WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/L/515
1 March 2002
(02-1040)
Original:  Spanish
NICARAGUA – ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHEDULE XXIX
Request for Extension of Waiver
The following communication, dated 20 February 2002, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Nicaragua.
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I refer to your communication of 5 February 2002 requesting factual information on the
extension of the waiver concerning new Schedule XXIX.
− The original waiver was granted on 26 January 1994.
− The relevant documentation was submitted on 28 June 1995.  On the expiry of the
time-limit of three months, two countries had reserved their right to conduct
negotiations.
− The original waiver was extended in December 1994, December 1995, July 1996,
April 1997, October 1997, April 1998, October 1998, June 1999, November 1999,April 2000, September 2000, April 2001 and October 2001.
− The number of countries with which Article XXVIII negotiations have been
undertaken is two.
− The number of countries with which Article XXVIII negotiations have been
completed is one.
− Nicaragua is keen to complete these negotiations as rapidly as possible and requests a
further extension of the original waiver from the Council for Trade in Goods.
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