GATT/AIR/2569 14 MARCH 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES
1. THE GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON 22-25 MARCH 1988, STARTING ON TUESDAY, 21 MARCH AT 3 P.M., AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA:
2.1 ELEMENTS
- DEFINITIONAL AND STATISTICAL ISSUES
- BROAD CONCEPTS ON WHICH PRINCIPLES AND RULES FOR TRADE IN
SERVICES, INCLUDING POSSIBLE DISCIPLINES FOR INDIVIDUAL SECTORS,
MIGHT BE BASED
- COVERAGE OF THE MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
- EXISTING INTERNATIONAL DISCIPLINES AND ARRANGEMENTS
- MEASURES AND PRACTICES CONTRIBUTING TO OR LIMITING THE EXPANSION
OF TRADE IN SERVICES; INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY ANY BARRIERS
PERCEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS, TO WHICH THE CONDITIONS OF
TRANSPARENCY AND PROGRESSIVE LIBERALIZATION MIGHT BE APPLICABLE.
2.2 OTHER BUSINESS
3. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DISCUSSION ON ELEMENTS ARE MTN.GNS/W/1-30.
THE NOTES ON THE MEETINGS FROM FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1987 ARE IN MTN.GNS/7-12.
THE NOTE ON THE MEETING IN JANUARY 1988 IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNS/1.3 AND CORR.I.
4. PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
A. DUNKEL
88-0393