GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 28 OCTOBER 1993

SUBJECT: ZAMBIA - RENEGOTIATION OF SCHEDULE LXXVIII

AT ITS MEETING ON 27 OCTOBER 1993, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 30 NOVEMBER 1995, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT GOVERNMENT TO RENEGOTIATE ITS SCHEDULE OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS (L/7306).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE WAIVER BE GRANTED, APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT (C/W/756), 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 ZAMBIA'S REQUEST (L/7306) ..... AND THE DRAFT DECISION (C/W/756), 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 26 NOVEMBER 1993.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND

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