RESTRICTED C/w/195 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON L4 February 1972 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 November 1971 October 1973 (L/3607) (G/M/74) Carribean Free Trade Area 29 September 1971 November 1971 October 1973 (L/3584) (C/M/74) Central African Customs and 22 May 1970 July 1970 April 1972 Economic Union (L/33WRev.l) (C/M/63) Central American Common 20 March 1970 April 1970 April 1972 Market L/3364) '.•-•.. (C/M/62) ' EEC - African and Malagasy . 20 November 1970 December 1970 October 1972 States (L/3465) (C/M/65) 20 January 1970 January 1970 April 1972 EEC - Greece (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 Kenya EEC - Tunisia ) 7 April 1970 April/ October 1972 September 1970 EEC - Morocco (L/3379) (C/M/62, 64) EEC - Turkey Written questions submitted to parties concerned EEC - Israel 22 September 1971 October 1971 October 1973 (L/3581) (C/M/73) EEC - Spain 22 September 1971 October 1971 October 1973 (L/3579) (C/M/73) EFTA/FINEFTA 1 April 1971 April 1971 April 1973 (L/3519) (C/M/68) Latin-American Free Trade 9 February 1972 Next April 1974 Area (L/3661) meeting New Zealand-Australia Free 3 March 1971 April 1971 April 1973 Trade Area (L/3502) (C/M/68) United Kingdom-Ireland 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 .