GATT/AIR/3638 13 OCTOBER 1994

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF MONGOLIA

1. THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF MONGOLIA WILL MEET ON

3-4 NOVEMBER 1994. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE ON 3 NOVEMBER 1994 AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE ITS EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF MONGOLIA TO ACCEDE TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII AND WILL CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING TASKS:

(i) REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE BILATERAL TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN MONGOLIA AND CONTRACTING PARTIES ;

(ii) CONSIDER THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY AS WELL AS THE DRAFT DECISION AND PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT SPEC(94)14/REV.1. ONCE THE WORKING PARTY FINALIZES THESE TEXTS, THEY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FORTHCOMING COUNCIL MEETING FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION; AND

(iii) IN PURSUANCE OF THE MINISTERIAL DECISION OF 14 APRIL 1994 ON ACCEPTANCE OF AND ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND TO THE DECISION OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE 0F 31 MAY 1994, TO REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE MONGOLIAN AUTHORITIES CONCERNING THOSE ASPECTS OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF MONGOLIA RELEVANT TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.

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

 

PETER D. SUTHERLAND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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