RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/RUS/35
21 March 2000
(00-1153)
Working Party on the Accession
of the Russian FederationOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Communication from the Russian Federation
The following communication, dated 16 March 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Russian Federation with the request that it be circulated to members of the Working
Party.
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We have the honour to inform you that the Government of the Russian Federation is ready to
continue negotiations on market access in goods on the basis of a revised tariff offer.  The revised
offer will be circulated without delay to those members of the Working Party who either have already
started bilateral negotiations or made their interest known.  Other interested WTO Members arekindly invited to notify the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation.
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