GATT/AIR/3013 5 JUNE 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 12 JUNE 1990, STARTING AT 3 P.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD AND WILL CONTINUE, AS NECESSARY, ON 13 AND 15 JUNE.
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. FURTHER DISCUSSION OF OUTSTANDING ISSUES:
(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;
(E) STRENGTHENED GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES;
(F) TIMESPAN;
II. INITIATION OF DISCUSSIONS ON A DRAFT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT;
(B) OTHER BUSINESS.
3. THE NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE LAST MEETING OF THE GROUP, HELD ON 14-15 MAY 1990, IS CONTAINED IN MTN.GNG/NG4/21.
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
90-0770