GATT/AIR/3668 30 JANUARY 1994
SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF PANAMA
1. THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF PANAMA TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE WILL MEET ON 8-9 FEBRUARY 1995 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE ON WEDNESDAY, 8 FEBRUARY AT 10 A.M.
2. THE WORKING PARTY WILL CONTINUE ITS EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION OF PANAMA FOR ACCESSION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE XXXIII. HAVING REGARD TO THE INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PANAMA IN ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, THE WORKING PARTY WILL ALSO REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND THE NEGOTIATIONS CONCERNING THOSE ASPECTS OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF PANAMA RELEVANT TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION.
3. THE WORKING PARTY WILL CARRY OUT THE FOLLOWING TASKS:
(i) REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE MARKET ACCESS AND SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN PANAMA AND CONTRACTING PARTIES AND MEMBERS OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;
(ii) CONTINUE THE FACT FINDING PHASE OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF PANAMA ON THE BASIS OF THE MEMORANDUM ON THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME (L/7228) AND THE QUESTIONS AND REPLIES (L/7426 AND ADDENDA);
(iii) CONSIDER THE NEXT STEPS IN THE WORK OF THE WORKING PARTY;
(iv) OTHER MATTERS.
4. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY AS WELL AS OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED BY OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
PETER D. SUTHERLAND
95-0177