RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/148
6March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0802)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 2.2
Hong Kong
TheTextiles Monitoring Body hasreceived anotification from Hong Kong ofobservations
made pursuant toparagraph 2ofArticle 2.
TheTMB iscirculating thisnotification toWTO Members fortheirinformation inaccordance
withparagraph 2ofArticle 2.G/TMB/N/148
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Hong Kong Economic andTrade Office, Geneva
12February 1995
H.E.Mr.András Szepesi
Chairman
Textiles Monitoring Body
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
154ruedeLausanne
1211 Geneva 21
Dear Mr.Chairman,
Pursuant toArticle 2.2oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing (ATC), andwithreference
totheUSnotification under Article 2.1oftheATC circulated bytheTMB on22December 1995,
Hong Kong observes thatcategory 341should havebeendenoted "0",andnotwithanasterisk asin
theabove-mentioned notification.
Iwould alsoliketotakethisopportunity toinform theTMB thatsome oftheobservations
byHong Kong submitted totheTMB on30May1995ontheearlier notification bytheUScontinue
toapply. These observations arereproduced inthetableattached.
Yours sincerely,
(signed) Timothy Tong
Deputy Permanent Representative
ofHong Kong toWTOG/TMB/N/148
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USA: ARTICLE 2.1NOTIFICATION UNDER THE ATC
POINTS USNOTIFICATION HONG KONG 'SOBSERVATIONS
1.Product
DescriptionsBrief descriptions are
usedThebrief product descriptions contained inthe
USnotification donotreflect adequately and
accurately thecategorization ofproducts
enforced on31.12.94 under the1992-1995
Hong Kong/US Bilateral Agreement (the
Bilateral). Asimplementation ofrestraint levels
relies heavily ontheproduct descriptions of
respective categories, andtoforestall any
possible misunderstanding inthefuture, we
consider itnecessary tonotify theTMB the
product descriptions assetoutintheBilateral.
2.Coverage and
Structure of
Groups/Sub-groupsNotspecified TheUSnotification does notspecify the
coverage andstructure oftherespective groups
andsub-groups defined intheBilateral andin
force on31.12.94. Asproducts within these
groups andsub-groups aresubject totheir
respective limits, details ofcategory number
andproduct descriptions under each group and
sub-group should benotified totheTMB.
3.Conversion Factors Notincluded Conversion factors areessential forthe
application offlexibilities notified under
Article 2.1. They should therefore beincluded
inthenotification totheTMB.
4.Category Number
forMade-to-
measure SuitsNotspecified Forclarity sake, thecategory number for
made-to measure suits [category 443/444/
643/644/843/844(1)] should bespecified.