GATT/AIR/2989 10 MAY 1990

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND

ARRANGEMENTS

1. THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MTN AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL HOLD ITS NINETEENTH MEETING ON FRIDAY, 1 JUNE 1990, BEGINNING AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED:

(A) THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE;

(B) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE VII (CUSTOMS VALUATION CODE), TO FOLLOW ITEM A;

(C) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VI (ANTI-DUMPING CODE), PROGRESS REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS, TO FOLLOW

ITEM B;

(D) THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, TO FOLLOW ITEM C;

(E) THE AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES, TO FOLLOW

ITEM D; AND

(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/NG8/17. SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON 1 MAY 1990 THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED:

- MTN.GNG/NG8/W/77 - "TECHNICAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS AS UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES TO TRADE IN THE AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE" (PROPOSAL BY CANADA INTRODUCED AT THE LAST MEETING)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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