PC/AIR/35 18OCTOBER 1994
SUBJECT: WORLDTRADEORGANIZATION -PREPARATORY COMMITTEE
-SUB-COMMITTEE ONTRADEANDENVIRONMENT
1.THESUB-COMMITTEE ONTRADEANDENVIRONMENT WILLHOLDITSNEXT
MEETING ON26AND27OCTOBER 1994BEGINNING AT10A.M.INTHE
COUNCIL ROOMATTHECENTREWILLIAM RAPPARD.
2.THESUB-COMMITTEE WILLTAKEUPTHEFOLLOWING ITEMFROMITS
WORKPROGRAMME:
-THERELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEPROVISIONS OFTHE
MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEMANDTRADEMEASURES FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING THOSEPURSUANT TO
MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS.
3.THESUB-COMMITTEE WILLREVERT, ASNECESSARY, TOFURTHER
DISCUSSION OFTHEITEMOFITSWORKPROGRAMME THATWASADDRESSED AT
ITSLASTMEETING:
-THERELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEPROVISIONS OFTHE
MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEMAND:
(A)CHARGES ANDTAXESFORENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES;
(B)REQUIREMENTS FORENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES RELATING TO
PRODUCTS, INCLUDING STANDARDS ANDTECHNICAL REGULATIONS,
PACKAGING, LABELLING ANDRECYCLING.
INTHISREGARD, ITWILLBERECALLED THATFOLLOWING DISCUSSION
ATPREVIOUS MEETINGS OFTHESUB-COMMITTEE, THECHAIRMAN HASINVITED
DELEGATIONS INDIVIDUALLY, ANDONAVOLUNTARY BASIS,TOSUBMITTOTHE
SECRETARIAT FORCOMPILATION INFORMATION THATREFLECTS THEIROWN
NATIONAL EXPERIENCES WITHMEASURES THATARECOVERED UNDERTHISITEM
OFTHEWORKPROGRAMME.
4.THEFOLLOWING DOCUMENTS HAVEBEENISSUEDSINCETHESUB-
COMMITTEE 'SLASTMEETING:
"REPORTOFTHEMEETING HELDON15-16SEPTEMBER" (PC/SCTE/M/3) AND
ITSREVISION ANDCORRIGENDUM (PC/SCTE/M/3/REV.1 ANDCORR.1IN
ENGLISH ONLY); "ARRANGEMENTS FORRELATIONS WITHNON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS INTHEUNITEDNATIONS, ITSRELATED BODIESANDSELECTED
OTHERINTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS" (PC/SCTE/W/2); "TRADE
MEASURES FORENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES TAKENPURSUANT TOMULTILATERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS: RECENTDEVELOPMENTS" (PC/SCTE/W/3); AND
"DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROVISIONS INMULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
AGREEMENTS" (PC/SCTE/W/4).
5.GOVERNMENTS ANDINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WITHOBSERVER
STATUSWHICHWISHTOBEREPRESENTED ATTHISMEETING AREINVITED TO
INFORMMEOFTHENAMESOFTHEIRREPRESENTATIVES.
PETERD.SUTHERLAND
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