GATT/AIR/2787 5 JUNE 1989

SUBJECT: COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES - REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE

TRADING SYSTEM: NOTIFICATION, CONSULTATION, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

AND SURVEILLANCE

1. THE NEXT SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HELD IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON WEDNESDAY, 21 JUNE AT 10 A.M.

2. THE COUNCIL WILL REVIEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRADING SYSTEM, AS DESCRIBED BELOW.

3. IN MARCH 1980, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A PROPOSAL WHICH PROVIDED FOR REVIEWS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRADING SYSTEM TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE COUNCIL AT SESSIONS SPECIALLY HELD FOR THAT PURPOSE (BISD 27S/20).

4. AT ITS FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING ON 12 JULY 1983, THE COUNCIL AGREED THAT THE SPECIAL MEETINGS WOULD ALSO SERVE TO MONITOR PARAGRAPH 7(I) OF THE 1982 MINISTERIAL DECLARATION (C/M/169).

5. IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES' DECISION OF 12 APRIL 1989 ON THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM (L/6490, PARA. I(F)) THIS WILL BE THE FINAL REVIEW IN THE SERIES OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS ESTABLISHED UNDER PARAGRAPH 24 OF THE 1979 UNDERSTANDING REGARDING NOTIFICATION CONSULTATION, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND SURVEILLANCE (BISD 26S/214).

6. ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT, "DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TRADING SYSTEM, SEPTEMBER 1988-FEBRUARY 1989" (C/W/590), DRAWN ON NOTIFICATIONS MADE BY CONTRACTING PARTIES AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION. A CORRIGENDUM, INCORPORATING INFORMATION RECEIVED SINCE THE NOTE WAS PREPARED, WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING. INFORMATION RELATING TO THE EARLIER SIX-MONTH PERIOD (APRIL-SEPTEMBER 1988) IS AVAILABLE IN L/6435, WHICH IS A REVISION OF THE SECRETARIAT NOTE FOR THE MOST RECENT SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

7. AT THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL WILL REPORT ON THE STATUS OF WORK IN PANELS. IN THIS CONNECTION, DOCUMENT C/167 WILL BE ISSUED BY THE SECRETARIAT.

8. FOLLOWING THIS SPECIAL MEETING, THE COUNCIL WILL MEET IN REGULAR SESSION. A SEPARATE AIRGRAM WILL BE ISSUED WITH THE ITEMS PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA OF THAT MEETING.

9. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES, OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS ARE INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES BY TUESDAY, 20 JUNE.

A. DUNKEL

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