WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/L/275
12 October 1998
(98-3928)
Original: English
ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Invocation by the United States of Article XIII of the WTO Agreement
The following communication dated 9 Octobe r 1998, from the Permanent Mission of the
United States to the Chairman of the General Council, is circulated to WTO Members.
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My authorities have instructed me to inform yo u and the General Council, prior to the approval
of the agreement on the terms of accession for the Kyrg yz Republic, that the United States of America
does not consent to the application as between it and the Kyrgyz Republic of the Marrakesh Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization and the Multilateral Trade Agreements in Annexes 1 and 2
thereto.
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