RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/300
21 September 2001
(01-4512)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  Spanish
REQUEST BY EL SALVADOR FOR A WAIVER UNDER ARTICLE IX OF THE
WTO AGREEMENT FOR MINIMUM VALUES UNDER THE AGREEMENT
ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VII OF GATT 1994
The following communication, dated 19 September 2001, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of El Salvador.
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The Permanent Mission of El Salvador wishes to inform you that our Government has
decided to request a reservation under Annex III, paragraph 2, of the Agreement on Implementation of
Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (WTO Agreement on Customs
Valuation), to apply minimum customs values in El Salvador to a list of products, annexed hereto, fora transitional period of four years.
El Salvador has been granted an extension for implementing the Agreement on Customs
Valuation, in accordance with document G/VAL/30 of 6 July 2000.  Consequently, and taking into
account the guiding principles to be followed in considering applications for waivers, adopted on
1 November 1956, the Understanding in Respect of Waivers of Obligations under GATT 1994;  as
well as Article IX, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO, werequest the Council for Trade in Goods for an exte nsion to continue to apply minimum values on
imports of the products included in the list submitted on 5 September  2001.  We would be grateful if
this request could be circulated to the Members, for discussion in the next meeting of the Council for
Trade in Goods.
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