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MEETING
OF THE GLOBAL FORUM
TO DISCUSS
THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
DRAFT
AGENDA
To be held at the Ottawa Government Conference Center,
2 Rideau Street, Ottawa
14-15
October 2003
Starting
at 14:00 on 14th October 2003
and continuing until 13:00 on 15th October 2003*
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WELCOME
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| 14:30
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UPDATE ON CURRENT WORK |
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| 15:00
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DISCUSSION OF LEVEL PLAYING FIELD ISSUE |
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I.
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
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Fair
Competition
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Equity
in Standards and Timelines for OECD and
non-OECD
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Incorporating
Minimum Standards in Bilateral and Multilateral
Arrangements
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Inclusive Forum for achieving Level Playing
Field
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Uniform
Consequences for those that do not adopt
the standard
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Verification
Process
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Progress
with third countries |
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II. DEFINING THE STANDARD |
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OECD
Standard
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EU
Savings Directive and how it relates to
OECD Standard
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IDENTIFYING AND COMPARING CURRENTLY APPLIED
STANDARDS |
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to be continued if necessary) |
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COCKTAIL RECEPTION to take place at the end
of the meeting on the first day.
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| 09:30-12:00
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DISCUSSION
OF THE WAY FORWARD |
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| 12:00-13:00 |
CLOSING
REMARKS/NEXT STEPS |
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| 13:00 |
LUNCH |
*The
INFORMAL CONTACT GROUP (Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands,
France, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Ireland, Japan, Mauritius,
Netherlands, Panama, Samoa and the United States)
will meet on Tuesday 14-October 11 :00-12 :30 and,
if necessary, on Wednesday afternoon 15-October 14
:30-15 :30)
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