RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/L/138
15March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0916)
ASSESSMENT OFADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TOTHE 1996 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TOTHE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OFQATAR TOTHE WTO
Note bytheDirector-General
1. Upon theaccession totheWTO ofQatar on13January 1996 (document WT/Let/46), itis
proposed thataproratacontribution tothe1996 budget amounting toSwF76,703 beassessed on
thisGovernment. Thisassessment, calculated asfrom 13January 1996, isbased onanannual
contribution of0.07percent,taking intoaccount theinternational trade figures (imports plusexports
ingoods, services andintellectual property rights) ofQatar fortheyears 1989-1991.
2. Inconformity withtheWTO Financial Regulations governing theuseoftheWorking Capital
Fund, anygovernment acceding totheWTO shallmake anadvance totheFund inaccordance with
thescaleofcontributions applicable tothebudget fortheyearofitsaccession. Theminimum advance
totheWorking Capital Fund amounts to0.5percentoftheprincipal oftheFund forcountries or
separate customs territories whose share ofthetotaltrade ofMembers is0.5percentorless. Such
advances shallbecarried tothecredit oftheMembers which havemade them.
3. OnthebasisoftheleveloftheWorking Capital Fund ofSwF6,476,892 on13January 1996,
itisproposed toassess anamount ofSwF32,384 ontheGovernment ofQatar asanadvance tothe
Fund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
paragraph 3