GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 21 DECEMBER 1993

SUBJECT: TUNISIA - TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF BOUND DUTIES

AT ITS MEETING ON 17 DECEMBER 1993, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF TUNISIA FOR A WAIVER FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT GOVERNMENT TO SUSPEND BOUND DUTIES ON CERTAIN TARIFF ITEMS (L/7311).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE WAIVER BE GRANTED, APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT (C/W/758/REV.1), 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 TUNISIA'S REQUEST (L/7311) AND

..... THE DRAFT DECISION (C/W/758/REV.1), 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 17 JANUARY 1994.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND

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