GATT/AIR/2819 11 AUGUST 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND

ARRANGEMENTS

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL HOLD ITS TWELFTH MEETING ON 18 AND 20 SEPTEMBER 1989. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:

(A) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VI (ANTI-DUMPING CODE), THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON 18 SEPTEMBER AT 10.30 A.M.;

(B) THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON 20 SEPTEMBER AT 10.00 A.M.;

(C) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM B ABOVE; AND

(D) OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING(S) OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.

3. THE NOTE ON THE ELEVENTH MEETING IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG8/11. TWO SUBMISSIONS WHICH WERE CIRCULATED AT THE LAST MEETING HAVE LATER BEEN ISSUED AS MTN DOCUMENTS, I.E. SUBMISSION BY JAPAN ON AMENDMENTS TO THE ANTI-DUMPING CODE (MTN.GNG/NG8/W/48 AND CORR. 1) AND PROPOSAL BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ON CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL STANDARDIZING BODIES (MTN.GNG/NG8/W/49). ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS IN THE MTN.GNG/NG8/W/- SERIES MAY BECOME AVAILABLE.

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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