TS/138-2.1 4 July 1991
ARRANGEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES,
DONE AT GENEVA ON 20 DECEMBER 1973,
AND THE PROTOCOL EXTENDING THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES,
DONE AT GENEVA ON 31 JULY 1986
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE
I have the honour to inform you that on 12 June 1991 I received from the Government of Fiji a letter of acceptance, dated 11 June 1991, relating ..... to the above-mentioned Arrangement and Protocol. The text of the letter is attached hereto.
In accordance with the Decision of the Textiles Committee at its meeting on 16 May 1991, the accession of Fiji to the Arrangement and the 1986 Protocol became effective as of 12 June 1991.
Arthur Dunkel
Director-General
Let/1743
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TEXT OF LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE, DATED 11 JUNE 1991,
RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF FIJI ON 12 JUNE 1991
I have the honour to refer to the meeting of the Textiles Committee held in Geneva on 16 May 1991 at which a favourable decision was taken with respect to the request of the Government of Fiji to become party to the Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles and its Protocol of Extension dated 31 July 1986.
On behalf of ther Government of Fiji I have the pleasure to reconfirm our request as contained in the communication reproduced in document COM.TEX/W/235, which reads as follow:
The Government of the Republic of Fiji accepts without reservation provisions of the Arrangement and the Protocol thereto, and likewise accepts all obligations under the Arrangement, including the commitment not to introduce new restrictions on the import of textile products nor intensify existing ones, to the extent that this would be inconsistent with the provisions of the General Agreement.
The Government of the Republic of Fiji has taken note of the provisions of Article 2.1 of the Arrangement and in this respect confirms that upon becoming a party to the Arrangement it will notify in detail to the Textiles Surveillance Body all restrictions applied by it on imports of textiles and clothing covered by the Arrangement.
Fiji is a developing country. Its Government hopes that upon becoming a party to the Arrangement and the Protocol thereto, and in respect of matters covered by those instruments, it will be entitled to receive treatment equivalent to that accorded to other participating developing countries at a like level of economic development.