GATT/AIR/2702 21 OCTOBER 1988
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE - WORKING GROUP
ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS
1. THE WORKING GROUP WILL HOLD ITS SECOND MEETING ON THE MORNING OF THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER 1988 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD BEGINNING AT 10 A.M.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP:
A. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS;
B. PROGRAMME OF WORK WITH RESPECT TO AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE
RELEVANT PROPOSALS:
(i) THE REINFORCEMENT OF GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES IN THE AREA
OF SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS;
(ii) PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION AND COUNTER-NOTIFICATION;
(iii) THE PROMOTION OF GREATER INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION AND
ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (PROCEDURES UNDER
RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS CONVENTIONS);
(iv) SHORT-TERM AND TRANSITIONAL MEASURES;
(v) CONSIDERATION OF NEEDS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;
C. FUTURE WORK AND DATE OF NEXT MEETING.
3. 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
88-1594