GATT/AIR/3412 24 MARCH 1993

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF SLOVENIA

1. THE WORKING PARTY ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING ON 14 JULY 1992 TO EXAMINE THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SLOVENIA FOR ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT WILL MEET ON 22-23 APRIL 1993 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY (L/7049/REV.1) ARE AS FOLLOWS: "TO EXAMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SLOVENIA 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.

3. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DELEGATIONS:

- L/7032 - COMMUNICATION FROM SLOVENIA;

- L/7090

AND

ADD.1 - MEMORANDUM ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF SLOVENIA;

- L/7191 - QUESTIONS AND REPLIES CONCERNING THE FOREIGN TRADE

REGIME OF SLOVENIA.

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

A. DUNKEL

93-0417