GATT/AIR/2829

GATT/AIR/2829 1 SEPTEMBER 1989

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON IMPORT LICENSING

1. THE COMMITTEE ON IMPORT LICENSING WILL HOLD ITS TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING ON THURSDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 1989, BEGINNING AT 10. A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

A. STATUS OF SIGNATORIES AND OBSERVERS;

B. INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES (LIC/3/ADD.22). SINCE THE LAST MEETING, NEW REPLIES TO THE GATT IMPORT LICENSING QUESTIONNAIRE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM:

CHILE (L/5640/ADD.8/REV.1/SUPPL.3),

HONG KONG (L/5640/ADD.36/REV.2),

HUNGARY (L/5640/ADD.12/REV.1/SUPPL.1),

SINGAPORE (L/5640/ADD.33/REV.1/SUPPL.1),

YUGOSLAVIA (L/5640/ADD.20/REV.2/SUPPL.1);

C. IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT (SEE LIC/M/23, PARAGRAPHS 8-11). SINCE THE LAST MEETING, NOTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM:

MEXICO (LIC/1/ADD.41),

HONG KONG (LIC/1/ADD.42);

D. WORK PROGRAMME (SEE LIC/M/23, PARAGRAPHS 17-20; LIC/W/46, NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT);

E. RELATIONSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK TO THE URUGUAY ROUND (SEE LIC/M/23, PARAGRAPHS 21-25);

F. PREPARATION FOR THE BIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE AGREEMENT IN NOVEMBER (SEE LIC/M/23, PARAGRAPH 26; LIC/W/48, NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT);

G. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

4. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF AND UNCTAD ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (LIC/M/2).

A.DUNKEL

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