WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947 adopted, on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25);

 WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Decision, a draft containing modifications and rectifications to Schedule CXVI – Maldives was communicated to all Members of the World Trade Organization in document G/MA/TAR/RS/532 on 27 March 2018, and no objections to the proposed modifications and rectifications were received within three months from the date of issue of the aforementioned document;

 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modifications and rectifications to Schedule CXVI – Maldivesare established in conformity with the above-mentioned Decision.

 The annexed Schedule is effective as of 27 June 2018.

 I hereby furnish a certified true copy of the above-mentioned modifications and rectifications to each Member of the World Trade Organization. This certification shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.

 DONE at Geneva this third day of July, two thousand and eighteen.