RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/VAL/W/5/Rev.3
10October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4374)
Committee onCustoms Valuation
INFORMATION ONTHE APPLICATION OFTHE DECISIONS ONTHE TREATMENT
OFINTEREST CHARGES INTHE CUSTOMS VALUE OFIMPORTED GOODS
AND ONTHE VALUATION OFCARRIER MEDIA BEARING SOFTWARE
FOR DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
Note bytheSecretariat
Revision
TheDecision ontheTreatment ofInterest Charges intheCustoms Value ofImported Goods
adopted bytheCommittee (G/VAL/5) requires eachMember tonotify theCommittee ofthedatefrom
which itwillapply theDecision. TheDecision ontheValuation ofCarrier Media Bearing Software
forDataProcessing Equipment adopted bytheCommittee (G/VAL/5) requires thoseMembers adopting
thepractice referred toinparagraph 2oftheDecision tonotify theCommittee ofthedateofits
application.Thisdocumentupdatesthelistingofdocumentreferencescontainingtheinformationreceived
fromMembers inpursuance ofthese provisions (G/VAL/W/5 andRev.1). Areference forSingapore
hasbeenadded indicating thatitwillapply theabove twoDecisions when theCustoms (Valuation)
(Import Duty) Regulations come intooperation, andthatthere iscurrently noimport dutyoncarrier
media inSingapore.
Inaddition, thefollowing delegations haveindicated thattheyareexamining theimplementation
oftheabove Decisions: Brazil (VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.3) andIndia (VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.6).
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Party Decision on
Interest ChargesDecision onCarrier Media
Bearing Software
Applying Paragraph 2 Information onOther
Practices
Argentina VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.4
VAL/1/Add.22VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.4
Australia VAL/9 VAL/11
Austria VAL/9 VAL/11/Add.7
Brunei
DarussalamG/VAL/N/3/BRN/1
Canada VAL/9/Add.5
VAL/1/Add.17/Suppl.1VAL/11/Add.4
VAL/1/Add.17/Suppl.2
Cyprus VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.7 G/VAL/N/1/CYP/1 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.7
Czechoslovakia VAL/M/17, §24 VAL/M/17, §24
EEC VAL/9/Add.6
VAL/1/Add.2/Suppl.7VAL/11/Add.5
VAL/1/Add.2/Suppl.7
Finland VAL/9 VAL/11/Add.6
VAL/1/Add.4/Suppl.2
Hong Kong VAL/9 VAL/11
Hungary VAL/9/Add.3 VAL/11/Add.1
Japan VAL/9 VAL/11/Add.3
Korea, Rep.of VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.1 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.1
Lesotho VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.2 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.2
Mexico VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.8 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.8
NewZealand VAL/9
VAL/1/Add.12/Suppl.1VAL/M/17, §32
Norway VAL/9/Add.2
VAL/1/Add.11/Suppl.2VAL/M/10, §12
Romania VAL/9/Add.4 VAL/11/Add.2
Singapore G/VAL/N/3/SGP/1 G/VAL/N/3/SGP/1 G/VAL/N/3/SGP/1
South Africa VAL/9/Add.1 VAL/11
Sweden VAL/9 VAL/11/Add.4
United States VAL/9/Add.6
VAL/1/Add.1/Suppl.4VAL/11/Add.5
VAL/1/Add.1/Suppl.5
Zimbabwe VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.5 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.5