RESTRICTED C/w/195 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON L4 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution

COUNCIL

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.

In order.to assist the Council in considering this matter, the secretariat has drawn up the attached table showing various regional and association agreements and the date on which the last report has been circulated or, if applicable, the dates of the reports of the relevant working party. On the basis of these data a tentative calendar has been suggested for the submission of reports to enable the Council to examine developments under each of these arrangements. The Council may wish to have a preliminary discussion of how best to carry out the examinations envisaged. C/W/195 Page 2

Report Working Party Council Proposed date submitted report discussion for reporting

Arab Common Market 1 November 1971 (L/3607) (G/M/74) Carribean Free Trade Area 29 November 1971 October 1973 (L/3584) (C/M/74) Central African Customs and 22 Economic Union (L/33WRev.l) (C/M/63) Central American Common 20 April 1972 Market L/3364) '.•-•.. (C/M/62) ' EEC - African and Malagasy . 20 States (L/3465) (C/M/65) 20 January 1970 April 1972 EEC - (L/3319) (C/M/60) February 1972 Next April 1974- EEC - Malta (L/3665 ) meeting EEC - Non-European Countries 1 November 1971 November 1971 October 1973 and Territories (L/3611) (C/M/7'4) EEC - Tanzania/Uganda and Replies to written questions not yet received EEC - Tunisia ) 7 April 1970 April/ October 1972 EEC - (L/3379) (C/M/62, 64) EEC - Written questions submitted to parties concerned EEC - 22 September 1971 October 1973 (L/3581) (C/M/73) EEC - 22 September 1971 October 1971 October 1973 (L/3579) (C/M/73) EFTA/FINEFTA 1 April 1971 (L/3519) (C/M/68) Latin-American Free Trade 9 February 1972 Next April 1974 Area (L/3661) meeting

New Zealand- Free 3 April 1971 April 1973 Trade Area (L/3502) (C/M/68) - Free 5 March 1971 April 1971 April 1973 Trade Area (L/3504) (C/M/68) c/w/195 Page 3

Time-table for reporting dates

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

April 1972 - Contrai African Economic and Customs Union - Central American Common Market - Association EEC-Greece

October 1972 - Association EEC—African and Malagasy States - Associations between EEC and Tunisia and Morocco

April 1973 - EFTA/FINEFTA - New Zealand-Australia Free Trade Area - United Kingdom-Ireland Free Trade Area

October 1973 - Arab Common Market - Caribbean Free Trade Area - Association EEC-Non-European Countries and Territories - Agreement between EEC and Israel - Agreement between EEC and Spain

The following regional agreements will be added to the schedule after their initial examination in the GATT:

- Association EEC-Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya - Association EEC-Turkey

iipril 1974. - Central African Economic and Customs Union - Central American Common Market - Association EEC -- Greece - association SEC - Malta - Latin American Free Trade Area