RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/COMTD/5/Rev.1
25October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3245)
WORKING PARTY ONTHE SOUTHERN COMMON
MARKET (MERCOSUR) AGREEMENT
Chairman: H.E. Mr.Christer Manhusen (Sweden)
Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic
Egypt
ElSalvador
European Communities
andMember StatesGuatemala
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Mexico
NewZealand
Norway
Pakistan
Paraguay
PeruPhilippines
Poland
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Switzerland
Thailand
Trinidad andTobago
Turkey
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Terms ofReference
"ToexaminetheSouthernCommonMarketAgreement(MERCOSUR)inthelightoftherelevant
provisions oftheEnabling Clause andoftheGATT 1994, including Article XXIV, andtotransmit
areportandrecommendationstotheCommitteeonTradeandDevelopmentforsubmissiontotheGeneral
Council, withacopy ofthereport transmitted aswelltotheCouncil forTrade inGoods. The
examination intheWorking Party willbebased onacomplete notification andonwritten questions
andanswers."
Understanding readoutbytheChairman oftheCommittee on
Trade andDevelopment atitsmeeting on14September 1995
Itisunderstood thatthestatement readoutbytheChairman oftheCouncil forTrade inGoods
under item7oftheAgenda ofitsmeeting on20February 1995, ascontained indocument WT/REG3/1,
applies mutatis mutandis tothisWorking Party.