GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 19 FEBRUARY 1992

SUBJECT: UNITED STATES - ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT

AT ITS MEETING ON 18 FEBRUARY 1992, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR A WAIVER FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE I OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 4 DECEMBER 2001, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT (L/6980 AND ADD.1).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE WAIVER BE GRANTED, APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT (C/W/692), 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 THE UNITED STATES' REQUEST (L/6980 ..... AND ADD.1) AND THE DRAFT DECISION (C/W/692), 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 19 MARCH 1992.

 A. DUNKEL

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