Report of the fourth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Team for the Establishement of a Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States

The fourth casting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Team on the treaty for the Establishment of a Preferential Trade /u-ea in Eastern and Southern Africa was held in Luanda, People's Republic of Angola, from 12 to 16 June 1979• 28 The meeting was one in a series of meetings of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Team (INT) on the Treaty for the Establishment of the Preferential Trade Area;(PTA). The purpose of the meeting was to finalize negotiations on draft protocols relating to rules of origin, transit trade, harmonization of trade documents, standardization and quality control discussed at the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Team and to initiate discussion on draft protocols relating to re-exports within the PTA of goods imported from third countries and on customs co-operation; and to consider the report on BIS countries and the revised list of commodities to be traded within the Preferential Trade Area.