GATT/AIR/3060 6 AUGUST 1990
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ROUND NEGOTIATING GROUP ON AGRICULTURE: TWENTY-FOURTH
MEETING: 27-29 AUGUST 1990
1. THE ABOVE-MENTIONED MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 3 P.M. ON MONDAY 27 AUGUST IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, GENEVA.
2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THIS MEETING OF THE GROUP:
A. STRENGTHENED AND MORE OPERATIONALLY EFFECTIVE GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES (MTN.GNG/NG5/23, PARAGRAPH 4 REFERS) CONCERNING, INTER ALIA:
(i) SUBSIDIES AFFECTING TRADE AND RELATED INTERNAL SUPPORT
COMMITMENTS;
(ii) BORDER MEASURES INCLUDING SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARD
PROVISIONS;
(iii) EXPORT COMPETITION.
THE DETAILED PROPOSALS ADVANCED BY PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE THE BASIS FOR INITIATING SUBSTANTIVE WORK IN THESE AREAS (NG5/W/150/REV.1 AND CORR.1 REFER). AT THE REQUEST OF THE CHAIRMAN A SECRETARIAT NOTE ON SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS (NG5/W/194) WILL BE CIRCULATED SHORTLY TO SUPPLEMENT THE JULY 1989 SECRETARIAT NOTE (NG5/W/95) ON GATT RULES AND DISCIPLINES RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.
B. CONSIDERATION OF THE JULY TNC SUMMING-UP (MTN.TNC/15) REGARDING THE SUBMISSION OF OFFERS BY 15 OCTOBER 1990.
UNDER THIS PROPOSED AGENDA ITEM, PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE INVITED TO INITIATE SUBSTANTIVE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE APPROACH OR APPROACHES (E.G. FORMULA APPROACH, REQUEST AND OFFER, MINIMUM ACCESS) TO BE FOLLOWED IN SUBMITTING OFFERS TO SUBSTANTIALLY AND PROGRESSIVELY REDUCE SUPPORT AND PROTECTION.
C. OTHER MATTERS, INCLUDING FORMATS FOR COUNTRY LISTS (NG5/W/190), COMPLIANCE REPORTS AND SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS.
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