RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BFA/W/61
22 May 2001
(01-2603)
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2001 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TO THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA TO THE WTO
Note by the Director-General
1. In view of the accession to the WTO of Lithuania on 31 May 2001 (document WT/Let/393), it
is proposed that a pro rata  contribution to the 2001 budget amounting to CHF 67,790 be assessed on
this Government.  This assessment, calculated as from 31 May 2001, is based on an annual contributionof 0.087 per cent, taking into account the international trade figures (imports plus exports in goods,
services and intellectual property rights) of Lithuania for the years 1996-1998.
2. In conformity with the WTO Financial Regulati ons governing the use of the Working Capital
Fund, any government acceding to the WTO shall make  an advance to the Fund in accordance with the
scale of contributions applicable to the budget fo r the year of its accession.  The minimum advance to
the Working Capital Fund amounts to 0.5 per cent of th e principal of the Fund for countries or separate
customs territories whose share of the total trade of Members is 0.5 per cent or less.  Such advances
shall be carried to the credit of the Members which have made them.
3. On the basis of the level of the Working Capital of CHF  8,106,085 it is proposed to assess an
amount of CHF 40,530 on the Government of Lithuania as an advance to the Fund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3
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