RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/MA/NTM/QR/1
1March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0775)
Committee onMarket Access
NOTIFICATIONS OFQUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Following theDecision onNotification Procedures forQuantitative Restrictions, adopted by
theCouncil forTrade inGoods (G/L/59), Members shallmake complete notifications ofthequantitative
restrictions which theymaintain by31January 1996 andattwo-yearly intervals thereafter, andshall
notify changes totheirquantitative restrictions asandwhen these changes occur. Members which
havemade, under other WTO provisions, notifications ofquantitative restrictions which fulfil the
requirements forquantitative restrictions notifications under the1984 and1985 decisions andwhich
areup-to-date, shallnotify thefacttotheSecretariat. These notifications willbestored inthenew
database ofquantitative restrictions.
2. According totheDecision, "theSecretariat shallpublish periodically adocument listing the
WTO Members having made anotification. TheSecretariat shallmake available toMembers, asand
when requested, onpaper orcomputer tape,detailed extracts ofthequantitative restrictions database.
Thenotifications themselves shallbeavailable forconsultation intheSecretariat."
3. Notifications ofquantitative restrictions havebeenreceived from thefollowing Members:
Dominican Republic
European Community
Malta
NewZealand
Philippines
Peru
Turkey
Republic ofZambia
4. These notifications areavailable forMembers 'consultation intheMarket Access Division
(extensions 5549 or5041).