RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/TPKM/1
7December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4025)
Original: English
COMMUNICATION FROM THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY
OFTAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
TheDirector-General hasreceived thefollowing communication from theRepresentation of
theSeparate Customs Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu, Kinmen andMatsu.
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Onbehalf ofmygovernment, Ihavethehonour toinform youthattheSeparate Customs
Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu, Kinmen andMatsu hasdecided toaccede totheWorld Trade Organization
inaccordance withArticle XIIoftheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization.
Inthisregard, mygovernment wishes torequest thatthecurrent Working Party established
forouraccession totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade (GATT 1947) betransformed into
aWTO Accession Working Party pursuant tothedecision asadopted bytheWTO General Council
on31January 1995.
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Having regard tothedecision adopted bytheGeneral Council on31January 1995, theexisting
Working Party ontheAccession oftheSeparate Customs Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and
Matsu (referred toas"Chinese Taipei") totheGATT 1947 willbecontinued asaWTO Accession
Working Party. Thename oftheChairman, themembership andtheterms ofreference oftheWorking
Party arereproduced onthefollowing page.
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WORKING PARTY ONTHE ACCESSION OFTHE SEPARATE CUSTOMS
TERRITORY OFTAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
Chairman: H.E. Mr.Martin R.Morland (United Kingdom)
Membership:
Argentina Finland Philippines
Australia Guatemala Poland
Austria Honduras Romania
Bangladesh Hong Kong Senegal
Bolivia Hungary Singapore
Brazil India Slovak Republic
Canada Indonesia South Africa
Chile Japan SriLanka
Colombia Korea Sweden
Costa Rica Madagascar Switzerland
Czech Republic Malaysia Thailand
Egypt Mexico Turkey
ElSalvador NewZealand United States
European Communities Norway Uruguay
andmember States Pakistan Yugoslavia
Terms ofReference:
Toexamine theapplication oftheSeparate Customs Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
andMatsu(referredtoas"ChineseTaipei")toaccedetotheWorldTradeOrganizationunderArticleXII,
andtosubmit totheGeneral Council recommendations which mayinclude adraftProtocol ofAccession.