RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/SPEC/4
9December 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-5156)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP ONISO/IEC GUIDES RELATING
TOARTICLES 5AND 6OFTHE AGREEMENT
Communication from theSecretariat
Atitsmeeting of16October 1996, theCommittee agreed tosetupasmall technical
working group tostudy therelevant ISO/IEC Guides andhowtheymight contribute tofurther the
objectives ofArticles 5and6oftheAgreement. TheChairperson invited delegations toinform
herortheSecretariat oftheirinterest inparticipating inthetechnical working group.
Interested Members arerequested tonominate eacharepresentative toparticipate in
meetings oftheworking group. Names andcontact addresses ofparticipants should besubmitted
totheSecretariat before 10January 1997 sothatrelevant documents canbedistributed to
participants wellbefore thefirstmeeting oftheworking group tobeheldon13February 1997,
onedaybefore thefirst1997 meeting oftheCommittee. Achairperson oftheworking group will
beelected atthatmeeting.