N0.________________WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SECRET/10/Add.1
15 December 1998
(98-5055)
Original:  English
ARTICLE XXVIII:5 NEGOTIATIONS
Schedule V – Canada
Addendum
The following communication, dated 10 December 1998, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Canada.
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Further to Canada's notification of modifications to its Schedule V – Canada circulated in
document G/SECRET/10 of 8 June 1998, my authorities have instructed me to submit the attached
addendum to that notification with the request that it be circulated to Members.
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Copies of the documentation are available in electronic form (Microsoft Word). It is also
available in paper form from the Market Access Division (Ms. Wood, Office 3142, Tel: 739 50 79).G/SECRET/10/Add.1
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ARTICLE XXVIII NEGOTIATIONS
Schedule V - CANADA
Addendum
In accordance with the provisions and procedures of Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, pursuant to
Canada's communication G/MA/5 of 19 December 1996, and further to its Article XXVIII Notification
G/SECRET/10 of 8 June 1998, Canada hereby notifies that it intends to modify or withdraw certain
concessions on items included in the WTO Schedule V - Canada.
The Government of Canada is prepared to enter into negotiations and/or consultations with the
interested Members of the WTO under Article XXVIII for the modifications of its concessions asindicated in the Annex to this Addendum, as well as those in its Notification of 8 June 1998. This
Addendum to Canada’s 8 June 1998 Notification is intended to complete the picture to allow parties to
assess the changes made to the Canadian Tariff.  It should be read in conjunction with the 8 June 1998
Notification and includes the withdrawal of the Annex A Statutory Concessionary Provisions and Annex
B Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft Provision of the WTO Schedule V – Canada that were notincluded in the initial Notification and the proposed replacement tariff items as well as tariff items
required to be notified as technical amendments resulting from the introduction of the replacement tariff
items.  The Annex to this Addendum contains the following:
- Table 1: Existing Schedule V Concessions subject to Modification or Withdrawal- Table 2:  Proposed Concessions to be included in Schedule V- Table 3:  Concordance table - Existing to Proposed Concessions
- Table 4:  Concordance table - Proposed to Existing Concessions
- Table 5:  Import statistics relating to impaired concessions for the most recent three year
period (1994-1996)
- Table  6:  List of Notes
Tariff items notified in Canada’s 8 June 1998 Notification are included in Tables 1 through 5 of
this Addendum only where they are subject to an additional modification.
As indicated in a previous communication from Canada, circulated in document WT/L/225 of 18
December 1997, this Addendum and Canada's Notification of 8 June 1998 are made necessary as a resultof Canada's implementation of its new national Customs Tariff on 1 January 1998.  The Government of
Canada recognizes the number of technical changes being notified in both this Addendum and Canada's
Notification of 8 June 1998 that will need to be reviewed by contracting parties. Consequently, Canada
will recognize the right of Members under paragraph 3 of Article XXVIII until 30 June 1999 in respect of
consultations initiated  further to this Addendum and the Canadian Notification of 8 June 1998.G/SECRET/10/Add.1
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CONTENTS
Table 1A - Existing Schedule V: Canada Tariff Concessions (Tariff Items) Subject to
Modification or Withdrawal
Table 1B - Existing Schedule V: Canada Tariff  Concessions (Annex A Statutory Concessionary
Provisions) Subject to Modification or Withdrawal
Table 1C - Existing Schedule V: Canada Tariff Concessions (Annex B Agreement on Trade in
Civil Aircraft Provision) Subject to Withdrawal
Table 2 - Proposed Tariff Concessions Resulting from the Implementation of the 1998
Canadian Customs Tariff
Table 3A - (Reference to Table 1A) – Concordance – Existing to Proposed Canada:  Schedule V
Tariff Concessions (Tariff Items)
Table 3B - (Reference to Table 1B) – Concordance – Existing to Proposed Canada: Schedule V
Tariff Concessions (Annex A Statutory Concessionary Provisions)
Table 4 - Concordance – Proposed to Existing Canada: Schedule V Tariff Concessions (Annex
A Statutory Concessionary Provisions)
Table 5A - 3Yr Imports by supplier on Impaired Schedule V: Canada Tariff Concessions (Annex
A Statutory Concessionary Provisions)
Table 5B - Amount of Impairment to Schedule V: Canada Tariff Concessions (Annex A
Statutory Concessionary Provisions) – Av erage Annual Imports and Duty Collected
Table 5C -  3Yr Imports by supplier on Schedule V: Canada Tariff Concessions (Annex A
Statutory Concessionary Provisions)
Table 6 - List of NotesG/SECRET/10/Add.1
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CONTENTS OF CANADIAN ARTICLE XXVIII ADDENDUM TO NOTIFICATION TABLES
Further to G/SECRET/10 of 8 June 1998, this represents the Addendum to the Notification
Tables of 8 June 1998 contained in G/SECRET/10, and relates to the following that result fromCanada’s implementation of its new national tariff:
1) Existing Tariff Concessions (Annex A Statutory Concessionary Provisions)  that were not set
out in the Notification Tables of 8 June 1998 and are withdrawn by this Addendum.
Concessions that are subject to impairment are indicated by “*”.  Impairments occur where
the rate applicable to a proposed concession is higher than the rate applicable to the existing
concession that provides for the same goods.  In this Addendum, existing and proposedconcessions affected by impairments are indicated by “*”.
2) Existing Tariff Concessions (Annex A Statutory Concessionary Provisions) )  that were not
set out in the Notification Tables of 8 June 1998 and that are being replaced by tariff items in
Chapter 99 of Canada’s new national Customs Tariff.  In such instances there is no increase inthe applicable Base Rate of Duty or Bound Rate of Duty with the Final Implementation Date
the same or earlier;
3) Existing Tariff Concessions (Annex B – Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft Provision) that
are withdrawn by this Addendum;
4) Proposed Tariff Concessions (tariff items) that replace existing tariff concessions (Annex A
Statutory Concessionary Provisions and A nnex B Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
Provision) other than those set out in the  Notification Tables of 8 June 1998; and
5) Existing and Proposed Tariff Concessions (Tariff Items) that are required to be notified as
technical amendments related to items (1) to (2) above, with no increase in the applicable
Base Rate of Duty or Bound Rate of Duty and with the Final Implementation Date the same
or earlier.
For the purposes of this Addendum, the “Existing” WTO Schedule V – Canada  includes
amendments introduced as a result of the Harmonized System 1996, the Information TechnologyAgreement and the Canadian Article XXVIII Notification Tables of 8 June 1998.  “Existing” tariff
items which were introduced in the Canadian Notification Tables of 8 June 1998 are indicated by
a “†”.
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