GATT/AIR/3375 24 NOVEMBER 1992

SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL MEAT COUNCIL

1. THE INTERNATIONAL MEAT COUNCIL WILL HOLD ITS TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING ON

18 DECEMBER 1992 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING WILL START AT

10 A.M.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR DISCUSSION:

(I) REPLIES TO THE INVENTORY PARTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE (PARTS G

AND H, REPRODUCED IN DOCUMENT SERIES IMC/INV/-);

(II) EVALUATION OF THE WORLD MEAT MARKET SITUATION AND OUTLOOK ON

THE BASIS OF THE ANALYTICAL REPORT PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT

(DOCUMENT IMC/W/87 AND ADD.1) AND OF THE VARIOUS SETS OF MEAT

STATISTICS;

- REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MEAT MARKET ANALYSIS GROUP;

(III) EXAMINATION OF NATIONAL POLICIES RELATED TO TRADE IN BOVINE MEAT

AND LIVE ANIMALS;

(IV) EXAMINATION OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ARRANGEMENT;

(V) OTHER BUSINESS.

3. PARTICIPANTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND NON-SIGNATORY CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED BY OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL

92-1746