GATT/AIR/2682 30 SEPTEMBER 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE - TECHNICAL GROUP
ON AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT AND RELATED MATTERS
1. THE TECHNICAL GROUP WILL MEET ON MONDAY 10 OCTOBER 1988 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE TECHNICAL GROUP:
A. OPTIONS FOR THE USE OF AN AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT IN CONNECTION
WITH POSSIBLE COMMITMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE ADOPTED AT THE MID-TERM REVIEW;
B. SUBMISSION OF PSE DATA AND ESTIMATES INCLUDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE;
C. FURTHER WORK AND MEETINGS OF THE TECHNICAL GROUP, INCLUDING THE TECHNICAL GROUP'S REPORT TO THE SCHEDULED NOVEMBER 1988 MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE.
3. UNDER PROPOSED AGENDA ITEM A PARTICIPANTS ARE INVITED TO ELABORATE THE SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF: (i) OPTIONS FOR THE USE OF AN AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH COMMITMENTS THAT MIGHT BE ADOPTED AND REMAIN IN FORCE UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS; AND (ii) OPTIONS FOR THE USE OF AN AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEGOTIATION OF POSSIBLE LONGER TERM COMMITMENTS.
4. IN ADDITION TO THE NEGOTIATING PROPOSALS SUBMITTED OTHER RELEVANT SUBMISSIONS AND WORKING PAPERS ARE: NG5/W/34, 44 TO 46, 48, 49, 62, 66, 69, 70/REV.1 AND 75. RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN THE NG5/TG/W/-SERIES INCLUDE TG/W/4, 5, 8, 9, 11 AND 13.
5. 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
88-1453