RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/108
5July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1856)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.2
Macau
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification fromMacau ofobservations pursuant
toparagraph 2ofArticle 2.
TheTMB iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members fortheirinformation, pursuant to
paragraph 2ofArticle 2.
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Government ofMacau
Macau, 14June1995
Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
CH-1211 Geneva 21
Dear Sir,
Incompliance withArticle 2paragraph 2oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing, andin
respect oftheUnited States notification G/TMB/ of19April 1995, theGovernment ofMacau wishes
tomake thefollowing observations:
- TheUSGovernment 'snotification refers tocategories offabrics 219,225,317,326,
611,625/6/7/8/9 asSpecific Limits, when on31December 1994thesesamecategories
were, infact,merely under Designated Consultation Levels.
- Therefore, itistheMacau Government 'sunderstanding thatnorestrictions were in
force on31December 1994 byreason ofwhich thecategories above must notbe
considered assuch, andtherefore, nottheobject oftheaforementioned notification.
Inviewofthese considerations, theMacau Government invites theTMB torecommend that
theUnited States notification, insofarasitpurports toconfirm theexistence ofrestrictions forfabric
categories 219,225,317,326,611,625/6/7/8/9 asSpecific Limits, isnotinconformity withArticle 2
paragraph 1oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing.
Yours sincerely,
Vitor Rodrigues Pessoa
Secretary forEconomic andFinancial Affairs
Macau Government