GATT/AIR/3068 13 AUGUST 1990

SUBJECT: RENEGOTIATION OF THE TERMS OF ACCESSION OF POLAND

1. AT ITS MEETING ON 20 FEBRUARY 1990, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A WORKING PARTY TO EXAMINE THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND TO RENEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF POLAND'S PROTOCOL FOR ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY (L/6649) ARE AS FOLLOWS: "TO EXAMINE THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND TO RENEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF ACCESSION OF POLAND TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AS EMBODIED IN THE PROTOCOL FOR THE ACCESSION OF POLAND OF 30 JUNE 1967, 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 POLAND HAS BEEN CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT L/6714. CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF POLAND ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS TO THE SECRETARIAT IN WRITING NOT LATER THAN 2 OCTOBER 1990.

A. DUNKEL