GATT/AIR/2587 20 APRIL 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE GATT SYSTEM

1. THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON FUNCTIONING OF THE

GATT SYSTEM WILL OPEN ON MONDAY 2 MAY 1988 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM

RAPPARD. THE GROUP WILL MEET IN BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL SESSION AS

NECESSARY.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

(A) DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT DEFINED IN THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES (MTN.GNG/5) WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPING COMMON WORKING TEXTS;

(B) CONSIDERATION OF THE GROUP'S FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FURTHER MEETINGS;

3. THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED SINCE THE LAST MEETING:

MTN.GNG/NG14/6: NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE SIXTH MEETING; MTN.GNG/NG14/W/20: COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; MTN.GNG/NG14/W/21: CANADIAN PROPOSAL FOR INCREASED GATT/IMF/IBRD COOPERATION.

4. A FURTHER REVISION OF MTN.GNG/NG14/W/14 (SUMMARY OF POINTS MADE IN THE

GROUP CONCERNING "SURVEILLANCE"), AND REVISED VERSIONS OF THE CHAIRMAN'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON A TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM AND THE SECRETARIAT'S INFORMAL NOTE ON AN OUTLINE FORMAT FOR COUNTRY REPORTS WILL BE CIRCULATED BEFORE THE MEETING.

5. 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.

A. DUNKEL

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