GATT/AIR/3329 19 JUNE 1992

SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES - TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM:

REVIEWS OF URUGUAY AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1. PURSUANT TO THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM (BISD, 365/403), SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD ON 6-7 AND 8-9 JULY IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, TO CONDUCT TRADE POLICY REVIEWS OF URUGUAY AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

2. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS IS AS FOLLOWS:

MONDAY, 6 JULY, 3 P.M. AND TUESDAY, 7 JULY, 10 A.M.: URUGUAY

WEDNESDAY, 8 JULY, 3 P.M. AND THURSDAY, 9 JULY, 10 A.M.: THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

3. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR THESE MEETINGS:

C/RM/12 ARRANGEMENTS FOR REVIEW MEETINGS

C/RM/G/26 INITIAL FULL REPORT BY URUGUAY

C/RM/S/26A URUGUAY: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TEXT)

C/RM/S/26B URUGUAY: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT (TABLES)

C/RM/G/27 REPORT BY THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

C/RM/S/27A THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT

(TEXT)

C/RM/S/27B THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT

(TABLES)

4. IN THIS CONTEXT, DELEGATIONS ARE REMINDED THAT:

"TO FACILITATE THE DISCUSSIONS, THE CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING TO DO SO COULD GIVE ADVANCE NOTICE IN WRITING OF THE POINTS THEY WISH TO BE RAISED AT THE REVIEW SESSION SO THAT THE CONTRACTING PARTY UNDER REVIEW IS IN A BETTER POSITION TO PREPARE ITS REPLIES. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WOULD NOT LIMIT IN ANY WAY THE SCOPE OF DISCUSSIONS AT THE COUNCIL SESSION." (C/W/607).

IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF ANY SUCH POINTS COULD REACH THE SECRETARIAT NO LATER THAN ONE WEEK BEFORE THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING, I.E. BY MONDAY, 29 JUNE 1992.

5. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES BY MONDAY, 29 JUNE 1992.

A. DUNKEL

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