WTO/AIR/44 
GATT/AIR/3 676 20 MARCH 1995 
SUBJECT : TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY: REVIEW OF JAPAN 
1. THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY ESTABLISHED UNDER ANNEX 3 OF THE WTO 
AGREEMENT WILL HOLD A MEETING IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD TO CONDUCT 
THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF JAPAN ON 4-5 APRIL 1995. THIS REVIEW, WHICH 
IS CARRIED OVER FROM THE 1994 PROGRAMME UNDER THE GATT 1947, WILL BE 
CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF GATT 1947 AND THE DECISION OF THE GATT 
1947 CONTRACTING PARTIES CONCERNING THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM 
(BISD 36S/403). 
2. THE MEETING WILL BE A JOINT MEETING OF THE TPRB AND THE GATT 1947 
COUNCIL, PURSUANT TO THE DECISION OF 8 DECEMBER 1994 CONCERNING AVOIDANCE 
OF PROCEDURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DUPLICATION (PC/ML, L/7582). 
3. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF THE MEETING I9TXS FOLLOWS: 
ïSb^Y, TUESDAY, 4 APRIL, 9.30 A.M. AND WEDNESDAY, 5 APRIL, 9.30 A.M. 
4 . ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE FOLLOWIN^DO^UMENTATION AVAILABLE FOR 
THIS MEETING: ( J 
WT/TPR/2 ARRANGEMENTS FOR REVIEW MEETINGS 
C/RM/G/57 REPORT BY THE GOVEMÎMENT OF JAPAN 
C/RM/S/57 JAPAN: REPORT BY ^lEJBECRETARIAT 
5. DELEGATIONS ARE REMINDED THAT: 
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"TO FACILITATE THE DISCUSSIONS, THE CONTRACTING PARTIES WISHING 
TO DO SO COULD GIVE ADVANCE NOTICE IN WRITING OF THE POINTS THEY WISH 
TO BE RAISED AT THE REVIEW SÇ&SIOIN SO THAT THE CONTRACTING PARTY UNDER 
REVIEW IS IN A BETTER POSITIONS» PREPARE ITS REPLIES. IT IS UNDERSTOOD 
THAT THIS WOULD NOT LIMITS^ ANY WAY THE SCOPE OF THE DISCUSSIONS AT 
THE COUNCIL SESSION." /fÇ/WT'607) . 
IT WOULD BE APF 
SECRETARIAT NO LATE 
28 MARCH. CIATED IF ANY SUCH POINTS COULD REACH THE 
ONE WEEK BEFORE THE MEETING, I.E. BY TUESDAY, 
INVITED TO INFORM ME OF THE NAMES OF THEIR 6. THE FOLLOWING 
REPRESENTATIVES'?" . 
A. MEMT^ER>T OF THE WTO AND, PURSUANT TO THE DECISION OF THE 
GENERAL COUNCIL IN WT/L/27, OTHER SIGNATORIES OF THE FINAL 
ACT THAT ARE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE GATT 1947 AND ARE 
ELIGIBLE TO BECOME ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE WTO, AS WELL AS 
GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS; 
B. MEMBERS OF THE GATT 1947 COUNCIL, OTHER GATT 1947 CONTRACTING 
PARTIES, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS WITH OBSERVER STATUS IN THE GATT 1947 COUNCIL. 
95-0591 PETER D. SUTHERLAND 