GATT/AIR/3255 17 OCTOBER 1991

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INSTITUTIONS

1. A MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON INSTITUTIONS WILL BE HELD ON 24-25 OCTOBER 1991 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154 RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE ON THURSDAY, 24 OCTOBER AT 10 A.M.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS;

B. REVIEW OF THE DRAFT FINAL ACT;

C. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS;

D. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. THE CHAIRMAN WILL INFORM THE GROUP ON THE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS HELD SINCE THE MEETING OF THE GROUP ON 26 SEPTEMBER. AS A BASIS FOR DELIBERATIONS A DRAFT UNDERSTANDING ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT INTENDED TO REPLACE THE TEXT IN MTN.TNC/W/35/REV.1 AND A DRAFT CONSOLIDATED TEXT ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP. A REVISED DRAFT FINAL ACT TEXT REFLECTING THE AMENDMENTS TO MTN.TNC/W/35/REV.1 PROPOSED AT THE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL MEETING WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN MARCH AND FURTHER COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE SECRETARIAT. THESE TEXTS ARE INFORMAL DRAFTS WHICH DO NOT COMMIT PARTICIPANTS IN ANY RESPECT.

4. 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