SECRET - World Trade Organization · SECRET GENERAL AGREEMENT ON No. 159 SECRET/326/Add.1 7 February 1991 TARIFFS AND TRADE Original: English ARTICLE XXVIII;5 NEGOTIATIONS SCHEDULE

SECRET GENERAL AGREEMENT ON No.

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SECRET/326/Add.1 7 February 1991

TARIFFS AND TRADE

Original: English

ARTICLE XXVIII;5 NEGOTIATIONS

SCHEDULE I - COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Addendum

The following communication, dated 31 January 1991, has been received from the Permanent Mission of Australia.

Attached for Secretariat records is an original copy of documentation signing off Article XXVIII negotiations between Australia, the United States, European Communities, Canada and Israel arising out of the modifications to Schedule I notified in GATT SECRET/326.

I would be grateful if you could arrange to notify relevant contracting parties of the settlement of these negotiations, in accordance with the attached notification.

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English only.

SECRET/326/Add.l Page 2

D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l GATT Geneva.

NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO SCHEDULE I - AUSTRALIA

The Delegations of Australia and the European Communities have concluded their negotiations under Article XXVIII for the modification or withdrawal of concessions provided for in Schedule I - Australia as set out in the report attached.

signed for the Delegation of Australia

signed for the Delegation of the European Communities (subject to approval by the Council of the European Communi ties)

30 January 1991


RESULTS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

UNDER ARTICLE XXVIII FOR THE MODIFICATION OF CONCESSIONS IN THE SCHEDULE OF AUSTRALIA

CHANGES IN SCHEDULE I - AUSTRALIA

Concessions Withdrawn

Tariff Item Number

Description of Products Rates of Duty Bound in Existing Schedule

ex0710 VEGETABLES (UNCOOKED OR COOKED BY STEAMING OR BOILING IN WATER), FROZEN

Leguminous vegetables of 0710.29 except peas and beans; Spinach of 0710.30; Other vegetables of 0710.80 except mushrooms, truffles and olives $0.003/kg

ex0711 VEGETABLES PROVISIONALLY PRESERVED (FOR EXAMPLE, BY SULPHUR DIOXIDE GAS, IN BRINE, IN SULPHUR WATER OR IN OTHER PRESERVATIVE SOLUTIONS), BUT UNSUITABLE IN THAT STATE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION

Gherkins of 0711.40 $0.071/litre

ex0712 DRIED VEGETABLES, WHOLE, CUT, SLICED, BROKEN OR IN POWDER, BUT NOT FURTHER PREPARED

Herbs of 0712.90 in packs Free exceeding 500 grams

Onions of 0712.20 and vegetables of 0712.90 - except . potatoes

. tomatoes

. herbs

. sweet corn

. mixtures $0.42/kg

exll08 STARCHES, INULIN

Potato starch of 1108.13 Free

Tariff Item Number


ex2001 VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS, PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID

Cucumbers and gherkins of 2001.10

Onions of 2001.20

Other of 2001.90 except . capers . olives

$0.12/litre

$0.14/litre

$0.14/litre

2002 TOMATOES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID

Tomato pulp, paste, puree or juice Of 2002.90

Other tomatoes of 2002.10 and 2002.90

$1.41/kg dry weight

$0.14/litre

ex2 004 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, FROZEN - except . potatoes of 2004.10

. beans, peas and mixtures of 2004.90 $0.003/kg

ex2 005 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, NOT FROZEN

Sauerkraut of 2005.30; Peas of 2005.40 and beans of 2005.51 and 2005.59, packed in liquid or in airtight containers

$0.14/litre

Cucumbers and gherkins of 2005.90 $0.12/litre

Other vegetables of 2005.90, packed in liquid or in airtight containers - except . mixtures

. capers

. cucumbers and gherkins $0.14/litre


New Concessions ATTACHMENT A

Tariff Item Number

Description of Products Rates of Duty to be Bound

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ex0710

ex0710.2

0710.29

0710.30

VEGETABLES (UNCOOKED OR COOKED BY STEAMING OR BOILING IN WATER), FROZEN

Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled

- Other

Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)

0710.80 Other vegetables

10%

10%

10%

ex0711 VEGETABLES PROVISIONALLY PRESERVED (FOR EXAMPLE, BY SULPHUR DIOXIDE GAS, IN BRINE, IN SULPHUR WATER OR IN OTHER PRESERVATIVE SOLUTIONS), BUT UNSUITABLE IN THAT STATE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION

0711.40 Cucumbers and gherkins Free


0712.20 Onions

ex0712.90 Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables

— except potatoes tomatoes

10%

10%

exll08 STARCHES; INULIN

1108.13 Potato starch 10%


Tariff Description of Products Rates of Duty Item to be Bound Number

2 001 VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS, PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID

2001.10 Cucumbers and gherkins 10%

2001.20 Onions 10%

2001.90 Other 10%


2 002.10 Tomatoes, whole or in pieces 2 0%

2002.90 Other 20%

ex2 004 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, FROZEN

2004.90 Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables 10%

ex2005 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, NOT FROZEN

2005.30 Sauerkraut 10%

2005.40 Peas (Pisum sativum) 10%

2005.5 Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)

2005.51 - Beans, shelled - 10%

2005.59 - Other 10%

2005.90 Other vegetables and mixtures of 10% vegetables


Tariff Description of Products Rates of Duty Item to be Bound Number

ex3912 CELLULOSE AND ITS CHEMICAL DERIVATIVES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED, IN PRIMARY FORMS

ex3912.39 Hydroxyethylcellulose 15%

7003 CAST GLASS AND ROLLED GLASS, IN SHEETS OR PROFILES, WHETHER OR NOT HAVING AN ABSORBENT OR REFLECTING LAYER, BUT NOT OTHERWISE WORKED

7 003.1 - Non-wired sheets:

_•% 7003.11 — Coloured throughout the mass 15% (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an absorbent or reflecting layer

7003.19 — Other 15%

7003.20 - Wired sheets 15%

7003.30 - Profiles 15%

ex9 008 IMAGE PROJECTORS, OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC; PHOTOGRAPHIC (OTHER THAN CINEMATOGRAPHIC) ENLARGERS AND REDUCERS

ex9008.30 Other image projectors Free

% — except . overhead projectors . projectors designed for the projection of film strip transparencies


INITIAL NEGOTIATOR RIGHTS

Initial negotiator rights will be accorded in respect of the concessions on the following items:

0710.29 0710.30 0710.80 0711.40 0712.20

ex0712.90 1108.13 2001.10 2001.20 2002.10 2002.90 2005.30 2005.40 2005.51 2005.59 2005.90

ex3912.39 7003.11 7003.19 7003.20 7003.30

ex9008.30

EC12 EC12 EC12 Italy EC12 EC12 Benelux EC12 EC12 France France, Italy EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12 EC12

SECRET/326/Add.1 Page 9

To the Di rec to r -Genera l GATT Geneva


The Delegations of Australia and Israel have concluded their consultations under Article XXVIII for the modification or withdrawal of concessions provided for in Schedule I -Australia as set out in the report attached.

signed for the Delegation signed for the Delegation of Australia of Israel

1 May 1989

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RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND ISRAEL UNDER ARTICLE XXVIII FOR THE MODIFICATION OF CONCESSIONS

IN THE SCHEDULE OF AUSTRALIA



Tariff Item Number


0710 VEGETABLES (UNCOOKED OR COOKED BY STEAMING OR BOILING IN WATER), FROZEN

Leguminous vegetables of 0710.29 except peas and beans ; Spinach of 0710.30; Other vegetables of 0710.80 except mushrooms, truffles and olives

$0.003/kg


Tomato pulp, paste, puree or juice of 2002.90

Other tomatoes of 2002.10 and 2002.90

$1.41/kg dry weight

$0.14/litre

2005 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, NOT FROZEN:

Sauerkraut of 2005.30; Peas of 2005.40 and beans of 2005.51 2005.59, packed in liquid or airtight containers

Cucumbers and gherkins of 2005.90

Others vegetables of 2005.90, packed in liquid or airtight containers

$0.l4/litre

$0.12/litre

$0.14/litre

- except mixtures capers cucumbers and gherkins

New Concessions


Tariff Item Number


107o

107.

107o

0710 VEGETABLES (UNCOOKED OR COOKED BY STEAMING OR BOILING IN WATER), FROZEN

0710.2 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled

0710.29 - Other

0710.30 Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)



2002.10 Tomatoes, whole or in pieces

2002.90 Other

On implementation

- With effect from 1 January 1990

2005 OTHER VEGETABLES PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID, NOT FROZEN:

2005.30 Sauerkraut

2005.40 Peas

2005.5 Beans

2005.51 - Beans, shelled

2005.59 - Other

2005.90 Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables

207o

257c

20%

107o

107c

107.

10%

107.

In respect of these concessions, a Contracting Party shall, when the question arises, be deemed to be a Contracting Party with which the concession was initially negotiated if it had during a representative period prior to the time when the question arises a principal supplying interest.


RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND CANADA UNDER ARTICLE XXVIII FOR THE MODIFICATION OF CONCESSIONS

IN THE SCHEDULE OF AUSTRALIA

CHANGES IN'SCHEDULE I - AUSTRALIA


Tariff Item Number


ex2001 Vegetablec, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

Cucumbers and gherkins of 2001.10 $0.12/litre

New Concessions

Tariff Item Number


2001.10

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

Cucumbers and gherkins 107c


To the Director-General General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs Centre William Rappard 154 rue de Lausanne 1211 GENEVA 21

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The Delegations of Australia and Canada have concluded their negotiations under Article XXVIII for the modification or withdrawal of concessions provided for in Schedule I -Australia as set out in the report attached.

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signed for the Delegation signed for the Delegation of Australia of Canada

20 July 1989


Director-General GATT Geneva


The Delegations of Australia and the United States of America have concluded their negotiations under Article XXVIII for the modification or withdrawal of concessions provided for in Schedule I - Australia as set out in the report attached.

signed for the Delegation signed for the Delegation of Australia of the United States

of America

21 July 1989

SECRET/326/Add Page 15

RESULTS OF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UNDER ARTICLE XXVIII FOR THE MODIFICATION OF CONCESSIONS IN THE SCHEDULE OF AUSTRALIA


CONCESSIONS WITHDRAWN

Description of Products Tariff Item Number

Rates of Duty Bound in Existing Schedule


Leguminous vegetables of 0710.29 except peas and beans; Spinach of 0710.30; Other vegetables of 0710.80 except mushrooms, truffles and olives $0.003/kg


Herbs of 0712.90 in packs Free exceeding 500 grams

Onions of 0712.20 and vegetables of 0712.90 - except . potatoes

. tomatoes

. herbs

. sweet corn

. mixtures $0.42/kg

ex2001 VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS, PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID

Onions of 2001.20

Other of 2001.90 except . capers . olives

$0.14/litre

$0.14/litre


NEW CONCESSIONS

Description of Products Tariff Item Number

Rates of Duty to be Bound


ex0710.2 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled

0710.29 - Other

0710.30 Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)

0710.40 Sweet corn


10%

10%

10%

10%


0712.20 Onions

ex0712.90 Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables

— except potatoes tomatoes

10%

10%

ex0802 OTHER NUTS, FRESH OR DRIED,

WHETHER OR NOT SHELLED OR PEELED

0802.1 Almonds

0802.11 - In shell 10%

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Tariff Item Number


0802.12 - Shelled 10%

2001 VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS AND OTHER EDIBLE PARTS OF PLANTS, PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID

2001.20

2001.90

Onions

Other

10%

10%

INITIAL NEGOTIATOR RIGHTS

Initial negotiator rights will be accorded to the United States in respect of the concessions on the following items:

0710.40 0802.11 0802.12

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