GATT/AIR/2942 2 MARCH 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES
I. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES WILL START AT 3 P.M. ON 21 MARCH 1990 AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 22 MARCH, AS NECESSARY.
II. AS AGREED AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
A. CONTINUED EXAMINATION OF CATEGORIES OF MEASURES FOR WHICH MULTILATERAL APPROACHES HAVE BEEN PROPOSED;
B. INFORMATION ON PROGRESS IN REQUEST-OFFER NEGOTIATIONS;
C. EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS ON THE SECURITY OF CONCESSIONS;
D. EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS ON THE RECOGNITION OF LIBERALIZATION MEASURES;
E. ANY OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS OF THE GROUP.
III. THE SECRETARIAT'S REVISED SYNOPSIS OF POINTS MADE IN RELATION TO RULES OF ORIGIN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE GROUP AS MTN.GNG/NG2/W/54/REV.1. A TECHNICAL NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS AND OFFERS WILL BE CIRCULATED AS MTN.GNG/NG2/W/59. THE NOTE PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP WILL BE ISSUED AS MTN.GNG/NG2/16.
IV. PARTICIPANTS ARE REMINDED THAT UNDER THE AGREED PROCEDURES (MTN.GNG/NG2/15) THEY ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT BY 15 MARCH 1990 PROPOSALS AIMED AT ENSURING THAT CONCESSIONS ARE NOT SUBSEQUENTLY NULLIFIED OR IMPAIRED. PARTICIPANTS ARE ALSO FREE TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS ON THE RECOGNITION OF LIBERALIZATION MEASURES. EXAMINATION OF BOTH CATEGORIES OF PROPOSALS BY THE NEGOTIATING GROUP WILL START PREFERABLY BY 12 APRIL 1990.
V. 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
90-0289