WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/BGR/1
G/SG/N/11/BGR/1
14 January 2003
(03-0170)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C)
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2,
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
BULGARIA
The following communication, dated 27 December 2002, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Bulgaria.
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Pursuant to the above-referenced provisions of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and
taking into account the suggested format for notifications (G/SG/1, 1 July 1996), the Republic of
Bulgaria provides the following notifications to the Committee on Safeguards.
A. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(C) UPON TAKING A DECISION TO APPLY A
SAFEGUARD MEASURE
1. Provide evidence of serious injury or th reat thereof caused by increased imports
This information was provided in a previous  notification (see document G/SG/N/8/BGR/1,
24 May 2002).
2. Provide information on whether there is an absolute increase in imports or an increase
in imports relative to domestic production (please see also Article 2.1 for the context)
This information was provided in a previous  notification (see document G/SG/N/8/BGR/1,
24 May 2002).
3. Provide a precise description of the product involved
Crown corks, tariff no. 8309 10 000 0, made fr om white tinplate with definite degree of
rigidness, gauge of 0.24 mm-0.28 mm, and used for glass bottles.  The products should meet certain
quantitative and qualitative requirements, including the following:  21 equally sized and shaped cogs,resistance to corrosion – 2.5 rate on an average, storage in warehouses with average humidity of
70 per cent – up to 18 months.
4. Provide a precise description of the proposed measure
The measure is an additional specific duty of Euro 1.5 per 1,000 pce.G/SG/N/10/BGR/1
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The measure does not apply to imports originating from developing countries listed in the
notification under Article 9, footnote 2 provided below.
5. Provide the proposed date of introduction of the measure
The measure was introduced on the day of publication of Regulation No. 255 of the Council
of Ministers of 19 November 2002 on the imposition of a safeguard measure on the imports of crown
corks in the Republic of Bulgaria (State Gazette No. 108 of 19 November 2002).
6. Provide expected duration of the measure
The measure is imposed for a period of four years.
7. For a measure with a duration of more than three years, provide the proposed date for
the review (under Article 7.4) to be held not later than the mid-term of the measure, if
such a date for the review has already been scheduled
Review under Article 7.4 should be held within a two year period from the date of imposition
of the safeguard measure.
8. If the expected duration is over one year, provide the expected timetable for progressive
liberalization of the measure
The proposed liberalization of the above-mentioned measure is as follows:
- Euro 1.5 per 1,000 pce for the first and second year after the imposition;
- Euro 1.3 per 1,000 pce for the third and fourth year after the imposition.
9. Information relating to the extension of the measure
Not applicable.
B. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS OF NON-APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARD MEASURE TO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNDER ARTICLE 1
1. Specify the measure
The measure is an additional specific duty of Euro 1.5 per 1,000 pce, as described in the
above notification under Article 12.1(c).
2. Specify the product subject to the measure
Crown corks, tariff no. 8309 10 000 0, made from white tinplate and used for glass bottles.
3. Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under Article 9.1 of
the Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these countries individually andcollectively
The safeguard measure does not apply to the imports originating from the countries listed in
the Annex to this notification pursuant to Article 9.1, footnote 2.  Each listed country accounts for lessG/SG/N/10/BGR/1
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than 3 per cent of crown corks imports.  Collectively, the listed countries account for less than 9 per
cent of total crown corks imports.
4. Change in the list of developing countr ies exempted from the safeguard measure
pursuant to Article 9.1
Not applicable.G/SG/N/10/BGR/1
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ANNEX
Countries to which the Measure is not applied
pursuant to Article 9.1, footnote 2
United Arab Emirates Grenada Niger
Antigua and Barbuda Ghana Nigeria
Angola Gambia Nicaragua
Argentina Guinea Oman
Barbados Guatemala Panama
Bangladesh Guinea-Bissau Peru
Burkina Faso Honduras Papua New Guinea
Bahrain Haiti Philippines
Burundi Indonesia Pakistan
Benin India Paraguay
Brunei Darussalam Jamaica Qatar
Bolivia Jordan Rwanda
Brazil Kenya Solomon Islands
Botswana St. Kitts and Nevis Sierra Leone
Belize Kuwait Senegal
Democratic Republic of Congo St. Lucia Suriname
Central African Republic Sri Lanka El Salvador
Congo Lesotho Swaziland
Côte d'Ivoire Macao, China Chad
Chile Morocco Togo
Cameroon Madagascar Thailand
Colombia Mali Tunisia
Costa Rica Myanmar Trinidad and Tobago
Cuba Mongolia Tanzania (United Republic of)
Djibouti Mauritania Uganda
Dominica Mauritius Uruguay
Dominican Republic Malawi St. Vincent and Northern
Grenadines
Ecuador Mexico Venezuela
Egypt Malaysia Zambia
Fiji Mozambique Zimbabwe
Gabon Namibia
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