GATT/AIR/2910

GATT/AIR/2910 17 JANUARY 1990

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

1. THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY, 30 JANUARY 199O. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 3.00 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

2.1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS;

2.2 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT;

2.3 LANGUAGES FOR EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS (TBT/W/129);

2.4 IMPROVING THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY (TBT/W/120/REV.2);

2.5 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN BILATERAL STANDARDS-RELATED AGREEMENTS (TBT/W/128);

2.6 TESTING, INSPECTION AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES (TBT/W/126/REV.1 AND TBT/W/127);

2.7 ACCREDITATION SYSTEMS (TBT/W/133);

2.8 CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL STANDARDIZING BODIES (TBT/W/124);

2.9 PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION METHODS (TBT/W/108 AND ADD.1; TBT/W/132);

2.10 PROCEDURES FOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT (TBT/W/134);

2.11 OTHER BUSINESS.

3. THE MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING WERE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT TBT/M/33.

4. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

5. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF, UNCTAD, ITC (UNCTAD/GATT), ISO, IEC, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (TBT/M/2).

A. DUNKEL

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