RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/BFA/W/11
8November 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4757)
Committee onBudget, Finance andAdministration
ASSESSMENT OFADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TOTHE 1996 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TOTHE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OFBULGARIA TOTHE WTO
Note bytheDirector-General
1. Inviewoftheaccession totheWTO ofBulgaria on1December 1996(document WT/Let/117),
itisproposed thataproratacontribution tothe1996 budget amounting toSwF11,175 beassessed
onthisGovernment. Thisassessment, calculated asfrom 1December 1996, isbased onanannual
contribution of0.12percent,taking intoaccount theinternational trade figures (imports plusexports
ingoods, services andintellectual property rights) ofBulgaria fortheyears 1991 -1993.
2. Inconformity withtheWTO Financial Regulations governing theuseoftheWorking Capital
Fund, anygovernment acceding totheWTO shallmake anadvance totheFund inaccordance with
thescaleofcontributions applicable tothebudget fortheyearofitsaccession. Theminimum advance
totheWorking Capital Fund amounts to0.5percentoftheprincipal oftheFund forcountries or
separate customs territories whose share ofthetotaltrade ofMembers is0.5percentorless. Such
advance shallbecarried tothecredit oftheMembers which havemade them.
3. OnthebasisoftheleveloftheWorking Capital Fund ofSwF9,270,210 on1December 1996,
itisproposed toassess anamount ofSwF46,351 ontheGovernment ofBulgaria asanadvance to
theFund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3