WORLD TRADE WT/L/27
3February 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0219)
PARTICIPATION INMEETINGS OFWTO BODIES BYCERTAIN SIGNATORIES OF
THE FINAL ACT ELIGIBLE TOBECOME ORIGINAL MEMBERS OFTHE WTO
Decision adopted bytheGeneral Council on31January 1995
TheGeneral Council,
Noting thatsome oftheSignatories oftheFinal ActEmbodying theResults oftheUruguay Round
ofMultilateral Trade Negotiations (hereinafter referred toas"Final Act") thatareeligible tobecome
original Members oftheWTO havenotbeenabletocomplete theirdomestic procedures fortheapproval
oftheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization (hereinafter referred toas
"WTO Agreement") before thedateofentry intoforce ofthatAgreement;
Noting further thatsome oftheMinisterial Decisions included intheFinalActenvisage theparticipation
ofnon-Members oftheWTO inthenegotiations initiated under them;
Desiring toenable certain Signatories oftheFinal Actthatareeligible tobecome original Members
oftheWTO toparticipate inthedeliberations ofthebodies oftheWTO;
Decides asfollows:
During aperiod ofseven months following thedateofentry intoforce ofthe
WTO Agreement Signatories oftheFinal ActEmbodying theResults oftheUruguay
Round thatarecontracting parties totheGATT 1947 asofthedateofthisDecision
andareeligible tobecome original Members oftheWTO
- maybepresent andspeak atformal orinformal meetings ofthebodies
establishedundertheWTOAgreementotherthantheTextilesMonitoringBody,
and
- shallhaveaccess toalldocuments made available toMembers oftheWTO
forsuch meetings.
Such Signatories shallnothavetherighttoparticipate inthedecision-making ofthe
bodies established under theWTO Agreement.