WORLD TRADE G/L/104
4September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3474)
Original: English COUNCIL FOR TRADE INGOODS
19September 1996
SOUTH AFRICA -BASE DATES UNDER ARTICLE 1:4
Request forExtension ofWaiver
Thefollowing communication, dated 30August 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofSouth Africa.
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Ihavethehonour torefer todocument WT/L/153 of17June1996 andinparticular tothe
Decision oftheGATT CONTRACTING PARTIES of19November 1960 (BISD 9S/46) granting a
waiver toSouth Africa tocontinue toapply certain preferences tothethenFederation ofRhodesia
andNyasaland, andtorequest, interms ofArticle IXoftheWTO Agreement, andtheUnderstanding
inRespect ofWaivers, anextension ofthatwaiver beyond thedateof1January 1997.
Thereason forthisrequest isbecause thatAgreement isbeing partly renegotiated, theresult
ofwhich maynotbeavailable prior totheexpiry ofthecurrent waiver.
Therevised Agreement will,upon ratification bytheparties, bepromptly submitted tothe
WTO inaccordance withtheestablished practice.