GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 15 JUNE 1990

SUBJECT: BANGLADESH - ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHEDULE LXX

AT ITS MEETING ON 14 JUNE 1990, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH FOR A FURTHER EXTENSION OF A TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1990, IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT TO IMPLEMENT THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM (L/6681).

THE COUNCIL APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT, AND AGREED THAT THE DRAFT DECISION BE SUBMITTED TO A VOTE BY POSTAL BALLOT.

MANY REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING THE MEETING REGISTERED THEIR VOTE ON

..... BEHALF OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS. A COPY OF THE BANGLADESH REQUEST (L/6681) AND ..... THE DRAFT DECISION (C/W/630), AS WELL AS A BALLOT PAPER, ARE HEREWITH

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

CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE REQUESTED TO CAST THEIR VOTE ON THE DECISION AND TO RETURN THE COMPLETED BALLOT BY 16 JULY 1990.

A. DUNKEL