GATT/AIR/3225 16 AUGUST 1991

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INSTITUTIONS

1. A MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INSTITUTIONS TO DEAL WITH DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WILL BE HELD ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1991 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS;

B. ORGANIZATION OF FURTHER WORK;

C. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. AS A BASIS FOR DELIBERATIONS A REVISED DISPUTE SETTLEMENT TEXT REFLECTING THE AMENDMENTS TO MTN.TNC/W/35/REV.1 PROPOSED AT THE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL MEETING WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN MARCH AND FURTHER COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARIAT. A DRAFT CONSOLIDATED TEXT ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES AND DRAFT TEXTS PRESENTING THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS IN THE TOKYO ROUND AGREEMENTS AND IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATIONS AS REFLECTED IN DOCUMENT MTN.TNC/W/35/REV.1 HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED TO MEMBERS OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP. THESE TEXTS ARE INFORMAL DRAFTS WHICH DO NOT COMMIT PARTICIPANTS IN ANY RESPECT.

4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED PROCEEDINGS OF THIS NEGOTIATING GROUP, WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL