GATT/AIR/2951 14 MARCH 1990

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF VENEZUELA

1. THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF VENEZUELA TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT WILL MEET ON 28 MARCH 1990. THE MEETING WILL START AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS THE EXAMINATION OF THE WORKING PARTY'S REPORT, A DRAFT OF WHICH WILL BE CIRCULATED AS SPEC(90)10.

3. AT ITS MEETING ON 12 MARCH, THE WORKING PARTY AGREED THAT EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO CONCLUDE THE TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS WITH VENEZUELA IN CONNECTION WITH ITS ACCESSION BEFORE THE END OF MARCH 1990.

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

A. DUNKEL

90-0342