GATT/AIR/2971 18 APRIL 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 1 MAY 1990 AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE ON 2 MAY 1990, 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. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ROLLBACK COMMITMENTS AND NEGOTIATIONS ON NON-TARIFF MEASURES;
F. OTHER BUSINESS.
III. THE NOTE PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP WILL BE ISSUED AS MTN.GNG/NG2/17. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES ADOPTED BY THE GROUP (MTN.GNG/NG2/15), SUMMARIES OF REQUEST LISTS PRESENTED BY PARTICIPANTS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROCEDURES WILL BE PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT IN CONSULTATION WITH THE REQUESTING PARTICIPANTS AND WILL ISSUED IN THE MTN.GNG/NG2/RS/- SERIES.
IV. PARTICIPANTS ARE REMINDED THAT UNDER THE AGREED PROCEDURES THEY ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT FOR EXAMINATION BY THE GROUP, PROPOSALS AIMED AT ENSURING THAT CONCESSIONS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE NON-TARIFF MEASURES ARE NOT SUBSEQUENTLY NULLIFIED OR IMPAIRED. PARTICIPANTS SEEKING RECOGNITION FOR LIBERALIZATION MEASURES ARE ALSO FREE TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS WHICH WILL BE EXAMINED BY THE GROUP.
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
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