REFERENCE: TS/138-2.4 22 March 1988

 

 

ARRANGEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES

DONE AT GENEVA ON 20 DECEMBER 1973

AND THE PROTOCOL EXTENDING THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES

DONE AT GENEVA ON 31 JULY 1986

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

 

I have the honour to inform you that on 14 March 1988 I received from the Government of Costa Rica the following letter of acceptance of the above-mentioned Protocol.

"I have the pleasure to refer to the meeting of the GATT Textiles Committee held on 14 March 1988 in Geneva, at which it was decided to accede to the request of the Government of Costa Rica to become a party to the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles and to the Protocol extending that instrument, dated 31 July 1986.

On behalf of the Government of Costa Rica, I have the pleasure to confirm the request by Costa Rica, as contained in the communication

reproduced in document COM.TEX/W/203, the text of which reads as follows:

The Government of Costa Rica accepts without reservation the provisions of the Arrangement and the Protocol thereto, and likewise accepts all obligations under the Arrangement, including the commitment not to introduce new restrictions on the import of textile products nor intensify existing ones, to the extent that this would be

inconsistent with the provisions of the General Agreement.

The Government of Costa Rica has taken note of the provisions of Article 2:1 of the Arrangement and in this respect confirms that upon becoming a party to the Arrangement it will notify in detail to the Textiles Surveillance Body all restrictions applied by it on imports of textiles and clothing covered by the Arrangement.

 

 

 

Costa Rica is a developing country. Its Government hopes that upon becoming a party to the Arrangement and the Protocol thereto, and in respect of matters covered by those instruments, it will be entitled to receive treatment equivalent to that accorded to other participating developing countries at a like level of economic development."

In accordance with the Decision of the Textiles Committee at its meeting on 14 March 1988 the accession of Costa Rica to the Arrangement and the 1986 Protocol became effective as of 14 March 1988.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Dunkel

Director-General

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let/1570