GATT/AIR/3667 14 DECEMBER 1994
SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF CHINESE TAIPEI
1. THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CHINESE TAIPEI TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY
21 DECEMBER 1994 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE AT 10 A.M.
2. THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE ITS EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF CHINESE TAIPEI FOR ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII. 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 ALSO REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND THE NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING THOSE ASPECTS OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF CHINESE TAIPEI RELEVANT TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
3. THE WORKING PARTY WILL CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING TASKS:
(i) REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE MARKET ACCESS AND SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CHINESE TAIPEI AND CONTRACTING PARTIES AND MEMBERS OF THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE. A REVISED LIST OF INITIAL COMMITMENTS ON TRADE IN SERVICES IS BEING CIRCULATED AS SPEC(94)37/REV.2;
(ii) ON THE BASIS OF THE CHECK LIST OF ISSUES CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT SPEC(94)27, FINALIZE THE FACT FINDING PHASE OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF CHINESE TAIPEI;
(iii) CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORKING PARTY INCLUDING THE COMMITMENTS BY CHINESE TAIPEI THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY AND IN THE DRAFT PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION.
4. 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
94-2778