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GENERAL AGREEMENT ON C/W/41716 May 1983 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution

REGIONAL AGREEMENTS Calendar of Biennial Reports for Examination

At their twenty-seventh session the CONTRACTING PARTIES instructed the Council to establish a calendar fixing dates for the examination, every two years, of the reports on regional agreements (SR.27/12, page 167). In the Council agreed on a time-table covering the period October 1981-April 1983 (L/5158). In order to assist the Council in establishing a new calendar, there is herewith attached a table showing various agreements, the dates on which the last biennial reports were submitted, or if applicable, the dates of the reports of the relevant working parties. On the basis of these data a tentative calendar has been suggested for the submission of reports. The table does not include agreements in respect of which the question of biennial reporting was not decided by the Council. The listing has been prepared without prejudice to the possibility that certain agreements among developing countries may be covered by the Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries ("enabling clause") (BISD 26S/203). It might be noted in this respect that the Committee on Trade and Development has primary responsibility for supervision of the implementation of that Decision (BISD 26S/219), and that reports submitted under that provision have been considered by the Committee. When establishing a new time-table, the Council will be aware that some of the agreements listed may be renegotiated in the ensuing period. The time-table may, therefore, be revised as appropriate.

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Regional Agreement Report WorkingParty Proposed date submitted report for reporting

ASEAN L/5455 1 Bangkok Agreement L/5243 1 Central American Jan. 1982 Oct. 1983 Common Market (L/5270) Caribbean Community Dec. 1981 Oct. 1983 and Common Market (L/5251) EEC-Algeria Due Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 EEC-Cyprus Oct. 1982 Apr. 1984 (L/5379) EEC- Due Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 EEC-Israel Apr. 1985 (L/5147) EEC- Due Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 EEC-Lebanon Due Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 EEC-Malta Oct. 1982 Apr. 1984 (L/5378) EEC-Morocco Due Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 EEC-Spain Due Apr. 1982 Apr. 1984 EEC-Syria Due Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 EEC-Tunisia Due Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 EEC-Turkey. Oct. 1982 Oct. 1984 (L/5389) EEC-Yugoslavia L/5191 Oct. 1983 EEC-Austria Nov. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5238 and Corr.1) 1 Considered by the Committee on Trade and Development. C/W/417 Page 3

Report Working Party Proposed date Regional Agreement submitted report for reporting EEC-Finland Nov. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5244) EEC-Iceland Nov. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5237) EEC-Norway Nov. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5242) EEC-Portugal Jan. 1982 Oct. 1983 (L/5285) EEC- Nov. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5249) EEC-Switzerland Dec. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5275) EFTA/FINEFTA Oct. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5204) EFTA countries-Spain Mar. 1983 Apr. 1985 (L/5465) Finland-Czechoslovakia May 1982 Apr. 1984 (L/5315) Finland-Hungary Sep. 1981 Oct. 1983 (L/5187) LAIA 1 Second ACP-EEC Convention of Lomi L/5292 Apr. 1984 SPARTECA L/54882 Apr. 1985

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Time-table for reporting dates If the Council approves the dates suggested for reporting, the time-table would be as follows:

October 1983 - Central American Common Market - Caribbean Community and Common Market - EEC-Austria - EEC-Finland - EEC-Iceland - EEC-Norway - EEC-Portugal - EEC-Sweden - EEC-Switzerland - EEC-Yugoslavia EFTA-FINEFTA - Finland-Hungary

April 1984 - EEC-Cyprus - EEC-Malta - EEC-Spain - Finland-Czechoslovakia - Second ACP-EEC Convention of Lom6 C/W/417 Page 5

October 1984 - EEC-Algeria

- EEC-Egypt

- EEC-Jordan

- EEC-Lebanon

- EEC-Morocco

- EEC-Syria

- EEC-Tunisia

- EEC-Turkey

April 1985 - EEC-Israel

- EFTA Countries-Spain

- SPARTECA