GATT/AIR/3053

GATT/AIR/3053 16 JULY 1990

SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES - TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM:

REVIEWS OF CANADA, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND NEW ZEALAND

1. PURSUANT TO THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM (L/6490), SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD ON 30 JULY TO 3 AUGUST 1990, IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, TO CONDUCT TRADE POLICY REVIEWS OF CANADA, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND NEW ZEALAND.

2. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS IS AS FOLLOWS:

MONDAY 30 JULY, 10 A.M.: CANADA

_{TUESDAY 31 JULY, 3 P.M. AND WEDNESDAY 1 AUGUST, 10 A.M.: HONG KONG
WEDNESDAY 1 AUGUST, 3 P.M. AND THURSDAY 2 AUGUST, 10 A.M.: JAPAN
THURSDAY 2 AUGUST, 3 P.M. AND FRIDAY 3 AUGUST, 10 A.M.: NEW ZEALAND

3. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR THESE MEETINGS:

C/RM/G/6 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY CANADA
C/RM/S/6A CANADA: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)
C/RM/S/6B CANADA: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)
C/RM/G/7 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY HONG KONG
C/RM/S/7A HONG KONG: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)
C/RM/S/7B HONG KONG: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)
C/RM/G/8 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY JAPAN
C/RM/S/8A JAPAN: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)
C/RM/S/8B JAPAN: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)
C/RM/G/9 AND ADD.1 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY NEW ZEALAND
C/RM/S/9A NEW ZEALAND: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)
C/RM/S/9B NEW ZEALAND: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)

4. IN THIS CONTEXT, DELEGATIONS ARE REMINDED THAT:

"TO FACILITATE THE DISCUSSIONS, THE CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO DO SO COULD GIVE ADVANCE NOTICE IN WRITING OF THE POINTS THEY WISH TO BE RAISED AT THE REVIEW SESSION SO THAT THE CONTRACTING PARTY UNDER REVIEW IS IN A BETTER POSITION TO PREPARE ITS REPLIES. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WOULD NOT LIMIT IN ANY WAY THE SCOPE OF DISCUSSIONS AT THE COUNCIL SESSION." (C/W/607).

IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF ANY SUCH POINTS COULD REACH THE SECRETARIAT NO LATER THAN ONE WEEK BEFORE THE RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEETING.

5. 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 TUESDAY, 24 JULY 1990.

A. DUNKEL

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