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Reference:   WLI/100
The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization presents its compliments to the Members of
the World Trade Organization and has the honour to inform the Members that, on 14 May 1999, thefollowing communication was received from the Government of Niger concerning the Agreement on
Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 annexed to the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done at Marrakesh on15 April 1994:
- In accordance with the provisions of Article 20 and Annex III of the said Agreement,
the Government of Niger chooses to delay application, up to the year 2000, and enters the
following reservations:
(a) The Government of Niger wishes to retain the minimum values on a limited and
transitional basis.  The basis and period of use of these values will be established within theframework of the West African Economic and Monetary Union.  The relevant document will benotified in due course.
(b) The Government of Niger reserves the right to provide that the relevant provision of
Article 4 of the Agreement shall apply only when the customs authorities agree to the requestto reverse the order of Articles 5 and 6.
(c) The Government of Niger reserves the right to provide that paragraph 2 of Article 5 of
the Agreement shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the relevant note thereto
whether or not the importer so requests.
The Secretariat of the World Trade Organization avails itself of this opportunity to renew to
the Members the assurances of its highest consideration.
Geneva, 1 June 1999
99-2333 WT/Let/301