GATT/AIR/2891 29 NOVEMBER 1989

SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES - TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM:

OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT

1. PURSUANT TO THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM (L/6490), A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 1989 AT 3 P.M.

2. AT THIS MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL UNDERTAKE THE OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT WHICH ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM, AS SET OUT IN SECTION I.F OF L/6490.

3. THE ANNUAL REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL MENTIONED IN THE SAME SECTION WILL BE CIRCULATED BEFORE THE MEETING AS DOCUMENT C/171.

4. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES BY FRIDAY, 8 DECEMBER 1989.

A. DUNKEL