WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/6/ARG/2/Suppl.1
7 July 1998
(98-2671)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(a) OF THE AGREEMENT
ON SAFEGUARDS ON INITIATION OF AN INVESTIGATION
AND THE REASONS FOR IT
ARGENTINA
Supplement
The following communication, dated 24 June 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Argentina.
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I have the honour to write in my capaci ty as representative of the MERCOSUR pro tempore
Presidency in order to notify to the Committee on Safeguards, on behalf of the Republic of Argentina,Resolution No. 56/98 of the Department of I ndustry, Trade and Mining, dated 3 February 1998,
initiating a safeguards investigatory process in connection with the importation of toys.  A copy of
this Resolution was duly transmitted to the WTO Secretariat by the Permanent Mission of Argentina
last March, and was circulated to the Committee on Safeguards in document G/SG/N/6/ARG/2.
This notification is made pursuant to footnote 1 to Article 2 of the Agreement on Safeguards,
and in accordance with Articles 92 and 93 of the Regulations on the Application of SafeguardMeasures to Imports from Non-Member Countries  of MERCOSUR, approved by Decision No. 17/96
of the Common Market Council and notified to the WTO on 21 February 1997.
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