RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/L/6
23June1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1688)
Council forTrade inGoods Original: English
3July1995
PAKISTAN -ESTABLISHMENT OFANEW SCHEDULE XV
Extension ofTime-Limit
Thefollowing communication, dated 31May1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofPakistan.
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Thisiswithreference toyourfaxof22May1995 concerning theextension ofwaivers. The
information requested intheabove faxisasfollows:
(1) Dateoforiginal waiver: 30November 1977.
(2) Dateofsubmission ofdocuments relevant totheHSimplementation: therelevant documents
were circulated through GATT documents L/4567 andL/4609 +Add.1 and2.
(3) Number ofextensions anddates when granted: thewaiver hasbeensuccessively extended.
(4) Number ofcountries withwhich Article XXVIII negotiations havebeeninitiated: negotiations
havebeenconducted withninecontracting parties whoexpressed theirinterest.
(5) NumberofcountrieswithwhichArticleXXVIIInegotiationshavebeenconcluded:negotiations
havebeencompleted withseven contracting parties.
(6) Status ofoutstanding Article XXVIII negotiations, aswellasageneral outline ofrelevant
problems: wearevigorously pursuing negotiations withtheremaining twocontracting
parties/members.
(7) Outlook forconcluding theprocess: wesincerely hope toconclude these negotiations by
reaching amutually satisfactory solution oftheissue attheearliest.
Thepresent waiver forPakistan expires on30June1995, andinviewoftheposition explained
above, wewould request youkindly toallow usafurther extension ofthewaiver upto
31December 1995.