WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/STR/N/4/MNG
25 June 1998
(98-2554)
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises Original:  English
STATE TRADING
Notification Pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT and Paragraph 1
of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII
MONGOLIA
The following communication, dated 22 June 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Mongolia.
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The Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations' Office at Geneva and other
International Organizations presents its compliments to the Council for Trade in Goods of the WorldTrade Organization and pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of GATT 1994 and paragraph 1 of the
Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII notifies the latter that currently Mongolia does
not maintain any state trading enterprises in accordance with the working definition contained in
paragraph 1 of the above-mentioned Understanding.
The three enterprises mentioned in paragraph 29 of the Report of the Working Party on the
Accession of Mongolia (document WT/ACC/MNG/9) are no longer state trading enterprises, but theyare natural monopoly suppliers of the related services.  Private firms and companies are free to engage
in the same activities as the said three enterprises.
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