WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/PAN/23
3July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2776)
ACCESSION OFPANAMA
Extension ofTime-Limit forAcceptance oftheProtocol ofAccession
Decision of30June1997
Considering thattheGovernment ofPanama hasnotified theDirector-General oftheWorld
Trade Organization thattheacceptance oftheProtocol fortheAccession oftheRepublic ofPanama
totheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization maynotbeconcluded within
thetime-limit prescribed inparagraph 7thereof andhasrequested thattheaforesaid time-limit be
extended to31October 1997,
TheGeneral Council,
Decides toextend thetime-limit foracceptance bytheGovernment ofPanama oftheProtocol
fortheAccession oftheRepublic ofPanama totheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization, until31October 1997.