WTO/AIR/150 11 SEPTEMBER 1995

GATT/AIR/3695

 

SUBJECT: JOINT MEETING OF THE GATT 1947 AND THE WTO COMMITTEES ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS

 

 

1. THE GATT 1947 AND THE WTO COMMITTEES ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS WILL MEET JOINTLY ON 5 AND 6 OCTOBER 1995 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD TO CONDUCT A FULL CONSULTATION WITH BRAZIL UNDER ARTICLE XVIII:12(A) OF THE GATT 1994 AND GATT 1947 AND THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE GATT 1994.

2. THE PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER, 10 A.M. CONSULTATION

FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER, 10 A.M. ADOPTION OF CONCLUSIONS

3. IN A COMMUNICATION DATED 13 JULY 1995 BRAZIL NOTIFIED THE RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS UNDER PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE UNDERSTANDING (WT/BOP/N/4). THE PROVISIONAL MEASURE INTRODUCING THE RESTRICTIONS AS OF 14 JUNE 1995 WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED IN PURSUANCE OF THE GENERAL NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES OF THE WTO (WT/L/73).

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

A. MEMBERS OF THE WTO COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS AND OTHER WTO MEMBERS AS WELL AS GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS;

B. MEMBERS OF THE GATT 1947 COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS, OTHER GATT 1947 CONTRACTING PARTIES, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS IN THE GATT 1947 COUNCIL.

 

RENATO RUGGIERO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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