WORLD TRADE G/VAL/2/Rev.4
16October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4303)
Committee onCustoms Valuation
AGREEMENT ONIMPLEMENTATION OFARTICLE VII
OFTHE GATT 1994 (CUSTOMS VALUATION)
INVOCATION OFSPECIAL PROVISIONS
AVAILABLE TODEVELOPING COUNTRY MEMBERS
Note bytheSecretariat
I. Article 20.1(delayed application oftheprovisions oftheAgreement), Article 20.2(delayed
application ofthecomputed value method), paragraph 2ofAnnex III(reservation concerning minimum
values), paragraph 3ofAnnex III(reservation concerning reversal ofsequential order ofArticles 5
and6),andparagraph 4ofAnnex III(reservation concerning application ofArticle 5.2whether or
nottheimporter sorequests) oftheAgreement arespecial provisions available todeveloping country
Members. Listed below arethose developing country Member which haveinvoked some orallof
theabove provisions, withthedateofentryintoforceoftheWTO Agreement fortheMember concerned
indicated inbrackets:
Bangladesh (1.1.95)
Bolivia (13.9.95)
Brunei Darussalam (1.1.95)
Burkina Faso(3.6.95)
Burundi (23.7.95)
Cameroon (13.12.95)
Central African Rep.(31.5.95)
Chile (1.1.95)
Colombia (30.4.95)
Costa Rica (1.1.95)
Côted'Ivoire (1.1.95)
Cuba (20.4.95)
Djibouti (31.5.95)
Dominican Republic (9.3.95)
Ecuador (21.1.96)
Egypt (30.6.95)
ElSalvador (7.5.95)Gabon (1.1.95)
Ghana (1.1.95)
Guatemala (21.7.95)
Honduras (1.1.95)
Indonesia (1.1.95)
Israel (21.4.95)
Jamaica (9.3.95)
Kenya (1.1.95)
Kuwait (1.1.95)
Madagascar (17.11.95)
Malaysia (1.1.95)
Mali(31.5.95)
Malta (1.1.95)
Mauritania (31.5.95)
Mauritius (1.1.95)
Myanmar (1.1.95)
Nicaragua (3.9.95)Nigeria (1.1.95)
Pakistan (1.1.95)
Paraguay (1.1.95)
Philippines (1.1.95)
Senegal (1.1.95)
Singapore (1.1.95)
SriLanka (1.1.95)
Thailand (1.1.95)
Togo (31.5.95)
Tunisia (29.3.95)
Uganda (1.1.95)
United Arab
Emirates (10.4.96)
Uruguay (1.1.95)
Venezuela (1.1.95)
Zambia (1.1.95)
Forthetextofthecommunications received fromthese Members, please refertodocuments
WT/Let/1/Rev.2 dated 22May1995, WT/Let/19 dated 15June1995, WT/Let/24 dated 28June1995,
WT/Let/28 dated 21August 1995, WT/Let/29 dated 23August 1995, WT/Let/36 dated
8November 1995, WT/Let/41 dated 20November 1995, WT/Let/48 dated 20December 1995,
WT/Let/72 dated 11April 1996, WT/Let/78 dated 26April 1996, WT/Let/82 dated 10May1996,
WT/Let/85 dated 28May1996, WT/Let/106 dated 20August 1996 andWT/Let/108.
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II. Pursuant totheDecision taken bytheGeneral Council atits31January 1995 meeting on
"Continued Application under theWTO Customs Valuation Agreement ofInvocations ofProvisions
forDeveloping Countries forDelayed Application andReservations under theCustoms Valuation
Agreement 1979" (WT/L/38), theinvocation fordelayed application andreservations under therelevant
provisions oftheCustoms Valuation Agreement 1979continue toapply forthefollowing developing
country Members inaccordance withparagraphs 1,2and3oftheaforementioned Decision:
Argentina
Brazil
IndiaMalawi
Mexico
MoroccoPeru
Turkey
Zimbabwe