GATT/AIR/2723 17 NOVEMBER 1988
SUBJECT: TEXTILES COMMITTEE
1. FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH DELEGATIONS, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO CONVENE THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ON 16 DECEMBER 1988 AT 11 A.M. AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, GENEVA:
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA.
A. REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS BY THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND
CLOTHING BUREAU - ITCB (COM.TEX/W/211).
B. THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THE ARRANGEMENT AS EXTENDED BY THE 1986 PROTOCOL, REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 10:4 OF THE ARRANGEMENT. FOR THIS ANNUAL REVIEW, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS.
(i) A REPORT BY THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY ON ITS
ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1.10.1987 TO 23.09.1988
(COM.TEX/SB/1423 AND ADD.1);
(ii) TEXTILES AND CLOTHING STATISTICS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN
DEMAND, PRODUCTION AND TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
(COM.TEX/W/209 and COM.TEX/W/210).
(iii) REPORT BY THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON ADJUSTMENT (COM.TEX/58).
ORIGINAL SUBMISSIONS FROM PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES ARE
CONTAINED IN DOCUMENTS COM.TEX/54 AND CORRIGENDA 1 AND 2,
ADDENDA 1 AND 2 (INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTS 1 AND 2 TO
ADDENDUM 2), SUPPLEMENTS 1 TO 4, AND THE SUMMARIES THEREOF
IN DOCUMENT COM.TEX/57 AND CORRIGENDA 1 AND 2.
D. PROGRESS OF THE WORK IN THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING.
E. PROPOSAL BY CHINA CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP OF THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY (COM.TEX/W/199).
F. MEMBERSHIP OF THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY FOR THE YEAR 1989.
G. REQUEST FROM THE NORDIC COUNTRIES FOR A GATT STUDY
(COM.TEX/W/212).
H. OTHER BUSINESS.
3. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING BY OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
A. DUNKEL
88-1781