WORLD TRADE WT/DS123/1
G/L/236
G/SG/D4/1
ORGANIZATION 27April 1998
(98-1696)
Original: English
ARGENTINA -SAFEGUARD MEASURES ONIMPORTS OFFOOTWEAR
Request forConsultations byIndonesia
Thefollowing communication, dated 22April 1998, fromthePermanent Mission ofIndonesia
tothePermanent Mission ofArgentina andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance
withArticle 4.4oftheDSU.
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Upon instruction from myauthorities, Iwishtoconvey therequest oftheGovernment of
Indonesia forconsultations withtheGovernment ofArgentina pursuant toArticle XXII:1 oftheGeneral
Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994("GATT 1994"), Articles 1and4oftheUnderstanding onRules
andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes ("DSU") andArticle 14oftheAgreement on
Safeguards regarding theprovisional andthedefinitive safeguard measures imposed byArgentina on
imports offootwear.
TheGovernment ofArgentina introduced aprovisional safeguard measure intheform of
minimum specific duties onimports offootwear under Resolution 226/97, published intheOfficial
Journal oftheArgentine Republic No.28592 on24February 1997effective asof25February 1997.
Under Resolution 987/97, published inOfficial Journal oftheArgentine Republic No.28729 on
12September1997effectiveasof13September1997,Argentineimposedadefinitivesafeguardmeasure
intheformofminimum specific duties onimports offootwear. TheGovernment ofIndonesia considers
thatthesemeasures areinconsistent withtheobligations ofArgentina under theGATT 1994Article XIX
andtheWTO Agreement onSafeguards, inparticular ofArticles 2,4,5,6and12.These measures
cause serious injury tothetrade interests ofIndonesia, which isasignificant exporter offootwear.
Welookforwardtoreceivingyourreplytothisrequestforconsultationsandarrangingamutually
convenient dateandplace forconsultations.
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