GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE MTN/INF/6 18 February 1977 Special Distribution D O C U M E N T S I N D E X 1 January- 31 December 1976 MTN/NTM/W/- MTN/NTM/INF/- MTN/P9/- MTN/SG/- MTN/SG/W/- MTN/SG/W/INF/- MTN/SEC/- MTN/SEC/W/- MTN/SEC/INF/- MTN/TAR/- MTN/TAR/W/- MTN/TAR/INF/- MTN/TP/- MTN/TP/W/- MTN/TP/INF/- MTN/TP/R/- MTN/3B/- MTN/- MTN/W/- MTN/INF/- MTN/AG/- MTN/AG/W/- MTN/AG/INF/- MTN/DP/- MTN/DP/W- MTN/DP/INF/- MTN/GR/- MTN/GR/WI- MTN/GR/INF/- MTN/ME/- MTN/ME/W/- MTN/ME/INF/- MTN/NTM/-
Page 2 Multilateral Trade Negotiations Note by Director-General on accreditation of delegations Programme of meetings List of documents 1 January-31 December 1975 Documents index 1 January-31 December 1975 List of resident representatives in Geneva Note by the Chairman of TNC (CTD documents) List of countries participating in multilateral trade negotiations Resolutions adopted by the UNCTAD on 30 May 1976 Note by Chairman on meeting of 5 November 1976 Statement by Australian delegation at the meeting of TNC, 5 November 1976 Statement by Canadian delegation at meeting of TNC on 5 November 1976 Group ;Agriculture- MTN/W/26 MTN/W/27 MTN/INF/4 MTN/INF/3/Rev.l/Corr.1 MTN/INF/5/Corr.1 MTN/W/28 MTN/1/Rev.3/Add.1-2 MTN/16 MTN/17 MTN/W/30 MTN/W/29 Information regarding licensing systems - note by secretariat Summary of tariff and non-tariff measures notified under the procedures of MTN/AG/4 Notifications under the procedures of MTN/AG/4 - note by secretariat Note by Chairman to members of Group "Agriculture"' Tariff and non-tariff measures notified under the procedures of MTN/AG/4 Reply to notification of tariff and non-tariff measures under the procedures of MTN/AG/4 - Hungary Note by Chairman on meeting of 20 December 1976 Statement by Australia on 20 December 1976 Information regarding licensing systems - note by secretariat Information regarding import restrictions - note by secretariat Sub-Group on Dairy Products MTN/AG/W/6 MTN/AG/W/8 9 Rev.1-4, Add.1-4 MTN/AG/W/9 MTN/AG/W/10, Add.1 MTN/AG/W/11, Add.1-15 MTN/AG/W/12 MTN/AG/W/13 MTN/AG/5 MTN/AG/W/14 MTN/AG/W/16 MTN/AG/W/15 Summary of export and import measures on dairy products MTN/DP/W/9/Corr.1-2, Add.2-3 Documentation on dairy products - note by secretariat MTN/DP/W/19, Add.1-5, Corr.l Proposal submitted by European Communities MTN/DP/W/20 Note by Chairman on meeting of February 1976 MTN/DP/3
Page 3 Group "Agriculture" Sub-Group on Dairy Products (cont 'd) Proposal submitted by European Communities Summary of export and import measures on dairy products Import and/or export regime in respect of cheese Prices and amounts fixed for dairy products - EEC List of representatives (July 1976) Note by the Chairman Sub-Ground on Grains Documentation on international trade in grains Statement made by representative of India on 29 January 1976 Note by Chairman Statement on production, trade and stocks Canada - 23 January 1976 Checklist of documents Note by Chairman on meeting of May 1976 Statement made on 25 May 1976 by the United States List of representatives (May 1976) Sub-Group on Meat Summary of import and export measures The Commiuity position on world trade in meat (beef and veal and live animals) - document presented by EEC Meeting of February 1976 - note by Chairman Meeting of July 1976 - note by Chairman MTN/DP/W/21 MTN/DP/W/9/Rev. 1. Add.1 MTN/DP/W/22 Add.1-4 MTN/DP/W/23 MTN/DP/W/17/Add.1 MTN/DP/INF/2 MTN/DP/4 MTN/GR/W/8/Rev.1, Corr.1-4, Add.1-20 MTN/C-R/W/8/Rev.l/Adi.1/ Corr.l MTN/GR/W/8/Rev.l/Add.4/ Corr.1 MTN/GR/W/8/Rev.l/Corr.1-2 MTN/GR/W/9 MTN/GR/4 MTN/GR/W/10 MTN/GR/W/ll MTN/GR/W/12 MTN/GR/5 MTN/GR/W/13 MTN/GR/INF/4 MTN/ME/W/8/Rev.1-2, Corr.1-2 MTN/ME/W/16 MTN/ME/3 MTN/ME/W/17 MTN/ME/4
Page 4 Group ``Agriculture'' Sub-Groulp on Meat Statements made by representatives of Romania on 6 July 1976 of New Zealand on 6 July of EEC on 6 July List of representatives (5 July 1976) Group '`Non-Taiff Measures" Information regarding licensing systems - note by secretariat Procedures for negotiations on non-tariff measures not dealt with multilaterally - note by delegation of European Communities Summing-up by Chairman of April 1976 meeting Summing-up by Chairman (July 1976) List of representatives (July 1916) Pacific area standards congress Information regarding licensing systems - note by secretariat Information regarding import restrictions - note by secretariat Proposal by the United States Sub-Group "Customs Matters" Customs valuation - Iran Customs valuation Aligned invoice layout key for international trade Consular formalities and fees Import documentation requirements Notes from the Chairman Summing-up by Chairman (March 1976 meeting) Checklist of issues raised and of possible elements that may be included in any new set of international rules or principles on customs valuation Import documentation requirements - Finland and Sweden MTN/ME/W/19 MTN/ME/W/20 MTN/ME/W/18 MTN/ME/INF/2 MTN/NTM/W/31 MTN/NTM/W/45 MTN/NTM/16 MTN/NTM/W/46 MTN/NTM/21 MTN/NTM/INF/l1 MTN/NTM/W/57 MTN/NTM/W/68 MTN/NTM/W/78 MTN/NTM/W/77 MTN/NTM/W/62 MTN/NTM/W/64 MTN/NTM/W/33, Add.1-8 MTN/NTM/W/20/ Add.7-13 MTN/NTM/W/34 MTN/NTM/W/36 Rev. 1 /Add.1, Corr.1-2 MVT/NTM/W/22/Rev.l, Add.1-3 MTN/NTM/W/41 MTN/NTM/13 MTN/NTM/W/51, Rev.1, Add.l MTN/NTM/W/22/ Rev. 1/Add.2
Group "Non-Tariff Measures" Sub-Group ``Customs Matters" Summing-up by the Chairman Statement made by Commission of the B.C. at Sub-Group meeting of July 1976 Import documentation and customs procedures - work of international organizations - note by secretariat Summing-up by Chairman - meeting of October 1976 Customs valuation - European Communities Checklist of issues raised and of possible elements that may be included in any new set of international principles on customs valuation Sub-Group on Government Procurement Work of the OECD on government purchasing - note received from the OECD List of representatives (20 October 1976) Summing-up by Chairman of October 1976 meeting List of elements that might be taken up for examination by the Sub-Group - note by secretariat Sub-Group ``Quantitative Restrictions" Import licensing procedures (note by secretariat) Proposals and suggestions made on the two draft texts on licensing procedures - note by secretariat Summary notes on quantitative restrictions Licensing procedures Note from Chairman Summing-up by Chairman of meeting 29-31 March 1976 List of representatives (March 1976) Status of consultations on quantitative restrictions Summing-up by Chairman of the meeting held 12-13 July 1976 Summing-up by the Acting Chairman MTN/MTM/W/53 MTN/NTM/18 MTN/NTM/W/59 MTN/INF/6 Page 5 MTN/NTM/W/60 MTN/NTM/23 MTN/NTM/W/65, Add.1 MTN/NTM/W/76 MTN/NTM/61 MTN/NTM/INF/12 MTN/NTM/22 MTN/NTM/W/74 MTN/NTM/W/73 MTN/NTM/W/39/Rev.2/ Corr.1-2 MTN/NTM/W/40/Add.11/Rev.1, Add.1-14 Add.5/Corr.l, Add.6/Rev.l, Add.5/Rev.l MTN/NTM/W/11/Add. 7-9 MTN/NTM/W/42 MTN/NTM/14 MTN/NTM/INF/9 MTN/NTM/W/54, Rev.1 MTN/NTM/W/56 MTN/NTM/20 MTN/NTM/W/63 MTN/NTM/24
Page 6 Group "Non-Tariff Measures" Sub-Group "Quantitative Restrictions' Statement made by US delegation on suggestions for procedures to deal with existing quantitative restrictions Statement made by Australian delegation at meeting in November 1976 Sub-Group "Subsidies and Countervailing Duties" Communication from Australia Communication from Venezuelan Nordics, Mexico, European Communities Note by Chairman on meeting of April 1976 Checklist of positions on the various issues in the area of subsidies and countervailing duties Note by Chairman on meeting of July 1976 Sub-Group "Technical Barriers to Trade'' Note by secretariat - marks of origin Meeting at technical level of September/October 1975 - Note by secretariat Definitions - Note by secretariat List of representatives (January 1976) Meeting of January/February 1976 - Note by Chairman Points before the Sub-Group - Note by secretariat Applicability of ECE/ISO definitions (March) Summing-up by Chairman of meeting of May 1976 List of representatives (17 May 1976) Note from Chairman ISO working group on definitions - report by Mr. Bergholm- Points before the Sub-Group - note by secretariat Draft code of conduct for preventing technical barriers to trade Resolution adopted by Fourth Pacific Area Standards Congress MTN/NTM/W/66 MTN/NTM/W/67 MTN/NTM/W/43 MTW/NTM/W/44 MTN/NTM/W/43/Add.1-6 MTN/NTM/15 MTN/NTM/W/52, Rev.l MTN/NTM/W/55 MTN/NTM/19 Corr.1, MTN/NTM/W/32, Add.1-2 MTN/NTM/W/25/Add.2-3 MTN/NTM/W/35 MTN/NTM/INF/8, Add.1 MTN/NTM/12 MTN/NTM/W/37 MTN/NTM/W/38 MTN/NTM/17 MTN/NTM/INF/10 MTN/NTM/W/47 MTN/NTM/W/48 MTN/NTM/W/50 MTN/NTM/W/49 MTN/NTM/W/58 MTN/NTM/W/69
Page 7 Group "Non-Tariff Measures" Sub-Group "Technical Barriers to Trade" Definitions - note by Mr. K. Bergholm (Finland) Summing-up by Chairman of meeting of November 1976 Packaging and labelling - statement by representative of India at meeting of November 1976 Group "Paragraph 9" Summing-up by Acting Chairman List of representatives (14 December 1976) Group "Safeguards" Paper requested by Australian delegation - provisional note by secretariat International surveillance systems - note by secretariat Factual study by the secretariat on dispute settlement in international economic agreements Summing-up by Acting Chairman of May 1976 meeting Note by the delegation of Mexico United States proposal for an improved multilateral safeguard system List of representatives (July 1976) Statement by representative of United States on 4 May Summing-up by Chairman (July 1976) Japan's view on the multilateral safeguard system Summing-up by Acting Chairman - meeting of October 1976 Statement by representative of Canada on 27 October 1976 Statement by representative of EEC on 27 October 1976 Group sector Appproach" Additional information on ores and metals Information on ores and metals Supply and demand projections Possible sectors of interest to developing countries wood and wood products MTN/NTM/W/70 MTN/NTM/25 MTN/NTM/W/75 MIN/P9/1 MTN/P9/INF/1 MTN/W/13, Corr.1-2 MTN/SG/W/7 MTN/SG/W/8 MTN/SG/W/9 MTN/SG/4 MTN/SG/W/10 MTN/SG/W/11 MTN/SG/W/12 MTN/SG/INF/3 MTN/SG/W/13 MTN/SG/5 MTN/SG/W/16 MTN/SG/W/15 MTN/SG/6 MTN/SG/W/17 MTN/SG/W/18 MTN/SEC/W/8 MTN/SEC/W/9, Corr.1, Add.11 MTN/SEC/W/10, Add.1 MTN/SEC/W/2/Add. 1-2, Add.l/Corr.1-2
Page 8 Group "Sector Approach" Information on ores and metals Information on sectors not covered in the earlier secretariat papers List of non-tariff measures Statement made by Canadian delegation at meeting of Group on 6 April 1976 Summing-up by Chairman of April 1976 meeting List of representatives (April 1976) Feasibility study concerning handicraft products Possible sectors of interest to developing countries copper and copper products - note by secretariat Meeting of October 1976 - summing-up by the Chairman Group "Tariffs' Explanatory notes on procedures for fixing and modifying tariff rates Effective protection on products of interest to developing countries Tariff rate information file - progress report Statement made by the US delegation at Group "Tariffs" meeting, March 1976 Information for assessment of tariff-cutting formulae Special procedures for developing countries - statement made by European Communities (March 1976) Statement by Canadian delegation at meeting (March 1976) Statement by Argentinian delegation at meeting (March 1976) Summing-up by Chairman of meeting (23-25 March 1976) Statement by delegation of Commission of European Communities at meeting (March 1976) Tariff information available in the secretariat List of representatives - 23 March 1976 Statement made by the Japanese delegation in March 1976 Statement made by delegation of Brazil at the meeting of Group in March on special procedures for developing countries English only MTN/SEC/W/l/Add.3/ Rev.l, Corr.l MTN/SEC/W/13 MTN/SEC/W/12 MTN/SEC/W/l4 MTN/SEC/W/15 MTN/SEC/4 MTN/SEC/INF/3 MTN/SEC/W/16 MTN/SEC/W/17 MTN/SEC/5 MTN/SEC/W/18 MTN/TAR/W/6, Add.2-8, Add. 4/Corr. l* MTN/TAR/W/12 MTN/TAR/W/13 MTN/TAR/W/14 MTN/TAR/W/15, MTN/TAR/W/16 Add. 1 MTN/TAR/W/17 MTN/TAR/W/18 WIN/TAR/W/19 MTN/TAR/5 MTN/TAR/W/20 MTN/TAR/W/5/Rev.1 MBT/TAR/INF/3 MTN/TAR/W/22 MTN/TAR/W/22
Group "Tariffs" Statement by India in March meeting Statement by Colombia at March meeting Present situation regarding the consolidation of schedules Procedures for fixing and modifying tariff rates Statement made by the Commission of the European Communities at Group ;Tariffs" meeting, July 1976 Statement made by United States delegation at Group "Tariffs'' meeting, July 1976 Summing-up by Chairman of meeting held 7 July 1976 Special procedures for developing countries - statement made by Nordic countries in July 1976 Statement made by Canadian delegation at meeting July 1976 List of representatives (July 1976) Tariff-cutting formula - proposal by Switzerland Tariff-cutting formula - proposal by Japan Tariff-cutting formula - statement by Japanese delegation at meeting October 1976 Summing-up by Chairman of meeting held on 13-14 October 1976 List of representatives (13 October 1976) Statement made by the Swiss delegation at Group "Tariffs" meeting October 1976 Statement made by the Australian delegation at Group 'Tariffs" meeting October 1976 Statement made by the delegation of the Commission of the European Communities at the Group "Tariffs" meeting, October 1976 Statement made by the Malaysian delegation at the Group "Tariffs" meeting, October 1976 Statement made by the United States delegation at the Group "Tariffs" meeting, October 1976 Summing-up by Chairman of meeting held on 15 December 1976 Special and more favourable treatment for developing countries - Statement made by delegation of Commission of European Communities at the Group "Tariffs` meeting, December 1976 MTN/TAR/W/23 MTN/TAR/W/24 MTN/TAR/W/26, MTN/TAR/W/27, Add.1-2 MTN/TAR/W/28 MTN/TAR/W/29 MTIT/TAR/W/30 MTN/TAR/6 MTN/TAR/W/32 MTN/INF/6 Page 9 Corr.1 Corr.1, MTN/TAR/W/31 MTN/TAR/INF/4 MTN/TAR/W/33 MTN/TAR/W/34, Add.l MTN/TAR/W/35 MTN/TAR/W/36 MTN/TAR/7 MTN/TAR/INF/5 MTN/TAR/W/37 MTN/TAR/W/38 MTN/TAR/W/40 MTN/TAR/W/41 MTN/TAR/W/39 MTN/TAR/W/42 MTN/TAR/8 MTN/TAR/W/45
Page 10 Group "Tariffs'' Special and more favourable treatment for developing countries - Statement made by delegation of Japan at Group "Tariffs" meeting, December 1976 Statement made by US delegation at Group "Tariffs" meeting - December 1976 Group "Tropical Products'. Consolidated list of initial requests Circulation of initial offers - Mote by secretariat Recent developments relevant to the work of the Group - Note by secretariat Checklist of documents Chairman's summing-up and record of decisions meeting of 16-18 February 1976 Statement made by the representative of Malaysia on behalf of the ASEAN countries at the meeting of the Group "Tropical Products" on 30 June 1976 Draft code of conduct for preventing technical barriers to trade Recent developments relevant to the work of the Group List of representatives (30 June 1976) Chairman's summing-up and record of decisions at meeting of 30 June-) July 1976 Statement made by representative of US at meeting of Group Chairman's summing-up and record of decisions at meeting, 18-20 October 1976 List of representatives (18 October 1976) Request lists Circulation of request lists by: at Ivory Coast India Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua MTN/TAR/W/44 MTN/TAR/W/43 MTN/TP/W/ll/Corr.1/ Rev.1-2 MTN/TP/W/6/Add.1 MTN/TP/W/14, Add. 1 MTN/TP/W/15 MTN/TP/5 MTN/TP/W/19 DTN/TP/W/16 MTN/TP/W/17 MTN/TP/W/18 MTN/TP/INF/3 MTN/TP/6 MTN/TP/W/20 IMTN/TP/W/21 MTN/TP/7 MTN/TP/INF/4, Corr.l, Add.1 MTN/TP/R/2/Rev.1-2 MTN/TP/R/l/Rev.3 MTN/TP/R/18/Rev.1
Page 11 Group "Tropical Products" Request lists Group 3(b) Inventory of non-tariff measures Group 3(e) Basic documentation - Canada - Finland - New Zea land - Norway -. Romania - Switzer land - Japan - Austria Burma Philippines Jamaica Switzerland Bangladesh Zaire Iran inventory of Quantitative Import Restrictions applied by Countries Covered by the Joint Working Group - Australia Israel Senegal Blarundi Mali Bolivia Ecuador Spain Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica Republic of Korea India MTN/TP/R/21/Add. 1-2 MTN/TP/R/ 7/Add.1 MTN/TP/R/9/Add.1 MTN/TP/R/5/Rev.1/Corr.1 MTN/TP/R/16/Rev.1, Add. 3-4 MTN/TP/R/30 MTN/TP/R/31, Corr.1, Add.1 MTN/TP/R/ 32, Rev. 1 MTN/TP/R/33 MTN/TP/R/35 MTN/TP/34 MTN/TP/R/29/Add.1-2 MTN/TP/R/23/Add'. 2 MTN/TP/R/36 MTN/TP/R/18/Add. 2 MTN/N/TP/R/37 MTN/TP/R/l/Rev. 3/Add. 1 MTN/3B/1-5/Add. 5 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.6/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.8/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.13/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.14/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.18/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.23/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.27/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.48/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/l/Add. 48/Rev.1. Corr.1 MTN/3E/DOC/1/Add.48/Rev.1 Corr.2 MTN/3E/DOC/7/Add.l/Rev.1
Page 12 Group 3(e) Basic documentation ( cont 'd) European Communities Revision Corrigendum Inventory of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations Notified - European Communities and its Member States Corrigendum Japan Inventory of Various Non-Tariff Barriers Corrigendum Supplement Japan Turkey United States Indonesia Inventory of Various Non-Tariff - European Communities Barriers - Marketing Standards and Packaging and Labelling Regulations - Australia European Communities Corrigendum Japan Work on task 4 - cattle and chilled and frozen meat thereof MTN/3E/DOC/7/Add.10/Corr.l/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/7/Add.10/Corr.l/Rev.2 MTN/3E/DOC/7/Add.10/Corr.7 MTN/3E/DOC/9/Add.5/Corr.5 MTN/3E/DOC/9/Add.5/Corr.6 MTN/3E/DOC/9/Add.9/Corr.3 MTN/3E/DOC/10/Add.7/Corr.l MTN/3E/DOC/10/Add.7/Supp.l/Corr.1 MTN/3E/DOC/10/Add.7/Supp.2 MTN/3E/DOC/10/Add.l0/Corr.1 M4TN/3E/DOC/10/Add.17/Supp.l/Rev.l MTN/3E/DOC/10/Add.18/Corr.2 MTN/3E/DOC/10/Add.23/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/12/Add.2/Rev.1 MTN/3E/DOC/12/Add.5/Corr.4 MTN/3E/DOC/12/Add.5/Corr.5 MTN/3E/DOC/12/Add.8/Rev.l/Corr.1 MTN/3E/W/7/Add.1, Corr.1