WORLD TRADE WT/L/267
29April 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1732)
ZAMBIA -RENEGOTIATION OFSCHEDULE LXXVIII
Extension ofTime-Limit
Decision of24April 19981
Considering thattheCONTRACTING PARTIES toGATT 1947, bytheir Decision of
26November 19932,suspended theapplication oftheprovisions ofArticle IIofGATT 1947 tothe
extent necessary toenable theGovernment ofZambia toimplement theHarmonized Commodity
Description andCoding System (Harmonized System) on1January 1988 andcarry outnegotiations
subsequently;
Taking intoaccount thatbysuccessive Decisions, thetime-limit ofthewaiver hasbeenextended
until30April 19983;
Considering thatbyaDecision of31January 19954theGeneral Council established alistof
waivers existing atthetimeofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, which included thewaiver
granted toZambia fortherenegotiation ofitsSchedule LXXVIII;
Taking intoaccount thattherelevant documentation necessary forrenegotiations under
Article XXVIII wascirculated indocument G/SECRET/HS/8 on12March 1996;
ConsideringthattheGovernmentofZambiahasinitiatednegotiationswiththreetradingpartners
andhasconcluded negotiations withoneofthem;
Considering thattheGovernment ofZambia, having fulfilled therequirements ofparagraph 1
oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers ofObligations under theGATT 1994, hasrequested a
further extension oftheexemption ofitsobligations under Article IIofGATT 19945;
TheGeneral Council, acting pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement,
Decides, inviewoftheexceptional circumstances outlined above, toextend thewaiver granted
toZambia bytheDecision of26November 1993, until31October 1998.
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1AdoptedinaccordancewiththeDecision-MakingProceduresunderArticlesIXandXIIoftheWTOAgreemen t
agreed bytheGeneral Council (WT/L/93).
2BISD, 40S/102.
3WT/L/242.
4WT/L/3 +Corr.1.
5G/L/228.