RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/GC/W/73
8December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5345)
General Council
10December 1997
PROPOSED AGENDA
1. OBSERVERSTATUSFORINTERNATIONALINTERGOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONS
(WT/GC/W/51/Rev.4)
2. COMMITTEE ONBALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS
- Notes onthemeetings of9October and10November (WT/BOP/R/36, WT/BOP/R/38)
3. COMMITTEE ONBUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
- Report oftheCommittee (WT/BFA/33)
4. WAIVERS UNDER ARTICLE IXOFTHE WTO AGREEMENT1
- EC/France -Trading arrangements withMorocco
- Request forextension ofwaiver (G/L/196, G/C/W/96)
5. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE WTO AND THE IMFAND WORLD BANK2
- Report bytheDirector-General ontheimplementation oftheAgreements
(WT/GC/W/68)
6. PREPARATIONS FOR THE 1998 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE AND THE
COMMEMORATIONOFTHE50THANNIVERSARYOFTHEMULTILATERALTRADING
SYSTEM
- Statement bytheChairman
7. ACTION PURSUANT TOARTICLE X:9OFTHE WTO AGREEMENT
(a) Deletion oftheInternational Dairy Agreement fromAnnex 4oftheWTO Agreement
(WT/GC/W/70)
(b) Deletion oftheInternational Bovine Meat Agreement from Annex 4oftheWTO
Agreement (WT/GC/W/71)
8. AGREEMENT ONPRESHIPMENT INSPECTION -REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 6OF
THE AGREEMENT
- Report oftheWorking Party (G/L/214)
./.
1Inconnection withthisitem, theattention ofMembers isdrawn totheDecision-Making Procedures under
Articles IXandXIIoftheWTO Agreement agreed bytheGeneral Council on15November 1995 (WT/L/93).
2WT/L/194 andAdd.1 andAdd.2, andWT/L/195.WT/GC/W/73
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9. REVIEW OFWTO ACTIVITIES
Reports of:
(a) TheGeneral Council (WT/GC/W/67), Dispute Settlement Body (WT/DSB/10 and
Corr.1),TradePolicyReviewBody(WT/TPR/41),SectoralCouncils(G/L/213,S/C/5,
IP/C/12), Committees onTrade andDevelopment, Balance-of-Payments Restrictions,
Budget,FinanceandAdministration,andRegionalTradeAgreements(WT/COMTD/13,
WT/BOP/R/37, WT/BFA/34, WT/REG/3)
(b) Committee onTrade andEnvironment (WT/CTE/2)
(c) Working Groups ontheRelationship between Trade andInvestment (WT/WGTI/l),
theInteraction between Trade andCompetition Policy (WT/WGTCP/1), and
Transparency inGovernment Procurement (WT/WGTGP/1)
(d) CouncilsandCommitteesunderthePlurilateralTradeAgreements(WT/L/247,GPA/19,
WT/L/246, WT/L/237)
10. ANNUAL OVERVIEW OFDEVELOPMENTS ININTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE
TRADING SYSTEM (WT/TPR/OV/3)
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