RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/L/109
13December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4058)
ASSESSMENT OFADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TOTHE 1996 BUDGET:
ACCESSION OFCAMEROON TOTHE WTO
Note bytheDirector-General
1. Upon theaccession totheWTO ofCameroon on13December 1995(document WT/Let/41),
itisproposed thatacontribution tothe1996 budget amounting toSwF56,650 beassessed onthis
Government. Thisassessment isbased onanannual contribution of0.05percent,taking intoaccount
theinternational trade figures (imports plusexports ingoods, services andintellectual property
rights) ofCameroon fortheyears 1992-1994.
2. Inconformity withtheWTO Financial Regulations governing theuseoftheWorking Capital
Fund, anygovernment acceding totheWTO shallmake anadvance totheFund inaccordance with
thescale ofcontributions applicable tothebudget fortheyearofitsaccession. Theminimum
advance totheWorking Capital Fund amounts to0.5percentoftheprincipal oftheFund for
countries orseparate customs territories whose share ofthetotaltrade ofMembers is0.5percentor
less. Astheaccession totheWTO ofCameroon istotakeplace before theexpiry oftheGATT, the
advance ofCameroon totheWorking Capital Fund assessed atthetimeofitsaccession totheGATT
ofCameroon willbecarried overintheWTO tothecredit.
POINT FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1