På initiativ af Det Europæiske Fællesskab og efter en måneds forlængelse af arbejdet ) kunne der den 28. juli ) indgås en midlertidig aftale for atten måneder (indtil den 1. november 1997) mellem alle WTO's medlemmer.
On the initiative of the Community, following a three-month ex tension of the negotiations,3an interim agreement providing better market access based on the most-favoured-nation (MFN) principle was concluded by all WTO members on 28 July to run for 18 months until 1 November 1997 4 -j^g United States joined in the agreement, but only for the national treatment part (their offer does not guarantee access to the US market on an MFN basis).