GATT/AIR/2932 19 FEBRUARY 1990

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

1 THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 1990. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

2.1 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT;

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

2.3 IMPROVING THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY (TBT/W/120/REV.2; TBT/115 AND TBT/116);

2.4 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED WITHIN THE SCOPE

OF THE AGREEMENT (TBT/W/128/REV.1);

2.5 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES (TBT/W/138);

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

2.7 ACCREDITATION SYSTEMS (TBT/W/133);

2.8 CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS (TBT/W/135);

2.9 PRODUCT APPROVAL PROCEDURES (TBT/W/127/REV.1);

2.10 CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND APPLICATION OF STANDARDS (TBT/W/137);

2.11 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN REGIONAL STANDARDS ACTIVITIES (TBT/W/112);

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

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

2.14 OTHER BUSINESS.

3. THE MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING WILL BE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT TBT/W/139 (TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY IN TBT/M/34).

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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