WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BOP/N/43
3 February 1999
(99-0403)
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Original:  French
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE
BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Communication from Tunisia
The following communication, dated 21 January 1999, has been received form the Permanent
Mission of Tunisia.
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The Permanent Mission of Tunisia in Geneva presents its compliments to the Secretariat of
the World Trade Organization and has the honour to transmit herewith a copy of Decree No. 98-1984
of 12 October 1998 amending Decree No. 97-2515 of 29 December 1997 establishing the lists of
products excluded from the free trade regime.
This Decree was issued pursuant to Tunisia' s commitments regarding the removal of import
restrictions on rolling stock under tariff heading 87.03 and the timetable for dismantling agreed and
approved by the Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions during the consultations held in
June 1997.WT/BOP/N/43
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MINISTRY OF TRADE
Decree No. 98-1984 of 12 October 1998 amendi ng Decree No. 97-2515 of 29 December 1997
establishing the lists of products excluded from the free trade regime.
The President of the Republic,
At the proposal of the Minister of Trade,Considering Law No. 94-41 of 7 March 1994 on foreign trade, in particular Article 39
thereof,
Considering Decree No. 94-1742 of 29 August 1994 establishing the lists of products
excluded from the free trade regime as amended by Decree No. 96-1118 of 10 June 1996 and
Decree No. 97-2515 of 29 December 1997, in particular Article 2 thereof,
Considering the opinions of the Ministers of Finance, Agriculture and Industry,Considering the opinion of the Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia,Considering the opinion of the administrative court,
Hereby decrees:
Article 1.  Table "T" (new) concerning products temporarily subject to import authorization
under Article 39 of Law No. 94-41 of 7 March 1994, contained in annex to Decree No. 97-2515 of
29 December 1997, is hereby amended according to Table "B" annexed hereto.
Article 2.  This Decree shall enter into force as of 1 July 1998.Article 3.  The Ministers of Finance, Agricultur e, Trade and Industry and the Governor of the
Central Bank of Tunisia shall be responsible, within their respective spheres of competence, for the
execution of this Decree which shall be published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Tunisia.
Tunis, 12 October 1998
Zine El Abidine Ben AliWT/BOP/N/43
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TABLE "B"
Products Subject to Temporary Import Authorization
Tariff heading Description of goods NGPa number
Ex. 87.03 Motor cars and other motor
vehicles principally designed for
the transport of persons (other thanthose of heading 87.02), includingstation wagons and racing cars870321304;
870321905;
870322304;870322305;870322306;870322405;870322406;
870322407;
870322905;870322906;870322907;870322908;870322909;
870322910;
870323920;870323925;870323926;870323930;870323931;
870323935;
870323936;870323937;870323940;870323941;
870323942;
870323943;870323944;870323949;870331110;870331120;
870331904;
870331905;
870331906870332110;
870332120;
870332919;870332920;870332921;870332922;870332923;
870332925;
870332926;870332927;870332928;870332929;870332930;
870332931;
870332932;870332933;870332934;870332935;870332936;
870332937;
870332938;870332940;870332941;870332942;
870332943;
870332944;870332945;870332949;870332950;870332954;
870332955;
870333110;
870333120
a Nomenclature générale des produits (H.S. at nine-digit level).
Source: Journal Officiel de la République Tunisienne , 16 October 1998.
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