GATT/AIR/2873 6 NOVEMBER 1989

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND

ARRANGEMENTS

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL HOLD ITS FOURTEENTH MEETING ON 20-22 AND 24 NOVEMBER 1989. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:

(A) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VI (ANTI-DUMPING CODE), WHICH IS PROPOSED FOR DISCUSSION ON 20-22 NOVEMBER (BEGINNING ON MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER AT 10.30 A.M.);

(B) THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY, 24 NOVEMBER AT 10.00 A.M.;

(C) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM B ABOVE;

(D) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE VII (CUSTOMS VALUATION CODE), THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM C ABOVE;

(E) OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING(S) OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.

3. THE NOTE ON THE THIRTEENTH MEETING IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG8/13, TO BE ISSUED. SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF 16-18 OCTOBER 1989, ONE DOCUMENT HAS SO FAR BEEN RECEIVED IN THE SECRETARIAT FOR CIRCULATION TO THE NEGOTIATING GROUP:

- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/34/REV.2: "IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN BILATERAL STANDARDS-RELATED AGREEMENTS" (COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES CONCERNING THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE).

4. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME AVAILABLE.

5. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORME ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

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