. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/24/Suppl.9
G/L/427
15 December 2000
(00-5479)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  Spanish
PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES IMPOSED BY CHILE
ON POWDERED MILK AND LIQUID UHT MILK
Request for Consultations under Article 12.4
of the Agreement on Safeguards
Supplement
The following communication, dated 8 December 2000, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Argentina.
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I have the honour to transmit herewith Argentina's notification to the Council for Trade in
Goods, pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, concerning the consultations
requested by Argentina to Chile under Article 12.4 of the aforesaid Agreement in relation to the
provisional safeguard measure imposed on imports of powdered milk and liquid UHT milk
(document G/S/24).G/SG/24/Suppl.9
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1. Specify the provision under which consultations were held (i.e. Article 12.3 or
Article 12.4).
Article 12.4
2. Provide reference to the WTO document th at notified the safeguard action regarding
which consultations were held under Article 12.3 or 12.4.
Notifications submitted:
- Under Article 12.1(a) of the Agreement on Safeguards relating to initiation of an
investigatory process and the reasons for it (G/SG/N/6/CHL/4);  and
- pursuant to Article 12.4 of the Agreement on Safeguards, before taking a provisional
safeguard measure referred to in Article 6 (G/SG/N/7/CHL/3 and
G/SG/N/7/CHL/3/Suppl.1).
3. Specify the Members involved in the consul tations, and provide the time-period during
which consultations were held.
The consultations were held in Geneva on 22 November 2000.  The following participated in
the consultations:  Argentina (document G/SG /24), Canada (G/SG/24/Suppl.2), Australia
(G/SG/24/Suppl.3), New Zealand (G/SG/24/Suppl.4 ), Uruguay (G/SG/24/Suppl.5), United States
(G/SG/24/Suppl.7), the European Communities (document G/AG/25), and Poland
(document G/SG/26).
4. Describe the results of the consultations.
The consultations held did not achieve a satisfactory result.
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