World Trade Organization WT/L/826 18 November 2011 (116004) General Council 30 November 2011 Original: Spanish CUBA  ARTICLE XV:6 OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENTON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 Report by the Government of Cuba under theDecision of 15 December 2006* The following communication, dated 14 November 2011, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Cuba. _______________ Pursuant to Article IX:4 of the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Government of the Republic of Cuba hereby presents its fifth annual report relating to the renewal granted on 15 December 2006 of the waiver extension approved on 20 December 2001. This waiver was granted to Cuba under the Decision of 14 October 1996 (WT/L/182), in relation to Article XV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994). Cuba reiterates that the circumstances that justified the waiver granted in 2006 have essentially remained unchang