WORLD TRADE G/L/162
3April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1358)
Original: English Council forTrade inGoods
14April 1997
ZAMBIA -RENEGOTIATION OFSCHEDULE LXXVIII
Request forExtension ofTime-Limit
Thefollowing communication, dated 24March 1997, hasbeenreceived fromtheGovernment
ofZambia.
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Asperyour request dated 14March 1997 concerning Zambia -Renegotiation of
Schedule LXXVIII "Request forExtension ofTime-Limit", please findbelow thefactual information
requested.
- Dateoforiginal waiver: 26November 19931.
- Documentation: sentandcirculated asdocument G/SECRET/HS/8 on12March 1996.
- Number ofextensions: two(13December 1995 and18July1996).
- Number ofcountries withwhich negotiations havebeeninitiated: intheprocess ofnegotiating
withthree.
- Number ofcountries withwhich negotiations havebeenconcluded: nil.
- Status ofnegotiations: nil.
- Outlook forconcluding theprocess: Zambia hopes tofinalize theprocess before theendof
theyear.
Inlightoftheabove, Zambia seeks anextension ofthecurrent waiver.
1BISD, 40S/102.