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G/MA/TAR/RS/322  
 
6 August 2013  
(13-4187)  Page: 1/496  
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  RECTIFICATIONS AND MODI FICATIONS OF SCHEDULES 
SCHEDULE XLII-ISRAEL 
 
The following communication, dated 25 July 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Israel. 
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 Israel requests that its proposed schedule of tariff concessions in the Harmonized System1996 (HS1996) nomenclature as contained in Attachment 1 be circulated pursuant to the Procedures for 
Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions
1.  This schedule aims to correct 
mistakes contained in three  legal instruments: (1) Israel's Uruguay Round (UR) Schedule; (2) WT/Let/553 which contains Israel's Pre-UR concessions which were transposed into the 
Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature; and (3) WT/Let/554 which contains HS1996 changes 
introduced into Israel's WTO schedule of concessi ons under the procedures contained in L/6905.   
 
This schedule was prepared by Israel in close co llaboration with the WTO Secretariat on the basis 
of the original CTS file of Israel in HS1996, as well as numerous meetings and exchanges.  In order to facilitate Members' review of its schedule, Israel has provided the following two tools.  
The first is access to Israel's full list of tariff concessions in HS1996 nomenclature including 
unbound tariff lines. This file is available on the Members' website [http://members.wto.org/ 
2] 
and contains the Secretariat's observations and comments concerning Israel's proposed schedule 
in the HS1996 nomenclature.  The second is the information in Attachment 23 which illustrates 
with examples the types of changes that are being proposed.  The information in Attachment 2 is presented as follows:  
 
(i) A detailed explanation has been provided of the 19 cases where a correction is being 
proposed to be introduced to Is rael's Uruguay Round Schedule.   
 
(ii) An analysis and comparison of WT/Let/553 with the original Pre-UR instruments (IL/62, 
G/67, CCS2/74 and G/79) revealed a large number of errors and inconsistencies. As a result, following the recommendation of the Secretariat, Israel is proposing to replace this 
document entirely.  Three examples of the ty pe of corrections which are being proposed 
have been provided.  
(iii)  An analysis and comparison of WT/Let/554 with the original legal instruments revealed 
many discrepancies and inconsistencies.  As a result, following the recommendation of the Secretariat, Israel is proposing to replace this legal instrument in its entirety. In this connection, three examples of the type of co rrections which are being proposed have been 
provided. 
 
                                               
1 Decision of 26 March 1980, GATT BISD 27S/25. 
2 Select WTO Resources, then Integrated Data Base  and Consolidated Tariff Schedules Database, then 
IDB/CTS File Transfer Facility, then Copy Provisional CTS Files, then Israel from the dr opdown list to locate the 
Concession table in HS1996. 
3 In English only. G/MA/TAR/RS/322 
 
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  This proposed tariff schedule of Israel will rectify a number of anomalies in the three 
aforementioned legal instruments and will provide a good consolidated legal basis of Israel's tariff 
commitments in the HS1996 nomenclature.   
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If no objection is notified to the Secretariat within three months from the date of this document, 
the rectifications and modifications to Schedule XLII-Israel will be deemed to be approved and will 
be formally certified. G/MA/TAR/RS/322 
 
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