GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 25 APRIL 1991

SUBJECT: CHILE - ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHEDULE VII

AT ITS MEETING ON 24 APRIL 1991, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF CHILE FOR AN EXTENSION OF ITS EXEMPTION FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1991, IN ORDER TO ENABLE THAT GOVERNMENT TO IMPLEMENT ITS NEW TARIFF (L/6840).

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE EXTENSION BE GRANTED, APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT (C/W/669), 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 CHILE'S REQUEST (L/6840) AND THE ..... DRAFT DECISION (C/W/669), 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 24 MAY 1991.

A. DUNKEL