GATT/AIR/3232 11 SEPTEMBER 1991

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON RULE MAKING AND TRIMS

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON RULE MAKING AND TRIMS WILL MEET ON 30 SEPTEMBER - 4 OCTOBER 1991, COMMENCING ON 30 SEPTEMBER AT 11 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. DURING THE COURSE OF ITS MEETING THE NEGOTIATING GROUP WILL DISCUSS ANTI-DUMPING, SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES, TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES AND BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT. IN ADDITION, THE NEGOTIATING GROUP WILL CONSIDER HOW TO FORMULATE A JOINT RESPONSE OF PARTICIPANTS TO THE PROPOSALS MADE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF INSPECTION AGENCIES WITH REGARD TO ARTICLE 4 OF THE DRAFT TEXT ON PRE-SHIPMENT INSPECTION (MTN.GNG/RM/2, PARAGRAPH 2).

3. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED PROCEEDINGS OF THIS NEGOTIATING GROUP, WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL