WTO/AIR/52 31 MARCH 1995

GATT/AIR/3679

 

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

 

1. THE GATT COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND THE

WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD A JOINT MEETING ON 21 APRIL 1995. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

2.1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS

2.2 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

2.3 RULES OF PROCEDURE

(i) RULES OF PROCEDURE ADOPTED BY THE WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS - DECISION PENDING

(ii) DECISION ON "TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - AVOIDANCE OF PROCEDURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DUPLICATION"

(WT/L/29)

(iii)PARTICIPATION OF OBSERVERS

(a) GOVERNMENTS (WT/L/28)

(b) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (WT/GC/COM/2 AND PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS - DECISION PENDING)

2.4 STATUS OF RATIFICATION OF THE WTO TBT AGREEMENT

(REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON)

2.5 TERMINATION OF THE TOKYO ROUND TBT AGREEMENT (TBT/W/192)

2.6 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 2.9, 2.10, 3.2, 5.6, 5.7, 7.2 AND ARTICLE 15.2 OF THE WTO TBT AGREEMENT

(i) RECOMMENDATIONS ENDORSED BY THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE (PC/IPL/10/REV.1)

(ii) PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE UNDER THE WTO TBT AGREEMENT (G/TBT/W/2)

(iii) INFORMATION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARIAT BY MEMBERS

- ENQUIRY POINTS (G/TBT/W/3)

- CONSULTATION POINTS (G/TBT/W/5)

- CIRCULATION OF TBT NOTIFICATIONS (G/TBT/W/6)

 

 

95-0730 ./.

 

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2.7 PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPHS C AND J OF THE CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND APPLICATION OF STANDARDS (G/L/1 AND G/TBT/W/4)

2.8 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

2.9 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF

THE AGREEMENT (TBT/1/ADD.40 AND 41, AND TBT/W/190)

2.10 OTHER BUSINESS

3. THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING OF THE GATT TBT COMMITTEE WERE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT TBT/M/47. ATTENTION IS DRAWN ALSO TO THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE THAT MEETING:

TBT/W/191, TBT/38/REV.1 AND ADD.1, TBT/16/REV.8 AND G/TBT/W/1.

4. MEMBERS OF THE WTO, SIGNATORIES OF THE TOKYO ROUND TBT AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

5. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF, UNCTAD, ITC (UNCTAD/GATT), ISO, IEC, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS.

PETER D. SUTHERLAND