GATT/AIR/2660 30 AUGUST 1988

 

 

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON IMPORT LICENSING

 

1. THE COMMITTEE ON IMPORT LICENSING WILL HOLD ITS TWENTY-SECOND MEETING ON MONDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 1988, AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

A. STATUS OF SIGNATORIES AND OBSERVERS;

B. INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES (LIC/3/ADD.20). SINCE THE LAST MEETING, NEW REPLIES TO THE GATT QUESTIONNAIRE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM SINGAPORE (L/5640/ADD.33/REV.1) AND YUGOSLAVIA (L/5640/ADD.20/REV.2); PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED ARE LISTED IN LIC/3/ADD.19 AND 20;

C. IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT.

UNDER THIS ITEM THE COMMITTEE SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES' COMPLAINT AGAINST INDIA (LIC/15);

D. WORK PROGRAMME. UNDER THIS ITEM THE COMMITTEE SHOULD CONTINUE ITS DISCUSSION OF THE DEFINITION OF "IMPORT LICENSING" IN ARTICLE 1.1;

E. RELATIONSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK TO THE URUGUAY ROUND.

UNDER THIS ITEM THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES (LIC/W/42) SHOULD BE NOTED;

F. REPORT TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES (DRAFT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS IN ADVANCE);

G. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING (LIC/M/21 AND CORR.1).

4. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

5. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF AND UNCTAD ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (LIC/M/2).

 

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

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