GATT/AIR/2577

GATT/AIR/2577 31 MARCH 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE WILL MEET IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM

RAPPARD AT 10 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL 1988 AND WILL CONTINUE IN SESSION ON 21 APRIL 1988.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE GROUP WHICH IS TO CONTINUE ITS WORK UNDER THE SUBSEQUENT NEGOTIATING PROCESS:

A. FURTHER EXAMINATION AS APPROPRIATE OF PROPOSALS;

B. PROPOSALS FOR SHORT-TERM ACTION;

C. STRENGTHENED AND MORE OPERATIONALLY EFFECTIVE GATT RULES AND

DISCIPLINES/LONG-TERM FRAMEWORK;

D. SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS;

E. AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT INCLUDING DECOUPLED INCOME

SUPPORT:

(i) GENERAL

(ii) REPORT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TECHNICAL GROUP

(iii) SUBMISSION OF PSE DATA AND ESTIMATES

F. SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT;

G. SUBMISSION OF SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON MEASURES AND POLICIES

AFFECTING TRADE IN AGRICULTURE IN THE AG/FOR/- SERIES;

H. CONSIDERATION OF FURTHER WORK AND MEETINGS OF THE NEGOTIATING

GROUP;

I. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE FURTHER WORK OF THE GROUP, PARTICIPANTS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT MORE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS OR DISCUSSION PAPERS ON THE TECHNICAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF THEIR PROPOSALS (MTN.GNG/NG5/W/6/REV.1, PARAGRAPH 5 REFERS).

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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