RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/SPEC/SYC/1
27May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2216)
Original: English Working Party onthe
Accession ofSeychelles
ACCESSION OFTHE REPUBLIC OFSEYCHELLES
Communication from Seychelles
Thefollowing communication hasbeen received from theMinistry ofFinance and
Communications oftheRepublic ofSeychelles withtherequest thatitbecirculated tomembers of
theWorking Party.
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Flexibility Paper
WTO Agreements FullImplementation and
Proposed Time Frame*
Agreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures (SCM) Eight years from accession
Agreement ontheApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary
Measures (SPS)Twoyears from accession
Import licensing procedures Twoyears from accession
Agreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property
Rights (TRIPS)Oneyearfrom accession
Agreement onGovernment Procurement Fiveyears from accession
* Seychelles, likealmost alldeveloping countries, isnowpursuing policies promoting export-oriented
growth, making itseconomy increasingly dependent onforeign trade. Seychelles has,therefore, thesame vital
interests asallWTO Members inseeing thattheuniform rules embodied intheWTO Agreements areapplied
byallcountries. Unfortunately, thelackofhuman andfinancial resources compel theSeychelles Government
torequest atransitional period toimplement fully theabove-mentioned WTO Agreements.