GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 17 SEPTEMBER 1992

SUBJECT: ARRANGEMENT REGARDING BOVINE MEAT - REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE

1. PARTICIPANTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT ARE REMINDED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 15 OF THE REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURE, REPLIES TO THE STATISTICAL QUESTIONNAIRE, PARTS A-F, SHOULD BE FURNISHED BY 15 OCTOBER AT THE LATEST. PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLY WITH THIS DEADLINE IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR ENOUGH TIME TO THE SECRETARIAT TO RESPECT THE PUBLICATION DATE OF ITS SITUATION AND OUTLOOK REPORT (1 DECEMBER, ACCORDING TO RULE 17). IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 15(b), "THE INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE DATA FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, INCLUDING DECEMBER, EITHER FINAL DATA OR REVISED ESTIMATES, AS WELL AS REVISED FORECAST FOR THE COMING TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD".

2. PARTICIPANTS ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT ACCORDING TO RULE 18 THEY SHOULD HAVE FULLY REVISED THE INVENTORY OF DOMESTIC POLICIES AND TRADE MEASURES AND INFORMATION ON BILATERAL, PLURILATERAL OR MULTILATERAL COMMITMENTS, PARTS G AND H OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE, AT THE BEGINNING OF 1992. THOSE PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE NOT YET DONE IT, ARE REQUESTED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A. DUNKEL

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