RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 30 October 1980 TARIFFS AND TRADE LimitedDistribution
Committee on Tariff Concessions
IMPLEMENTATION OF MTN CONCESSIONS Note by the Secretariat Revision
The following list of dates for the implementation of tariff concessions granted in the Multilateral Trade negotiations has been compiled on the basis of material. available in the secretariat. The list normaLly indicates the date for the first tariff cut; following cuts would be implemented according to the general staging rules in paragraph 2(a) of the Geneva (1979) Protocol and the Supplermntazy Protocol. unless otherwise indicated. Special staging rules for particular types of products are not indicated but a reference to the Schedule concerned is made, where relevant.
The indication "entry into force o6 bindings" signifies that the concessions became legally valid o the date indicated but that no reduction was made at that date, the applied rates already being at or below the level of the concession. Governments for which the list indicates that no information is available or that a decision by Parliament on the implementation has not yet been taken are invited to inform the secretariat as son as possible of their intentions in respect of the implementation. TA.R/W/8/Rev .1 ?age 2
GENEVA (1979) PROTOCOL
Date of acceptance Date for the first reduction AUSTRIA 28 December 1979 1 July 1980 (tvo stages)* ARGENTINA 11 July 1979 1 January 1980 (whole redaction, CANADA Not yet accepted 1 January 1980* CZECHOSLOVAKIA 16 June 1980 1 July 1980 (one fourth of total cuts; remaining three fourths on 1.1.82, 1.1.84 and 1.i.86 respectively). EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 17 December 1979 1 January 1980* FINLAND 13 March 1980 1 January 1980* HUNGARY 17 December 1979 1 January 1980* ICELAND 15 April 1980 1 January 1980 (whole reduction) JAMAICA 12 December 1979 1 January 1980 (enter into force of bindings)* JAPAN 25 April 1980 26 April 1980 (t-wo stages )* NEW ZEALAND 17 December 1979 1 January 1980 (whole reduction) NORWAY 28 December 1979 1 January 1980 ROMANIA 25 Jane 1980 16 June 1980 (two stages)* SOUTH AFRICA 18 December 1979 1 Februarj-I980 (whole reduction) SPAIN Not yet accepted 1 July 1980 (two stages)* SWEDEN 20 December 1979 1 Febr arylo-;c8( stas, * SWITZERLAND 17 December 1979 1 January 1980* UNITED STATES 20 December 1979 1 January 1980* YUGOSLAVIA Not yet accepted Date of acceptance sentry int force of bindings)
* See s~ecial staging rfles in Schedufle. TAR/W/8/Rev .1 Page 3 SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL
Date of Acceptance Date for the first reduction
AUSTRALIA 31 March 1980 1 January 1980 (whole reduction) BRAZIL Not yet accepted Decision by. Parliament not yet taken. CANADA Not yet accepted See Geneva (1979) Protocol above CHILE Not yet accepted 1 July 1980 (whole reduction) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 23 November 1979 1 October 1984 and I October 1986 (in both cases whole reduction) EGYPT Not yet accepted Decision by Parliament not yet taken EEC 17 December 1979 See Geneva (1979) Protocol above HAITI Not yet accepted 1 January 1985 (whole reduction) INDIA 24 April 1980 1 January 1980 (entry into force of ) INDONESIA. 20 November 1979 No info=ration available bindings ISRAEL Not yet accepted 1 TJauary 198T (whole reduction) IVORY COAST Not yet accepted Date of acceptance (entry into force of bindings) KOREA Not yet accepted Decision by Parliament not yez taken
MALAYZIA 16 Juze 1980 1 January 19.80 entryr into force of PAKISTAN Not yet accepted No izfor-ation available bindings) PERU 8 February 1980 8 Febr-ary 1980 (entry into force of bindings, SINGAPORE 1 February 1980 1 January 1980 (entry into force of bindings) SPAIN Not yet accepted See Geneva (1979) Protocol above URUGUAY 16 juna- i980 16 June 1980 ( entry into force of ZAIRE Not yet accepted No information available bindings)
SCIDULE OF BULGARIA
3ULGARIA 27 November 1979 1 Jauary 1981 (whole reduction)
special* staging rull es in Sclhedule. See special staging ;ules in Sc~iedu2.e . TAR/W/8/Rev. 1 Page 4
ACCESSION PROTOCOLS
Date of acceptance Date for thne first reduction Colombia Not yet accepted Date of acceptance (entry into force of bindings) Philinppines 27 November 1979 (entry 1 January 1980* into force of Protocol on 27 December 1979)
*See special staging rules in Schedule.