RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/MOL/1
21December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4108)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFMOLDOVA
TheDirector-General hasreceived thefollowing communication fromthePrime Minister of
theRepublic ofMoldova.
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Since Moldova applied foraccession totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade in
November 1993, andtheestablishment oftheWorking Party toexamine itsapplication, Moldova has
moved considerably further onthewaytoamarket economy anddemocratic society. Some
administrative difficulties ontheForeign Trade Regime inChisinau havedelayed thesubmission of
ourMemorandum.
Ihereby inthename oftheGovernment oftheRepublic ofMoldova confirm thattheRepublic
ofMoldova wishes tojointheWTO andhopethattheMemorandum willbesubmitted totheWTO
bytheendofthisyear.
Itherefore alsorequest thattheexisting Working Party onMoldova 'sAccession toGATT 1947
betransformed intoaWTO Accession Working Party withstandards terms ofreference. Iunderstand
thatobserver status totheWTO canthereby beaccorded.
Iwould liketoaskyoutocirculate thisrequest toallWTO Members.
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Having regard tothedecision adopted bytheGeneral Council on31January 1995, theexisting
Working Party ontheAccession ofMoldova totheGATT 1947willbecontinued asaWTO Accession
Working Party andMoldova willhaveobserver status intheGeneral Council anditssubsidiary bodies.
Thename oftheChairman, themembership andtheterms ofreference oftheWorking Party are
reproduced onthefollowing page.
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WORKING PARTY ONTHE ACCESSION OFMOLDOVA
Chairman: Mr.M.Kumar (India)
Membership:
Themembership isopentoallMembers indicating theirwishtoserve ontheWorking Party.
Terms ofReference:
Toexamine theapplication oftheGovernment ofMoldova toaccede totheWorld Trade
Organization under Article XII,andtosubmit totheGeneral Council recommendations which may
include adraftProtocol ofAccession.