GATT/AIR/2629 27 JUNE 1988

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL START AT 3 P.M. ON 18 JULY 1988, AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 19 JULY 1988, IF NECESSARY.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. FIRST EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS WHICH PARTICIPANTS WOULD SUBMIT BY 30 JUNE 1988 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISION ADOPTED BY THE GROUP AT ITS MEETING OF 25 FEBRUARY 1988 (MTN.GNG/NG2/6, ANNEX, PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 7).

B. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. THE SECRETARIAT'S NOTE ON THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE GROUP IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/7. THE GROUP ALSO HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL BACKGROUND NOTES ON PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION (MTN.GNG/NG2/W/11) AND RULES OF ORIGIN (MTN.GNG/NG2/W/12) WHICH IT REQUESTED FROM THE SECRETARIAT.

4. DELEGATIONS SHOULD NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE REARRANGEMENT OF THE AUTUMN MEETING SCHEDULE AND SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION BY THE NEGOTIATING GROUP, THE OCTOBER MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 17, 18 AND 21 OCTOBER 1988 INSTEAD OF 18-20 OCTOBER 1988 AS PREVIOUSLY AGREED.

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 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

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