WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/18
15October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4270)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE NINETEENTH MEETING
1. TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhelditsnineteenthmeetingon30Septemberand1October1996.
2. Mr.Peter Berz (European Communities) wasappointed Member upon Mr.David Daly’s
departure,witheffectfrom25September1996.Mr.PeterBerzappointedMr.JohnRichards(European
Communities) ashisalternate.
3. Present atthismeeting were thefollowing members, alternates andobserver: Ms.Berrig;
Messrs. Berz/Richards; Kacar/Radu; Malik; Meemeduma; Saeki; Ms.Shahin; Messrs. Tagliani;
Tong; Vanerio; andWentzel/Saint-Jacques.
Notification under Articles 2.6and2.7(b) oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing
4. TheTMB reviewed under paragraph 21ofArticle 2thenotification made, pursuant to
paragraphs 6and7(b)ofArticle 2,byMalta. During thisreview theTMB noted that,inaccordance
withparagraph 6ofArticle 2,thevolume ofproducts integrated byMalta amounted to17.3percent
of1990 imports oftheproducts falling under thecoverage oftheAgreement. TheTMB alsonoted
that,inaccordance withparagraph 6ofArticle 2,theproducts integrated included products fromeach
ofthefourgroups: topsandyarns, fabrics, made–uptextile products andclothing (G/TMB/N/134
andRev.1).
Report bytheTMB
5. TheTMB finalized itsconsideration of,andadopted, itsreport totheCouncil forTrade in
Goods inthecontext ofthepreparation fortheMinisterial Conference inSingapore (G/L/113).
Schedule ofTMB meetings for1997
6. Inpursuance ofadecision adopted bytheGeneral Council on15November 1995 onthe
guidelines forscheduling meetings (WT/L/106), theTMB discussed andapproved itstentative schedule
ofmeetings for1997. Meetings arescheduled asfollows: 27to29January, 17to19February,
17to19March, 21to23April, 21to23May, 9to11and23to25June, 7to11and23to25July,
8to10September, 6to8October, 10to12November and15to17December.
Discussion onavailability ofinformation pertaining totheapplication ofGATT 1994 rules and
disciplines
7. Inthecontext ofthecomprehensive report thattheTMB isduetosubmit totheCouncil for
Trade inGoods in1997 ontheimplementation oftheATC during itsfirststage, theTMB started a
discussion related totheavailability ofinformation pertaining totheapplication ofGATT 1994rules
anddisciplines, asdefined inArticle 7oftheATC, anddecided torevert toitatitsnextmeeting.