WTO/AIR/44 20 MARCH 1995

GATT/AIR/3676

 

SUBJECT: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY: REVIEW OF JAPAN

1. THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY ESTABLISHED UNDER ANNEX 3 OF THE WTO AGREEMENT WILL HOLD A MEETING IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD TO CONDUCT THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF JAPAN ON 4-5 APRIL 1995. THIS REVIEW, WHICH IS CARRIED OVER FROM THE 1994 PROGRAMME UNDER THE GATT 1947, WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF GATT 1947 AND THE DECISION OF THE GATT 1947 CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM (BISD 36S/403).

2. THE MEETING WILL BE A JOINT MEETING OF THE TPRB AND THE GATT 1947 COUNCIL, PURSUANT TO THE DECISION OF 8 DECEMBER 1994 CONCERNING AVOIDANCE OF PROCEDURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DUPLICATION (PC/11, L/7582).

3. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF THE MEETING IS AS FOLLOWS:

TUESDAY, 4 APRIL, 9.30 A.M. AND WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL, 9.30 A.M.

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

WT/TPR/2 ARRANGEMENTS FOR REVIEW MEETINGS

C/RM/G/57 REPORT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN

C/RM/S/57 JAPAN: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT

5. 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 THE 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 MEETING, I.E. BY TUESDAY, 28 MARCH.

6. THE FOLLOWING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES:

A. MEMBERS OF THE WTO AND, PURSUANT TO THE DECISION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN WT/L/27, OTHER SIGNATORIES OF THE FINAL ACT THAT ARE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE GATT 1947 AND ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE WTO, AS WELL AS GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS;

B. MEMBERS OF THE GATT 1947 COUNCIL, OTHER GATT 1947 CONTRACTING PARTIES, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS IN THE GATT 1947 COUNCIL.

 

 

PETER D. SUTHERLAND

95-0591