text: non-member Stateswillbe made ataspecial meeting oftheConference in November 1990.Inthemakingofthatdecision thestatusoftheUnited Nations Convention onInternational BillsofExchange andInternational Promissory Noteswillbetakenintoaccount. B. Hague Conference: contract practices studies 112.The Hague Conference isworking on anumberoftopicsintheareaof contract practices. Theseinclude: thelawapplicable toagreements on licensing oftechnology andontransfer ofknow-how andthelawapplicable to unfaircompetition. TheConference willdecideinNovember 1990whether one ofthetwotopicsshouldbedealtwithattheseventeenth session oftheHague Conference.A/CN.9/336 English Page37 XI.TRADEFACILITATION A.Administrative procedures relating togoodsanddocuments 1.GATT;pre-shipment inspection 113.AtGATT,inthecontext oftheUruguay Round,negotiations areunderway intheNegotiating Group on Non-Tariff Measures aimedatreaching agreement on amultilateral instrument onpre-shipment inspection. 2.CCC;commercial invoices ofthecodenumberfortheclassification ofgoodsintheharmonized commodity description andcodingsystem 114.TheCustoms Co-operation Council adopted aresolution atits seventy-third andseventy-fourth sessions inwhichitrecommended that exporters referintheinvoice totheHarmonized System (HS) Code numberof exported goodsasthatwouldhelptomakeclassification easierand more uniform. However, itemphasized thattheinsertion ofthenumberwasoptional andsimplyprovided information forallparties concerned and,inparticular, didnotmodifytheresponsibilities ofthedeclarant inthecountry of importation (CCCDocument 35-513). B.Automated tradedataprocedures 1.ICC;electronic tradedata 115.Atitsmeeting on 21 November 1989,theICCCommission onInternational Commercial Practice created aworking partytolookintothelegalissues surrounding EDIwhichcouldinclude representatives fromotherinterested ICC Commissions, aswellasfromtheUN/ECESecretariat, Customs Co-operation Council, UNCITRAL andtheEEC. 2.CCC;tradedataelements 116.TheCustoms Co-operation Council (CCC)hasrecommended thatStatesand autonomous customsterritories, whether ornotmembers oftheCouncil, and customs oreconomic unionsshoulduseEDIFACT datainterchange standards in tradedataexchange between customs administrations andothertradeusers(FAL l8/INF.7). XI.OTHERTOPICS OFINTERNATIONAL TRADELAW;CONGRESSES ANDPUBLICATIONS A.UNCTAD; restrictive business practices 117.TheIntergovernmental GroupofExperts onRestrictive Business Practices (IGE)helditseighthsession from 23 to27October 1989 (TD/B/1236-TD/B/RBP/67). The Group reviewed theoperation andimplementation oftheSetofMultilaterally AgreedEquitable Principles andRulesforthe Control ofRestrictive Business Practices, adopted bytheGeneral Assembly in itsresolution 35/63of5 December 1980.Thesession considered; (a)a summary ofreplies received fromStatesonstepstakenby them tomeettheir commitment totheSetofPrinciples andRules(TD/B/RBP/59 andAdd.l), (b)activities relating tospecific provisions oftheSetofPrinciples and Rules(TD/B/RBP/60). Thoseactivities are;(i)studies onrestrictive------------------------------------_._-_.- A/CN.9/336 English Page38 business practices related totheprovisions oftheSet,on"Theconcentration ofmarket powerthrough mergers, takeovers, jointventures andother acquisitions ofcontrol, whetherofahorizontal, vertical orconglomerate nature, anditseffects oninternational markets, inparticular themarkets of developing countries"; (ii)technical assistance, advisory andtraining programmes; (iii)thefurther revision ofthemodellaworlawsforthe control ofrestrictive business practices; (iv)theHandbook onrestrictive business practices legislation (TD/B/RBP/58). 118.TheIntergovernmental Groupalsohadbeforeitdocument TD/B/RBP/61: AnnualReport 1989 on legislative andotherdevelopments indeveloped and developing countries inthecontrol ofrestrictive business practices. The
analysis: The text appears to be focused on international trade and economic development, with discussions on topics such as trade facilitation, contract practices, and restrictive business practices. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting that it is intended for an audience with a background in international trade law or economics. The text also references various international organizations, such as the United Nations and the World Customs Organization, which further supports the hypothesis that it is related to international trade and economic development.