GATT/AIR/2915 19 JANUARY 1990

 

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 14 FEBRUARY 1990 AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 15 FEBRUARY 1990, AS NECESSARY.

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

I. EXAMINATION OF SUBMISSIONS RELATING TO MULTILATERAL APPROACHES;

II. REVIEW OF ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ROLLBACK COMMITMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES;

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

3. THE SECRETARIAT'S NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG2/14. SINCE THAT MEETING, COMMUNICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE DELEGATIONS OF JAPAN (MTN.GNG/NG2/W/52) AND THE UNITED STATES (MTN.GNG/NG2/W/53) RESPECTIVELY ON RULES OF ORIGIN AND ON PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION. THE SECRETARIAT'S REVISED NOTE SUMMARIZING POINTS MADE IN RELATION TO PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION WILL BE ISSUED AS MTN.GNG/NG2/W/45/REV.2. A SYNOPSIS OF POINTS MADE IN RELATION TO RULES OF ORIGIN, REQUESTED FROM THE SECRETARIAT AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP, WILL BE AVAILABLE AS MTN.GNG/NG2/W/54.

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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