GATT/AIR/3001 22 MAY 1989

 

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

1. THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR 7-8 JUNE 1990, WILL NOW BE HELD FROM 6-8 JUNE 1990, STARTING ON 6 JUNE AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE MORNING ONLY OF 6 JUNE, IN THE AFTERNOON ON 7 JUNE AND ALL DAY ON 8 JUNE.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. CONTINUATION OF THE WORK FOR THE FULL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE, AS REQUESTED BY THE TNC DECISION ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT OF APRIL 1989:

1. ADOPTION OF PANEL REPORTS:

(a) SELECTION OF PANELISTS;

(b) APPELLATE REVIEW MECHANISMS;

(c) OTHER ISSUES;

2. IMPLEMENTATION OF RULINGS, DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIII:2;

3. COMPENSATION AND RETALIATION (WITHDRAWAL OF CONCESSIONS) IN THE CONTEXT OF GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES;

4. STRENGTHENING OF THE COMMITMENT TO ABIDE BY THE GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES AND TO REFRAIN FROM UNILATERAL MEASURES INCONSISTENT WITH THESE GATT RULES AND PROCEDURES;

5. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS IN GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT.

B. OTHER MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE GROUP:

1. REVIEW OF PROPOSALS FOR THE ELABORATION OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES IN OTHER NEGOTIATING GROUPS AND IN THE CODE COMMITTEES;

2. ELABORATION OF A CONSOLIDATED INSTRUMENT INTEGRATING EXISTING GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES INTO A SINGLE TRANSPARENT TEXT.

C. OTHER BUSINESS, INCLUDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT MEETINGS OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP.

3. 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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