WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/165
2August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3067)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.17
Canada
Administrative Arrangements withMauritius
TheTextiles Monitoring Bodyhasreceived anotification fromCanada pursuant toparagraph 17
ofArticle 2.TheTMB iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/165
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ThePermanent Mission ofCanada
totheUnited Nations
1rueduPré-de-la-Bichette
1202 Geneva
13March 1996
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Pursuant toArticle 2.17oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, Ihavethehonour tonotify
theAdministrative Arrangements thathave been concluded withthefollowing WTO Members:
Bangladesh, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Lesotho, Macau,
Malaysia,Mauritius1,Pakistan,Philippines,Romania,SlovakRepublic,SriLanka,Swaziland,Thailand
andUruguay.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) JeanSaint-Jacques
Counsellor
Ambassador András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
154ruedeLausanne
1211 Geneva
1Thisdocument contains theAdministrative Arrangements withMauritius. Arrangements concluded with
theother WTO Members mentioned above willbecirculated asseparate documents.G/TMB/N/165
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Memorandum ofUnderstanding Between theGovernment ofCanada andthe
Government oftheRepublic ofMauritius Relating totheExport
from Mauritius ofCertain Textile Products toCanada
Introduction
1. ThisMemorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) setsouttheadministrative arrangements thathave
beenagreed uponbetween theGovernments ofCanada andMauritius, pursuant toArticle 2.17ofthe
MTN Agreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC) inorder toimplement thetextiles andclothing
restraints between Canada andMauritius tobenotified pursuant toArticle 2.1oftheATC. These
provisions willalsoapply withrespect toanyrestraint introduced byCanada onimports oftextiles
andclothing from Mauritius pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle 6oftheATC.
Implementation
2. Inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 4.1oftheATC, these arrangements shall be
implemented onthebasis oftheexport control system operated bytheGovernment oftheRepublic
ofMauritius. Exports ofthetextile products included intherestraints notified under Article 2.1of
theATC shall becovered byanoriginal "Export Permit" endorsed andissued bythecompetent
authorities ofMauritius totheeffect thatthegoods covered bytheexport visahavebeendebited from
theapplicable quantitative limit.
3. Forthepurpose ofimplementing these arrangements, thedateofexport fromMauritius shall
beusedtodetermine therestraint period inwhich anyshipments oftextile products shallbecounted.
4. TheGovernment oftheRepublic ofMauritius shallendeavour toensure thatexports toCanada
ofallrestrained textile products arespaced outasevenly aspossible during eachrestraint period, due
account being taken ofseasonal factors andofnormal channels oftrade.
5. Export visas issued bytheGovernment oftheRepublic ofMauritius inrespect ofrestrained
textile products shallcontain thefollowing information:
(a) Country ofdestination;
(b) country oforigin;
(c) visanumber andquota year;
(d) importer 'sname andaddress;
(e) exporter 'sname andaddress;
(f) itemnumberanddescriptionofproductascontainedinthenotificationunderArticle2.1
oftheATC;
(g) quantity expressed intheunits designated foreachproduct inthenotification under
Article 2.1oftheATC. Ifmore thanonesetofmeasures isestablished, allshould
beindicated; where thequantity isexpressed other thanasdesignated, theequivalent
weight, unitsorsquare metres should becalculated inaccordance withtheconversion
factors setoutintherestraint notified under Article 2.1oftheATC;G/TMB/N/165
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(h) f.o.b. orc.i.f. value except fornon-commercial consignments;
(i) certification bythecompetent authorities ofMauritius thatthequantity hasbeendebited
from theagreed restraint limitforexports toCanada.
6. Intheevent thatanyquantity covered byanexport visaisnotshipped, theGovernment of
theRepublic ofMauritius shallnotify theGovernment ofCanada ofsuchquantity which maybecredited
bytheGovernment oftheRepublic ofMauritius totheappropriate restraint limit.
7. Except asprovided forinparagraphs 8to11below (swing andcarryover/carry forward), the
Government oftheRepublic ofMauritius shallrestrain itsexports toCanada ofthetextile products
notified pursuant toArticle 2.1oftheATC tothelimits notified under Article 2.1oftheATC, as
modified bytheprovisions ofArticles 2.7,2.8,2.13and2.14oftheATC. Pursuant toArticle 4.1
oftheATC, itisunderstood thattheGovernment ofCanada shallnotbeobliged toaccept shipments
inexcess oftherestraint levels notified under Article 2.1oftheATC, asmodified bytheprovisions
ofArticles 2.7,2.8,2.13and2.14oftheATC.
Swing
8. Subject tothespecific limitations contained intherestraint notification under Article 2.1of
theATC, andfollowing notification totheappropriate Canadian authorities, theGovernment ofthe
Republic ofMauritius mayexceed thespecified annual quantitative limituptothepercentage specified
intherestraint notification under Article 2.1oftheATC, provided thatanequivalent amount isdeducted
fromanyother restraint level. When anyrestraint limitisexceeded bytheapplication ofswing, the
Government oftheRepublic ofMauritius shallsoindicate insubsequent monthly statistical reports.
9. Forthepurpose ofimplementing theswing provisions inparagraph 8,theconversion factors
specified intherestraint notification under Article 2.1oftheATC shallapply.
Carryover/carry forward
10. Following notification totheGovernment ofCanada ofthequantities involved, portions of
anyquantitative limitwhich arenotusedduring theannual restraint period maybecarried overand
added tothecorresponding quantitative limitforthefollowing annual restraint period. Therestraint
limitforanysuchrestraint period shallbeincreased within thepercentage limits specified intherestraint
notification under Article 2.1oftheATC.
11. Following notification totheGovernment ofCanada ofthequantities involved, anyrestraint
limitmaybeincreasedwithinthepercentagelimitsspecifiedintherestraintnotificationunderArticle2.1
oftheATC byaquantity advanced from thecorresponding restraint limitforthefollowing annual
restraint period. Therestraint limitforanysuchfollowing restraint period shallbereduced byaquantity
equal tothequantity soadvanced.
Exchange ofstatistics
12. TheGovernment oftheRepublic ofMauritius shallprovide theGovernment ofCanada with
monthly statistical reports relating toexports ofrestrained textile products, licensed forexport toCanada
anddebited from thequantitative limits foreachrestraint period. These statistics shallinclude the
following information:
(a) Itemnumber anddescription;G/TMB/N/165
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(b) original andadjusted restraint limits fortherestraint period;
(c) totalquantity issued fortherestraint period todate;
(d) notification ofanyutilization ofswing, carryover orcarry forward provisions andthe
quantities involved asprovided forinparagraphs 8to11above.
Thisinformation should beprovided assoonaspossible following theendofeachmonth.
13. TheGovernment ofCanada shallprovide theGovernment oftheRepublic ofMauritius with
monthly statistical reports relating toimport permits issued forimports originating inMauritius of
textile products listed inAnnex I.
14. BothGovernmentsreservetherighttorequestadditionalstatisticsasmaybereasonablyrequired,
including statistics relating totheexport orimport ofproducts notcontained inthenotification, under
Article 2.1oftheATC, ofCanada 'srestraints onimports from Mauritius.
Re-exports
15. TheGovernment ofCanada shall, sofaraspossible, inform theGovernment oftheRepublic
ofMauritius when imports intoCanada ofrestrained textile products aresubsequently re-exported from
Canada. Where suchre-exports haveoriginally beendebited bytheGovernment oftheRepublic of
Mauritius fromquantitative limits, theGovernment oftheRepublic ofMauritius maythencredit back
thequantity involved totheappropriate quantitative limits.
Consultations
16. Pursuant toArticle 8.4oftheATC, theGovernment oftheRepublic ofMauritius, andthe
Government ofCanada express theirwillingness toconsult, onrequest, onanymatter arising from
theimplementation oroperation oftheATC orofthisMOU oronanymatter germane thereto.
(Signed)________________________ (Signed)___________________________
FortheGovernment ofthe FortheGovernment of
Republic ofMauritius CanadaG/TMB/N/165
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ANNEX I-RESTRAINT LEVELS
MAURITIUS
Group I
(A)
Agreement
ItemNo.(B)(C)
Product coverage(D)
1994
Restraint
level
(NMB)(E)
Growth*(F)
Swing(G)
Carryover/
carry
forward(H)
Combined
flexibility
(E)&(F)Conversion
factor
(m2/unit)
Category Short description
2 2.0 Winter outerwear 115,000 6% 7% 11%(6%) N/A 3.5
6 6.0 Tailored collar shirts,
MBC 1,097,650 6% 7% 11%(6%) N/A 2.1
9 9.0 Underwear 1,980,000 6% 7% 11%(6%) N/A 0.8
*Subject toprovisions ofMTN Agreement onTextiles andClothing.