Negotiating Group on Rules - Summary Report of the Meeting Held on 13 December 2004 - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED TN/RL/M/21 6 January 2005 (05-0044) Negotiating Group on Rules SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD ON 13 DECEMBER 2004 Note by the Secretariat The Negotiating Group on Rules ("the Group") held a formal meeting on 13 December 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 recalled that at its last meeting, the Group had finalized the first round of discussions on RTAs' systemic issues on the basis of the Chairman's Roadmap for Discussions on RTAs' "Systemic" Issues – Rev.1, dated 22 June 2004, which covered a wide array of issues. It was his understanding that the Group intended, at that stage, to embark upon a more detailed analysis by focusing discussions on only a few of these issues, on the basis of proposals on specific points made by interested Participants. Given