GATT/AIR/2853

GATT/AIR/2853 9 OCTOBER 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND

ARRANGEMENTS

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL HOLD ITS THIRTEENTH MEETING ON 16-18 OCTOBER 1989. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY, 16 OCTOBER AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:

(A) THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON 16 OCTOBER AT 10.30 A.M.;

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

(C) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE VII (CUSTOMS VALUATION CODE), THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM B ABOVE;

(D) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VI (ANTI-DUMPING CODE), THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON 17 OCTOBER AT 10.00 A.M.; AND

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

3. THE NOTE ON THE TWELFTH MEETING IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG8/12, TO BE ISSUED. SINCE THE LAST MEETING OF 18 AND 20 SEPTEMBER 1989 THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN OR ARE ABOUT TO BE CIRCULATED IN THE MTN.GNG/NG8/W- SERIES:

- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/26/REV.2: CHECKLIST OF ISSUES RAISED IN THE NEGOTIATING GROUP;

- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/43/REV.1: "IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY" (COMMUNICATION FROM THE NORDIC COUNTRIES CONCERNING THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE);

- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/52: "PRODUCT APPROVAL PROCEDURES" (COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES CONCERNING THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE);

- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/53: "AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES" (PROPOSAL BY THE UNITED STATES AND HONG KONG);

- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/54: "CUSTOMS VALUATION AGREEMENT" (JUSTIFICATION FOR INDIA'S PROPOSAL ON BURDEN OF PROOF).

4. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS MAY BECOME AVAILABLE.

5. 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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