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Vanuatu (1)

After a final meeting of the Working Party in October 2001, Vanuatu requested more time to consider its accession terms. In 2008, it indicated its interest to resume and conclude its WTO accession. The Working Party on Vanuatu’s accession was reconvened informally on 4 April 2011 to discuss Vanuatu’s future WTO membership. On 2 May 2011, it adopted, ad referendum, Vanuatu’s accession package.

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1.	Application Received	7 July 1995
2.	Working Party Established Chairperson: vacant	11 July 1995
3.	Memorandum	30 November 1995
4.	Questions and Replies	9 May 1996
5.	Meetings of the Working Party	3 July 1996 18 October 1999 29 October 2001
6.	Recently submitted documentation
	(a) Additional Questions & Replies	27 October 1997 11, 13 May 1998
	(b) Information on agriculture (WT/ACC/4)	25 October 2001
	(c) Information on services (WT/ACC/5)
	(d) SPS/TBT checklists (WT/ACC/8)	16 March 2001
	(e) TRIPS checklist (WT/ACC/9)
	(f) Legislative Action Plan
7.	Market Access Negotiations
	Goods (a) initial offer (b) draft Goods Schedule	3 November 1997 10 November 1998
	Services (a) initial offer (b) draft Services Schedule	3 November 1997 9 November 1999
8.	Draft Working Party Report revision	22 September 1999 3 November 2010
9.	Accession Package Approved by the Working Party
9.	Working Party Report Goods Schedule Services Schedule	16 October 2001 16 October 2001 16 October 2001

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