Introduction
- The provisional agenda for the fifty-fifth session of the Meeting of
Experts on Data Elements and Automatic Data Interchange (GE.1) has been
established in accordance with decisions taken by the Working Party on
Facilitation of International Trade Procedures at its forty-fourth session in
September 1996.
- The provisional timetable presented below has been agreed upon by the
Bureau of the Working Party on Facilitation of International Trade Procedures
for the sessions of WP.4 Meetings of Experts and for the first session of the
Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration,
Commerce and Transport (CEFACT). The Report of the first CEFACT Session will
be approved during the first half of the afternoon session on Wednesday, 19
March 1997. It is expected that the experts of GE.1 and GE.2 will have a
joint session on legal issues in the afternoon of Thursday, 20 March 1997.
The reports of the sessions of GE.1 and GE.2, as well as the report of their
joint session, will be approved during the first half of the afternoon
session on Friday, 21 March 1997.
a.m. p.m.
Monday 17 March 1997 CEFACT CEFACT
Tuesday 18 March 1997 CEFACT GE.2
Wednesday 19 March 1997 GE.2 GE.1/CEFACT Rpt.
Thursday 20 March 1997 GE.1 GE.1/GE.2
Friday 21 March 1997 CEFACT Steering CEFACT Steering
Group Group/GE.1/GE.2
- The first CEFACT meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, 17 March
1997 to nominate officers and discuss the migration to CEFACT as well as
outstanding WP.4 work items. During the meeting on 17 March the WP.4 Bureau
will report on the CDT and ECE decisions with regard to CEFACT and the plans
for migration of existing work. In the context of trade facilitation work,
the word "delegations" refers not only to countries but also to international
organizations regularly represented at meetings.
Item 1 - Adoption of the agenda
- In accordance with the Commission's Rules of Procedures, the first item on
the provisional agenda (document TRADE/WP.4/GE.1/106/Rev.1) is the adoption of the
agenda.
- In accordance with the Commission's Rules of Procedures and established
practice, the Meeting is expected to elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman for
the year 1997. However, at the March 1996 session, because of the proposed
transition to CEFACT, it was agreed on an exceptional basis (and reported in
TRADE/WP.4/R.103) that the officers elected at that session would remain in
office through the March 1997 session. In 1996, Mr. R. Walker (United
Kingdom) was elected as Chairman, Mr. C. Chiaramonti (France) was elected as
Vice Chairman of the Meeting of Experts and Mr. Harvey Bates (Australia) was
elected as Special representative to the GE.1 Bureau for Article 11
countries.
Item 2 - Migration to CEFACT
- The Group of Experts will discuss the migration of those work items under
its responsibility to the new CEFACT structures.
Item 3 - Technical issues and reports from UN/EDIFACT standing technical groups
- The UN/EDIFACT Rules for Presentation of Standardized Message and
Directories Documentation (TRADE/WP.4/R.1023/Rev.3 and
TRADE/WP.4/R.1023/Rev.3/Corr.1), which was modified to take into account
WP.4's March 1996 decision to abolish Status 1 and 2 for messages and to
accommodate the publication of Interactive EDI messages and directories is
submitted by the ESG for approval.
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1265 contains the Executive Summary Report prepared by the
Chairman of the Syntax Development Group (SDG).
- As agreed during the September 1996 session, the secretariat has issued
TRADE/WP.4/R.1241/Corr.1 (Corrigendum to UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 1, Syntax
rules common to all parts of this standard plus directories) and
TRADE/WP.4/R.1243/Corr.1 (Corrigendum to UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 3, Syntax
Rules specific to interactive EDI). This last document was distributed during
the September 1996 session as TRADE/WP.4/CRP.117.
- As agreed during the September 1996 session , the SDG has finalized Parts
5 and 6 of UN/EDIFACT Syntax 9735 Version 4 and the ECE secretariat has
submitted them as an existing standard to the ISO for fast track processing.
These final versions are provided for information in documents:
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1245/Rev.1 (UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 5, Security rules for
batch EDI (authenticity, integrity and non-repudiation of origin));
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1246/Rev.1 (UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 6, secure
authentication and acknowledgement message (message type - AUTACK)).
- UN/EDIFACT Syntax 9735 Version 4, Parts 4, 7 and 9 are submitted by the
Syntax Development Group for approval, as requested during the September 1996
session and can be found in:
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1244(UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 4, Syntax and service report
message for batch EDI, (message type - CONTRL));
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1249 (UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 9, Security key and
certificate management message (message type - KEYMAN));
- UN/EDIFACT Syntax 9735 Version 4, Parts 7 and 10 are submitted by the
Syntax Development Group for information and comment and can be found in:
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1251/Rev.1 (UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 7, Security rules
for batch EDI (Confidentiality));
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1284 (UN/EDIFACT Syntax, Part 10, Security rules for
Interactive EDI)
It is the intention of the Syntax Development Group to submit Parts 7 and 10
for approval, and for submission for fast-tracking to ISO, at the September
1997 session.
- A revision of the existing Status 2 CONTRL message which is part of
UN/EDIFACT Syntax 9735, Version 3 was also submitted by the SDG in order to
correct a number of editorial errors and format the document according to
TRADE/WP.4/R.1023/Rev.3. This revision is contained in
TRADE/WP.4/R.1186/Rev.1 and TRADE/WP.4/R.1186/Rev.1/Corr.1 which are for
approval.
- Ad hoc Group 1's report on its work since the last session can be found in
TRADE/WP.4/R.1266. This document is for information and discussion.
- The report of the Message Design Rules Group (MDRG) can be found in
TRADE/WP.4/R.1267. This document is for information and discussion and may
contain recommendations for approval. As agreed at the September 1996
session, the MDRG has also submitted TRADE/WP.4/R.840/Rev.3 (UN/EDIFACT
Message Design Rules) for approval. TRADE/WP.4/CRP.134 contains the German
delegation's position on TRADE/WP.4/R.840/Rev.3 and is for information and
discussion.
Item 4 - UN/EDIFACT policy and promotion
- The secretariat will provide an oral report on progress being made
toward the promote the implementation of Recommendation 25 (Use of UN/EDIFACT) and
its approval by ECOSOC as a UN resolution.
Item 5 - Reports from UN/EDIFACT Steering Group and UN/EDIFACT Rapporteurs
- A report on the activities of the UN/EDIFACT Steering Group from the ESG
Chairman will be submitted as TRADE/WP.4/CRP.123. This document is for
discussion, although it may reference other documents that are for approval.
- A report on recent developments in the regions from the Regional
UN/EDIFACT Rapporteurs is provided in document TRADE/WP.4/CRP.124. This
document is for information only and contributions to the content of this
document had been received from only 3 regions as of 24 February 1997.
Item 6 - UN/EDIFACT Directories and Message Types Submitted as Status 0
- The UN/EDIFACT directory D.97A, including the statement from the Directory
Audit Team on the quality of the D.97A directory is submitted for approval as
TRADE/WP.4/R.1268.
- TRADE/WP.4/R.1264 and TRADE/WP.4/R.1264/Corr.1 (Summary for Messages
noted as Status 0 during the September 1996 session) are distributed for
information having been previously distributed as TRADE/WP.4/CRP.115. The document
TRADE/WP.4/R.1285 is submitted by the Western European Rapporteur and
contains the following messages for noting as Status 0:
Tag Message Name
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CHAMAP Chart of Mappings
CNTCND Contractual conditions message
DEBREC Debts recovery
INSREQ Inspection request message
INSRPT Inspection report message
LEDGER Accounting Ledger Message
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Item 7 - International standardization affecting trade interchange
- The Standards Liaison Rapporteur's Executive Summary is found in
TRADE/WP.4/CRP.1269. This document is for discussion and contains
recommendations for approval. The Standards Liaison Rapporteur's Meeting
Report is in TRADE/WP.4/R.1270 and is for information.
- A report on the activities of the UN/EDIFACT Steering Group from the
ESG Chairman (TRADE/WP.4/CRP.123) will report on the review and further
development of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ISO and IEC. This document will not
be available until the beginning of the session.
- No documents were planned for this agenda item as of 24 February
1997.
Item 9 - International Trade Transaction Model
- As decided during the March 1995 Session of GE.1, this item has been added
to the agenda. Document TRADE/WP.4/R.1271 contains the Report from the Steering
Group for the International Trade Transaction Model. This document is for
discussion.
Item 10 - Multilingualism in Electronic Data Interchange for Administration,
Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT)
- No documents were planned for this agenda item as of 24 February 1997.
Item 11 - Legal and commercial aspects of trade facilitation
- TRADE/WP.4/CRP.133 (replacing TRADE/WP.4/R.1272) contains the report
from the Legal Rapporteurs. This document had not been received by the secretariat
as of 24 February 1997. It is for information and discussion and may contain
recommendations for approval.
- The Norsk EDIPRO Interchange Agreement (TRADE/WP.4/R.1282) is
submitted
for information and as a contribution to the work of the Legal Rapporteurs
team.
Item 12 - Other business
- No documents were planned for this agenda item as of 24 February 1997.
Item 13 - Adoption of the Report of the fifty-fifth session
- In accordance with established practice, the Meeting of Experts will
adopt the Report of its fifty-fifth session in the form of a summary,
prepared by the secretariat, of decisions taken during the session, to be presented to
CEFACT for approval.
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