RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TMB/4
25October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3277)
Textiles Monitoring Body
SIXTH MEETING OFTHE TMB
Note bytheChairman
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body meton16-20 October 1995.
2. TheTMB authorized itsChairman toprovide WTO Members withthefollowing information.
3. TheTMB received reports fromCosta RicaandtheUnited States onthebilateral consultations
theyhadhadfollowing theTMB recommendation made atitssecond meeting regarding asafeguard
measure theUnited States hadtaken onimports ofUScategory 352/652 (cotton andman-made fibre
underwear) fromCosta Rica(G/TMB/R/2, paragraphs 16to19).TheTMB invited theparticipation
ofbothdelegations intheexamination ofthese reports. Ittooknoteofthereports andofthefactthat
thetwoparties didnotreach amutual understanding during theconsultations. TheTMB'sdiscussions
confirmedtheBody'spreviousfindingsinthismatter(G/TMB/R/2,firsttwosentencesofparagraph16).
There being nofurther requests bytheparties involved, theTMB considered itsreview ofthematter
completed.
4. TheTMB willresume itssixth meeting intheweek of30October; theseventh meeting of
theTMB isscheduled fortheweek of13November 1995.
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5. Thefullreport ofthismeeting willbecirculated atalaterstage, afteritsformal adoption by
theTMB.