RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/C/W/19
15September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2700)
COUNCIL FOR TRADE INGOODS
26September 1995
MALAWI -RENEGOTIATION OFSCHEDULE LVIII
Draft Decision onExtension ofTime-Limit
Considering thattheCONTRACTING PARTIES, bysuccessive Decisions, suspended the
applicationoftheprovisionsofArticleIIofGATT1947totheextentnecessarytoenabletheGovernment
ofMalawi torenegotiate itsSchedule andtotranspose itintotheHarmonized 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 19951theGeneral Council established alistof
waivers existing attheentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, which included thewaiver granted
toMalawi fortherenegotiation ofitsSchedule LVIII;
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;
Noting thattheGovernment ofMalawi ispresently working atthepreparation ofthenecessary
documentation buthasencountered some technical problems regarding thetransposition ofitsSchedule
intotheHarmonized System andthecompilation oftherequired statistics tocarry outArticle XXVIII
negotiations, andtothisendhasrequested technical assistance from theSecretariat;
Considering thattheGovernment ofMalawi, having fulfilled therequirements ofparagraph 1
oftheUnderstanding inRespect ofWaivers ofObligations under theGATT 1994, hasrequested a
further extension oftheexemption ofitsobligations under Article IIofGATT 1994 until
31December 19952;
1WT/L/3 +Corr.1.
2G/L/24.
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TheGeneral Council, acting pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement,
Decides, inviewoftheexceptional circumstances outlined above, toextend thewaiver granted
toMalawi bytheDecision of3December 19923,until31December 1995.
3BISD 39S/384.