RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/C/W/28
14November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4997)
Council forTrade inServices
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF
THE WORKING PARTY ONGATS RULES
Inconsultations withtheMembers oftheWorking Party onGATS Rules itwasagreed that
themandate forthenegotiations onemergency safeguard measures provided forinArticle Xofthe
GATS should beextended untiltheendofJune1999. Accordingly, Iwould propose thattheCouncil
forTrade inServices adopt thedraftDecision below.
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DECISION ONNEGOTIATIONS ONEMERGENCY SAFEGUARD MEASURES
TheCouncil forTrade inServices ,
Having regard totheprovisions ofArticle XoftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices
(GATS),
Decides asfollows:
Notwithstanding thesecond sentence ofparagraph 1andparagraph 3ofArticle XoftheGATS,
thefirstsentence ofparagraph 1andparagraph 2ofthatArticle shall continue toapply until
30June1999.