GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 13 MARCH 1991

SUBJECT: URUGUAY - RENEGOTIATION OF SCHEDULE XXXI

AT ITS MEETING ON 12 MARCH 1991, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF URUGUAY FOR A FURTHER EXTENSION OF ITS EXEMPTION FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1991, IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT TO RENEGOTIATE ITS SCHEDULE OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS (L/6819).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE EXTENSION BE GRANTED, APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT (C/W/666), AND 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/6819) AND THE ..... DRAFT DECISION (C/W/666), 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 11 APRIL 1991.

A. DUNKEL