WTO/AIR/116 23 JUNE 1995

GATT/AIR/3692

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

1. THE GATT COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND THE

WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD A JOINT MEETING ON 14 JULY 1995. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 11 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

2.1 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

(G/TBT/W/2 AND REV.1, AND G/TBT/SPEC/1)

2.3 ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE WTO TBT AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.3

(G/TBT/W/8 COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES)

2.4 ECO-LABELLING

(G/TBT/W/9 COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA) - FORTHCOMING

2.5 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF

THE AGREEMENT

2.6 ISO 9000 AND ISO 14000 - PRESENTATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ISO

2.7 OTHER BUSINESS

3. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING OF THE GATT AND WTO TBT COMMITTEES WERE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENTS TBT/M/48 AND G/TBT/M/1. ATTENTION IS DRAWN ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE THAT MEETING: G/TBT/W/4/REV.1, G/TBT/W/6/ADD.1, G/TBT/W/7, G/TBT/1 AND G/TBT/ENQ/1.

4. MEMBERS OF THE WTO, SIGNATORIES OF THE TOKYO ROUND TBT 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 DECISION TAKEN BY THE WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS.

RENATO RUGGIERO

95-1710