RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/71
28November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5217)
General Council
10December 1997
DELETION OFTHE INTERNATIONAL BOVINE MEAT AGREEMENT FROM ANNEX 4
OFTHE WTO AGREEMENT
Draft Decision
Taking noteofthedecision adopted bytheInternational Meat Council (IMA/8) toterminate
theInternational Bovine Meat Agreement ("the Agreement") attheendof1997, andtherequest in
theDecision thattheMinisterial Conference delete theAgreement fromAnnex 4oftheWTO Agreement
effective from suchtermination,
Considering thatparagraph 9ofArticle XoftheWTO Agreement confers upontheMinisterial
Conference power todelete aPlurilateral Trade Agreement from Annex 4oftheWTO Agreement
upon request oftheMembers parties tothatPlurilateral Trade Agreement,
Bearing inmindthatparagraph 2ofArticle IVoftheWTO Agreement delegates thefunctions
oftheMinisterial Conference totheGeneral Council intheintervals between meetings oftheMinisterial
Conference,
TheGeneral Council, acting pursuant totheprovisions ofparagraph 9ofArticle XoftheWTO
Agreement,
Decides that:
TheInternational Bovine Meat Agreement ishereby deleted from Annex 4oftheWTO
Agreement witheffect from 31December 1997.