GATT/AIR/3277 9 DECEMBER 1991

SUBJECT: WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 13 AND 14 FEBRUARY 1992. THE MEETING WILL COMMENCE AT 10 A.M. ON 13 FEBRUARY IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, 154, RUE DE LAUSANNE, GENEVA.

2. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS:

A. TO GIVE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON STATEMENTS BY CHINA CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENTS SPEC(88)13/ADD.7, SPEC(88)13/ADD.8 AND CORR.1, DATED 17 APRIL,

15 AND 25 OCTOBER 1991, RESPECTIVELY; AND

B. IF APPROPRIATE, TO BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF THE ISSUES TO BE DEALT WITH IN A DRAFT PROTOCOL ON CHINA'S STATUS AS A CONTRACTING PARTY. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY ARE REMINDED THAT THE SECRETARIAT, AT THE REQUEST OF THE WORKING PARTY, PREPARED AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF ISSUES SO FAR RAISED IN THE WORKING PARTY, CIRCULATED AS DOCUMENT SPEC(88)13/ADD.5 ON 9 JUNE 1989.

3. MEMBERS OF THE WORKING PARTY, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL