RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/UKR/21
3April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1216)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFUKRAINE
Communication from Ukraine
Thefollowing communication hasbeenreceived from theMinister forForeign Economic
Relations andTrade ofUkraine.
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Iampleased toinform youthataccording totherecent Decree ofthePresident ofUkraine,
theGovernmental Commission onUkraine 'sAccession toGATT wasrenamed theGovernmental
Commission onUkraine 'sAccession toGATT/WTO thushaving beenempowered withtherights to
check upthecompliance ofthelegislative actsdrafts onforeign traderegime ofUkraine withthenorms
andprinciples GATT/WTO.
Iamsurethatthedevelopment ofthisinstitutional government agency designed topromote
theprocess ofUkraine 'saccession toGATT/WTO willallow ustotimely prepare allthedocumentation
whichisneededforthesuccessoftheThirdWorkingPartymeetingonUkraineaccessiontoGATT/WTO
tobeheldlateinJune, 1996.
Iwould alsoliketomention thattheCommission actively continues itsactivities astothe
harmonization ofcertain national legislative actsincompliance withtheWTO Agreement onState
Procurement aswellasthatofnational foreign trade statistical dataandtheprocedure ofproducts
certification -inaccordance with theexisting international requirements andregulations ofthe
GATT/WTO system, which hastopositively contribute tospeeding uptheprocess ofUkraine 's
integration inthemultilateral trade system.