GATT/AIR/3627 26 SEPTEMBER 1994

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

1. THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON FRIDAY, 28 OCTOBER 1994. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT

10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

2.1 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT:

(I) MARKS OF ORIGIN REQUIREMENTS (TBT/M/46, P.6);

2.2 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.8 (TBT/38);

2.4 NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES (TBT/W/188);

2.5 OTHER BUSINESS.

3. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING WERE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT TBT/M/46. SINCE THE LAST MEETING, THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED: TBT/W/156/ADD.1, TBT/W/182/REV.1, TBT/W/184/ADD.1, TBT/W/185, TBT/W/186 AND TBT/W/187.

4. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

5. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF, UNCTAD, ITC (UNCTAD/GATT), ISO, IEC, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (TBT/M/2).

PETER D. SUTHERLAND