. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  RESTRICTED 
G/MA/SPEC/48 
6 October 2011 
 (11-4863) 
Committee on Market Access  
  
DRAFT 
 
PERIODIC REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE 
COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS 
 
 
1. The Committee met on 14 October 2011 a nd examined the following issues: 
 2. [The Committee took note of the periodic report (G/MA/SPEC/48) and also noted that as there 
were no requests for HS1996 waiver  extensions no factual informati on on this issue had been provided 
in the report.]  
 
3. [The Committee approved the extension of  the Harmonized System 2002 (HS2002) waiver 
(G/C/W/653).]  4. [The Committee approved the extension of  the Harmonized System 2007 (HS2007) waiver 
(G/C/W/654).] 
 
5. [The Committee approved the Harmonized System 2012 (HS2012) waiver (G/C/W/655.] 
 6. [Concerning Harmonized System 1996 (HS1996) changes, the Committee took note of the 
status of submissions of the HS1996 documentation as set out in document G/MA/TAR/2/Rev.47.  It 
also took note of the report by the Chairman on the status of work under the procedures leading to the 
verification and certification of HS1996 changes relating to the sche dules of 64 Members (WT/L/756).] 
 7. [Concerning HS2002 changes, the Secretariat repo rted on the status of work concerning the 
introduction of HS2002 changes to schedules of concessions using the CTS database.] 
 
8. [Concerning HS2007 changes, the Committee c onsidered an amendment to the procedure 
leading to the certification of HS2007 changes (JOB/MA/92/Rev.3) and th e methodological notes 
concerning the transposition of Members' CTS files to the HS2007 nomenclature (JOB/MA/97). The Chairman also reported on the consultations he had held on how to address the correlated tariff lines, on 
which no consensus had been reached in the World Customs Organization, in the context of this 
transposition exercise.] 
 9. [Concerning HS2012 changes, the Committee cons idered a procedure for the introduction of 
such changes to schedules of concessions us ing the CTS database (JOB/MA/98/Rev.1).]  
 
10. [With reference to the operation of the Inte grated Data Base (IDB) and the Consolidated 
Tariff Schedules (CTS) database, the Committee  took note of the report by the Secretariat on the status of work on the databases, use of the inform ation contained in the databases, the status of 
software development and technical assistance. Th e Committee also took not e of the document which 
reflected the status of submissions to the IDB (G /MA/IDB/2/Rev.34) and the Secretariat efforts to 
enhance submissions to the IDB pursuant to the Committee decision of 13 July 2009 (G/MA/239).] 
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  11. [The Committee approved the revised Deci sion on Notification Procedures for Quantitative 
Restrictions (JOB/MA/71/Rev.5) and forwarded it to the Council for Trade in Goods for adoption.] 
 12. [The Committee conducted the transitional revi ew under Paragraph 18 of the Protocol of 
Accession of the People's Republic of China.]  
 
13. [The Committee considered its draft report (2011) to the Council for Trade in Goods (G/MA/SPEC/49).]  14. [The Committee elected its Vice-Chairperson.] 
 
 [The report will be completed in light of the discussions that will take place at the 
Committee meeting on 14 October  2011.]  
 
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