RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/BOP/R/26
29April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1850)
Committee onBalance-of-Payments Restrictions
NOTE ONMEETING OF21AND 22APRIL 1997
Revised Schedule ofConsultations
1. TheChairman drewtheattention oftheCommittee totheproposed programme ofconsultations,
WT/BOP/W/15, Rev.1, circulated on24March. Hereminded Members thatparagraph 11ofthe
Understanding spells outtheinformation thatshould becontained intheBasic Document prepared
bytheconsulting Member.
Membership
2. TheChairman informed theCommittee thatsince thecirculation ofanupdated membership
list(WT/BOP/INF/4), Ecuador andTunisia hadrequested participation intheCommittee. Arevised
listofCommittee members would becirculated shortly.
Notifications
3. TheChairman drewtheattention ofMembers tothenotification byBulgaria (WT/BOP/N/18)
circulated on27March andstated thatconsultations would mostprobably beheldbefore thesummer
break. OneMember asked thatitbeclarified whether Bulgaria would beconsulting under theprovisions
ofArticle XII.
Other Business
4. Some Members suggested thattheSecretariat produce, onaregular basis, achecklist onthe
status ofconsultations anddisinvocations. Itwasnoted thatthetabular annex produced fortheAnnual
Report totheGeneral Council might meettheirconcerns.
5. Therepresentative ofTurkey stated thathisGovernment haddisinvoked Article XVIII and
would besending awritten notification tothateffect.