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ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/165
13 April 1999
(99-1455)
General Council
14 April 1999
PROPOSED AGENDA
I. YEMEN - REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS (WT/L/296)
II. LEBANON - REQUEST FOR ACCESSION (WT/ACC/LBN/1)
III. OBSERVER STATUS FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
A. COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES (WT/GC/22)
IV. COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS
A. REPORT ON CONSULTATIONS WITH ROMANIA (WT/BOP/R/45)
V. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
A. INTERIM REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORK PROGRAMME ON
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
VI. REVIEW OF PROCEDURES FOR THE CIRCULATION AND DERESTRICTION
OF WTO DOCUMENTS (WT/L/ 160/REV.1, WT/G C/W/117/REV.1)
A. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN
VII. WAIVERS UNDER ARTICLE IX OF THE WTO AGREEMENT1
A. HARMONIZED SYSTEM - REQUESTS FOR EXTENSIONS OF WAIVERS
(i) Bangladesh (G/L/298, G/C/W/142)
(ii) Nicaragua (G/L/297, G/C/W/141/Rev.1)
(iii) Sri Lanka (G/L/296, G/C/W/140)
B. ZAMBIA - RENEGOTIATION OF SCHEDULE LXXVIII
- Request for an extension of the waiver (G/L/295, G/C/W/139)
                                                     
1 In connection with this item, the attention of Members is drawn to the Decision-Making Procedures
under Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the General Council on 15 November 1995
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C. DECISION ON THE INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM CHANGES INTO WTO
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS ON 1 JANUARY 1996
- Extension of the time-limit (G/C/W/145)
D. PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT FOR LEAST -DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
- Draft decision on waiver (G/C/W/135/Rev.1)
VIII.  REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON PRESHIPMENT INSP ECTION (G/L/300)
IX. PROMOTION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL IMAGE OF THE WTO
A. NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT (WT/GC/W/158)
X. ACCESSION TO THE WTO:  PROCESS AND PROCEDURES (WT/ACC/7 AND
CORR.1, WT/GC/W/153)
XI. APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT DIRECTOR-GENERAL
XII. PARTING STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
OTHER BUSINESS
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