Notification requirements: Special Safeguard Tables MA:3, MA:4 and MA:5

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Workshop on Agriculture Notifications Geneva, Switzerland, 18-21 September

Notification requirements Special Safeguard (SSG): Outline General aspects:

1 Workshop on Agriculture Notifications Geneva, Switzerland, September 2012 Notification requirements: Special Safeguard Tables MA:3, MA:4 and MA:5 Notification requirements Special Safeguard (SSG): Outline General aspects: Legal basis Who? Which products? Specific aspects: Formats When? Data needs 2 1

2 Article 5 AoA: Special Safeguard Provisions Members may use SSG provisions, provided: - Product in the schedule has been designated with the symbol SSG 3 Who? Members who have reserved the right in their Schedule to use the SSG (Article 5 AoA) Australia Iceland Norway Barbados Indonesia Panama Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Israel Philippines Botswana Japan South Africa Canada Republic of Korea Swaziland Colombia Malaysia Switzerland- Liechtenstein Costa Rica Mexico Chinese Taipei Ecuador Morocco Thailand El Salvador Namibia Tunisia European Union New Zealand United States Guatemala Nicaragua Uruguay 4 2

3 Eligible products: Only those products in respect of which the right to use the SSG has been reserved by a Member in its Schedule. 5 Schedule example Schedule... - Member X PART I - MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF SECTION I - Agricultural Products SECTION I - A Tariffs Tariff item Description of products Base rate of duty Bound rate of duty Special Initial Implementatio number Ad valorem Other U/B Ad valorem Other safeguard negotiating right n (%) (currency) (%) (currency for horticultural purposes SSG each: other slips: trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts azalea indica each: SSG other roses, grafted or not each: SSG 6 3

4 Notification format and frequency Table MA:3: Volume-based safeguard Ad hoc Table MA:4: Price-based safeguard Up front or ad hoc Table MA:5: Annual summary of safeguard actions, both volume- and price-based Annual 7 Table MA:3 What? Volume-based trigger level Period of application of safeguard action Calculation 8 4

5 Example: Table MA:3 MARKET ACCESS: [Name of Member] Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement: special safeguard: volume-based (1) Description of product: (2) Tariff item number: (3) Trigger level: (as calculated in Annex 1) (4) Volume of imports entering territory in current period: (5) Period of application: (calendar/marketing year or shorter period for perishable or seasonal products (specify)) 9 Example: Table MA:3 (cont d) Annex 1 to Table MA:3 above Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level Imports in the 3 preceding years: Year 1: Year 2: Year 3: Average: And if import penetration is taken into account: Else trigger level: 125% (ref. footnote 3) Consumption in the 3 preceding years: Year 1: Year 2: Year 3: Average: Method of allocation of change in consumption to the tariff line concerned: 10 5

6 Table MA:3 Summary: When? Before invoking a volume-based SSG action (if practicable) and in any event within 10 days of the implementation of such action What data needs? Imports, and corresponding consumption (if used) during the three preceding years Imports entering in the current period 11 Example: Table MA:4 (up front) MARKET ACCESS: [Name of Member] Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement: special safeguard: price-based A "UP-FRONT" NOTIFICATION OF TRIGGER PRICES Tariff item number Description of product Trigger price (as calculated in Annex 1) 12 6

7 Example: Table MA:4 (ad hoc) MARKET ACCESS: [Name of Member] Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement: special safeguard: price-based AD HOC NOTIFICATION (1) Description of product: (2) Tariff item number: (3) Trigger price: (as calculated in Annex 1) (4) Date of application Definition in footnote 2 13 Example: Table MA:4 (cont d) Annex 1 to Table MA:4 above Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Price Prices in the reference period: Source of price information 1986: /tonne 1987: /tonne 1988: /tonne Average: /tonne 14 7

8 Table MA:4 - Summary: When? Anytime before invoking a price-based measure in the form of an up-front notification If no up-front notification, ad hoc notification before invoking a price-based SSG action (if practicable) and in any event within 10 days of the implementation of such action Data needs: Trigger prices (average c.i.f. unit value during ) Source of price information 15 Example: Table MA:5 MARKET ACCESS: [Name of Member] REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year etc. Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken Tariff item number Description of product Whether volumebased action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period

9 Table MA:5 Summary: When? No later than 30 days following the year in question Data needs: Volume-based actions: from Table MA:3 Price-based actions: from Table MA:4 (ad hoc) 17 For further information: Members transparency toolkit Handbook on Agriculture Notifications Pages World Trade Organization Agriculture and Commodities Division 18 9

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