GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 21 DECEMBER 1988

SUBJECT: PAKISTAN - RENEGOTIATION OF SCHEDULE

AT ITS MEETING ON 20 DECEMBER 1988, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN FOR A FURTHER EXTENSION OF ITS EXEMPTION FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 30 JUNE 1989, IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT TO FINALIZE ITS NEW SCHEDULE UNDER THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM (L/6443).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE EXTENSION BE GRANTED AND APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT. THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT THE DRAFT DECISION BE ADOPTED BY POSTAL BALLOT.

MANY REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING THE MEETING REGISTERED THEIR VOTE ON

..... BEHALF OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS. A COPY OF PAKISTAN'S REQUEST (L/6443) AND THE

..... DRAFT DECISION (C/W/573/REV.1), AS WELL AS A BALLOT PAPER, ARE HEREWITH

DISTRIBUTED TO CONTACTING PARTIES WHICH WERE NOT REPRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

A. DUNKEL

88-1971