RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 3^^1978 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). The Council agreed on a time-table by which the contracting parties members of a regional agreement would be invited to submit biennial reports on develop­ ments under the agreements concerned. The time-table covered the period of April 1977-October 1978 (L/kkk5). In order to assist the Council in establishing a new time-table for the next two years there is herewith attached a table showing various regional and association agreements, the dates on which the last biennial reports were submitted or, if applicable, the dates of the reports of the relevant working parties. In certain cases the Council already determined the dates for the biennial reports. On the basis of these data a tentative calendar has been suggested for the submission of reports. 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, bo revised as appropriate. C/W/3U Page 2 Report Working Party Council Proposed date Regional Agreement submitted report discussion for reporting Arab Common Market January 1977 March 1977 April 1979 (L/UU62) Australia-Papua New October 1977 November October 1979 Guinea Agreement (L/U571) 1977 (C/M/123) Central American Due October October 1980 Common Market 1978 Caribbean Community February 1977 March 1977 April 1979 and Common Market (L/UU70) (C/M/119) ACP-EEC Convention Due October October 1980 of Lome 1978 EEC-Algeria October 1977 November October 1979 UA559) 1977 (C/M/123) EEC-Cyprus July 1978 July 1978 April 1980 (L/U685) EEC-Egypt May 1978 May 1978 April 1980 (LA660) (C/M/125) EEC-Greece Due October October 1980 1978 EEC-Israel Due April April 1980 1978 EEC-Jordan May 1978 May 1978 April 1980 (L/U662) (C/M/125) EEC-Lebanon May 1978 May 1978 April 1980 (L/U663) (C/M/125) EEC-Malta July 1978 July 1978 April 1980 (L/U686) EEC-Morocco October 1977 November October 1979 (L/U560) 1977 (C/M/123) EEC-Spain August 1978 October April 1980 (LA695) 1978 C/W/311 Page 3 Report Working Party Council Proposed date Regional Agreement submitted report discussion for reporting EEC-Syria May 1978 May 1978 April 1980 (LA661) (C/M/125) EEC-Tunisia October 1977 November October 1979 (LA558) 1977 (C/M/123) EEC-Turkey Due October - October 1980 1978 EEC-Austria November November October 1979 1977 1977 (LA 573) EEC-Finland November November October 1979 1977 1977 (LA57M EEC-Iceland November November October 1979 1977 1977 (LA575) EEC-Norway November November October 1979 1977 1977 (LA576) EEC-Portugal November November October 1979 1977 1977 (LA577) EEC-Sweden November November October 1979 1977 1977 « (LA578) EEC-Switzerland and November November October 1979 Liechtenstein 1977 1977 (LA579) EFTA/FTHEFTA October 1977 November October 1979 (LA566) 1977 Finland-Czechoslovakia May 1978 May 1978 April 1980 (LA66U) Finland-Hungary October 1977 November October 1979 (LA56U) 1977 C/W/311 Page U Report Working Party Council Proposed date Regional Agreement submitted report discussion for reporting LAFTA Due October October 1980 1978 New Zealand-Australia November November October 1979 Free Trade Area 1977 1977 (LA589) The following agreements should be added to the Calendar when their examination by the working party concerned and the Council has been concluded: ASEAN Finland-Bulgaria Finland-German Democratic Republic Finland-Poland Time-table for reporting dates If the Council approves the dates suggested for reporting, the time-table would be as follows: April 1979 Arab Common Market Caribbean Community and Common Market October 1979 Agreement Australia-Papua New Guinea Agreements EEC-Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia Agreements EEC-Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Liechtenstein EFTA/FINEFTA Agreement Finland-Hungary New Zealand-Australia Free Trade Area C/W/311 Page 5 April 1980 - Agreement EEC-Cyprus - Agreements EEC-Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria - Agreement EEC-Israel - Agreement EEC-Malta - Agreement EEC-Spain - Agreement Finland-Czechoslovakia October 1980 - Central American Common Market - ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé - Agreement EEC-Greece - Agreement EEC-Turkey - LAFTA .