GATT/AIR/3285 16 JANUARY 1992

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP

1. THE LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP ESTABLISHED BY THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE AT ITS MEETING ON 13 JANUARY 1992 TO REVIEW THE LEGAL CONFORMITY AND INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF THE DRAFT FINAL ACT EMBODYING THE RESULTS OF THE URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS (MTN.TNC/W/FA) WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING ON THURSDAY, 23 JANUARY 1992 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING MAY CONTINUE ON 24 JANUARY.

2. THE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES THAT, AT THIS MEETING, THE GROUP SHOULD ESTABLISH A WORK PROGRAMME. IN THIS CONNECTION THE GROUP MAY WISH TO LOOK AT THE KIND OF ISSUES THAT IT WILL NEED TO ADDRESS TO ENSURE LEGAL CONFORMITY AND INTERNAL CONSISTENCY IN THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT FINAL ACT (MTN.TNC/W/FA), AND ALSO TO CONSIDER HOW A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENT SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN.

3. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, AND WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A. DUNKEL

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