GATT/AIR/2838 14 SEPTEMBER 1989
SUBJECT: TEXTILES COMMITTEE
1. FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH DELEGATIONS, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO CONVENE THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ON 9 OCTOBER 1989, AT 3 P.M. AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, GENEVA AND TO CONTINUE ON 10 OCTOBER, AS NECESSARY.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
A. THE MAJOR REVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THE ARRANGEMENT AS EXTENDED BY THE 1986 PROTOCOL, REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 10:4 OF THE ARRANGEMENT. FOR THIS MAJOR REVIEW, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
(I) A REPORT BY THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY ON ITS ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1.8.86 to 30.6.89 (COM.TEX/1490 AND ADD.1);
(II) A REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DEMAND, PRODUCTION AND TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING (COM.TEX/W/219).
THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON ADJUSTMENT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK IN THIS AREA.
B. PROGRESS OF THE WORK IN THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING. REPORT FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
C. OTHER BUSINESS.
3. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING BY OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
A. DUNKEL
89-1284