G/LIC/N/1/USA/6/Add.2  
 
15 March 2013  
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Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
  AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 1.4(A)i AND/OR 8.2(B)ii OF THE AGREEMENT 
UNITED STATES 
Addendum 
 The following communication, dated 11 March 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States. 
 
1. Notification under Article 1.4(a) [X];  Article 8.2(b) [X] (If the notification is made 
under both Articles please mark both with an X)  
2. Source(s) where the Import Licensin g Procedure(s) has(ve) been published 
(Official Gazette, publication, website, etc.): 
Federal Register  / Vol. 78, No. 32 / Friday, February 15, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 
Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis System  
3. Date of publication:i 15 February 2013 
Effective date of requirement:  21 February 2013  
4. Copy(ies) of publication (in case of Art. 1.4(a))iii and/or legislation (in case of 
Art. 8.2(b))iv is(are) available for consultation by Members: 
[X] at the WTO Secretariat (Market Access Division)  (In this case please attach 
copies of the publication and/or legislation, if possible in electronic format:  Microsoft 
Word or compatible software)  
and/or 
[] by request at the following addre ss and fax numbers, and/or e-mail and 
website:  
5. In the case that they are not in on e of the three WTO official languages, 
(English, French or Spanish)  a SUMMARY of the publication (in case of 
Art. 1.4(a)) and/or the legislat ion (in case of Art. 8.2(b)):iv G/LIC/N/1/USA/6/Add.2 
 
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  6. Other pertinent data or information (i.e. title of the proposed or adopted 
law/regulation establishing th e Import Licensing Procedure): 
Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis System 
AGENCY:  Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce. 
 ACTION: Final rule to extend the Steel Impo rt Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) system 
until 21 March 21 2017.       
 
 
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i "[...] Publication shall take place, whenever prac ticable, 21 days prior to the effective date of the 
requirement but in all events not later than such effect ive date.  Any exception, de rogations or changes in or 
from the rules concerning licensing procedures or the list of products subject to import licensing shall also be 
published in the same manner and with in the same time periods as specifie d above."  See Art. 1.4(a) of the 
Agreement. 
ii "Each Member shall inform the Committee of any chan ges in its laws and regulations relevant to this 
Agreement and in the administration  of such laws and regulations." 
iii "The rules and all information concerning procedures  for the submission of applications, including the 
eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make such applications, the admini strative body(ies) to be 
approached, and the lists of products subject to the li censing requirement shall be published, in the sources 
notified to the Committee on Import Li censing [...] Copies of th ese publications shall also  be made available to 
the Secretariat."  See Art. 1.4(a) of the Agreement and document G/LIC/3 "Proce dures for Notification and 
Review under the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures". 
iv See document G/LIC/3 "Procedures for Notificati on and Review under th e Agreement on Import 
Licensing Procedures".