WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/R/80
17 September 2001
(01-4367)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OF THE EIGHTY-FIRST MEETING
1. The Textiles Monitoring Body held its eighty-first meeting on 16 to 20 July 2001.
2. Present at this meeting were the following members and alternates:
Mr. Bernabe/Mrs. Booncharoen; Messrs. Fox-Dru mmond Gough/Ugarriza/Rosas; Kiener/Karapinar;
Kumar; Lee; Moriya; Moroz; Nayyar/Ms Loi; Messrs. Richards; Tagliani.
3. The TMB adopted the report of its eightieth meeting (G/TMB/R/79).
Preparation for the TMB’s 2001 Comprehensive Report Pursuant to Article 8.11 of the ATC
4. The TMB finalized and adopted its Comprehensive Report on the implementation of the ATC
during its second stage, to be transmitted to the Council for Trade in Goods in the context of the majorreview envisaged in Article 8.11 of the ATC (G/L/459).  It considered, in this context,
communications received in response to questions put by the TMB in the context of the preparation
for the report, from Canada (G/TMB/N/410); th e European Community (G/TMB/N/407 and Add.1);
Hong Kong, China (G/TMB/N/408); Japan (G/TMB /N/404); Macau, China (G/TMB/N/409);  Turkey
(G/TMB/N/406 and Add.1); the United States (G /TMB/N/405 and Add.1); and Uruguay (on behalf of
the members of the International Textiles and Clothing Bureau - G/TMB/N/403 and Add.1).
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