GATT/AIR/2545 27 JANUARY 1988

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL BE HELD ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 1988 AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, STARTING AT

3 P.M. ON 22 FEBRUARY.

THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

(A) CONTINUED EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS BY PARTICIPANTS WITH A VIEW TO

REACHING A COMMON UNDERSTANDING ON APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES (BILATERAL REQUESTS AND OFFERS, SUBJECT TO PROCEDURES TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY; MULTILATERAL APPROACHES) AND ON SUBJECTS TO BE DEALT WITH MULTILATERALLY (MTN.GNG/2/W/3, AND CORR.1, W/4 AND ADD.1, W/5, W/6, W/8 AND W/9);

(B) CONSIDERATION OF NEXT STEPS IN THE WORK OF THE GROUP AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FURTHER MEETINGS;

(C) OTHER BUSINESS.

3. THE SECRETARIAT'S NOTES ON THE EARLIER MEETINGS OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ARE CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/l/REV.1 AND MTN.GNG/NG2/2-5. AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP, THE SECRETARIAT HAS ALSO REVISED AND UPDATED ITS PAPER ON THE ISSUES RAISED AND THE SUGGESTIONS PUT FORWARD HITHERTO IN THE GROUP (MTN.GNG/NG2/W/7/REV.1, TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY).

4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH

WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE

NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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