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WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/66
20October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4566)
General Council
22October 1997
PROPOSED AGENDA
1. ACCESSION OFANDORRA
- Communication from Andorra (WT/ACC/AND/1)
2. ETHIOPIA -REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS (WT/L/229)
3. ACCREDITATION OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE WTO
(WT/GC/W/61/Rev.2)
4. COMMITTEE ONBALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS
(a) Consultation withPakistan (WT/BOP/R/27)
(b) Simplified consultation withBangladesh (WT/BOP/R/28)
(c) Consultation withIndia (WT/BOP/R/32)
(d) Consultation withTunisia (WT/BOP/R/31)
(e) Consultation withtheCzech Republic (WT/BOP/R/33)
(f) Consultation withBulgaria (WT/BOP/R/34)
(g) Consultation withNigeria (WT/BOP/R/35)
(h) Notes onthemeetings of21-22 April, 2Mayand10-11 June1997 (WT/BOP/R/26,
WT/BOP/R/29 andWT/BOP/R/30)
5. COMMITTEE ONBUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
- Report oftheCommittee (WT/BFA/32)
6. WAIVERS UNDER ARTICLE IXOFTHE WTO AGREEMENT1
(a) Hungary -Agricultural export subsidies
- Request forawaiver (G/L/183, G/C/W/86)
(b) Harmonized System -Requests forextensions ofwaivers
(i) Bangladesh (G/L/186, G/C/W/89)
(ii) Nicaragua (G/L/187, G/C/W/87)
(iii) SriLanka (G/L/188, G/C/W/90)
(c) Zambia -Renegotiation ofSchedule LXXVIII
- Request forextension ofwaiver (G/L/189, G/C/W/91)
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1Inconnection withthisitem, theattention ofMembers isdrawn totheDecision-Making Procedures under
Articles IXandXIIoftheWTO Agreement agreed bytheGeneral Council on15November 1995 (WT/L/93).WT/GC/W/66
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(d) Decision ontheintroduction ofHarmonized System changes intoWTO schedules of
tariff concessions on1January 1996
- Extension oftime-limit (G/C/W/93/Rev.1)
(e) Review ofwaivers pursuant toArticle IX:4oftheWTO Agreement
(i) Canada -CARIBCAN (WT/L/185, WT/L/236)
(ii) Cuba -Article XV:6 (WT/L/182, WT/L/231)
(iii) EC-TheFourth ACP-EC Convention ofLomé (WT/L/186, WT/L/235)
(iv) France -Trading arrangements withMorocco (WT/L/187)
(v) South Africa -Paragraph 4ofArticle IofGATT 1994 (WT/L/188)
(vi) United States -ANDEAN Trade Preference Act(WT/L/184, WT/L/232)
(vii) United States -Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act(WT/L/104,
WT/L/233)
(viii) United States -Former Trust Territory ofthePacific Islands (WT/L/183,
WT/L/234)
(ix) United States -Imports ofautomotive products (WT/L/198)
(x) Zimbabwe -Paragraph 4ofArticle IofGATT 1994 (WT/L/189)
7. ARRANGEMENTSFOREFFECTIVECOOPERATIONWITHOTHER
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Draft Agreement between theWorld Trade Organization andtheOffice International
desEpizooties (G/SPS/W/61)
8. CONDITIONS OFSERVICE OFWTO STAFF
9. PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1998 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE AND THE
COMMEMORATIONOFTHE50THANNIVERSARYOFTHEMULTILATERALTRADING
SYSTEM
- Statement bytheChairman
10. FREQUENCY OFMEETINGS OFWTO BODIES
- Statement byEgypt
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