GATT/AIR/2690 6 OCTOBER 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES
1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL START AT 3 P.M. ON 17 OCTOBER 1988 AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, AND WILL CONTINUE ON 18 AND 21 OCTOBER 1988, AS NECESSARY.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
A. CONTINUED EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS ON MEASURES TO BE TAKEN UP BY THE NEGOTIATING GROUP, SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISION OF 25 FEBRUARY 1988 (MTN.GNG/NG2/6, ANNEX):
- THE GROUP IS EXPECTED TO RESUME ITS DISCUSSION OF CATEGORIES OF MEASURES FOR WHICH MULTILATERAL APPROACHES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, INCLUDING PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION (MTN.GNG/NG2/8/ADD.1, PARA 7);
- THE GROUP WILL ALSO REVERT TO THE SUGGESTION MADE AT THE LAST MEETING FOR ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND PAPERS BY THE SECRETARIAT (MTN.GNG/NG2/8/ADD.1, PARA 5);
B. MODALITIES FOR THE CONDUCT OF NEGOTIATIONS:
- SEE MTN.GNG/NG2/8, PARA 5;
C. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MEETING OF THE TNC AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FURTHER MEETINGS OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.
3. THE NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/8 AND ADD.1. NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FROM DELEGATIONS ARE CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/W/13-18. AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP, THE SECRETARIAT HAS PREPARED A PAPER SORTING THE NOTIFICATIONS MADE TO THE GROUP, USING THE CLASSIFICATION CONTAINED IN THE INVENTORY OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES (MTN.GNG/NG2/8/ADD.1, PARAGRAPH 4). THIS PAPER WILL BE AVAILABLE AS MTN.GNG/NG2/W/19 (TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY).
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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