GATT/AIR/2909 16 JANUARY 1990

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

 

1. THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR 5-6 FEBRUARY 1990, WILL BE HELD ON 7-8 FEBRUARY 1990, STARTING ON 7 FEBRUARY AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. TO CONTINUE THE WORK FOR THE FULL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE, AS REQUIRED BY THE TNC DECISION ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT OF 8 APRIL 1989 (MTN.TNC/11), P.24, PARAGRAPHS 2 AND A.3):

(1) PROPOSALS BY LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR SPECIAL PROVISIONS FACILITATING THEIR EFFECTIVE USE OF THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM;

(2) THIRD PARTY RIGHTS IN GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT;

(3) SELECTION OF PANELISTS;

(4) APPELLATE REVIEW MECHANISMS;

(5) ADOPTION OF PANEL REPORTS;

(6) IMPLEMENTATION OF RULINGS, DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIII:2;

(7) STRENGTHENING OF THE COMMITMENT TO ABIDE BY THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES AND TO REFRAIN FROM UNILATERAL MEASURES INCONSISTENT WITH THESE GATT RULES AND PROCEDURES;

(8) COMPENSATION AND RETALIATION (WITHDRAWAL OF CONCESSIONS) IN THE CONTEXT OF GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES;

(9) NON-VIOLATION COMPLAINTS UNDER ARTICLE XXIII;

(10) ARBITRATION WITHIN GATT;

(11) DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE RULES AND ENFORCEMENT OF

GOVERNMENTAL DECISIONS RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE. SEE THE

COMMUNICATION FROM SWITZERLAND TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY AS DOCUMENT

MTN.GNG/NG13/W/36;

(12) REVIEW OF PROPOSALS FOR THE ELABORATION OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

PROCEDURES IN OTHER NEGOTIATING GROUPS AND THE CODE COMMITTEES;

(13) EXCHANGE OF VIEWS TO EXAMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF ELABORATING A

CONSOLIDATED INSTRUMENT INTEGRATING EXISTING GATT DISPUTE

SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES INTO A SINGLE TRANSPARENT TEXT.

 

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90-0050

B. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETINGS OF NEGOTIATING GROUP 13.

3. A SECRETARIAT NOTE ON "DISCUSSIONS AND PROPOSALS IN OTHER NEGOTIATING GROUPS AND THE CODE COMMITTEES RELATING TO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT" WILL BE CIRCULATED SHORTLY AS DOCUMENT MTN.GNG/NG13/W/37.

 

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