GATT/AIR/2742 17 MARCH 1989

SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF PARAGUAY

1. AT ITS MEETING ON 6 MARCH 1989, THE COUNCIL TOOK NOTE OF THE COMMUNICATION FROM PARAGUAY CIRCULATED IN L/6468 AND ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR THE RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING ACCESSION TO GATT. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF PARAGUAY (L/6472) ARE AS FOLLOWS: "TO EXAMINE THE APPLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PARAGUAY 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 TEXTS ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME AND THE REPLIES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PARAGUAY TO THE QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING THE MEMORANDUM ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME (L/5500) ARE BEING CIRCULATED AS AN ADDENDUM TO DOCUMENT L/6468. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL, CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF PARAGUAY ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR QUESTIONS TO THE SECRETARIAT IN WRITING NOT LATER THAN 1 MAY 1989.

A. DUNKEL

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