GATT/AIR/2630 29 JUNE 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES
1. THE GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON 18-22 JULY 1988, STARTING ON MONDAY, 18 JULY AT 10 A.M., AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA.
2.1 DISCUSSION ON SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THE GROUP INCLUDING THOSE
CIRCULATED SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP.
2.2 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.
FOLLOWING THE GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PROPOSALS WHICH THE GROUP IS INVITED TO ADDRESS AT THIS MEETING, THE GROUP WILL DISCUSS SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THESE PROPOSALS WITH REFERENCE TO, OR IN THE CONTEXT OF, THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORK PROGRAMME TO WHICH THEY RELATE. FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SECRETARIAT IS CIRCULATING SEPARATELY A NOTE PROVIDING UNDER EACH ELEMENT A REFERENCE TO THE PARTS OF THE VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS AND PROPOSALS BY GOVERNMENTS WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THAT ELEMENT. WHERE PROPOSALS DEAL WITH MATTERS NOT COVERED BY THE FIVE ELEMENTS THESE MATTERS WILL BE LISTED UNDER A SEPARATE HEADING UNDER THE LIST OF ELEMENTS.
AS CONCERNS THE ELEMENTS "EXISTING INTERNATIONAL DISCIPLINES AND ARRANGEMENTS", THERE WAS AGREEMENT AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP TO AGAIN INVITE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU), THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (ICAO) AND THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) REGARDING THE LINER CODE. THESE REPRESENTATIVES WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC CLARIFICATIONS AS REQUESTED BY THE GROUP AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS CIRCULATED IN MTN.GNS/W/36 AND ADD.1 AND ADD.2.
2.3 OTHER BUSINESS
3. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DISCUSSION ON ELEMENTS ARE MTN.GNS/W/1-43. AT THE MEETING ON 17-20 MAY, SUBMISSIONS FROM THE U.S. (MTN.GNS/W/37) AND CANADA (MTN.GNS/W/39) WERE DISCUSSED AND A SUBMISSION FROM JAPAN (MTN.GNS/W/40) WAS INTRODUCED. SUBSEQUENTLY AN ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM MMICO (MTN.GNS/W/43). THE NOTES ON THE MEETINGS FROM FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1987 ARE IN MTN.GNS/7-12. THE NOTE ON THE MEETINGS IN JANUARY, MARCH AND MAY 1988 ARE CONTAINED IN MTN.GNS/13 AND CORR.1, 14 AND 15. A REVISED SECRETARIAT PAPER ON DEFINITIONS (MTN.GNS/W/38/REV.1), AND SECRETARIAT PAPERS ON STATISTICS (MTN.GNS/W/41) AND ON A GLOSSARY OF TERMS (MTN.GNS/W/42) WILL BE CIRCULATED BEFORE THE MEETING.
4. PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
A. DUNKEL
88-0961