GATT/AIR/3271 26 NOVEMBER 1991

SUBJECT: TEXTILES COMMITTEE

1. A MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON 6 DECEMBER 1991, AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, GENEVA.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

A. ANNUAL REVIEW, PURSUANT TO ITS ARTICLE 10:4, OF THE OPERATION OF THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES (MFA) AS EXTENDED BY THE 1986 PROTOCOL AND AS MAINTAINED IN FORCE BY THE 1991 PROTOCOL. FOR THIS REVIEW, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

(I) ACCEPTANCES OF THE 1991 PROTOCOL (COM.TEX/70 AND 71);

(II) A REPORT BY THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY ON ITS ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1 AUGUST 1990 TO

1 OCTOBER 1991 (COM.TEX/SB/1648 AND ADD 1);

(III) A STATISTICAL REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DEMAND, PRODUCTION AND TRADE IN TEXTILES

AND CLOTHING (COM.TEX/W/239).

B. MEMBERSHIP OF THE TSB FOR THE YEAR 1992.

C. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING BY OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

 

A. DUNKEL