Council for Trade in Goods - Article XXIV:6 Negotiations - Enlargement of the European Union - Communication from the European Communities

World Trade Organization G/L/821 11 May 2007 (07-1957) Council for Trade in Goods Original: English ARTICLE XXIV:6 NEGOTIATIONS Enlargement of the European Union Communication from the European Communities This communication, dated 8 May 2007, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Communities. _______________ In connection with the enlargement of the European Communities on 1 January 2007, and in view of ensuring that Members reserve their rights pending the communication to the WTO Secretariat of the agreements reached in the context of Article XXIV:6 (GATT), the EC believes that it is desirable to provide for an extension of 6 months. As a consequence, and in continuation of the EC’s notification of 28 September 2006 concerning the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007, the European Communities wishes hereby to inform that the EC will not assert that WTO M