GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 8 NOVEMBER 1990

SUBJECT: URUGUAY - RENEGOTIATION OF SCHEDULE XXXI

AT ITS MEETING ON 7 NOVEMBER 1990, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF URUGUAY FOR A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 31 MARCH 1991, IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT TO RENEGOTIATE ITS SCHEDULE OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS (L/6752).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION 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 URUGUAY'S REQUEST (L/6752) AND THE ..... DRAFT DECISION (C/W/654), 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 7 DECEMBER 1990.

A. DUNKEL

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