GATT/AIR/2647 27 JULY 1988

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF BOLIVIA

1. AT ITS MEETING ON 7 OCTOBER 1987, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A WORKING PARTY TO EXAMINE THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA FOR ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY (L/6224/REV.1) ARE AS FOLLOWS: "TO EXAMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA TO ACCEDE TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII, AND TO SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH MAY INCLUDE A DRAFT PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION". MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO ALL CONTRACTING PARTIES INDICATING THEIR WISH TO SERVE ON THE WORKING PARTY.

2. THE MEMORANDUM ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF BOLIVIA HAS BEEN CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT L/6369. CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF BOLIVIA ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS TO THE SECRETARIAT IN WRITING NOT LATER THAN

30 SEPTEMBER 1988.

3. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON 20 JULY 1988, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF BOLIVIA STATED THAT BOLIVIA WAS READY TO ENTER INTO TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO ITS ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT. CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO ENTER INTO TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOLIVIA ARE INVITED TO CONTACT THE BOLIVIAN AUTHORITIES AND INFORM THE SECRETARIAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AN UP-TO-DATE COPY OF THE CUSTOMS TARIFF OF BOLIVIA IS AVAILABLE IN THE SECRETARIAT (DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ROOM 2010) FOR CONSULTATION BY INTERESTED DELEGATIONS.

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