WTO/AIR/173 6 OCTOBER 1995

GATT/AIR/3700

 

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

1. THE TOKYO ROUND COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND THE WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD A JOINT MEETING ON 20 OCTOBER 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

2.2 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE TOKYO ROUND TBT AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.8 (TBT/39)

2.3 REPORT (1995) TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES OF THE GATT (TBT/SPEC/28)

2.4 TERMINATION OF THE TOKYO ROUND AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (TBT/W/195)

2.5 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT

2.6 DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TAKEN BY THE TOKYO ROUND COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (G/TBT/W/14)

2.7 ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE WTO TBT AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.3 (G/TBT/W/8 AND 12)

2.8 ECO-LABELLING (G/TBT/W/9 AND 11)

2.9 ISO 9000 AND ISO 14000

2.10 OTHER BUSINESS

3. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING OF THE TOKYO ROUND AND WTO TBT COMMITTEES WERE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENTS TBT/M/49 AND G/TBT/M/2. ATTENTION IS DRAWN ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE THAT MEETING: TBT/W/194 AND G/TBT/W/10, G/TBT/1/REV.1, G/TBT/INF/2, G/TBT/ENQ/2, AND G/TBT/W/13.

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, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRPERSON TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS.

 

RENATO RUGGIERO

 

 

 

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