GATT/AIR/2980 27 APRIL 1990
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 10 AND 11 MAY 1990 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, BEGINNING AT 10 A.M. ON THURSDAY 10 MAY.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP:
A. DISCUSSION OF CONCEPTS AND MECHANISMS:
1. BASIC OBJECTIVES
2. SCOPE OF SPS MEASURES
3. DISCIPLINES TO BE APPLIED ON NATIONAL MEASURES (INCLUDING BURDEN OF PROOF); DISCIPLINES IN ABSENCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
4. HARMONIZATION OF NATIONAL MEASURES ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL HARMONIZATION, LINKAGES WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
5. ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF RISK/RISK ASSESSMENT (INCLUDING BURDEN OF PROOF/JUSTIFICATION)
6. PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCY (INCLUDING BURDEN OF PROOF)
7. NATIONAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION
8. PEST/DISEASE FREE ZONES; AREAS OF LIMITED PEST/DISEASE PREVALENCE; REGIONALIZATION OF MEASURES OF PROTECTION AND GUARANTEES
9. INSPECTION AND CONTROL CONCERNS: PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING METHODS; MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF RESULTS OF TESTS, INSPECTION, ETC.
110. TRANSPARENCY
11. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
12. SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT
13. CONSULTATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
14. FORM OF THE SPS DISCIPLINE
15. OTHER;
B. ORGANIZATION OF FUTURE WORK;
C. OTHER BUSINESS.
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90-05803. 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