GATT/AIR/3626 23 SEPTEMBER 1994

SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON TUESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 1994, STARTING AT 10 A.M. AND WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY, 5 OCTOBER IN THE AFTERNOON IF NECESSARY.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

1. EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (EBRD)

— REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS (L/7528)

2. ACCESSION OF SLOVENIA

— EXTENSION OF TIME-LIMIT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION (C/W/818)

3. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

(A) IMPORT REGIME FOR BANANAS

— PANEL REPORT

(B) MEMBER STATES' IMPORT REGIMES FOR BANANAS

— PANEL REPORT

4. UNITED STATES - RESTRICTIONS OF IMPORTS OF TUNA

— RECOURSE BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE NETHERLANDS

- PANEL REPORT

5. UNITED STATES - MEASURES AFFECTING THE IMPORTATION, INTERNAL SALE AND USE OF TOBACCO

— PANEL REPORT (DS44/R)

6. ISSUANCE AND DERESTRICTION OF GATT DOCUMENTS

— PROPOSAL BY THE UNITED STATES (C/189)

7. MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PANEL REPORTS UNDER PARAGRAPH I:3 OF THE APRIL 1989 DECISION ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES (BISD 36S/61)

8. THE FOURTH ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME

— WORKING PARTY REPORT (L/7502)

9. THE CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

— WORKING PARTY REPORT (L/7501)

10. UNITED STATES - STANDARDS FOR REFORMULATED AND CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE

— RECOURSE TO ARTICLE XXIII:2 BY VENEZUELA (DS47/3)

11. COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS

— CONSULTATION WITH THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC (BOP/R/218)

— CONSULTATION WITH SRI LANKA (BOP/R/219)

— NOTE ON THE MEETING OF 27 JULY 1994 (BOP/R/220)

12. MEXICO - CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN FOR PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO ANTI-DUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING DUTIES

— STATEMENT BY AUSTRIA

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, 3 OCTOBER.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND