GATT/AIR/2964 5 APRIL 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND
ARRANGEMENTS
1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL HOLD ITS EIGHTEENTH MEETING ON 1-2 MAY 1990. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY, 1 MAY AT 11 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:
(A) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY, 1 MAY AT 11 A.M.
(B) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE VII (CUSTOMS VALUATION CODE), THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM A ABOVE
(C) THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO FOLLOW ITEM B ABOVE
(D) THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE, THE DISCUSSION OF WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY, 1 MAY AT 3 P.M.
(E) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VI (ANTI-DUMPING CODE), PROGRESS REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS, TO FOLLOW ITEM D ABOVE
(F) OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING(S) OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.
3. THE NOTE ON THE LAST MEETING WILL BE ISSUED AS MTN.GNG/NG8/16. SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON 21-22 MARCH 1990 THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED:
- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/75 - "REDRAFTING OF ARTICLE 10 OF THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE" (PROPOSAL BY THE NORDIC COUNTRIES INTRODUCED AT THE LAST MEETING)
- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/73/CORR.1 - CORRIGENDUM TO THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY KENYA ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AREA FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN STATES (DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMS VALUATION CODE)
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
90-0491