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Reference:     WLI/100        12 May 2006  
  
 
  
 
  
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS  AND RECTIFICATIONS TO  
SCHEDULE C – BELIZE  
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified tr ue copy of the Certification of Modifications 
and Rectifications to Schedule C – Belize, effective 23 November 1994 . 
 
  
  
 
  
 
  
 
       P a s c a l  L a m y  
       D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
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SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS 
 
SCHEDULE C – BELIZE  
  
 WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1947 (the "GATT") adopted, on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Procedures for Modification and 
Rectification of Schedules of  Tariff Concessions (L/4962)
1; 
  WHEREAS the Preparatory Committee for the Wo rld Trade Organization  agreed, on 22 July 
1994, that for rectifications of sc hedules attached to the WTO Agreement and for the establishment of 
additional concessions under the above-mentioned Deci sion, the time-limit for approval, during the 
period up to the entry into force of the WT O Agreement, should be thirty days (PC/M/4); 
 
 WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentio ned Decision, in light of the 
time-limit for approval agreed by the Preparatory  Committee, a draft containing modifications to 
Schedule C – Belize was communicated to all Contracting Parties to the GATT in document G/SP/7 on 24 October 1994; 
 
 WHEREAS the entry into force of these modi fications of Schedule C was dependent  upon the 
entry into force of a Protocol Supplementary to the Marrakesh Protocol to  the General Agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade 1994, which Protocol Supplementary did not come into being; 
  WHEREAS provision should now be made for the en try into force of these modifications by 
means of a Certification, as ag reed by the Council for Trade in Goods at its meeting on 10 November 
2005 (G/C/M/82);  
 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modification s to Schedule C – Belize  are established in 
conformity with the above-mentioned Decision.  
 The annexed modifications enter into force as of 23 November 1994, without prejudice to any 
modifications and rectifications made effective subsequent to that date. 
 
 This Certification is deposited with the Dire ctor-General of the Worl d Trade Organization, who 
shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each  Member of the World Trade Organization.  It shall 
be registered in accordance with the provisions of  Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
  DONE at Geneva this third day of April, two thousand and six. 
 
  
        P a s c a l  L a m y  
  
 
 Certified copy: 
 
  
 
  
 
 
Director-General 
                                                      
1 BISD 27S/25.   
  
 
 
 
     
 
 
SCHEDULE C – BELIZE 
 
 
  
 
23 November 1994  2SCHEDULE C - BELIZE  
 
PART 1 - MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF  
SECTION 1: Agricu ltural Products  
SECTION I - A: Tariffs  
  
Tariff item number Description of products Other duties and 
charges 
1 2 8 
 14% "other duties and charges
" (ODC) applicable in 1995 to all items included in the 
Agreement on Agriculture except the following: 
   
1704.10 Chewing gum whether or not sugar coated  29% 
 
1704.90 Other chewing gum  29% 
 
22.03 Beer made from malt  (*) 
 
2208.10 to 2208.902 Alcoholic preparations and spirits         104% + 
 
24.02 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes  89% # 
 
  Notes
:*This item carries a 14% stamp duty plus revenue replacement duty  (RRD) of BZ$19.06 per imperial gallon. 
+This item carries a general 14% stamp duty plus a 90% revenue re placement duty (RRD) applicable only to imports from CARICOM . 
#This item carries a general 14% stamp duty pl us a 75% RRD applicable only to cigarettes .  3PART I - SECTION I (Cont'd) 
  
Tariff item number Description of pr oducts Stamp duty Revenue replacement 
duty 
1 2 3 8 
 
The following items of Chapters 25 - 97 carry bo th a stamp duty and a revenue replacement  
duty (RRD) which, being a specific tax, make it impossible to determine an exact total percentage  of "other duties and charges": 
 2710.13  
Motor spirit (gasoline)  
14%  
$2.29 per IMP GAL*  
2710.219 Other kerosene type jet fuel  0% $1.76 per IMP GAL 
 
2710.229 Other illuminating kerosene  0% $0.67 per IMP GAL 
 
2710.30 Gas oils 14% $0.88 per IMP GAL 
 
2711.13 Butane 12% $0.03 per IMP GAL 
 
 
*Currency unit is Belize Dollar (BZ$) 
  Exchange rate: BZ$1.00 = US$0.5 cents  4SCHEDULE C - BELIZE  
 
This schedule is authentic only in the English language 
 
PART 1 - MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF  
SECTION II - Other products  
  
Tariff item number Description of products Other duties and 
charges 
1 2 8 
 
14% rate of "other duties and charges " apply to all items of Chapters  25 - 97 except the following: 
 
2710.11 Aviation spirit of 100 per cent octane and over 44% 
 
2710.12 Aviation spirit under 100 octane 44% 
 
31.02 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous  2% 
 
31.05 Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing tw o or three of the fertiliz ing elements nitrogen, 
phosphorous and potassium; other fertilizers; g oods of this chapter in tablet forms or in 
packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg.   2% 
  
3303.009 Other perfumes and toilet water 39% 
 
   5PART I - SECTION II  (Cont'd) 
  
 
Tariff item number Description of products Other duties and 
charges 
1 2 8 
 3307.10 to 3307.40  
Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparatio ns, personal deodorants, bath preparations, 
depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toile t preparations, N.E.S. or included;  prepared 
room deodorizers, whether or not perfum ed or having disinf ectant properties  
39% 
 
85.24 Records, tapes and other recorded media fo r sound or other similarl y recorded phenomena, 
including matrices and masters for the production of records, but excluding products of 
Chapter 37 39% 
3401.11 Soap for toilet use 12% 
87.02 Public transport type passenger motor vehicle 14% 
87.03 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principa lly designed for the transport of persons (other 
than those of heading No. 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars 29% 
8704.219 Other (diesel) 39% 
8704.229 Other motor vehicles for transport of goods 24% 
8704.239 Other 39% 
8704.90 Other 39% 
 
 
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