English Translation

331 - 5 - 4/Slovakia. At the beginning of May l.J. discussions were held in Prcssburg by the Government Committee of Deutech-Slovac on the settlement of trade-related issues and on the exchange of goods, and the following was agreed on / confidential/ : a/ cancellation of payment confirmations, mainly in the area of trade policy. - Between the German-Slovak government committee it was agreed that the so-called payment confirmations, i.e. confirmations issued by the Slovak National Bank on the payments entered into clearing from the Protectorate, will be cancelled by 1 June 1994l in Slovakia. In Slovakia, the receipts had an official rate of 6% and Slovakian exports after the Protectorate were obliged to add 1 : 1 to the request for export permissions for the Protectorates. As a result, imports of goods from the Protectorate were reduced by 6% in Slovakia and exports from Slovakia to the Protectorates increased by 6%. Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ('), Any importer of goods from Slovakia will be obliged to pay a 23 % surcharge in respect of special funds held by the National Bank of Bohemia and Moravia in Prague, instead of the 16 % of the amount paid so far, and to retain a corresponding export price of goods after the 20 % payment in excess of 23 % of that paid out instead of that which has been paid up to now. The aim is to ensure that, by issuing the payment confirmations, the goods are not sold to the Slovak trader, which was the Slovak requirement, nor is the goods imported from Slovakia, since the Slovak exporter is no longer allowed to pay the deposit confirmations as from 1 June,