GATT/AIR/3139

GATT/AIR/3139 12 NOVEMBER 1990

SUBJECT: TEXTILES COMMITTEE

1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD ON 14 DECEMBER 1990 AT 11 A.M. AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, GENEVA.

2. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

A. THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THE ARRANGEMENT AS EXTENDED BY THE 1986 PROTOCOL, REQUIRED BY ARTICLE 10:4 OF THE ARRANGEMENT. FOR THIS REVIEW, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE BEFORE IT THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

(I) A REPORT BY THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY ON ITS ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1.7.89 TO 31.7.90 (COM.TEX/SB/1550 DATED 2 OCTOBER 1990 AND ADD.1);

(II) A REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DEMAND, PRODUCTION AND TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING. (TO BE CIRCULATED IN GOOD TIME FOR THE MEETING).

B. MEMBERSHIP OF THE TEXTILES SURVEILLANCE BODY FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 1 JANUARY 1991.

C. CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE MFA, WHICH WAS INITIATED AT THE COMMITTEE'S MEETING ON 31 JULY 1990.

D. OTHER BUSINESS.

3. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, AND OTHER CONTRACTING PARTIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING BY OBSERVERS, ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

A. DUNKEL