GATT/AIR/2968 10 APRIL 1990

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

1. THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON MONDAY, 30 APRIL 1990. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

2.1 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT;

2.2 CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES (TBT/W/126/REV.1; TBT/W/135; TBT/W/115/REV.1; TBT/W/133; TBT/W/127/REV.1; TBT/W/138 AND TBT/W/128/REV.1);

2.3 SECOND LEVEL OF OBLIGATIONS (TBT/W/112 AND TBT/W/137);

2.4 IMPROVING THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY (TBT/W/120/REV.2; TBT/W/116; TBT/W/129 AND TBT/W/128/REV.1);

2.5 PROCESSES AND PRODUCTION METHODS (TBT/W/108 AND ADD.1 AND TBT/W/132);

2.6 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES (TBT/W/134);

2.7 OTHER BUSINESS.

3. THE MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING WILL BE CIRCULATED IN DOCUMENT TBT/W/142 (TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY IN TBT/M/36).

4. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT AND OBSERVERS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

5. OBSERVERS FROM THE IMF, UNCTAD, ITC (UNCTAD/GATT), ISO, IEC, FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE OF EPIZOOTICS (OIE) ARE BEING INVITED BY THE CHAIRMAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE (TBT/M/2).

 

A. DUNKEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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