WORLD TRADE WT/L/148
25April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1554)
ACCESSION OFPAPUA NEW GUINEA
Extension ofTime-Limit forAcceptance oftheProtocol ofAccession
Decision of16April 1996
Considering thattheGovernment ofPapua New Guinea hasnotified theWorld Trade
Organization thattheacceptance oftheProtocol ofAccession ofPapua NewGuinea totheMarrakesh
Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization maynotbeconcluded within thetime-limit
prescribed inparagraph 6thereof andhasrequested thattheaforesaid time-limit befurther extended
to13August 1996,
TheGeneral Council,
Decides toextend thetime-limit foracceptance bytheGovernment ofPapua NewGuinea of
theProtocol ofAccession ofPapua NewGuinea totheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing theWorld
Trade Organization, until13August 1996.