RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/8
26February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0697)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS
Communication from Iceland
Thefollowing communication, dated 19February 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofIceland.
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Atitsmeeting of7December 1995, theInterim Committee onGovernment Procurement agreed
togrant observer status totheGovernment ofIceland. AsIunderstand thatanewandseparate request
needs tobeforwarded totheCommittee onGovernment Procurement, scheduled toholditsfirstmeeting
on27February 1996, thePermanent Mission hereby kindly requests thatthenecessary stepsbetaken
toallow Iceland toparticipate asanobserver intheCommittee 'swork.