RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/L/135
15March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0913)
ASSESSMENT OFADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TOTHE 1996 BUDGET
AND ADVANCE TOTHE WORKING CAPITAL FUND:
ACCESSION OFFIJITOTHE WTO
Note bytheDirector-General
1. UpontheaccessiontotheWTOofFijion14January1996(documentWT/Let/47),itisproposed
thataproratacontribution tothe1996 budget amounting toSwF32,779 beassessed onthis
Government. Thisassessment, calculated asfrom14January 1996, isbased onanannual contribution
of0.03percent, taking intoaccount theinternational trade figures (imports plusexports ingoods,
services andintellectual property rights) ofFijifortheyears 1991-1993.
2. Inconformity withtheWTO Financial Regulations governing theuseoftheWorking Capital
Fund, anygovernment acceding totheWTO shallmake anadvance totheFund inaccordance with
thescaleofcontributions applicable tothebudget fortheyearofitsaccession. Theminimum advance
totheWorking Capital Fund amounts to0.5percentoftheprincipal oftheFund forcountries or
separate customs territories whose share ofthetotaltrade ofMembers is0.5percentorless. Such
advances shallbecarried tothecredit oftheMembers which havemade them.
3. OnthebasisoftheleveloftheWorking Capital Fund ofSwF6,476,892 on14January 1996,
itisproposed toassess anamount ofSwF32,384 ontheGovernment ofFijiasanadvance tothe
Fund.
POINTS FOR DECISION: Paragraph 1
Paragraph 3