GATT/AIR/2594 27 APRIL 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES
1. THE GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON
17-20 MAY 1988, STARTING ON TUESDAY, 17 MAY AT 10 A.M., AT THE CENTRE
WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA:
2.1 ELEMENTS
- DEFINITIONAL AND STATISTICAL ISSUES
- BROAD CONCEPTS ON WHICH PRINCIPLES AND RULES FOR TRADE IN
SERVICES, INCLUDING POSSIBLE DISCIPLINES FOR INDIVIDUAL SECTORS, MIGHT BE BASED
- COVERAGE OF THE MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR TRADE IN
SERVICES
- EXISTING INTERNATIONAL DISCIPLINES AND ARRANGEMENTS
- MEASURES AND PRACTICES CONTRIBUTING TO OR LIMITING THE
EXPANSION OF TRADE IN SERVICES; INCLUDING SPECIFICALLY ANY BARRIERS PERCEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS, TO WHICH THE CONDITIONS OF TRANSPARENCY AND PROGRESSIVE LIBERALIZATION MIGHT BE APPLICABLE.
AS CONCERNS THE ELEMENT "EXISTING INTERNATIONAL DISCIPLINES AND ARRANGEMENTS", THERE WAS AGREEMENT AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP TO INVITE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS - THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU), THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION (ICAO) AND THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) REGARDING THE LINER CODE. THESE REPRESENTATIVES WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC CLARIFICATIONS AS CONSIDERED NECESSARY BY THE GROUP AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS CIRCULATED IN MTN.GNS/W/36.
2.2 OTHER BUSINESS
3. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DISCUSSION ON ELEMENTS ARE MTN.GNS/W/1-36.
THE NOTES ON THE MEETINGS FROM FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1987 ARE IN
MTN.GNS/7-12. THE NOTE ON THE MEETINGS IN JANUARY AND MARCH 1988 ARE
CONTAINED IN MTN.GNS/13 AND CORR.1, AND 14.
4. PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE
NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
A. DUNKEL
88-0641