WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SLV/16
30 January 2003
(03-0628)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the administration of tariff quotas ( Table MA.1 ) for
the calendar year 2003  was received from the Permanent Mission of El Salvador  on 14 January 2003.G/AG/N/SLV/16
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MARKET ACCESS:  El Salvador
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003
Implementation of Market Access Opportunities:  Tariff and Other Quota Commitments
Measure type Tariff item No(s). encompassed in
product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
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Other cheese 0406.90 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None
Cheddar, in blocks or in bars 0406.90.20 (b) Allocation of licences  or of access to quotas to importers:  Carried out by public
auction by the El Salvador Agricultural Commodity and Service Exchange (BOLPROES).
Award certificates (Certificado de Adjudicación) are delivered and subsequently presentedby the bearer to the Ministry of the Economy when applying for the respective importlicence for the tariff quota at a preferential rate to be issued in accordance with theRegulations on the Opening and Administration of Quotas.
(c) Details of other arrangements:  Resolution No. 1155 dated 16 December 2002
(See Annex 1), published in Official Journal No. 237, Volume No. 357, dated
16 December 2002, authorized for the period 1 January – 31 December 2003, thedistribution of 56 lots of 10 to 20 metric tonnes each, of the annual tariff quota of 750 MTfor "Cheddar cheese in blocks or in bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of the Central American
Tariff System (SAC).  The preferential tariff of the tariff quota is 15 per cent, otherwise
the rate is 40 per cent.
(d) Any other information:  NoneG/AG/N/SLV/16
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ANNEX 1
RESOLUTION No. 1155
WHEREAS,
I. Through Decree Law No. 292, of 9 March 1995, published in Official Journal No. 78,
Volume No. 327, of 28 April 1995, El Salvador ratified the Agreement Establishing the
World Trade Organization, incorporating the Agreement on Agriculture, and its tariff quota
commitments are contained in Schedule No. LXXXVII, Part I, Section IB;
II. Resolution No. 102 of 25 January 2002, published in Official Journal No. 18,
Volume No. 354, dated 28 January 2002, authorized for the period 1 January to31 December 2002 the distribution of 53 lots of 10 to 20 metric tonnes each, of the annual
tariff quota of seven hundred and sixteen metric tonnes (716 MT), for "cheddar cheese in
blocks or in bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC);
III. The Technical Committee on Quotas has assessed the performance of the quota during the
period indicated in the preceding paragraph and has recommended the size and number of lots
of the tariff quota to be distributed for the period 1 January to 31 December 2003, pursuant to
the instrument mentioned in paragraph 1;
IV. The Technical Committee on Quotas has decided to allocate a share for each processing plant,
in an amount proportionate to each plant's daily purchases of liquid milk over the preceding
year,
THE MINISTERS OF THE ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK, AND FINANCE,
ON 16 DECEMBER 2002
THEREFORE:In exercise of the legal powers assigned to them,
DECIDE:
Article 1.  To distribute for the period 1 January to 31 December 2003 through the El Salvador
Agricultural Commodity Exchange (BOLPROES) an annual tariff quota of SEVEN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY METRIC TONNES (750.0 MT) for "cheddar cheese, in blocks or in bars", tariff item
0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), as follows:
Period No. of lots Units Size of lots
January-December 2003 56 Lots 10 to 20 MT
The El Salvador Agricultural Commodity Exchange  (BOLPROES) shall determine the size of the
lots, within the range indicated in the above table, on the basis of the applications received.
Article 2.  The Directorate-General of Customs Revenue shall permit the import of the cheese
mentioned in Article 1 of this Resolution, with an  in-quota preferential tariff of 15 per cent, on
presentation of the corresponding licence allocated by the Ministry of the Economy, and an-out-of
quota rate of 40 per cent.  The licence shall be valid for 90 days counted from its date of issue.G/AG/N/SLV/16
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Article 3.  The lots shall be allocated to processing plants in a manner proportionate to the portion of
the national liquid milk supply they have purchased over the preceding year, which must reach at least
10,000 bottles a day.  For this purpose, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock shall certify such
purchases and the Technical Committee on Quotas shall establish the list of eligible processing plants
and the amount allocated to each plant.
Article 4.  This tariff quota allocation shall not apply to imports originating in and proceeding from
other Central American countries.
Article 5.  Imports permitted under Article 2 of this Resolution shall be subject to compliance with the
sanitary requirements set by the relevant authorities.
Article 6.  This Resolution shall be transmitted to the Auditor-General's Department, the Directorate-
General of Customs Revenue, the Directorate of the Administration of Trade Treaties of the Ministry
of the Economy, the Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration, the El Salvador
Agricultural Commodity and Service Exchange and the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization.
Article 7.  This Resolution shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal.
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