1999/234/EC: Commission Decision of 17 March 1999 under the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 concerning the Brazilian non-automatic import licensing system and its operation (notified under document number C(1999) 607)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 3286/94
• Articles: 2

Article 1

1. The Brazilian non-automatic licensing system, compulsory minimum prices and compulsory payment terms appears to be inconsistent with the obligations of that country under the Marrakech Agreement establishing the World Trading Organisation and constitutes an 'obstacle to trade` within the meaning of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94.

2. The Community will commence action against Brazil under the Understanding on the rules and procedures for the settlement of disputes and other relevant WTO provisions with a view to securing removal of the obstacle to trade.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 17 March 1999.

For the Commission

Leon BRITTAN

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 71.

(2) OJ L 41, 23. 2. 1995, p. 3.

(3) Notice of initiation of an examination procedure concerning an obstacle to trade, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94, consisting of trade practices maintained by Brazil in relation to trade in textile products (OJ C 63, 27. 2. 98, p. 2).