RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/W/14
12July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1944)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION
PROVIDED BYCOLOMBIA OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 12.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofJapan.
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I. Notification
1. Notifications relating tosafeguard measures should bemade totheCommittee onSafeguards
oftheWTO instead ofbeing made tothebodies oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade (GATT)
asisprovided forinArticle 21oftheMinistry ofForeign Trade Decree No.809of21April 1994
(hereinafter referred toas"theDecree").
II. Theminimum non-application period
2. Theminimum non-application period should betwoyears inaccordance withparagraph 5of
Article 7oftheAgreement onSafeguards, instead ofoneyearasisprovided forinArticle 24ofthe
Decree.
III. Investigation
3. How areinvestigations conducted inthecaseofextension ofthesafeguard measure, which
arerequired byparagraph 2ofArticle 7oftheAgreement onSafeguards?
N.B. Article 23oftheDecree provides thatasafeguard measure maybeextended, provided that
ithasbeenestablished bytheHigher Council forForeign Trade thattheconditions which gave
risetotheapplication ofthemeasure continue toexist. Article 30oftheDecree further states
thatColombian Foreign Trade Institute (INCOMEX) shallsubmit totheCustoms, Tariffs and
Foreign Trade Committee andtotheHigher Council forForeign Trade aquarterly report
evaluating theeffects oftheapplication ofsafeguard measures, forthepurpose ofadopting
appropriate decisions onextending themeasures.
During theprocess ofpreparation ofsuchreports, doesINCOMEX conduct investigations
including, butnotlimited to,public notice andpublic hearings orother appropriate means
inwhich interested parties could present evidence andviews?