GATT/AIR/2571 22 MARCH 1988

SUBJECT: WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF PORTUGAL AND SPAIN TO THE

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

1. THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF PORTUGAL AND SPAIN TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES WILL BE HELD AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON 20 APRIL 1988, STARTING AT 10 A.M.

2. AT THIS MEETING, THE WORKING PARTY IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

A. EXAMINATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF PORTUGAL AND SPAIN TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (L/5936 AND ADDENDA), IN THE LIGHT OF THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT;

B. PREPARATION OF ITS REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, WITH THE HELP OF A FACTUAL SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION TO DATE WHICH THE SECRETARIAT HAS BEEN ASKED TO PREPARE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY; AND

C. ANY OTHER RELEVANT POINTS, INCLUDING THE TIMETABLE FOR THE COMPLETION OF ITS WORK AND THE DATE OF ITS NEXT MEETING.

3. THE SECRETARIAT'S NOTE ON THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY IS

CONTAINED IN SPEC(88)15. THE FACTUAL SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION TO DATE

WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN TIME FOR THE MEETING.

4. MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORKING PARTY IS OPEN TO ALL CONTRACTING PARTIES INDICATING THEIR WISH TO SERVE ON IT. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

 

 

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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