GATT/AIR/3354 25 SEPTEMBER 1992

SUBJECT: WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 21 AND 22 OCTOBER 1992 AND WILL CONTINUE IF NECESSARY ON 23 OCTOBER. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE AT 10 A.M. ON 21 OCTOBER IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS:

A. TO GIVE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON COMMUNICATIONS FROM CHINA CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENTS SPEC(88)13/ADD.7, SPEC(88)13/ADD.8, SPEC(88)13/ADD.9, SPEC(88)13/ADD.10, SPEC(88)13/ADD.11 AND SPEC(88)13/ADD.12 (THE LATTER DOCUMENT, ENTITLED "SUMMARY DOCUMENT OF THE EXISTING TARIFF AND NON-TARIFF MEASURES IN CHINA", TO BE CIRCULATED SHORTLY); AND

B. TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUES TO BE DEALT WITH IN A DRAFT PROTOCOL ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY ARE REMINDED THAT THE SECRETARIAT, AT THE REQUEST OF THE WORKING PARTY, HAD PREPARED AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF ISSUES RAISED IN THE WORKING PARTY, CIRCULATED AS DOCUMENT SPEC(88)13/ADD.5 ON 9 JUNE 1989.

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

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