REFERENCE: TS/138-2.5 15 December 1989

PROTOCOL AMENDING THE 1986 PROTOCOL

EXTENDING THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES

DONE AT GENEVA ON 2 DECEMBER 1989

I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the Protocol Amending the 1986 Protocol Extending the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles, done at Geneva on 2 December 1989.

In accordance with paragraph 2 of the Protocol, it shall enter into force on 1 January 1990, no party to the Arrangement having communicated to the Director-General by 1 December 1989 its objection to the amendment.

Arthur Dunkel

Director-General

The Parties to the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in

Textiles,

Recalling the Decision of the Textiles Committee adopted on 26 April 1989, as modified by its decision adopted on 20 July 1989,

Hereby agree as follows:

1. Paragraph 23 of the 1986 Protocol shall be replaced by the following text:

2. This Protocol shall enter into force with effect from 1 January 1990, unless a party to the Arrangement communicates to the Director-General of the GATT as the depository of the Arrangement. not later than 1 December 1989, its objection to this Protocol.

Done at Geneva this second day of December one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine, in a single copy, in the English, French and Spanish languages, each text being authentic.

Certified true copy:

Director-General