GATT/AIR/2815 24 JULY 1989
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE - WORKING GROUP
ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS
1. THE WORKING GROUP WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 1989 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 THE MID-TERM REVIEW AGREEMENT:
(i) HARMONIZATION OF SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND MEASURES;
(ii) STRENGTHENING OF ARTICLE XX;
(iii) NOTIFICATION, COUNTER-NOTIFICATION, AND CONSULTATION PROCEDURES;
(iv) IMPROVEMENT OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS;
(v) CONSIDERATION OF NEEDS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;
(vi) SHORT-TERM MATTERS.
C. COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS;
D. FUTURE WORK AND 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
89-1087