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G/SG/N/1/EEC/1/Suppl.2
1 November 2004

ORGANIZATION

(04-4622)

Committee on Safeguards

Original: English

NOTIFICATION OF LAWS, REGULATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES RELATING
TO SAFEGUARD MEASURES
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Supplement
The following communication, dated 28 October 2004, is being circulated at the request of the
Delegation of the European Commission.
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Pursuant to Article 12.6 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, please find attached a
notification on information received from the new Member States concerning their safeguard
legislation.


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NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 12.6 OF THE
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
Since 1 May 2004, Council Regulation (EC) No. 3285/94, on the common rules on imports,

applies to the 10 new EC Member States (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia).
As regards national legislation previously in force in this area, the following information was
made available by the new EC Members:
CYPRUS
Concerning the Notification under Article 12.6 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards please
note that Cyprus did not have such legislation.
CZECH REPUBLIC
After the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU, its national safeguards legislation,
i.e. Act No. 62/2000 Coll., on some measures in the Export or Import of Products and on the
Licensing procedures, expired. At present, the proposal of the law that will formally repeal the Czech
safeguards legislation is going through the governmental and parliamentarian legislative procedure.
ESTONIA
With reference to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards, the Republic of Estonia
notified in the document G/SG/N/1/EST/2, dated 9 January 2001, the national legislation of the
Republic of Estonia relevant to safeguard measures. The Rural Development and Agricultural Market
Regulation Act, passed on 11 October 2000, contained in Chapter 8 regulations regarding safeguard
measures in the agricultural market. The above-mentioned Act entered into force on 1 January 2001,
after being published in Riigi Teataja (State Gazette) I, 2000, 82, 526.
On 21 April 2004 a new Rural Development and Agricultural Market Regulation Act was
passed and entered into force on 1 May 2004, after being published in Riigi Teataja (State Gazette)
RK, RTI, 28.04.2004, 32, 227.
The new Act abolished the previous Rural Development and Agricultural Market Regulation
Act in force and does not contain any regulations regarding safeguard measures.
HUNGARY
With reference to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Hungary informs the
Committee on Safeguards that its national legislation on safeguard measures has been repealed by
Government Decree No. 105/2004. (IV.27.)
LATVIA
With reference to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Latvia notifies that its

safeguards legislation (The Law “On Safeguards”, notified under G/SG/N/1/LVA/1,
G/SG/N/1/LVA/1/Suppl.2, G/SG/N/1/LVA/1/Suppl.2/Corr.1; and The Regulation “Procedures for the
Implementation of Measures for Safeguarding the Domestic Market” notified under
G/SG/N/1/LVA/1/Suppl.3) has been abolished as of 1 May 2004, following Latvia’s accession to the
European Union.


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LITHUANIA
With reference to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Lithuania hereby notifies that
the Law Amending the Law on Safeguard Measures of the Republic of Lithuania No. IX-626 (the new
wording of the Law on Safeguards), adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania on
4 December 2001 (see Notification G/SG/N/1/LTU/1 on 12 February 2002 and Notification
G/SG/N/1/LTU/2 on 12 March 2002) was repealed by the Law on Repeal of the Law on Customs
Tariffs, the Law on Antidumping, the Law on Safeguard Measures and the Law on Countervailing
Duties, and the Legislation Amending Thereof, No. IX-2146, adopted by the Parliament of the
Republic of Lithuania on 20 April 2004. This piece of legislation is published in the
"Valstybės žinios" (Official Gazette) No. 63-2248 and came into force on 1 May 2004.
MALTA
In document G/SG/N/1/MLT/1, Malta notified that it does not have any laws and regulations
on safeguard measures.
POLAND
Pursuant to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Poland hereby notifies that its
safeguards legislation - the Law of 11 April 2001 on safeguards against excessive imports of products
into the Polish customs territory, notification of which was made on 22 January 2002, was repealed by
the Law of 20 April 2004, Official Journal of Poland, No.96, item 959, except for the regulations
concerning pending cases in the administrative court with regard to past complaints.
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Pursuant to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards, the Slovak Republic hereby notifies

that the pre-accession safeguard legislation (Act No. 214 of 2 July 1997 on safeguard measures
against imports) has not been repealed yet. However, the pre-accession legislation is no longer
applicable. The secondary EU legislation (basic safeguard Regulation of the Council No. 3285/1994
of 22 December 1994 and Regulation of the Council No. 519/1994 of 7 March 1994) has been
applicable since accession of the Slovak Republic to the European Union. The repeal of the preaccession legislation is being in the legislative process of the Slovak Republic and it is expected to be
finished by the end of 2004.
SLOVENIA
Pursuant to Article 12.6 of the Agreement on Safeguards, the Republic of Slovenia notified
the Decree on Safeguards measures on 10 January 2001 (G/SG/N/1/SVN/2). This decree was
repealed by Decree on termination of decree on Safeguards measures which was published in
Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 45/2004 on 29 April 2004.
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