GATT/AIR/3651 10 NOVEMBER 1994
SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF ECUADOR
1. THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF ECUADOR TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE WILL MEET ON 28 AND 30 NOVEMBER 1994. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE ON 28 NOVEMBER 1994 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.
2. THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE ITS EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF ECUADOR TO ACCEDE TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII AND WILL CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING TASKS:
(i) REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN ECUADOR 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)44. ONCE THE WORKING PARTY FINALIZES THESE TEXTS, THEY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES 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 HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE ECUADOREAN AUTHORITIES CONCERNING THOSE ASPECTS OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF ECUADOR AND THE NEGOTIATIONS RELEVANT TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION I.E. MARKET ACCESS, SERVICES, TRIPS AND TRIMS (DOCUMENTS L/7488 AND ADDENDA AND L/7253 AND ADDENDUM 1).
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
94-2374