GATT/AIR/2933 20 FEBRUARY 1990

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF NEPAL

1. AT ITS MEETING ON 21-22 JUNE 1989, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A WORKING PARTY TO EXAMINE THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL FOR ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY (L/6532/REV.1) ARE AS FOLLOWS: "TO EXAMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL TO ACCEDE TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII, AND TO SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH MAY INCLUDE A DRAFT PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION". MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ALL CONTRACTING PARTIES INDICATING THEIR WISH TO SERVE ON THE WORKING PARTY.

2. THE MEMORANDUM ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF NEPAL HAS BEEN CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT L/6637. CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF NEPAL ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS TO THE SECRETARIAT IN WRITING NOT LATER THAN 30 MARCH 1990.

A. DUNKEL

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