RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/26
1December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3894)
GENERAL COUNCIL Original: Spanish
13December 1995
ACCESSION OFECUADOR
Request forExtension ofTime-Limit forAcceptance oftheProtocol ofAccession
Communication from Ecuador
Thefollowing communication dated 29November 1995hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofEcuador.
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ThePermanent Misison ofEcuador totheUnited Nations Office andOther International
Organizations inGenera requests theinclusion intheagenda fortheWTO General Council, tobeheld
onWednesday, 13December 1995, ofanitemconcerning theextension ofthetime-limit within which
theNational Congress ofEcuador mustratify theProtocol ofAccession totheWTO. According to
theProtocol approved bytheGeneral Council, document WT/ACC/ECU/6 of22August 1995, the
time-limit forsuchratification expires on31December 1995. Theextension requested isuntil31March
1996.
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TheDecision oftheGeneral Council concerning theAccession ofEcuador totheAgreement
Establishing theWorld Trade Organization isreproduced indocument WT/ACC/ECU/5. Thetext
oftheProtocol ofAccession ofEcuador totheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization
isreproduced indocument WT/ACC/ECU/6. Tofacilitate consideration ofthismatter bytheGeneral
Council atitsmeeting on13December 1995, thetextofadraftdecision isannexed hereto.
./.WT/GC/W/26
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ACCESSION OFECUADOR
Draft Decision
Considering thattheGovernment ofEcuador hasnotified theWorld Trade Organization that
theratification oftheProtocol fortheAccession ofEcuador totheAgreement Establishing theWorld
Trade Organization maynotbeconcluded within thetime-limit prescribed inparagraph 7thereof and
hasrequested thattheaforesaid time-limit beextended to31March 1996,
TheGeneral Council,
Decides toextend thetime-limit foracceptance bytheGovernment ofEcuador oftheProtocol
fortheAccession ofEcuador totheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization, until31
March 1996.