GATT/AIR/3643 25 OCTOBER 1994

SUBJECT: SLOVENIA - MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

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

7-8 NOVEMBER 1994. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE ON 7 NOVEMBER 1994 AT

10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. 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 OF 31 MAY 1994, THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE ITS EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF SLOVENIA FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND WILL CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING TASKS:

(i) REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE MARKET ACCESS AND SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN SLOVENIA AND MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

(ii) REVIEW THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE SLOVENIAN AUTHORITIES CIRCULATED AS DOCUMENT SPEC(94)45 CONCERNING THE AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS, SUPPORTING MATERIAL WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, AND THE REVISED STATEMENT PERTAINING TO THE CONFORMITY OF THE LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES (TRIMS); AND

(iii) REVIEW OTHER ASPECTS OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF SLOVENIA RELEVANT TO MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AS WELL AS OTHER CONTRACTING PARTY MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INVITED TO ATTEND FORMAL MEETINGS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE 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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