GATT/AIR/2945 8 MARCH 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND
ARRANGEMENTS
1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL HOLD ITS SEVENTEENTH MEETING ON 21-23 MARCH 1990. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:
(A) THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH AT 10 A.M.;
(B) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM A ABOVE;
(C) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE VII (CUSTOMS VALUATION CODE), THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM B ABOVE;
(D) THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM C ABOVE;
(E) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VI (ANTI-DUMPING CODE), THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH AT 3 P.M.;
(F) OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING(S) OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.
3. THE NOTES ON THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH MEETINGS WILL BE COMBINED IN MTN.GNG/NG8/15. SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON 19-20 FEBRUARY 1990, THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO ITEM A ABOVE HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED:
- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/34/REV.3 - "IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY IN AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE" (REVISED PROPOSAL BY THE UNITED STATES);
- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/52/REV.1 - "PRODUCT APPROVAL PROCEDURES" (REVISED PROPOSAL BY THE UNITED STATES);
- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/71 - "CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION, AND APPLICATION OF STANDARDS IN THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE" (REVISED PROPOSAL BY THE EEC)
4. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS COULD BECOME AVAILABLE.
5. 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
90-0316