WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/454
29 July 2002
(02-4207)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.17
CHINESE TAIPEI
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a notification from Chinese Taipei pursuant to
Article 2.17.  The TMB is circulating this notification to WTO Members for their information.G/TMB/N/454
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Permanent Mission of the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to the WTO
26 July 2002
H.E. Mr. András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring BodyWorld Trade Organization
Rue de Lausanne 154
CH-1211 Geneva 21
Dear Ambassador Szepesi,
Thank you for your letter of reference TMB/100 dated 5 July 2002, seeking clarification
regarding a number of aspects of the notification made by the United States under Article 2.17 of the
ATC of administrative arrangements agreed with Chinese Taipei.
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Enclosed herewith is a 2-page attachment of our clarifications in response to the query of the
TMB.  Please feel free to contact me should you have any further questions.
Please accept, Mr. Chairman, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed)
Ching-Chang Yen
Permanent Representative
Encl.: as stated
                                                     
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Clarification on the Administrative Arrangement
Concluded by
the United States and Chinese Taipei
under Article 2.17 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
The provisions of the Administrative Arrangement between Chinese Taipei and the United
States under Article 2.17 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) are extracted from the
Taiwan-United States Bilateral Textile Agreement,  which was in force prior to Chinese Taipei’s
accession to WTO. The inclusion of the said provisions in the Administrative Arrangement wasagreed by the two parties to be necessary for the proper implementation of the ATC.
Hereunder are Chinese Taipei’s clarifications in response to the query of the TMB on the
Administrative Arrangement:
1. Paragraph 3, 9(a), 9(d) and Annex B:
Chinese Taipei confirms that the scope of textile and apparel products covered in the
Administrative Arrangement are in conformity with the coverage of the products in the Annex of the
ATC, and that they are products which have not been integrated into GATT 1994 as stipulated in
Article 2.6, 2.8(a) and 2.8(b) of the ATC.  The products listed in the notification
No. G/TMB/N/63/Add.13/ Suppl.1, which have already been integrated into GATT 1994 under the
provisions of Article 2.6, 2.8(a) and 2.8(b) of the ATC, are not covered by the Administrative
Arrangement.
2. Paragraph 4 and Annex A:
The limits contained both in paragraph 4 and Annex A are indeed only provided for historical
considerations.  The limits that were in force on the date prior to the date of our accession to the WTO
as referred to in paragraph 167 of the Report of the Working Party on the accession of Chinese Taipei
are listed in the notification No. G/TMB/N/63/Ad d.13. "Paragraph 7", referred to in paragraph 4 of
the Administrative Arrangement, relates to the pr ovisions of the Export Certification System which
governs products not subject to specific limits.  Since the Export Certification System is not in
conformity with rules of the ATC, the provisions in "paragraph 7" are not included in the
Administrative Arrangement.
3. Paragraph 11(a):
Paragraph 11(a) is complementary information to the implementation of Article 2 of the ATC.
Chinese Taipei confirms that in a case where changes such as mentioned in paragraph 11(a) occur and
affect the implementation and management of the ATC, any action taken will be in accordance with
the provisions of Article 4 of the ATC.
4 Paragraph 13(a):
The provision in paragraph 13(a) on the exchange of import and export statistics is drawn
from the Taiwan-United States Bilateral Textile Ag reement. The exchange of such data has been
practiced with good effect for several years. Chinese Taipei considers the inclusion of the provision in
the Administrative Arrangement to be helpful to the implementation of Article 2 of the ATC.G/TMB/N/454
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5. Paragraph 18, 18(e) and 18(f):
The provision on cooperation in the prevention of circumvention under paragraph 18 was a
supplement to the Taiwan-United States Bilateral Textile Agreement, and is following the precedents
of agreements contracted between the U.S. and other countries, which Chinese Taipei and theUnited States consulted upon the renewal of Bilateral Textile Agreement in 1995.  For transparency
reasons and considering that the similar provisions also exist in the administrative arrangements
concluded between the U.S. and other WTO members, Chinese Taipei agrees to include this
paragraph in the Administrative Arrangement.
6. Annex C:
The products listed in Annex C of the Administrative Arrangement are traditional handicrafts
and traditional garments. Chinese Taipei confirms that the products are not under quota restriction
according to paragraph 4(b) of the Administrative Arrangement.
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