GATT/AIR/3423 26 APRIL 1993

REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

1. PURSUANT TO THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM (BISD 36S/403), A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD ON 17-18 MAY IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, TO CONDUCT THE SECOND TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES.

2. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, 17 MAY AT 10 A.M. AND CONTINUE ON TUESDAY, 18 MAY, ALSO AT 10 A.M.

3. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING:

C/RM/G/36 REPORT BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

C/RM/S/36A EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT

(TEXT)

C/RM/S/36B EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT

(TABLES)

4. 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 COUNCIL MEETING, I.E. BY MONDAY, 1O MAY 1993.

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, 1O MAY 1993.

A. DUNKEL

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