RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IDA/W/6
25September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2796)
International Dairy Agreement
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY COUNCIL
Communication from thePermanent Mission ofCanada
Thefollowing communication, dated 2August 1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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Iamwriting toconfirm formally Canada 'sintention toparticipate intheInternational Dairy
Agreement (IDA) inanobserver capacity, andtooutline ourexpectations inthisregard.
Asanobserver totheInternational Dairy Agreement, Canada would beprepared torespect
theintent oftheAgreement tothemaximum degree possible. Wewould alsobeprepared, totheextent
possible, toprovide theinformation requested intheIDAquestionnaires. However, Canada would
notbeprepared toprovide information which would allow theidentification ofindividual export
transactions andprices.
Inaddition, Canada would expect toparticipate inIDAmeetings inwhich information provided
byCanada wasunder discussion.
Inaccordancewiththeforegoing,Canadalooksforwardtocontinuedparticipationasanobserver
totheInternational Dairy Agreement.