GATT/AIR/2683 30 SEPTEMBER 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE - WORKING GROUP

ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS

1. THE WORKING GROUP WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER 1988 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD BEGINNING AT 10 A.M.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP:

A. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS;

B. PROGRAMME OF WORK WITH RESPECT TO:

(i) THE REINFORCEMENT OF GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES IN THE AREA

OF SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS;

(ii) PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION AND COUNTER NOTIFICATION;

(iii) THE PROMOTION OF GREATER INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION AND

ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS;

C. ATTENDANCE BY OBSERVERS FROM RELEVANT STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS;

D. DATE OF NEXT MEETING.

3. 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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