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14 October 20 20 
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Council for Trade in Goods  Original: English  
 
 
ARTICLE  XXIV:6 NEGOTIATIONS  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 14 October  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic.  
 
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Due to the fact that the Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) 
was effective on 12  August  20151, and in view of ensuring that Members reserve their rights pending 
the communication to the WTO  Secretariat of the agreements reached in the context of 
Article  XXIV:6  (GATT), the Kyrgyz Republic believes that it is desirable to provide for a further 
extension of 12 months (that is, until 12 February  2022). 
 
As a consequence, and in continuation of the Kyrgyz Republic's notification of 16  April 2015 
(G/SECRET/38) concerning its accession to the EAEU, the Kyrgyz Republic wishes hereby to inform 
that it will not assert that WTO  Members who have submitted a claim pursuant to Article  XXIV:6 of 
the GATT  1994 are precluded from  withdrawing substantially equivalent concessions under 
Article  XXVIII:3 of the GATT  1994 because this withdrawal occurs later than six  months after the 
Kyrgyz Republic's withdrawal of concessions (12  August  2015), provided that the claiming 
WTO Member wit hdraws concessions no later than 78 months after the Kyrgyz Republic's 
modification of concessions.  
 
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1 See document  G/L/1137/Add.1, para graph  2. 