GATT/AIR/3227 30 AUGUST 1991

SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES - TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM:

REVIEWS OF NORWAY, SWITZERLAND AND NIGERIA

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 24-26 SEPTEMBER AND 1-2 OCTOBER 1991, IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, TO CONDUCT TRADE POLICY REVIEWS OF NORWAY, SWITZERLAND AND NIGERIA.

2. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS IS AS FOLLOWS:

TUESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER, 3 P.M. AND WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER, 10 A.M.: NORWAY

WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER, 3 P.M. AND THURSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER, 10 A.M.: SWITZERLAND

TUESDAY, 1 OCTOBER, 3 P.M. AND WEDNESDAY, 2 OCTOBER, 10 A.M.: NIGERIA

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

C/RM/G/15 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY NIGERIA

C/RM/S/15A NIGERIA: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)

C/RM/S/15B NIGERIA: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)

C/RM/G/16 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY NORWAY

C/RM/S/16A NORWAY: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)

C/RM/S/16B NORWAY: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)

C/RM/G/17 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY SWITZERLAND

C/RM/S/17A SWITZERLAND: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)

C/RM/S/17B SWITZERLAND: 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 FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, I.E. BY 17 SEPTEMBER.

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 FRIDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 1991.

 

A. DUNKEL