GATT/AIR/2875 9 NOVEMBER 1989

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL START AT 3 P.M. ON 30 NOVEMBER 1989 AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 1 DECEMBER 1989, IF NECESSARY.

2. AS AGREED AT THE GROUP'S LAST MEETING, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:

I. EXAMINATION OF SUBMISSIONS RELATING TO MULTILATERAL APPROACHES (SEE PARAGRAPHS 2 TO 12 OF THE NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING);

II. REVIEW OF ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ROLLBACK COMMITMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES (SEE PARAGRAPHS 13 TO 18 OF THE NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING);

III. ANY OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE GROUP.

3. THE SECRETARIAT'S NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING WILL BE ISSUED AS MTN.GNG/NG2/13. AN INFORMATION DOCUMENT REQUESTED BY THE GROUP FROM THE SECRETARIAT ON "THE EFFECTIVE RATE OF ASSISTANCE AND RELATED METHODS" WILL BE ISSUED AS MTN.GNG/NG2/W/47. A REVISED NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT SUMMARIZING POINTS MADE IN RELATION TO PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE AS MTN.GNG/NG2/W/45/REV.1.

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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