GATT/AIR/2862 18 OCTOBER 1989

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE - WORKING GROUP

ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS

 

1. THE WORKING GROUP WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON 2 AND 3 NOVEMBER 1989 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, BEGINNING AT 3.30 P.M. ON THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP:

A. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS;

B. DISCUSSION OF COMMUNICATIONS, PROPOSALS AND STATEMENTS BY VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS;

C. GENERAL CONCEPTS OF THE MID-TERM REVIEW AGREEMENT;

D. MECHANISMS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE AGREED OBJECTIVES OF THE WORK PROGRAMME;

E. ASSESSMENT OF POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

F. POSSIBILITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN THE SHORT TERM;

G. CO-OPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS;

H. FUTURE WORK AND DATE OF NEXT MEETING.

3. 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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