GATT/AIR/3378 26 NOVEMBER 1992
SUBJECT: TEXTILES COMMITTEE
1. A MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON 9 DECEMBER 1992 AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
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/ADD.2 AND 71/REV.1);
(II) A REPORT BY THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY ON THE OPERATION OF THE MFA UNDER THE 1986 AND 1991 PROTOCOLS OF EXTENSION, 1 AUGUST 1986 TO 31 JULY 1992 (COM.TEX/SB/1799 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/245).
B. CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA, INITIATED AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING ON 6 DECEMBER 1991 (COM.TEX/72).
C. MEMBERSHIP OF THE TSB.
D. 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
92-1770