. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  RESTRICTED 
WT/BFA/W/256 
12 January 2012 
 (12-0154) 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  
  
 
SUSPENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES FOR 
THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD 
 
 1. In accordance with its decision of 15 May 2006
1, the General Council of the World Trade 
Organization (WTO) may suspend the application of administrative measures for Members in 
Category IV which agree to, and abide by, a defi ned schedule of instalment payments aimed at 
liquidating all arrears. 
2. To that end, the WTO Secretariat proposed to th e Republic of Chad a plan for the payment of 
arrears in instalments based on the following: 
(a) The Republic of Chad's arrears at 30 November 2011 amount to CHF 1,460,410.  
This amount corresponds to 43 years of arrears and Chad's participation in the working capital fund. 
(b) The Republic of Chad can benefit from a specific payment mechanism for arrears 
prior to 1988 approved by the General Council in 1994
2 which allows the arrears to 
be reduced to CHF 1,163,269.  This  represents a saving of CHF 297,141. 
(c) The Republic of Chad undertakes to pay, on an annual basis starting in 2012, the 
amount of CHF 77,551 over a period of 15 years. 
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1 See document WT/BFA/86. 
2 See document C/M/273, paragraph 11. WT/BFA/W/256 
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Payment Plan 
 
Number of Years Year Instalments Outstanding 
Total arrears as at 30 November 2011 1,460,410 
Reduction in arrears prior to 1988 (297,141) 
Total amount of the payment plan 1,163,269 
Year 1 2012 (77,551) 1,085,718 
Year 2 2013 (77,551) 1,008,167 
Year 3 2014 (77,551) 930,616 
Year 4 2015 (77,551) 853,065 
Year 5 2016 (77,551) 775,514 
Year 6 2017 (77,551) 697,963 
Year 7 2018 (77,551) 620,412 
Year 8 2019 (77,551) 542,861 
Year 9 2020 (77,551) 465,310 
Year 10 2021 (77,551) 387,759 
Year 11 2022 (77,551) 310,208 
Year 12 2023 (77,551) 232,657 
Year 13 2024 (77,551) 155,106 
Year 14 2025 (77,551) 77,555 
Year 15 2026 (77,555) 0 
 
(d) The Republic of Chad further undertakes to  pay its annual contribution as from 2012.  
Consequently, a total amount of CHF 124,183 will be payable to the WTO by the Republic of Chad for 2012.  This amount corresponds to the annual instalment of 
CHF 77,551 under the payment plan and the contribution of CHF 46,632 for 2012. 
(e) The total annual amount due must be received by the WTO no later than 
31 December of each year, failing which the administrative measures will be reinstated. 
(f) Payments will be booked against the oldest arrears. 
3. The WTO Secretariat received the acceptance of th e payment plan, including the terms set out 
above, on 20 December 2011, and a payment of CHF 140,344. 
4. In accordance with the decision of the Ge neral Council of 15 May 2006, the Committee 
on Budget, Finance and Administration recomm ends that the General Council suspend the 
application of administrative measures for the Republic of Chad, which agrees to, and 
undertakes to abide by, a schedule of instalment payments aimed at liquidating all arrears over 
a period of fifteen years starting on 1 January 2012.  The payments must be received no later 
than 31 December of each year, failing which the administrative measures will be reinstated . 
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