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1 RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE lndex/14 14 April 1982 Limited Distribution INDEX TO MINUTES OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES (29 September November 1981) (l-153) and Inter-sessional Committee (15 January May 1960) (IC.SR/l-IC.SR/49)

2 Page 2 Accession, provisional accession and participation, de facto application and observer status (see also under consultations under Protocols of Accession) De facto application to newly independent countries Participation of non-contracting-party developing countries in the work of the GATT Procedures - Article XXVI:4 Procedures - Article XXVI:5(c) 41 Procedures - Article XXXIII 19, 35, 42, 65, 91, 117, , 15 15, 19 21, 24, 25 Algeria Argentina Bangladesh Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Colombia Congo (People's Republic of the) Congo (Leopoldville) - see Zaire Egypt Gabon Hungary Iceland Iran Ireland Israel Japan Korea Kuwait Laos Liberia Mali Mexico Paraguay Philippines 41 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 15, 17, 21, 34 27, , 23, 24, 37, , 61, 94, 106, 117, 130, 132, 135, 136, , 61 10, 23, 24, 60, 61, 65, 15 37, 56, 64, 19, 24, 32, 99 1, 24, , 37, 38, 15 37, 42, 59, 110, , 135, , 89, 110, 123, 130, 133, 136

3 Page 3 Poland 4, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23, 27, 35, 38, 39, 41 Portugal 1 Rhodesia and Nyasaland 17, 18 Romania 51,61,73 Spain 1, 10, 15 Switzerland 27, 31, 34, 4, 6, 23, 35 41, 42 Tunisia 19, 24, 31, 42, 59, 65, 74, 91, 110, 123, 136, 152 Thailand 127 Upper Volta 15 Yugoslavia 1, 4, 8, 10, 24, 32, 35, 36 Zaire 3, 35, 62, 70 Agreements evolved in the Multilateral Trade Negotiations Relationship between Agreements 135, 137, 138 and the General Agreement Notification and surveillance 139, 144, 146, 147,150, 151, 153, Differential and More Favourable 152 Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries ("enabling clause") Agricultural Framework 136, 138, 139, 141 it Amendment of the General Agreement Part IV 23, 24, 29, 32 Spanish text of revised 19 General Agreement Status of Protocols 34, 41 35, 59, 74, 81, 91, 101, 110, 117, 123, 129 Anti-dumping and countervailing 27, 31 1, 42, 43 duties United States Non-rubber footwear 100 Anti-dumping investigations 108, 117 Anti-dumping practices, Committee on 61, 63, 64, 68, 74, 81, 89, 91, 100, 110, 113, 117, 123, 129, 136

4 Page A Articles of the Agreement Article I Article II Article VI Article VII - see Preferences - see Import and export charges and surcharges and Schedules - see Anti-dumping and countervailing duties and Anti-dumping practices - see Valuation for customs purposes Article XII, XIII, XIV, XV - see Import restrictions Article XV Article XVI Article XVII - see Special exchange agreements and Monetary measures - see Subsidies - see State trading Article XVIII - see Import restrictions and Economic development Article XIX Article XX Article XXI - see Emergency action - Retention of sub-paragraph (j) - see Emergency action Article XXII and XXIII - see Conciliation Article XXIV Article XXV - see Customs Unions and Free-trade Areas: Regional Arrangements - see Waivers Articles XXVI - see Accession; see Definitive application of the GATT

5 lndex/14 Page 5 Article XXVIII - see Schedules Article XXVIII bis - see Tariff negotiations Article XXX - see Amendment of the General Agreement Article XXXIII - see Accession Article XXXV - see Non-application of the Agreement Balance-of-payments restrictions - see under Import restrictions Border tax adjustments 46, 60, 65 Budget - see under Financial and administrative questions and under Committees Committees Action Committee 16, 17 Advisory Committee to the UNCTAD Board 57, 70 and to the Committee on Commodities Advisory Group on the International Trade Centre - see International Trade Centre Agricultural Committee 43, 47, 54, 56, 61, 63, 66, 74, 81 Committee II 43 10, 14, 16 Committee III 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23 Committee on Balance-of-Payments 75, 110, 112, 119, Restrictions (see Import Restrictions) 143, 151 Committee on Budget, Finance and 34 10, 16, 20, 27, Administration (see also under 36, 41, 47, 54, Financial and administrative questions - 63, 65, 66, 74, Budget) 76, 79, 86, 91, 93, 98, 107, 119, 141 Committee of Participating Countries 101 Committee on Safeguards 143, 148 Committee on Tariff Concessions 138, 144, 148, 152 Committee on Trade and Development 23, 24, 25, 27, 35, 37, 43, 58, 68

6 Page 6 - Sub-Committee on Protective Measures Committee on Trade in Industrial Products - Import licensing procedures - Tariff Study Consultative Group of Eighteen Consultative Group on Meat Cotton Textiles Committee Group on Cereals Group on Meat ICITO/GATT Staff Pension Committee Special Group on Trade in Tropical Products Trade Negotiations Committee of Developing Countries Working Party on the Acceptance of the Anti-Dumping Code Working Party on Dairy Products Working Party on Poultry Working Party on Structural Adjustment and Trade Policy 143, 145, , 44, 47, 54, 60, 63, 67, 74, , 52, 54, 60, 61, 65 98, 100, 107, 117, 123, 130, 137, 144, , 102, 103, , 10 9, 10, , 144 9, 19, 43 43, , 59, 83, 86 44, , 148 Commodity problems Chairmanship of Interim Co-ordinating Committee for International Commodity Arrangements Commodity problems Disposal of surpluses Marketing of butter in the United Kingdom 4, 11, 27 19, 24 18, 34 19, 27 4, 8, 10, 35 4, 8, 35, 61 5, 6, 8, 9 Conciliation Belgium - family allowances - income tax practices Brazil - internal taxes Canada - Article XXIV:6 negotiation with European Communities - withdrawal of tariff concessions under Article XXVIII:3 4, 10, 11 4, 11 87, 89, 110, 112, 117, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, , 102, , 119, 125, 126, 127, 128

7 Page 7 Chile - luxury tax on 31 automobiles Denmark - import restrictions on grains European Economic Community - consultations under 38, 42 Article XXII - compensatory taxes - import restrictions on bovine meat - import deposits for animal feed proteins - imports of beef from Canada - imports of poultry from the United States - minimum import prices, licences and security deposits for processed fruits and vegetables - refunds on exports of malted barley - refunds on exports of sugar - restrictions on imports of apples from Chile - production subsidies on canned fruit - imports of frozen cod fillets from Canada European Economic Community/United States - Panel on Poultry France - import restrictions - income tax practices - special temporary compensation tax on imports - assistance to exports of wheat flour Germany, Federal Republic of - treatment of imports of sardines 19, 21, 27, 31, , 5, 10, , 80 99, 102, 107, 112, 113, , 115, 116, 119, , 141, 143, , 145, , 114, 115, 117, 124, , 123, , 129, 130, 132, 135, 138, 139, 143, 144, 146, 148, 149, 150, 134, 135, 138, , , , 81, 83 87, 89, 110, 112, 117, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153 4

8 lndex/14 Page 8 - ban on Icelandic fish landings Greece - increase in bound duty on long-playing records 31, 34 fire-proof material - special import taxes 10 Italy - administrative and statistical fees - assistance to exports of flour 41 - discrimination to agricultural 38 machinery - import restrictions - measures for production of 41 domestic ship's plate Jamaica/United States - Panel on margins of preference Japan - import restrictions on beef and veal - import restrictions on thrown silk - restraints on imports of leather - restraints on imports of manufactured tobacco - measures on edible fats containing milk fat Netherlands - income tax practices Norway - restrictions on imports of textiles from Hong Kong (see also under Emergency action - Article XIX Rules of Origin - consultations Spain - imports of codfish - imports of pulp - tariff treatment of unroasted coffee - measures concerning domestic sale of soyabean oil - denial of import licences for fish and fish products from Canada United Kingdom - British steel rebate - dollar area quotas - exports of subsidized eggs 31, , , 117, , , 101, 122, 123, 127, 128, 133, 134, 136, 139, 136, 139, 143, , , 135, , 89, 110, 112, 117, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, , 126, 127, 128, 134, 135, 139, 141, 143, , 127, , 136, 138, 139, 141, 143, 148, , 138, 139, 148, 149, 151, , , 61 81, 83, 86, 89

9 lndex/14 Page 9 - export credit insurance scheme - restrictions on imports of cotton textiles from Israel United Kingdom/Turkey - consultation under Article XXII:2 United States - subsidies on oranges 10, 13 and almonds - subsidy on unmanufactured tobacco - import restrictions on beef - suspension of customs liquidation on certain Japanese consumer electronic products - tax legislation (DISC) - prohibition of imports of tuna and tuna products from Canada - imposition of countervailing duty without injury criterion/industrial fasteners imported from India - import duty on Vitamin B12, feed grade quality - imports of certain automotive spring assemblies Uruguay - recourse to Article XXIII 105, , 80, 81, , 121, , 89, 110, 112, 117, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 149, 151, 152, , 139, 141, 144, 143, 149, 148, 151, 144, , , 150 9, 15, 21, 23 Consular formalities Consultations under Protocols of Accession 4, 10, 13, 21 1, 8 42,, 9, 61 10, 35, Egypt Hungary Poland Romania - consolidation of economic development tax - consultation customs tariff Switzerland 110, , 109, 120, 123, 124, 134, 139, 148, 45, 51, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 74, 77, 81, 87, 91, 98, 101, 106, 110, 115, 117, 120, 123, , 89, 103, 114, 119, 135, , 58, 79, 109, 130, 152

10 lndex/14 Page 10 Consultative Group of Eighteen (see under Committees) Cotton textiles (see also Trade in Textiles) 7, 8, 9, 14, 35, 43, 47, 81 Council of Representatives Election of Chairman Extension of functions Membership Observers Procedures Report to CONTRACTING PARTIES 1, 8, 9, 13, 14, , 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 32, 41, 42, 47, 53, 60/Add.l, 64, 66, 68, 75, 77, 90, 91, 92, 93, 110, 138, 147, 148 1, 41, 91, 94, 99, 103, 107, 114, 117, 119, 125, 146, , 42, 51, 61, 74, 81, 91, 101, 110, 117, 123, 130, 136, 144, 152 Customs Tariff - new Poland Romania Customs Unions and Free-Trade Areas; Regional Agreements Procedures - "rule of reason" Regional Agreements - Calendar of Biennial Reports for Examination Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) Arab Common Market ASEAN Agreement Bangkok Agreement Australia/New Zealand Free-Trade Area (see below New Zealand/ Australia Free-Trade Agreement) Caribbean Free-Trade Area Caribbean Community and Common Market 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 76, 100, 117, 130, , 61, 62, 74, , 127, , 117, 119, , 74 92, 100, 115, 119

11 Page 11 * Central African Economic and Customs Union Central American Common Market Equatorial Customs Union/Cameroon European Coal and Steel Community European Economic Community - Accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom - Association of African and Malagasy States - Agreement with Algeria - Association of Cyprus - Agreement with Egypt - Association of Greece - Accession of Greece - Agreement with Israel - Agreement with Jordan - Agreement with Lebanon - Association of Malta - Agreement with Morocco Association of Nigeria Association of Overseas Territories Agreement with Portugal Agreement with Spain Agreement with Syria Association of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda Agreement with Tunisia - Association of Turkey - Agreement with Yugoslavia - Free-Trade Area Agreement with Finland 4, 10, 13, 38 30, 34, 36, 38, 41 61, 62, 63 4, 8, 9, 10, 23, 61, 62, 98, 116, 132, , 9, 10, 61 76, 95, 99, 101, 102, 105, , 21, 60, 65, 84, 85, , 116, 123, , 89, 98, 114, 127, , 90, 99, 114, 120, 122, 125, , 27, 30, 60, 77, 100, 106, 108, 114, 117, 132, 134, 135, 141, 144, 146, 64, 65, 73, 98, 106, 107, 115, 138, 148, 120, 122, 125, , 103, 120, 122, 125, , 75, 77, 98, 112, 114, 127, , 60, 62, 64, 83, 85, 90, 105, 114, 116, 123, , 20, 21, 66, 74, 99, , 123, , 65, 73, 98, 114, 128, , 122, 125, , 77, 79, 81, , 60, 62, 64, 83, 85, 91, 105, 114, 116, 123, , 21, 60, 73, 75, 81, 93, 94, 100, 103, 117, 132, , 143, 144, 145, 149, , 92, 100, 112, 123, 136, 146

12 Page 12 - Free-Trade Area Agreement with 86, 87, 94, 112, Norway 123, 136, Free-Trade Area Agreements with 80, 81, 90, 112, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 117, 123, 136, 146 Sweden, Austria, Portugal, Iceland - Lomé Convention 105, 107, 110, 115, 136, 139, 143, 145, 146, 151, European Free-Trade Association 30, 38 59, 68, 90, 109, 123, 136, Accession of Iceland 61, 64 - Association of Finland (FINEFTA) 109, 123, 136, Agreement with Spain 134, 138, 141, 144 Finland/Bulgaria Agreement 98, 103, 117, 134 Finland/Czechoslovakia Agreement 103, 114, 125, 134, 135, 143 Finland/German Democratic Republic Agreement 106, 110, 119, 134, 135, Finland/Hungary Agreement 98, 100, 103, 109, 120, 123, 138, 151 Finland/Poland Agreement 125, 134, 139 France/Tunisia Customs Union 27, 31, 41 Latin American Free-Trade Association 61, 62, 76, 98, 116, 133, Latin American Integration Association 144 New Zealand/Australia Free-Trade 30, 60, 68, 87, 107, Agreement 123, 136 Nicaragua/El Salvador Free-Trade Area 4, 13 Papua New Guinea - Australia Agreement 119, 120, 123, 135 South Africa/Southern Rhodesia 4, 13 Customs Union South Pacific Regional Trade and 146, 148 Economic Co-operation Agreement (SPARTECA) United Kingdom/Ireland Free-Trade Area 33, 59, 68, 87, 106, 124 Definitive application of the GATT 38, 41 1, 35 Director-General 41, 43, 46, 58, 90, 118, 140, 142, Death of Sir Eric Wyndham White, 138 former Director-General Dispute Settlement - see Conciliation

13 Page 13 Documentation Derestriction Secret documents Economic development - Article XVIII Notification by Ceylon Notification by Peru Operation of sections C and D Review under paragraph , , 27, 33, 35, 85, , 19, , 35 ê * Emergency action - Article XIX Safeguards Secretariat study on Article XIX Australia - glassware - footwear - motor vehicles - sheets and plates of iron and steel - textiles - tariff quotas Canada - beef and veal - double-knit fabrics European Economic Community - bovine meat - magnetophones - table apples Finland - women's panty hose (tights) Greece - meat Japan - beef and veal Norway - textiles (see also conciliation - Nc United Kingdom - measures on imports of certain textiles and television sets and tubes - television sets United States - ball bearings - bicyles - footwear - lead and zinc - linen towelling way) 21 41, , 143, 124, 21, 100, 103, 105, 103, 117, , 100, 127, , , 125, , , 102, , 148, 126, , 102, 107, 112, 113, ,

14 lndex/14 Page 14 - meat - spring clothes pins - ceramic tableware - specialty steel - proposed action on copper - leather wearing apparel Emergency action - Article XXI Sweden - footwear "Enabling Clause" - see under Agreements evolved in the Multilateral Trade Negotiations Environmental measures and international trade Exchange rate problems - see under Financial and administrative questions Erosion of salaries and pension problems in Geneva Export credit insurance United Kingdom Export inflation insurance schemes Fellowship programme Financial and administrative questions Accommodation Affiliation to United Nations Pension Fund Appointment of Deputy Directors-General Appointment of special advisor on Trade and Development Arrears of contributions Assessment of contributions , 113, , , 73, 74, , , 113, 114, 115, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 134 4, 35, 59, 74, 81, 91, 101, 109, 112, 114, 117, 123, , 144, 152 1, 3 L6, 19, 20, 21, , , 41, 75, , 124, 134, 32, 36, 37, 46, 65, 74, 83, 90, 112,

15 Page 15 Budget (see also under Committees - 4, 34, 38 1, 8, 10, 12, 14, Committee on Budget, Finance 16, 19, 23, 30, and Administration) 36, 37, 41, 42, 47, 53, 54, 58, 59, 63, 65, 66, 68, 74, 76, 77, 81, 82, 86, 91, 98, 101, 107, 110, 114, 117, 122, 123, 124, 127, 129, 130, 133, 136,141, 144, 148, 150, 152 Conference on Effective Protection 63 Deviation from United Nations 63 Staff Rules Erosion of salaries 91, 104, 117, 119, 120, 129, 130, 131, 138 Expenditure related to meetings 141 and documentation External auditors 112 Family allowances 59 Financial position 20, 21 10, 15, 30, 37, 41, 46, 59, 63, 65, 68, 86, 114, 122, 124, 133, 139 Legal requirements at the new 122 headquarters Pension problems in Geneva 91, 122, 123, 127, 129, 130, 131, 138, 148 Post-adjustment reclassification 9, 27 Revaluation of the Swiss franc 69 Revision of salaries of General 113, 123 Service Category Salary scales 9, 10, 15, 20, 27, 32, 47, 58, 59, 103, 120 Subsistence allowance, rates 54 Tariff study 46 Training courses - financing of 127, 129, 136, 144 "Framework Agreements" - see Agreements evolved in the Multilateral Trade Negotiations Geneva (1967) Protocol 47

16 lndex/14 Page 16 Geneva (1979) Protocol and 141, 144, 148, 152 Supplementary Protocol Import and export charges and surcharges Import charges and surcharges - Canada - Denmark - EEC - import tax on marine and vegetable fats and oils - France - special temporary tax - stamp tax - India (see also under Waivers) - Israel - Italy: administrative and statistical fees 19, 31, 34 21, 34 27, 11, 74, , 76, 64, , 75 27, 78 68, 15 32, 75, 92, 119,, 124, 125, Pakistan: flood relief surcharge 93, Peru 39 - Spain Portugal 106, 108, 117, 119, 124, Turkey: stamp duty - see under Waivers - United Kingdom 23, 24, 27, 35, 37 - United States 71, 72, 75 - Uruguay 4, 5, 8, 16, 19, 32, 47, 61, 63, 70, 74, 77, 79, 80, 98, 101, 113, 115, 125, 126, 134, Yugoslavia 64, 65, 73, 98, 119 Export charges - Pakistan: licence fee and duty 7, 9 on exports of jute Import deposits Brazil 108, 109, 114, 119 Finland 105, 106, 114 Iceland 97, 100 Israel 60, 62, 68, 98, 101

17 lndex/14 Page 17 Italy- New Zealand Portugal South Africa Spain United Kingdom Yugoslavia 96, 98, 100, 105, 114, 115, 116, 117,119, 148, 149, , 115, , 119, , , 64 52, 53, 55, 58, 61, Import documentation Canada 80, 81 Import restrictions Balance-of-payments restrictions 62 NI - Consultative arrangements Procedure Argentina Australia Bangladesh Belgium Brazil - Chile - Egypt - Finland - France - Ghana - Greece - Iceland - India - Indonesia 10, 13, 18, 27 31, 34, 42 1, 2, 4, 10, 29 19, 26 3, , 3, , 19, 20, 21, 24, 32, 41, 43, 46, 53, 60, 66, 84, 93, , 119, 124, 132, 138, 146 1, 4, 8, 83, , 74, 79, 112, , 119, 132, , 24, 36, 56, 73, 114, 119, 127, 132, , 16, 59, 101, 106, , 47, 65, 89, 112, 122, 138, , 24, 32, 41, 62, 79, 89, 106, 114, 122, 127 9, 10, 24, 41, 68, 101, 119, 132, , 24, 41, 65, 89, 98, 119, 127, , 41, 46, 53, 62, 73, 83, 92, , 24, 27, 32, 59, 90, 92, 112, 124, 132, , 65, 90, 112, 122, 138

18 lndex/14 Page 18 - Israel - Korea - New Zealand - Nigeria - Pakistan - Peru - Philippines - Portugal - South Africa - Southern Rhodesia - Spain - Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Tunisia Turkey United Kingdom Uruguay Yugoslavia Residual restrictions - Procedure - Joint Working Group - Australia - Italy - Japan Agricultural restrictions - Belgium - Canada - eggs - Canada - meat - Germany, Federal Republic of - Luxembourg - United States - dairy products - meat Security exceptions - Sweden - footwear 37, , 2, 3, 40 19, 38 19, 3, , 27 10, 24, 32, 41, 47, 59, 62, 68, 92, 98, 101, 119, 127, , 73, 90, 112, 114, 132, 138, 148 6, 24, 32, 36, 37, 41, 50, 56, 68, 79, , 59, 92, 112, 122, 124, , 46, 47, 59, 63, 98, 112, 122, 138, , 108, 119, 124, 134, 141, 148 8, 21, 32, 41, 60, 75, 76, 79, 81 24, 36, 59, 64, 89, 90 3, 4, 9, 19, 21, 41, 56, 73, 90, 112, 122, 138, , 59, 98, 119, 132, , 32, 56, 87, 106, 124, 136, , 47, 63 32, 47, 65, 89, 98, 100, 107, 119, 132, 148 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 24, 35 58, 59, 60, 63, 68, , 10 14, 64, 100, 101, 102, , , 10 32, ,

19 Page 19 International Trade Centre 54, 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 68, 73, 76, 83, 84, 85, 101, 105, 109, 113, 119, 127, 149 Intersessional Committee Membership of Committee and Observers Report to CONTRACTING PARTIES Procedures 12, 13, 30, 35 18, 22, 28, 35, Market disruption Monetary measures - Italy 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 148, 149, 152 Multilateral Trade Negotiations See Agreements evolved in the Multilateral Trade Negotiations; See also under Tariff Negotiations Multilateral Trade Negotiations Newly-independent States Application of the General Agreement Commercial policy problems 65, 91, 117, 135 4, 6, 9 Non-application of Agreement - Article XXXV Application to Japan 27 Review Non-tariff measures documentation (Inventories) Notification and surveillance 4, 10, 15, 35, 42, 60, 64, 81, 91, 100, 109, 117, 123 4, , 144, 146, 147, 150, 151, 153 OECD - Relations with - Steel Committee 1, 4, 8 125, 127

20 Page 20 Organization for Trade Co-operation 19 Panels - see Conciliation Pensions - see under Committees; see also under Financial and Administrative Questions Preferences Generalized System Greece - USSR EEC - Citrus fruit Main findings concerning trade at most-favoured-nation and at other rates Malawi Trade Arrangements between India, Egypt and Yugoslavia Trade Negotiations among Developing Countries Programme for expansion of trade , 63, 65 57, 59, 61 78, 79 53, 55 46, 50, 57, 66, 68, 74, 85, 90, 91, 113, 123, 1 74, 101 9, 10 Protocols, status of - see Amendment of the General Agreement Regional agreements - see Customs Union and Free-trade Areas; Regional Agreements Regional liaison - meeting in Santiago Restrictive business practices 29 9, 13, 21, 31, 34, 41 "Rule of reason" - see under Customs Unions and Free-Trade Areas; Regional Agreements Rules of Origin 90, 91, 92 Safeguards - see under Emergency Action - Article XIX Samples Convention 4, 10, 18, 27

21 Page 21 Schedules '# Adjustment of specific duties - EEC - European Unit of Account Israel 103, 124, 125, Working Party on Specific Duties 126, 136, New guidelines 136, 138, 144 Continued application of schedules 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 31 Loose-leaf system 138, 139 Modifications and rectifications - Procedures 47, 139 Renegotiations under Article XXVIII - Procedures 56, 99, 101, 125, 126, 127, 128, 144 Renegotiations under 19, 21, 37, 4, 5, 16, 19, 21, Article XXVIII: , 38, 41, 47, 59, 63, 65, 70, 75, 83, United States 128 Renegotiations: time-limits under 95 Article XXVIII:3 - Canada: withdrawal of tariff 125, 126, 127, 128 concessions under Article XXVIII:3 Renegotiations under Article XXVIII:4 - Procedures - Australia - Austria - Benelux - Brazil - Canada - Chile - Cuba - Denmark - EEC - Finland - Greece 26, 32, 41, 43, 47, , 31, 29, 37 23, 24 15, 17 38, 42 40, 46, 34, , 12, , 38 2, 47, , 22, 33, Haiti 8 - India 12 - Israel 50, 51, 53 - Japan 63, 64 - New Zealand 15, 17, 27 16, 22, 53, 56, Rhodesia/Nyasaland 21, 40 - Sweden 41 85, 86, 120, United Kingdom 23, 25 - United States 15, 17, 18, 2, 51 23, 24, 25 40, 45 55

22 lndex/14 Page 22 Renegotiations under Article XXVIII:5 - Japan Renegotiations under waivers - Brazil - Chile - India - Indonesia - Malawi - New Zealand - Pakistan - Peru - Turkey - Uruguay - schedule: adjustment of specific rates Sesssions, arrangements for Seventh session Eighth session Ninth session Tenth session Eleventh session Twelfth session Thirteenth session Fourteenth session Seventeenth session Eighteenth session Nineteenth session Twentieth session Twenty-first session Twenty-second session Twenty-third session Twenty-fourth session Twenty-fifth session Twenty-sixth session Twenty-seventh session Twenty-eighth session Twenty-ninth session Thirtieth session Thirty-first session Thirty-second session Thirty-third session Thirty-fourth session 27, 29, 31, 34, , 4, 5 10, 11 13, 14, 16, 18 21, 22 27, 28 34, 35 38, 41, , 38, 39, 40, 44, 53, 60, 61, 66, 73, 74, 81, 83, 91, 92, 94, 107, 108, 109, 110, 119, 124, , 54, 61 84, 99, 112 4, 7, 90, 91, 94, 110, 115, 117, 123, 130, 138, , 53, , 136, , 35, 41, 59 1, 21, 28, , 37, 47, 54, 66, 77, , 41, 51 55, 67, 78,

23 Page 23 Thirty-fifth session Thirty-seventh session Meetings of Ministers Special session Informal meeting 27, 28, 33, 34, , 6, 8, 23, 25 66, 67 14, 15, Special exchange agreements 3, 4 Specific duties (see under Schedules) State trading - Article XVII Notification 16 Structural Adjustment and Trade Policy - see under Committees Subsidies - Article XVI Review Action under paragraph 4 Notification 40, Tariff matters - see Geneva (1967) and (1979) Protocols and Supplementary Protocol Tariff negotiations (see also Accession and Schedules) Council of Europe plan French proposals for automatic tariff reductions 4, 10, negotiations Implementation of Kennedy Round reduction by Switzerland Procedures Multilateral Trade Negotiations Television programmes Temporary importation 16, 17 8, , 78, 79,

24 Page 24 Textiles see Trade in Textiles Trade Arrangements between India, Egypt and Yugoslavia (See under Preferences) Trade in Textiles 77, 78, 81, 84, 86, 89, 93, 105, 120, (See also Cotton Textiles) 134, 139, 144, 152 Textiles Surveillance Body - Recommendations relating to Australia 112 Trade policy measures Discussions on trade policy Information on trade policy measures Australian measures Canada - temporary duty reduction French measures German measures Israel - economic measures Portuguese trade measures Turkey - economic measures United States - action on agricultural imports United States - trade policy Trainee programme (see Fellowship programme) Transport insurance Discrimination in transport 10, 13 insurance Tripartite Arrangement - see Preferences - Trade Arrangements between India, Egypt and Yugoslavia UNCTAD , , 106, 107, 85 48, 49, , Advisory Committee to Trade 27, 35, 50, 57, 70 and Development Board Implementation of paragraph B.8 135, 137 of UNCTAD Resolution 131(V) UNCTAD III - Resolutions 78 Valuation for customs purposes 4, 10, 17 Australia - Brussels definition of value 112

25 Page 25 Waivers Procedures Generalized System of Preferences Protocol Relating to Trade Negotiations Among Developing Countries Australia - Papua/New Guinea - preferences for developing countries Belgium - agricultural import restrictions Brazil - renegotiation Canada - authority to continue negotiations (Geneva 1967 Protocol) Ceylon - temporary duty increases Chile - import surcharges - renegotiation Cuba - Article XV:6 European Coal and Steel Community France/Germany - Saar Germany, Federal Republic of - import restrictions "Hard-core" India - Auxiliary duty of customs - Renegotiation - Regulatory duty - New customs tariff Indonesia - renegotiation - Article XV: , 20 27, 29, 31, 34, 40 4, 10, 13, , , 15, 35, 41, 50, 58, 64, 74, 81, 90, 100, , 32, 33, 35, 60, 65, 75, 84 1, 38, 39, 40, 44, 53, 60, 61, 66, 73, 74, 81, 83, 91, 92, 94, 107, 108, 109, 110, 119, 124, , 4, 8, 37, 38, 42, 59, 64, 65, 66, 68 16, 24 37, 54, 61 20, 21 8, 23, 32, 41, 59, 60 4, , 94, 105, 114, 121, 122, 125, , , 99 32, 75, 76, , 8, 90, 91, 94, 110, 115, 117, 123, 130, 138, 144,

26 lndex/14 Page 26 Italy Jamaica Luxembourg Malawi New Zealand Nicaragua Pakistan - Somali products - Libyan products margins of preference - agricultural import restrictions renegotiation Article XV:6 renegotiation tariff-free quotas for handicraft products increase in duties flood relief surcharge renegotiation renegotiation Peru Rhodesia/Nyasaland - United Kingdom territories South Africa - Rhodesia/Nyasaland Turkey - Stamp duty - Schedule United Kingdom - Article I United States - dependent overseas - agricultural import restrictions - automotive products - tariff classification Uruguay - import surcharges 3, 4, 41 19, , 11 1, 32, 35, 42, 60 8, 23, 24, 35, 64, 66 32, 35 42, 53, , , , , 136, 144, , , 15, 26, 27 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 41, 42, 51, 53, 54, 56, 66, 81, 83, 87, 98, 99, 105, 106, 123, 124, 133, 136, 139, 151, 152 1, 21, 28, 35 8, 9, 10, 23, 35, 41, 51, 58, 66, 78 8, 9, 10, 23, 35, 41, 51, 58, 66, 78 42, 60, 62, 70, 81, 91, 92, 105, 117, 124, 132, 139, 141, 143, 146, 149, , 29, 31, 42, 47, 50, 58, 66, 77, 83, 94, 105, 113, 114, 120, , 13, 16, 20, 21, 26, 28, 29 4, 5, 8, 16, 19, 32, 47, 61, 63, 70, 74, 77, 79, 80, 98, 101, 113, 115, 125, 126, 134, 144

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