GATT/AIR/2766 20 APRIL 1989
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE
1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE WILL MEET IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON THURSDAY 18 MAY 1989 AT 11 A.M. AND WILL CONTINUE AS NECESSARY ON 19 MAY 1989.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE GROUP:
A. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE GROUP WITH RESPECT TO THE LONG-TERM ELEMENTS AND GUIDELINES FOR REFORM, INCLUDING:
- THE TERMS AND USE OF AN AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT;
- STRENGTHENED AND MORE OPERATIONALLY EFFECTIVE GATT RULES AND
DISCIPLINES;
- THE MODALITIES OF SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;
- TARIFFICATION, DECOUPLED INCOME SUPPORT, AND OTHER WAYS TO
ADAPT SUPPORT AND PROTECTION;
- WAYS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE
REFORM PROCESS ON NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
B. SHORT-TERM ELEMENTS: PROCEDURAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS, IF ANY.
C. SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND THE WORK PROGRAMME ON THIS SUBJECT.
D. SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS IN 1989, INCLUDING DATE OF NEXT MEETING.
E. OTHER BUSINESS.
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
89-0568