GATT/AIR/3518 18 NOVEMBER 1993
SUBJECT: TEXTILES COMMITTEE
1. A MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 1 DECEMBER 1993 AT 11.30 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
A. REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINESE TAIPEI (COM.TEX/W/259).
B. ANNUAL REVIEW 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 1992 PROTOCOL. FOR THIS REVIEW, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
(I) A REPORT BY THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY ON ITS ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1 AUGUST 1992 TO 31 JULY 1993 (COM.TEX/SB/1873 AND ADD.1);
(II) A STATISTICAL REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DEMAND, PRODUCTION AND TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING (COM.TEX/W/261);
(III) ACCEPTANCES OF THE 1992 PROTOCOL (COM.TEX/74/ADD.1 AND COM.TEX/75/ADD.1).
C. CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA, INITIATED AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING ON 9 DECEMBER 1992 (COM.TEX/73).
D. MEMBERSHIP OF THE TSB FOR 1994, IN THE LIGHT OF THE OUTCOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF ITEM C.
E. 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.
PETER D. SUTHERLAND