WORLD TRADE WT/L/87
15September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2694)
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO -ESTABLISHMENT OFANEW SCHEDULE LXVII
Extension ofTime-Limit
Decision of31August 19951
Considering thattheCONTRACTING PARTIES toGATT 1947, bytheir Decision of
20August 19932,suspended theapplication oftheprovisions ofArticle IIofGATT 1947totheextent
necessary toenable theGovernment oftheRepublic ofTrinidad andTobago torenegotiate itsSchedule
andtotranspose itintotheHarmonized Commodity Description andCoding System (Harmonized
System);
Considering thatthefootnote toAnnex IA,Section onGATT 1994, sub-paragraph 1(b)(iii)
oftheAgreement establishing theWorld Trade Organization requires theMinisterial Conference to
establish atitsfirstsession arevised listofwaivers granted under Article XXV ofGATT 1947 and
stillinforce onthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement;
Considering thatbyaDecision of31January 19953theGeneral Council established alistof
waivers existing attheentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, which included thewaiver granted
toTrinidad andTobago fortheestablishment ofanewSchedule LXVII;
Considering thatparagraph 2oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers ofObligations under
theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 provides thatanywaiver ineffect onthedateof
entryintoforceoftheWTOAgreementshallterminateunlessextendedinaccordancewiththeprocedures
setoutinparagraph 1oftheaforementioned Understanding andthose ofArticle IXoftheWTO
Agreement onthedateofitsexpiry ortwoyears from thedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement, whichever isearlier;
NotingthattherelevantdocumentshavenotyetbeencirculatedtootherMembersduetotechnical
reasons, butthattheGovernment ofTrinidad andTobago hasgiven theassurance thatitwillsubmit
thedocumentation before 15August 1995, andwillattempt toconclude theprocess assoonaspossible
thereafter;
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1TheDecision wasadopted bypostal ballot. There were 85votes infavour andnoneagainst.
2L/7290.
3WT/L/3 andCorr.1.WT/L/87
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Taking intoaccount thattheGovernment ofTrinidad andTobago, having fulfilled the
requirements ofparagraph 1oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers ofObligations under the
GATT 1994, hasrequested anextension ofitswaiver until31December 19954;
TheGeneral Council, acting pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement,
Decides, inviewoftheexceptional circumstances outlined above, toextend thewaiver granted
toTrinidad andTobago bytheDecision of20August 1993, until31December 1995.
4G/L/13.