GATT/AIR/2981 27 APRIL 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING WILL BE HELD ON 14 MAY 1990, STARTING 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE, AS NECESSARY, ON 15 AND 17 MAY.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
(A) CONTINUATION OF SUBSTANTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ON MODALITIES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THE TEXTILES AND CLOTHING SECTOR INTO GATT. THE TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED AT THIS MEETING PURSUANT TO THE WORK PROGRAMME ADOPTED BY THE GROUP AT ITS MEETING ON 4-5 APRIL, ARE:
(I) STRENGTHENED GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES;
(II) TIMESPAN;
(III) FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AS NECESSARY OF THE POINTS DISCUSSED AT THE APRIL MEETING, NAMELY:
(A) MODALITY FOR THE PHASING OUT OF MFA RESTRICTIONS;
(B) MODALITY FOR THE PHASING OUT OF OTHER RESTRICTIONS NOT CONSISTENT WITH GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES;
(C) SAFEGUARD MECHANISM DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD;
(D) SURVEILLANCE MECHANISM;
(B) OTHER BUSINESS.
3. THE NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP, HELD ON 4-5 APRIL 1990, IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG4/20. AN AMENDED CHECKLIST OF DOCUMENTS (MTN.GNG/NG4/W/38/REV.1) SETTING OUT ALL WORKING DOCUMENTS CIRCULATED IN THIS GROUP TO THE PRESENT DATE IS BEING ISSUED.
4. 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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