GATT/AIR/2767

GATT/AIR/2767 21 APRIL 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL BE HELD AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON 19 MAY 1989, STARTING AT 10 A.M.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

I. IMPLEMENTATION OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE DECISION ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE (MTN.TNC/7(MIN), PAGE 6), WHICH READS:

"RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS FROM BOTH DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MINISTERS AGREE THAT THE NEGOTIATING GROUP WILL:

(A) WITH REGARD TO THE CATEGORIES OF MEASURES FOR WHICH MULTILATERAL RULE-MAKING APPROACHES ARE PROPOSED, EXAMINE RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT AND IN OTHER AGREEMENTS AND WILL CONSIDER HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS RAISED;

(B) EXAMINE PROPOSALS MADE FOR MULTILATERAL FORMULA APPROACHES WITH A VIEW TO REACHING AN UNDERSTANDING ON THE APPLICABILITY AND, IF APPROPRIATE, SCOPE AND PROCEDURES FOR SUCH NEGOTIATIONS;

(C) REVIEW THE SECRETARIAT'S SORTING OF INDICATIVE LISTS OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES FOR WHICH REQUEST-AND-OFFER APPROACHES ARE PROPOSED WITH A VIEW TO REACHING AN UNDERSTANDING ON THE SCOPE AND PROCEDURES FOR SUCH NEGOTIATIONS; AND

(D) BY JUNE 1989, AIM TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING PROCEDURES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ... PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES [REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE DECISION], SO AS TO INITIATE DETAILED NEGOTIATIONS."

II. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.

3. THE SECRETARIAT'S REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF PROPOSALS IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS SET OUT NON-TARIFF MEASURES WHICH, IN THEIR OPINION, SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF MULTILATERAL, FORMULA OR REQUEST-AND-OFFER APPROACHES, IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/W/19/REV.1. FURTHER PROPOSALS WHICH MAY BE RECEIVED BEFORE THE MEETING WILL BE ISSUED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. BACKGROUND NOTES ON FEES, DUES AND OTHER IMPORT CHARGES, AND ON CUSTOMS AND CONSULAR FORMALITIES, PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT AT THE REQUEST OF THE GROUP, WILL 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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