RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/51
11 September 2000
(00-3483)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2000 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OF ALBANIA TO THE WTO
Note by the Director-General
1. In view of the accession to the WTO of Albania on 8 September 2000 (document WT/Let/353),
it is proposed that a pro rata  contribution to the 2000 budget amounting to CHF 5,931 be assessed on
this Government.  This assessment, calculated as from 8 September 2000, is based on an annualcontribution of 0.015 per cent, taking into account the in ternational trade figures (imports plus exports in
goods, services and intellectual property rights) of Albania for the years 1996-1998.
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  7,768,580 it is proposed to assess an
amount of CHF 38,843 on the Government of Albania as an advance to the Fund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3
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