GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 22 JULY 1993

SUBJECT: JAMAICA - ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHEDULE LXVI

AT ITS MEETING ON 21 JULY 1993, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA FOR A WAIVER FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 31 JULY 1994, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT ITS NEW TARIFF (L/7263).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE WAIVER BE GRANTED, APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT (C/W/750), AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE DRAFT DECISION BE ADOPTED BY A VOTE BY POSTAL BALLOT.

MANY REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING THE MEETING REGISTERED THEIR VOTE ON BEHALF OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS. A COPY OF JAMAICA'S REQUEST (L/7263) AND THE DRAFT DECISION (C/W/750), 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 20 AUGUST 1993.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND