GATT/AIR/2794 13 JUNE 1989
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES
1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL START AT 3 P.M. ON 27 JUNE 1989 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, AND WILL CONTINUE ON 28 AND 30 JUNE 1989, AS NECESSARY.
2. AS AGREED AT THE GROUP'S MEETING OF 19 MAY 1989 (MTN.GNG/NG2/10, PARAGRAPH 15), THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR ITS NEXT MEETING:
I. IMPLEMENTATION OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE DECISION ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE (MTN.TNC/11, PAGE 6), WHICH READS:
"RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF RECEIVING PROPOSALS FROM BOTH DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MINISTERS AGREE THAT THE NEGOTIATING GROUP WILL:
(A) WITH REGARD TO THE CATEGORIES OF MEASURES FOR WHICH MULTILATERAL RULE-MAKING APPROACHES ARE PROPOSED, EXAMINE RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT AND IN OTHER AGREEMENTS AND WILL CONSIDER HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS RAISED;
(B) EXAMINE PROPOSALS MADE FOR MULTILATERAL FORMULA APPROACHES WITH A VIEW TO REACHING AN UNDERSTANDING ON THE APPLICABILITY AND, IF APPROPRIATE, SCOPE AND PROCEDURES FOR SUCH NEGOTIATIONS;
(C) REVIEW THE SECRETARIAT'S SORTING OF INDICATIVE LISTS OF NON-TARIFF MEASURES FOR WHICH REQUEST-AND-OFFER APPROACHES ARE PROPOSED WITH A VIEW TO REACHING AN UNDERSTANDING ON THE SCOPE AND PROCEDURES FOR SUCH NEGOTIATIONS; AND
(D) BY JUNE 1989, AIM TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING PROCEDURES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ... PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES [REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE DECISION] SO AS TO INITIATE DETAILED NEGOTIATIONS."
II. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.
3. THE SECRETARIAT'S REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF PROPOSALS IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS SET OUT NON-TARIFF MEASURES WHICH, IN THEIR OPINION SHOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF MULTILATERAL, FORMULA OR REQUEST-AND-OFFER APPROACHES, IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/W/19/REV. 1. PROPOSALS RECEIVED SINCE THIS DOCUMENT WAS ISSUED ARE CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/W/32 AND 33. THE SECRETARIAT'S NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP IS IN MTN.GNG/NG2/10.
4. 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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