GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 15 JULY 1992

SUBJECT: EGYPT - RENEGOTIATION OF SCHEDULE LXIII

AT ITS MEETING ON 14 JULY 1992, THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE II OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNTIL 30 JUNE 1993, IN ORDER TO ALLOW IT TO RENEGOTIATE ITS SCHEDULE OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS (L/6986 AND ADD.1, 2, 3 AND 4)

THE COUNCIL AGREED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THAT THE WAIVER BE GRANTED, APPROVED A DRAFT DECISION TO THAT EFFECT (C/W/697/REV.1), 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 EGYPT'S REQUEST (L/6986 AND ADD.1 ..... 2, 3 AND 4) AND THE DRAFT DECISION (C/W/697/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 13 AUGUST 1992.

A. DUNKEL

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