GATT/AIR/3291 12 FEBRUARY 1992

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP

1. THE THIRD MEETING OF THE LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1992 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING MAY CONTINUE ON 20 AND 21 FEBRUARY.

2. THE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES THAT THE MEETING TAKE UP TWO MATTERS:

(I) REVIEW OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MTO AND OTHER TEXTS IN MTN.TNC/W/FA: (AN ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF POINTS FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION IN THE LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP: NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT OF 31 JANUARY 1992);

(II) FURTHER REVIEW OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE MULTILATERAL TRADE ORGANIZATION (ANNEX IV OF MTN.TNC/W/FA): (NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT: TO BE CIRCULATED);

3. THE GROUP WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING NEW DOCUMENTS BEFORE IT AT THE MEETING:

(I) NOTE ON THE SECOND MEETING (MTN.TNC/LD/2);

(II) POINTS ARISING FROM THE DISCUSSION OF THE MTO TEXT: INFORMAL NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT;

(III) TENTATIVE LISTING BY THE SECRETARIAT OF THE INSTRUMENTS TO BE ATTACHED TO THE MTO ANNEXES;

(IV) A DRAFT INTEGRATED TEXT ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT;

(V) LEGAL FORM OF TEXTS IN MTN.TNC/W/FA: INFORMAL NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT, DATED 6 FEBRUARY 1992 (CIRCULATED AT THE LAST MEETING);

(VI) FINAL PROVISIONS IN INSTRUMENTS COVERED BY THE DRAFT FINAL ACT;

(VII) INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN INSTRUMENTS COVERED BY THE DRAFT FINAL ACT;

(VIII) INITIAL LISTS OF EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ENGLISH, FRENCH AND SPANISH TEXTS OF MTN.TNC/W/FA: ADDENDUM.

4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, AND WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

 

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

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