D.C. The III Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Legal Matters and Administrative Procedures of PCC.I, II and III met at the OAS Headquarters on 13-14 August to review the significant progress made on the Administrative Procedures Project and to consider other future activities. The meeting examined the detailed outline of the report being prepared which will eventually identify the differences in the administrative procedures employed in member countries. At present, there are 12 chapters being proposed and an expanded outline on each chapter was presented. A working paper was distributed which was in fact, the initial compilation of contributions on the 12 chapters which were prepared by various authors. This initial compilation of the report was approximately 70 pages and incomplete.
Much work still remains to be accomplished.
The meeting also decided to organize a seminar covering Legal and Regulatory Matters in telecommunications to be as part of its next meeting. In addition, the group is looking into the possibility of initiating long term training in the legal and regulatory area of telecommunications. The secretariat also reported that 10 countries had responded to the questionnaire sent out last year and was then encouraged to send a reminder to those who had not responded. The countries were requested to contribute to the work of the group. Likewise, the draft revision and rearrangement of the regulations was tabled for the first time and the group noted the need of members to have sufficient time to review the proposals.