RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/HRV/3/Corr.1
13May1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1851)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFCROATIA
Question andReplies
totheMemorandum ontheForeign trade Régime
(document L/7466)
Corrigendum
Page4,question 4,answer, paragraph 2should read:
"The firstphase ofnegotiations resulted inadraftoftherules ofsuccession andthedevelopment of
anapproximateinventoryofassetsandliabilitiesofformerYugoslavia.Thesedocuments,unfortunately,
didnotresultinagreementontheimportantissuesofsuccession.Basically,twoapproachestosuccession
weredifferentiated: thefirst,onthebasis ofinternational lawasrepresented byfourofthesuccessor
states (Bosnia andHerzegovina, Croatia, theFormer Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia andSlovenia);
andthesecond, which denies theinternational regulations andthebreak-up offormer Yugoslavia,
supporting therighttocontinuity which should beattributed totheFederal Republic ofYugoslavia
(Serbia andMontenegro)."
Page6,paragraph 6should read:
"Theonlyrealexisting interest byCroatia ’scommercial entities incompensatory dealsisintradewith
theStates which emerged afterthedisintegration offormer Yugoslavia, thatis,Bosnia andHerzegovina,
theFormer Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia andSlovenia."
Page7,Question 7,answer, paragraph 4should read:
"Croatian business entities areonlyinterested incompensation deals withcountries formed afterthe
disintegration oftheformer Yugoslavia, thatis,withBosnia andHerzegovina, theFormer Yugoslav
Republic ofMacedonia andSlovenia. "
Page76,TheListofBilateral Trade andEconomic Agreements, list1.1,item14should read:
"The Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia".
Page77,TheListofBilateral Trade andEconomic Agreements, list2.2,item4should read:
"The Former Yugoslav Republic ofMacedonia".