RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/RUS/24
16February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0542)
Original: English Working Party ontheAccession
oftheRussian Federation
ACCESSION OFTHE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Communication from theRussian Federation
Thefollowing communication, dated 13February 1998, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheRussian Federation withtherequest thatitbecirculated tomembers oftheWorking
Party.
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"Wehavethehonour toinform youthattheGovernment oftheRussian Federation isready
toenter intomarket access negotiations ongoods relating toaccession totheWTO withinterested
WTO Members.
Members oftheWorking Party wishing toenter intomarket access negotiations ongoods are
kindly invited tonotify thePermanent Mission oftheRussian Federation inGeneva."
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