ORGANISATION MONDIALE ORGANIZACI ÓNMUNDIAL
DUCOMMERCE DEL COMERCIO
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Centre William Rappard Téléphone: (4122)7395111
RuedeLausanne 154 Ligne directe: (4122)7395252
Case postale Téléfax: (4122)7314206
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Télégramme: OMC/WTO, GENÈVE
Référence: WLI/101 20August 1996
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
DONE ATMARRAKESH ON15APRIL 1994
COMMUNICATION FROM NIGERIA
Ihave thehonour toinform youthatIhave received thefollowing communication
from theGovernment ofNigeria:
Agreement onImplementation ofArticle VIIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs and
Trade 1994
TheGovernmentoftheFederalRepublicofNigeria,inexerciseofitsrightsunderPartIII
(Special andDifferential Treatment fordeveloping country Members), inaccordance
withparagraph 1ofArticle 20oftheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VII
oftheGATT 1994, officially notifies itsdecision todelay theapplication ofthe
provisions oftheabove-mentioned Agreement foraperiod offiveyears.
Furthermore, theGovernment oftheFederal Republic ofNigeria, availing itself ofits
rightsunderparagraph2ofArticle20,officiallynotifiesitsdecisiontodelayapplication
ofparagraph 2(b)(iii) ofArticle 1andArticle 6foraperiod ofthree years from the
dateofapplication ofallother provisions oftheabove-mentioned Agreement.
TheGovernment oftheFederal Republic ofNigeria reserves therighttoprovide that
paragraph 2ofArticle 5oftheAgreement shallbeapplied inaccordance withthe
provisions oftherelevant note thereto whether ornottheimporter sorequests
(Annex III,paragraph 4).
R.Ruggiero
Director-General
96-3287 WT/Let/106