GATT/AIR/2947 8 MARCH 1990

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND: GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES

 

1. THE GROUP OF NEGOTIATIONS ON SERVICES WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON 26-30 MARCH 1990, STARTING ON MONDAY, 26 MARCH 1990 AT 10 A.M. AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON THE AGENDA:

2.1 FURTHER WORK, ON THE BASIS OF THE ELEMENTS ASSEMBLED IN DOCUMENT MTN.GNS/28, WITH A VIEW TO COMPLETING NEGOTIATIONS ON ALL PARTS OF THE MULTILATERAL FRAMEWORK ON SERVICES BY THE END OF THE URUGUAY ROUND. THE DISCUSSION AT THIS MEETING WILL FOCUS IN PARTICULAR ON:

I. STRUCTURE (PART III OF MTN.GNS/28).

II. MECHANICS OF LIBERALIZATION UNDERTAKINGS INCLUDING NATURE OF INITIAL COMMITMENTS (PART III(b) OF MTN.GNS/28).

III. DEFINITION (PART I OF MTN.GNS/28).

IV. INCREASING PARTICIPATION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (PART II(f) OF MTN.GNS/28).

V. INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES (PART IV OF MTN.GNS/28)

THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE OF RELEVANCE FOR THE DISCUSSION: MTN.GNS/28, MTN.TNC/11; SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE GNS MEETINGS IN THE MTN.GNS/- SERIES; SUBMISSIONS BY PARTICIPANTS AND SECRETARIAT PAPERS IN THE MTN.GNS/W/- SERIES.

2.2 OTHER BUSINESS.

3. PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90-0323