RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON itstptelr 1969 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution Agriculture, Committee NON-TARIFF BARRIER NOTIFICATIONS TRANSFERRED FRQh' INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE Note by Secretariat 1. The Committee on Trade in Industrial Products has agreed to refer certain notifications of non-tariff barriers to the Agriculture Committee. A list of these notifications is contained in COM.IND/12. 2. A proposal that the Agriculture Committee should take up the question of these notifications at its meeting of 13-15 October was apted by the Council on 23 July 1969 (COM.AG/14., paragraph 10, and C/M/56). 3. The present cument reproduces these notifications for the convenience of members of the Agriculture Committee. 4. It is suggested that at its meeting of 13-15 October the Committee might limit itself to taking note of this cument and to agreeing to deal with the notifications contained in it, and any other notifications which may subsequently be transferred, in the context of the non-tariff barrier exercise referred to in COM.AG/14.
V ~ Country maintaining restriction and description Products affected Description COM. INÛ/6/Add. 1 - Government participation in trade ITALY AND EEC 2 Country notifying and comment Reference 4 f~. o r - ] cm : ' ( t )\J a > Ti Export subsidies. FRANCE Tomato PORTUGAL: Directly affects preserves exports of other countries. YUGOSLAVIA CûM.IND/VAdd.l, page S COM.IND/lO, page 31 COn.IND/6/Add.?/ Corr.2, page 2 State trading. Tobacco, cigarettes and other manufactured tobacco INDIA: Not conducive to increased purchases from developing countries... A general reluctance to import from non-traditional sources even though the goods are available from these sources at competitive prices. COM.IND/6/Add.l, page 29 C0M.IND/1Û, page 157 UNITED KINGDOM: This restricts imports and sales on the French market. Lo UNITES STATES : Following move towards CXT, retail prices of United States cigarettes have been increased proportionately more than on comparable mestic brands. This action contravenes undertaking on pricing which United States obtained from Franco in 1947. to
]. 4 FRANCE (cont'd) YUGOSLAVIA Corr.2, page h, PAKISTAN Corr.3, page 2 ITALY State trading. The Italian Tobacco Monopoly was sot up by Law 907 of 17 July 19/12. It covers manufactured and unmanufactured tobacco (including snuff), tobacco substitutes, mouth-pieces for cigarettes, cigarette paper and matches. Conditions imposed by the Monopoly on the sale of foreign brands constitute an impediment to imports. Tobacco, cigarettes and other tobacco INDIA; Not conducive to increased purchases from developing countries... A general reluctance to import from non-traditional sources even though the goods are available from those sources at competitive prices. ; The monopoly, excise taxes and fixed retail prices are major factors in keeping Italian cigarette prices significantly lower than foreign prices. COM.IND/6/Add.l, page 32 COM.IND/lO, pages 183 and 185 UNITED KINGDOM NORWAY PAKISTAN Corr.l, page 2 YUGOSLAVIA C0M.IND/6/Add.7 Corr.2, page 5
X 7 ] 4 COM.IND/6/Add 3 - Standards involving imports and mestic goods FRANCE Sanitary control or certificate required. ITALY Meat preparations COM.IND/6/Add.3, page 10 Spec(69)51, page 13 Phyto-sanitary certificates. Pineapples PORTUGAL: This requirement from certain seems discriminatory and is a countries cause of delays and of risks for the trade. COM.IND/6/Add.3, page 10 Spec(69)51, page 69 COM.IND/6/Add.4- - Quantitative restrictions and licensing BELGIUM-LUXEMBOURG Licensing. Certain meat preparations, fruit juices NETHERLANDS C0M.IND/6/Add.4, page 11 Spec(69)68, page 51 Licensing. Flax COM.IND/6/Add.A, page 11 Spec(69)68, page 59 Quotas. Butter, milk powder NEW ZEALAND C0M.IND/6/Add.4, page L4 Spec(69)68, page 79
1 ', DENMARK Import licences required. Animal fats, meat products, cereal products, starches, certain canned vegetables, sweetened fats C0M,IND/6/Add.4, page 16 Spec(69)68, page 89 Licensing. FRANCE Oysters (except sprat) C0M.IND/6/Add.4, page 1c Spec(69)68, page 91 Licensing. Wines UNITED STxlTES COM.IND/6/Add.4, pages 18-19 Spec(69)68, pages 103, 105, 107, 109, 111 Quota on goods included in Kennedy Round negotiations. Canned fish PORTUGAL: Quantitative restrictions on such goods constitute in themselves a contradiction. Quota for Brazil (1967), set in value. Canned palmito (heart of palm), sugar-cane alcohol
FRANCE (cont'd) 1 2 Discriminatory import restrictions against Hong Kong. Restrictive licensing. Discriminatory import restrictions. Food specialities and preserved fruit Fish products, flowers, artichokes, aubergines, marrows, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, onions, lettuces, strawberries Frozen and canned fruits and vegetables HONG KONG: Quantitative residual restrictions are still maintained by the French Government against imports of various items from Hong Kong. The restrictions are discriminatory and inhibit Hong Kong's exports to France. ISRAEL: No licences Sec L/2336 and Corr.2. issued. C0M.IND/6/Add.4, pages 18-19 Spec(69)68, pages 103, 105, 107, 109, 111 Spec(69)68, pages 103 to 111 Corr.l, page 5 P O TO S CD ON O \_n FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Quotas. Carp, fresh or chilled; herring or herring fillets, salted or in brine, shrimps, dried; wine of fresh grapes, grape must with fermentation, natural red wine for mixing COM.IND/6/Add.^, page 20 Spec(69)68, page 115
1? 3 U FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERIOJY ( c mt ' d ) Restrictive import licensing. Casein (non-hardened) AUSTRALIA ITALY Quota on goods included Liqu rous wines in Kennedy Round negotiations. PORTUGAL: These restric- COM.IND/6/..dd.A, tions arc in themselves a con- page 25 tradiction. Spec(69)63, page l/ + 5 JAPAN Global quotas. Milk powder NEW ZELIuiTO COM.IND/6/..dd./V, page 27 Spec(69)68/Add.l, page 17 COM.IND/lO, page 197 NORWAY.Import licence required. Meat preparations, preserved vegetables and preparations, glucooe, starch or malt extracts, tapioca and sago, tomato puree, fruit juices, fn.t emulsions C0M.IND/6/Add.4, page 33 3poc(69)68/Add.l, page 57
>-d o 8 8 Quota. Butter substitutes, milk powder NEW ZEALAND CQM.IND/6/Add.A, pare 43 Speo(69)68/Add.l, page 135 H 1 AUSTRIA Effective embargo, Flowers ISRAEL: No licences issued and not included in Austria's negative list (L/29Sl/Add.6). COM.IND/ôAidd.A, page 45 Spcc(6?)6C/Add.l, page 147 DENMARK Effective prohibition of imoorts. Flowers ISRAEL: No licences are COM.IND/6/Add.A, issued. L/29ol/^dd.2 classi- pa^'c 47 fied this item as "QR". Spec(69)6S/Add.l, page 165 FRANCE Embargo. Frozen lake trout Spac(69)68/Add.l, page 169 Corr.l, page 6 ITALY Embargo. Wine COM.IND/6/Add.A, page4-3 Spec(69)63/Add.lj page 179 Embargo. Capsicum, aubergines, tomatoes ISRAEL: issued. No licences
SWITZERLAND Discrimination in favour of traditional and bilateral trade partners. Import quota reserved for approved importers. Wine in barrels : Specific quotas are granted to traditional suppliers (e.g. France and Germany) or to countries with which Switzerland h n s bilateral quota agreements. Wine in barrels from all other countries enters under the global quota. ISRAEL COiVI.IiD/b/Add.5 - Rest] aint on imports and ex-ports by the price mechanism C0M.IND/6A.dd.4, page 53 3pec(69)6o/:.dd.l 5 page 235 COM. Ii / 6/ Add. 7/ Corr.4, page 9 ITALY Consumption tax. EEC Variable levies Banana flour Lit 350 per kg. Coffee extract Lit 2,070 per kg. Processed foodstuffs UNITED KINGDOM: United Kingm exporters are adversely affected, not ^nly by the incidence of tho levy on the sugar, milk or cereal content of processed foodstuffs but also by the general uncertainty which the system has created. In particular: COM.IND/6/,;dd.5, page 32 COM.IND/6/Add.5, page 53-54 3pec(69)71/Add.l, page 7;
because of the frequent changes in the variable elements, manufacturers experience difficulty in calculating their intended market prices and their forward planning is hampered; information about changes in the levy rates is often not available promptly; there appear to be different interpretations of the regulations in the several member countries and because of this manufacturers have run into unexpected problems. For example, there have been difficulties with the German authorities in agreeing how the raw materials content of goods should be determined. Also EEC exporters receive institutions based on the size of the variable levies on imports. United Kingm exports of confectionery have been most seriously affected, but the régime has caused considerable difficulties for United Kingm exports of a number of other products, including biscuits and lemon curd.
1 2 EEC (cont'd) Processed foods with ; fruit or vegetable case UNITED KINGEOM: The EEC has also recently published proposals to extend variable levies to all processed foods with a fruit or vegetable base. These include such items as canned fruit and vegetables, jams and marmalades, fruit juices and pickles. The most important item for the United Kingm is jam and marmalade (exports to the EEC were worth 343,000 in 1966). These regulations are due to come into force in July i960. A Milk powder, canned moat Processed foods Fruit and vegetable preparations NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA ISRAEL YUGOSLAVIA YUGOSLAVIA Corr.2, page 15