GATT/AIR/2863 19 OCTOBER 1989

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF COSTA RICA

1. THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF COSTA RICA TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT WILL MEET ON 27 OCTOBER 1989 AT 3.00 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA. THE WORKING PARTY MEETING WILL CONTINUE ON 30 OCTOBER 1989 IF NECESSARY.

2. THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE ITS EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA TO ACCEDE TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII. THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY HAS BEEN CIRCULATED AS SPEC(89)23. A REVISED DRAFT REPORT WHICH INCLUDES A DRAFT PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION WILL BE CIRCULATED AS SPEC(89)23/REV.1.

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AS WELL AS OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED BY OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL