GATT/AIR/3043 3 JULY 1990

SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

1. THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON DISPUTE SETTLEMENT WILL BE HELD ON 12 AND 13 JULY 1990, STARTING ON 12 JULY AT

10 A.M.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:

A. REVIEW OF ISSUES FOR INCLUSION IN THE CHAIRMAN'S PROFILE OF THE WORK OF THE NEGOTIATING GROUP, FOR SUBMISSION TO THE TNC IN JULY 1990;

B. 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;

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

D. 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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