GATT/AIR/2557 24 FEBRUARY 1988
SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
1. THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON THURSDAY, 10 MARCH 1988. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
2.1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1988;
2.2 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE
AGREEMENT;
2.3 UPDATING THE DEFINITIONS FOR TERMS USED IN THE AGREEMENT
(TBT/W/106);
2.4 TESTING, INSPECTION AND TYPE APPROVAL (TBT/W/107);
2.5 PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION METHODS (TBT/W/108);
2.6 PREPARATIONS FOR THE THIRD THREE-YEAR REVIEW UNDER
ARTICLE 15.9 OF THE AGREEMENT;
2.7 RELATIONSHIP OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE URUGUAY
ROUND (MTN.GNG/NG8/W/13, MTN.GNG/NG8/W/25);
2.8 OTHER BUSINESS.
3. THE MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING WERE CIRCULATED IN TBT/M/26.
4. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
5. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF, UNCTAD, ITC (UNCTAD/GATT), ISO, IEC, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (TBT/M/2).
A. DUNKEL
88-0291