing products subject toquantitative restrictions.
3.Phase :
On1January 2005theremaining quantitative restrictions ontextile andclothing products will
beeliminated:
HSNo.
61.01 6204.11 6205.30
61.02 6204.12 6206.20
61.05 6204.13 6206.30
61.06 6204.31 6206.40
61.09 6204.32 6302.60
6110.10 6204.33
6110.20 6204.41
6110.30 6204.42
6203.11 6204.43
6203.12 6204.44
6203.21 6204.61
6203.22 6204.62
6203.41 6204.63
6203.42 6204.69
6203.43 6205.10
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Wewould liketopoint outthatfortheyear1996 Slovenia hasincreased theleveloftheimport
quota ofeachtextile category subject toquantitative restrictions for7percent.
Vojka Ravbar
State Secretary