GATT/AIR/3473 29 JULY 1993

1. AT ITS MEETING ON 20 JULY 1993, THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF ECUADOR AGREED THAT CONTRACTING PARTIES INTERESTED IN SEEKING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF ECUADOR (DOCUMENT L/7202) SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARIAT NO LATER THAN MID-SEPTEMBER 1993. ON THIS BASIS THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR WOULD BE EXPECTED TO SUBMIT REPLIES IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARIAT NO LATER THAN MID-OCTOBER 1993.

2. THE GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR HAS ADVISED THAT ECUADOR IS READY TO ENTER INTO TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO ITS ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT. AT ITS MEETING ON 20 JULY 1993, THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF ECUADOR AGREED THAT CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO ENTER INTO TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS WITH ECUADOR SHOULD NOTIFY THE ECUADORIAN AUTHORITIES AND INFORM THE SECRETARIAT WITHOUT DELAY, AND SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST LISTS TO THE ECUADORIAN AUTHORITIES NO LATER THAN MID-SEPTEMBER 1993. AN UP-TO-DATE COPY OF THE CUSTOMS TARIFF OF ECUADOR IS AVAILABLE IN THE SECRETARIAT (OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, ROOM 2017), FOR CONSULTATION BY INTERESTED DELEGATIONS.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND