GATT/AIR/2876 10 NOVEMBER 1989
SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
1. THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 1989. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 2.45 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
2.1 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT;
2.2 PROCEDURES FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE;
2.3 IMPROVING THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY (TBT/W/120/REV.2);
2.4 LANGUAGES FOR EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS (TBT/W/129);
2.5 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN BILATERAL STANDARDS-RELATED AGREEMENTS (TBT/W/128);
2.6 IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN REGIONAL STANDARDS-RELATED ACTIVITIES (TBT/W/112);
2.7 TESTING, INSPECTION AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES (TBT/W/126 AND TBT/W/127);
2.8 VOLUNTARY DRAFT STANDARDS AND THEIR STATUS (TBT/W/130);
2.9 CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR NON-GOVERNMENTAL STANDARDIZING BODIES (TBT/W/124);
2.10 PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION METHODS (TBT/W/108 AND ADD.1);
2.11 TENTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.8 (TBT/31);
2.12 REPORT (1989) TO THE CONTRACTING PARTIES;
2.13 OTHER BUSINESS.
3. THE MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-SECOND MEETING WERE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT TBT/M/32.
4. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
5. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF, UNCTAD, ITC (UNCTAD/GATT), ISO, IEC, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (TBT/M/2).
A. DUNKEL
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