WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/94
1 May 2003
(03-2332)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2003 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA TO THE WTO
Note by the Director-General
1. In view of the accession to the WTO of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on
4 April 2003 (document WT/Let/439), it is proposed that a pro rata  contribution to the 2003 budget
amounting to CHF 31,919 be assessed on this Government.  This assessment, calculated as from4 April 2003, is based on an a nnual contribution of 0.025 per cent, taking into account the international
trade figures (imports plus exports in goods, serv ices and intellectual property rights) of the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for the years 1998 to 2000.
2. In conformity with the WTO Financial Regulati ons governing the use of the Working Capital
Fund, any government acceding to the WTO shall make  an advance to the Fund in accordance with the
scale of contributions applicable to the budget fo r the year of its accession.  The minimum advance to
the Working Capital Fund amounts to 0.5 per cent of th e principal of the Fund for countries or separate
customs territories whose share of the total trade of Members is 0.5 per cent or less.  Such advances
shall be carried to the credit of the Members, which have made them.
3. On the basis of the level of the Working Capital of CHF  8,958,026 it is proposed to assess an
amount of CHF 44,790 on the Government of the Fo rmer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as an
advance to the Fund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3
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