GATT/AIR/2543 25 JANUARY 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE
1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE WILL MEET IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AT 3 P.M. ON MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY 1988 AND WILL CONTINUE IN SESSION AS NECESSARY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK OF 15-19 FEBRUARY.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE GROUP WHICH IS TO TAKE UP WORK UNDER THE SUBSEQUENT NEGOTIATING PROCESS:
A. EXAMINATION AND FURTHER EXAMINATION AS APPROPRIATE OF PROPOSALS, INCLUDING PROPOSAL FOR SHORT TERM ACTION;
B. ELABORATION OF THE TECHNICAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF PROPOSALS SUBMITTED INCLUDING, INTER ALIA:
(i) SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS;
(ii) AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT INCLUDING DECOUPLED
INCOME SUPPORT;
(iii) SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT.
C. SUBMISSION OF SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON MEASURES AND POLICIES AFFECTING TRADE IN AGRICULTURE IN THE AG/FOR- SERIES.
D. CONSIDERATION OF FURTHER WORK AND MEETINGS OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.
E. OTHER BUSINESS.
3. IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE FURTHER WORK OF THE GROUP, PARTICIPANTS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT MORE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS OR DISCUSSION PAPERS ON THE TECHNICAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF THEIR PROPOSALS (MTN.GNG/NG5/5, PARAGRAPH 6, REFERS). SECRETARIAT NOTES ON AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT ARE CONTAINED IN DOCUMENTS MTN.GNG/NG5/W/34 AND SPEC(87)37, AND ON SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT IN MTN.GNG/NG5/W/13. A SECRETARIAT SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED AND A NOTE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES WILL BE CIRCULATED AT OR PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
4. GOVERNMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WHICH WISH TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A. DUNKEL
88-0127