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WORLD TRADE WT/REG/M/6
7March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0922)
Committee onRegional Trade Agreements
Sixth Session
NOTE ONTHE MEETING OF31OCTOBER 1996
Chairman: Mr.Stuart Harbinson (Hong Kong)
A. Adoption oftheAgenda
1. Thefollowing agenda wasadopted:
A. Adoption oftheAgenda
B. Report oftheCommittee totheGeneral Council
C. Other Business
B. Report oftheCommittee totheGeneral Council
2. TheChairman saidthatduring open-ended informal consultations itwaspossible toreach
agreement onthelanguage of22outof24paragraphs oftheDraft Report. Thetextdistributed in
theroom reflected thestateofplay. Headded thatdelegations wereoftheviewthatsome more time
wasneeded toreach aconsensus wording fortheremaining twoparagraphs andhepointed outsome
ofthesuggestions made toimprove thelanguage therein. Informal consultations would bepursued
sothataDraft Report beready forsubmission totheCommittee foradoption atitsSeventh Session
andsubsequent transmission totheGeneral Council.
C. Other Business
3. Noitems were raised.