GATT/AIR/2634 30 JUNE 1988
SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
1. THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY, 12 JULY 1988, CONTINUING, IF NECESSARY, ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
2.1 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT;
2.2 UPDATING THE DEFINITIONS FOR TERMS USED IN THE AGREEMENT
(TBT/W/103 AND TBT/W/106);
2.3 TESTING, INSPECTION AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES (TBT/W/107);
2.4 PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION METHODS (TBT/W/108);
2.5 PREPARATIONS FOR THE THIRD THREE-YEAR REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 15.9;
2.6 PREPARATIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 15.8;
2.7 RELATIONSHIP OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE NEGOTIATING
GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS (MTN.GNG/NG8/W/13 AND MTN.GNG/NG8/W/25);
2.8 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN BILATERAL STANDARDS-RELATED AGREEMENTS (TBT/W/111);
2.9 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN REGIONAL STANDARDS ACTIVITIES (TBT/W/112);
2.10 CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL STANDARDIZING BODIES;
2.11 EXTENSION OF MAJOR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE AGREEMENT TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENT BODIES;
2.12 OTHER BUSINESS.
3. THE MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING WERE CIRCULATED IN TBT/M/27.
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
88-0997