GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 19 SEPTEMBER 1988

SUBJECT: ARRANGEMENT REGARDING BOVINE MEAT - REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE

1. PARTICIPANTS IN THE ARRANGEMENT ARE REMINDED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 15 OF THE REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURE, REPLIES TO THE STATISTICAL QUESTIONNAIRE, PARTS A-F, SHOULD BE FURNISHED BY 15 OCTOBER AT THE LATEST.

2. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ACCORDING TO THE DECISION OF THE DECEMBER 1987 IMC MEETING, REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE ARE NO LONGER REPRINTED NOR CIRCULATED IN THE FORM OF "GATT DOCUMENTS", BUT SIMPLY PHOTOCOPIED AND DISTRIBUTED AS WORKING PAPERS IN THE MEETING ROOM. IN THESE CONDITIONS IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF ALL PARTICIPANTS THAT REPLIES ARE FORWARDED TO THE SECRETARIAT IN THE CLEAREST WAY POSSIBLE.

3. PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE NOT YET COMMUNICATED TO THE SECRETARIAT THE REVISED INVENTORY OF DOMESTIC POLICIES AND TRADE MEASURES IN BOVINE MEAT AND LIVE ANIMALS, OR WHO HAVE ANY CHANGES TO REPORT, ARE REQUESTED TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

4. PARTICIPANTS ARE FURTHERMORE REMINDED THAT IN DOCUMENT IMC/W/66, PUBLISHED ON 27 JULY 1988, THEY WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT CERTAIN STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON CEREALS AND FEEDGRAINS NOT LATER THAN 15 SEPTEMBER. SO FAR, ONLY FOUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE SUBMITTED SUCH DATA. CONSEQUENTLY, PARTICIPANTS ARE URGED TO SUBMIT SUCH INFORMATION AT THEIR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.

A. DUNKEL

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