RESTRICTED
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/W/1
FOR THE 19July1994
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(94-1491)
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE Original: English
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
CROATIA -ACCESSION TOTHE WTO
Communication from Croatia
Thefollowing communication, dated 11July1994, from theGovernment ofCroatia and
addressed totheChairman ofthePreparatory Committee, hasbeenreceived from thedelegation of
thatcountry withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheMembers oftheCommittee.
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Ihavethehonour toexpress thewishoftheRepublic ofCroatia tobecome amember ofthe
World Trade Organization (WTO) andIhereby wishtoformally request thePreparatory Committee
fortheWTO toinitiate theprocess ofaccession oftheRepublic ofCroatia totheWTO inpursuance
withparagraph 2oftheDecision onAcceptance ofandAccession totheAgreement Establishing the
WTO andinaccordance withArticle XIIoftheWTO Agreement.
Alsoinaccordance withtheproposal given inparagraph 23.(b) oftheMinutes ofthesecond
meeting ofthePreparatory Committee fortheWTO heldon31May1994, Iwishtoformally request
thePreparatory Committee torequest theexisting GATT working party toexamine therequest ofthe
Republic ofCroatia toaccede totheWTO onbehalf ofthePreparatory Committee andtoreport to
thePreparatory Committee.
TheRepublic ofCroatia iswilling, aswellascommitted, tocooperate withyouandallrelevant
bodies oftheGATT andthefuture WTO andofferalltheinformation thatmayberequired inconnection
withouraccession totheWTO.
(signed )Prime Minister
Nikica Valentic ´