GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 17 MARCH 1993

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 APRIL AT THE LATEST.

PARTICIPANTS SHOULD NOTE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 15(a), THE INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE FINAL DATA FOR THE YEAR 1992, ESTIMATES FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND FORECASTS FOR 1994.

2. PARTICIPANTS WILL RECALL THAT AT THE LAST MMAG AND IMC MEETINGS, THE CHAIRMEN STRESSED THAT A DECLINING NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WAS MEETING THE DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRES, THUS AFFECTING THE GOOD FUNCTIONING OF THE ARRANGEMENT. I THEREFORE URGE PARTICIPANTS TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND SUBMIT THE REQUESTED INFORMATION TIMELY.

3. FURTHERMORE, A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAVE NOT YET COMMUNICATED TO THE SECRETARIAT THE REVISED INVENTORY OF DOMESTIC POLICIES AND TRADE MEASURES IN BOVINE MEAT AND LIVE ANIMALS WHICH, ACCORDING TO RULE 18 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, WAS DUE BY JUNE 1992. THESE PARTICIPANTS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE ANY CHANGES TO REPORT, ARE REQUESTED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A. DUNKEL

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