GATT/AIR/2664 2 SEPTEMBER 1988
SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
1. THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 1988. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 11 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
2.1 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT;
2.2 TESTING, INSPECTION AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES (TBT/W/107);
2.3 PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION METHODS (TBT/W/108);
2.4 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN BILATERAL STANDARDS-RELATED AGREEMENTS (TBT/W/111);
2.5 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN REGIONAL STANDARDS ACTIVITIES (TBT/W/112);
2.6 CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL BODIES (TBT/W/110);
2.7 EXTENSION OF MAJOR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE AGREEMENT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES (TBT/W/113);
2.8 TRANSPARENCY IN THE OPERATION OF CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS;
2.9 TRANSPARENCY IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS OF STANDARDS, TECHNICAL REGULATIONS AND RULES OF CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS;
2.10 RELATIONSHIP OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS (MTN.GNG/NG8/W/13 AND MTN.GNG/NG8/W/25);
2.11 THIRD THREE-YEAR REVIEW OF THE OPERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.9 (TBT/W/110 AND TBT/W/113);
2.12 NINTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.8 (TBT/29);
2.13 REPORT (1988) TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES;
2.14 OTHER BUSINESS.
3. THE MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING WERE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT TBT/M/28.
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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, UNCTAD, ITC (UNCTAD/GATT), ISO, IEC, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (TBT/M/2).
A. DUNKEL