WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/W/221
25 April 2003
(03-2226)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  Spanish
COMMUNICATION FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Acceptance of the Fifth Protocol
The following communication has been received from the delegation of the Dominican
Republic with the request that it be circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in Services.
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The Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Office and Other
International Organizations in Geneva presents its compliments to the World Trade Organization
- Trade in Services Division - and has the honour to report that, under Resolution No. 39-03 dated
7 February 2003, the President of the Dominican Republic ordered ratification of the Fifth Protocol,
Financial Services, to the General Agreement on Trade in Services, which had been duly ratified bythe Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic on 31 December 2002.
On behalf of the Dominican Government, the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic
to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva requests that the
reopening of the Fifth Protocol for its acceptance be included as an item on the agenda for the next
meeting of the Council for Trade in Services, and that the appropriate draft decision be prepared by
the Secretariat.
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