GATT/AIR/3006 25 MAY 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE - WORKING GROUP
ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS
1. THE WORKING GROUP WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON 5-7 JUNE 1990 IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, BEGINNING AT 3 P.M. ON TUESDAY 5 JUNE.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP:
I. CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CONCEPTS AND MECHANISMS:
(a) BASIC OBJECTIVES
(b) SCOPE OF SPS MEASURES
(c) HARMONIZATION OF SPS MEASURES ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL HARMONIZATION, LINKAGES WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
(d) DISCIPLINES TO BE APPLIED ON SPS MEASURES (INCLUDING BURDEN OF PROOF); DISCIPLINES IN ABSENCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
(i) ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF RISK/RISK ASSESSMENT (INCLUDING BURDEN OF PROOF/JUSTIFICATION)
(ii) NATIONAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION
(iii) REGIONALIZATION OF MEASURES OF PROTECTION AND GUARANTEES PEST/DISEASE FREE ZONES; AREAS OF LIMITED PEST/DISEASE PREVALENCE;
(iv) PRINCIPLE OF EQUIVALENCY (INCLUDING BURDEN OF PROOF)
(v) CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES, PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING METHODS
(vi) TRANSPARENCY
(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
(f) SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT
(g) CONSULTATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
(h) FORM OF THE SPS DISCIPLINE, ADMINISTRATION
II. ORGANIZATION OF FUTURE WORK;
III. OTHER BUSINESS.
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
90-0724