RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/PSI/WP/M/9
19 March 1999
(99-1118)
Working Party on Preshipment Inspection
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 12 MARCH 1999
Chairman:  Mr. Edward Brown (United Kingdom)
The agenda proposed for the meeting, contai ned in WTO/AIR/1035, was adopted as follows:
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1. Adoption of the Report to the General Council........................................................................1
1. Adoption of the Report to the General Council
1.1 The Chairman recalled that the draft final report to the General Council had been circulated in
document G/PSI/WP/W/24.  The draft had been the subject of two previous informal meetings, held
on 4 and 23 February 1999.  He proposed that the Working Party continue discussion of the draft text
in an informal mode.  The Working Party could re sume its formal meeting at the appropriate time.
1.2 The Working Party agreed to continue discussion on the draft final report in an informal
session to begin immediately and resume its formal meeting as appropriate.Meeting suspended and resumed on the same day.
1.3 The Chairman thanked delegations for the hard work carried out on the draft text during the
day's informal meeting.  The original text had been revised to incorporate the discussion and was now
before the Working Party.  The Chairman proposed adopting the revised draft report, ad referendum ,
pending any changes introduced by Members before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, 15 March 1999.
Otherwise, any comments or changes could be introduced at the 25 March meeting of the Council on
Trade in Goods when it takes note of the report.
1.4 The Working Party adopted the report ad referendum , pending any changes introduced by
Members before 5:00 p.m. on Monday, 15 March 1999.
1.5 The representatives of Bolivia, India  and Peru  noted their delegation's understanding that the
adoption of the report did not create any new obligations under the Agreement on Preshipment
Inspection.
1.6 The Working Party thus concluded the Article 6 review of the Agreement on Preshipment
Inspection.  The final report was circulated in document no. G/L/300.
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