Negotiating Group on Rules - Summary Report of the Meeting Held on 21 September 2004 - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED TN/RL/M/19 26 October 2004 (04-4549) Negotiating Group on Rules SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD ON 21 SEPTEMBER 2004 Note by the Secretariat The Negotiating Group on Rules ("the Group") held a formal meeting on 21 September 2004. adoption of the agenda The Group adopted the following agenda: A. Adoption of the Agenda B. Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) C. Other Business Regional Trade Agreements The Chairman indicated that the main issue for the formal meeting was the consideration of the submission by Chile distributed as document TN/RL/W/163 which raised a number of issues in connection with Article V of the GATS and for further discussion of the Chairman's Roadmap for Discussions on RTAs' "Systemic" Issues – Rev.1. One participant proposed that discussions relating to the Chairman's Roadmap be held in formal rather than informal mode as it would be of interest to establish delegations' views on the