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WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/HRV/3/Add.1
29August 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2490)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFCROATIA
Communication from Croatia
Addendum
TheDirector-General hasreceived thefollowing communication, dated 24July1995, from
theGovernment oftheRepublic ofCroatia.
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Onbehalf oftheCroatian Government andtheCroatian Inter-Ministerial Working Group
responsible forouraccession totheWorld Trade Organization, Ihereby submit theanswers tothe
questions putforward byWTO members.
Although thequestions were submitted inthelatter partof1994 wehadtowaitfornew
legislation tobepassed ordrafted sothattheanswers would bebased onCroatian policies andregulations
andnotthatofinherited legislation. Many lawshavebeendrafted according tointernational standards,
however, thiswillbeamatter offurther scrutiny bytheWTO Working Group. Wehope thatthe
firstsession ofthisWorking Group willbeheldinearly Autumn 1995.
Also, Iwish toannounce Croatia 'sreadiness tocommence bilateral negotiations forour
concessions under theGATT 1994 andtheGATS. Croatia wishes tocommit itself totariff ceilings
onaselective product-by-product basisaccording toArticle XXVIII bis,paragraph 2(a)ofGATT 1994.
According totheNotebytheWTO Secretariat fortheprocedures given fornegotiations under
ArticleXIIoftheMarrakeshAgreementEstablishingtheWorldTradeOrganization(WTOAgreement),
document WT/ACC/1, werequest thatinterested WTO members submit theirrequests inorder for
ustotableourinitial offers, inthecaseofgoods andourdraftSchedule ofSpecific Commitments,
inthecaseofservices.
WewouldalsoliketodrawattentiontothefactthatCroatia,hereby,declaresitselfa"developing
country" andassuchwetrustthattheWTO Members willtakethisintoconsideration when making
theirrequests forconcessions. Reasons forrequesting developing country treatment forCroatia are
given inthesupplement (Appendix 1)totheanswers.