GATT/AIR/3306 18 MARCH 1992
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP
1. THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, 23 MARCH 1992 AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING MAY CONTINUE UP TO 27 MARCH.
2. THE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES THAT THE MEETING TAKE UP TWO MATTERS:
(I) OTHER POINTS COMMON TO A NUMBER OF TEXTS IN MTN.TNC/W/FA ("CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES");
(II) REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS IN MTN.TNC/W/FA.
3. THE SECRETARIAT NOTE OF 31 JANUARY 1992, "AN ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF POINTS FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION IN THE LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP" (DOCUMENT NO. 156) IS RELEVANT TO BOTH POINTS. FOR THE DISCUSSION OF "CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES", THE GROUP WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE LIST OF POINTS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN AT THE GROUP'S FOURTH MEETING (DOCUMENT 402), AS WELL AS A SECRETARIAT NOTE DISCUSSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES. AS REGARDS THE REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS, THE CHAIRMAN PROPOSES THAT THE GROUP SHOULD INITIALLY TAKE UP, FROM 25 MARCH, THE TEXTS IN SECTIONS P, Q, U, V, W, R AND M OF MTN.TNC/W/FA. THE SECRETARIAT WILL CIRCULATE DRAFT REVISED TEXTS OF EACH, INCORPORATING SUGGESTED RECTIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS. THE GROUP WOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE STATUS OF THE TEXT IN SECTION X. IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROGRESS MADE, THE TEXTS OF THE OTHER AGREEMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS LISTED IN MTN.TNC/W/FA CAN BE TAKEN UP AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
4. SINCE THE FOURTH MEETING THE FOLLOWING NEW DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED:
(I) NOTE ON THE FOURTH MEETING (MTN.TNC/LD/4);
(II) CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES: POINTS MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN IN THE MEETING OF THE LEGAL DRAFTING GROUP ON 3 MARCH 1992 (DOCUMENT NO. 402);
(III) DRAFT DECISION: APPLICATION AND REVIEW OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES UNDER THE MULTILATERAL TRADE ORGANIZATION: INFORMAL NOTE DATED 3 MARCH 1992 (DOCUMENT NO. 387);
(IV) DRAFT AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE MULTILATERAL TRADE ORGANIZATION: INFORMAL SECRETARIAT NOTE DATED 12 MARCH 1992 (DOCUMENT NO. 462).
5. 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
92-0344