At its meeting of April 27 and 28, 1995, the JPAC reviewed the status of the Guidelines on Factual Submissions and agreed on a public consultation process to review the draft guidelines prior to their submission to Council for approval. The Committee noted that the draft guidelines are still under discussion between the Parties with the view of arriving at a reconciled document. The Committee expressed the view and wishes to so advise Council that a draft text of the guidelines should be prepared and issued by the Secretariat for public consultation without further delay. The text would, by definition, not be binding upon the Parties.(...) |