GATT/AIR/3319 13 MAY 1992
SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES - TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM:
REVIEWS OF BANGLADESH AND CANADA
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 9-10 AND 10-11 JUNE IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, TO CONDUCT TRADE POLICY REVIEWS OF BANGLADESH AND CANADA.
2. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS IS AS FOLLOWS:
TUESDAY, 9 JUNE, 10 A.M./3 P.M. AND WEDNESDAY, 10 JUNE, 10 A.M.: BANGLADESH
WEDNESDAY, 10 JUNE, 3 P.M. AND THURSDAY, 11 JUNE, 10 A.M.: CANADA.
3. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR THESE MEETINGS:
C/RM/11 ARRANGEMENTS FOR REVIEW MEETINGS
C/RM/G/24 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY BANGLADESH
C/RM/S/24A BANGLADESH: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)
C/RM/S/248B BANGLADESH: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)
C/RM/G/25 REPORT BY CANADA
C/RM/S/25A CANADA: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)
C/RM/S/25B CANADA: 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 MONDAY, 1 JUNE 1992.
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 MONDAY, 18 MAY 1992.
A. DUNKEL
92-0622