ORGANISATION MONDIALE ORGANIZACI ÓNMUNDIAL
DUCOMMERCE DEL COMERCIO
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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Référence: WLI/214 11August 1997
PROTOCOL FORTHEACCESSION
OFTHEREPUBLIC OFPANAMA TOTHE
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
DONE ATGENEVA ON2OCTOBER 1996
NOTIFICATION OFACCEPTANCE
ENTRY INTO FORCE
Ihave thehonour toinform youthaton7August 19971theGovernment ofPanama
deposited withmeaninstrument ofratification oftheabove-mentioned Protocol, thereby
recognizing asfullybinding thesignature affixed byitsplenipotentiary on2October 1996.
Interms ofparagraph 8oftheProtocol, itshallenter intoforce on6September 1997.
Pursuant toparagraph 1oftheProtocol, Panama shallbecome aMember oftheWorld
Trade Organization on6September 1997.
Thisnotification isfurnished inaccordance withparagraph 9oftheProtocol.
R.Ruggiero
Director-General
1ByDecision oftheGeneral Council of30June1997(document WT/ACC/PAN/23) thetime-limit
foracceptance oftheProtocol byPanama wasextended to31October 1997.
97-3388 WT/Let/161