WTO/AIR/3361 1 MAY 2009


SUBJECT: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS WILL BE HELD IN the CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD on tuesday, 12 may 2009 starting at 10 a.m.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMs are PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

1. NOTIFICATION of REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

2. MARket access issues:

(A) COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESS – PERIODIC REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE (G/MA/236)

(B) DRAFT DECISION ON PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF HS96 CHANGES RELATING TO THE SCHEDULES OF 64 MEMBERS (G/C/W/619)

(C) INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 1996 CHANGES INTO WTO SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS – REQUESTS FOR WAIVER EXTENSIONS:

ARGENTINA (G/L/884 and G/C/W/616)
PANAMA (G/L/885 and G/C/W/617)

3. issues related to trade in textiles
– submission of turkey (G/C/W/599; G/C/W/614/REV.1)

4. CAPE VERDE – REQUEST FOR A WAIVER RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DUTY RATE REDUCTIO

WTO/AIR/3102 25 octoBER 2007

SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION WILL MEET AT THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD on: 6 november at 10 Am, 13 november at 10 am, 22 november at 10 am, 28 november at 3 pm and 4 december at 10 am 2007.
financial matters:

- director-general's budgetary and financial report for 2006 and report of the external auditor thereon

- director-general's report on extra-budgetary funds for 2006 and report of the external auditor thereon

accession of tonga

director-general's budget proposals for the biennium 2008-2009

Performance against budget as at 30 september 2007

ADMINISTRATIVE UP-DATES AND PROGRESS REPORTS as at 31 october 2007:

CASH SITUATION AND STATEMENT OF OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS

CONTRIBUTIONS OF OBSERVER COUNTRIES TOWARDS THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARIAT - PROGRESS REPORT

INSTALMENT PAYMENTS FOR COUNTRIES IN ARREARS (CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 1987 AND EARLIER YEARS) - PROvisional REPORT

Human resource matters
wto pension plan

extra-budgetary contributions:- technical assistance activity- doha development agenda global trust fund

pOSSIBLE ADVERSE IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT DECISIONS on the actuarial balance of the wto pension plan

FUTURE BUILDING NEEDS OF THE WTO – Progress report

Secretariat version 3 – progress report

conditions of service for appellate body members

Recommendation/Target amount for the ddagtf IN 2008-2009

international trade centre unctad/wto

- performance against budget as at 30 September 2007
- ITC BUDGET PROPOSALS for the biennium 2008-2009

other business

MEMBERS OF THE WTO ARE INVITED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MEMBERS WISHING TO RECEIVE COMMITTEE DOCUMENTATION BY E-MAIL ARE INVITED TO PROVIDE THEIR ELECTRONIC ADDRESSES TO: malika.
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07-4605 .

WTO/AIR/3081 5 OCTOBER 2007


SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESS



1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESS WILL BE HELD ON 15 OCTOBER 2007 AT 10.00 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR DISCUSSION:

A. PERIODIC REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS (G/MA/SPEC/36)

B. SUBMISSION OF HS96 DOCUMENTATION (G/MA/TAR/2/REV.40)

C. EXTENSION OF THE HS2002 WAIVER (G/C/W/585)

D. EXTENSION OF THE HS2007 WAIVER (G/C/W/584)

E. MODALITIES AND OPERATION OF THE INTEGRATED DATA BASE(IDB)

- STATUS OF SUBMISSION OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION (G/MA/IDB/2/REV.26)

- REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT ON THE STATUS OF WORK

F. CONSOLIDATED TARIFF SCHEDULES (CTS) DATABASE

- INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2002 CHANGES TO SCHEDULES OF CONCESSIONS USING THE CTS DATABASE (WT/L/605) – REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT

- INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2007 C

WTO/AIR/3070 17 SEPTEMBER 2007


SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE – MEETING OF 26 SEPTEMBER 2007
THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE WILL HOLD ITS forty-NINTH REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2007, IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, BEGINNING AT 10 A.M.
THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS PROPOSED FOR THE MEETING:
1. tHE rEVIEW pROCESS
a. MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS UNDER THE REFORM PROGRAMME raised under ARTICLE 18.6 OF THE AGREEMENT (sEE aTTACHMENT, Section a).
b. REVIEW OF NOTIFICATIONS
(i) NOTIFICATIONS in respect of which QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN ADVANCE of the issuance of the convening airgram (see aTTACHMENT, Section b)
(ii) NOTIFICATIONS subject to review in respect of which NO QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN ADVANCE of the issuance of the convening airgram (see aTTACHMENT, Section c)
(iii) NOTIFICATIONS CIRCULATED AFTER the issuance of the convening airgram (To be listed in room Document)
(iv) POINTS CONCERNING NOTIFICATION

WTO/AIR/3033 19 June 2007

SUBJECT: TWENTIEth SESSION OF THE working group on trade and transfer of technology

THE working group on trade and transfer of technology WILL HOLD ITS tWENTIETH session on wEDNESDAY, 4 jULY 2007, beginning at 10:00 A.
ANY POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS ON STEPS THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN WITHIN THE MANDATE OF THE WTO TO INCREASE FLOWS OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
D.
OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER status and INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS in the working group on trade and transfer of technology ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
pascal lamy

07-2577

WTO/AIR/3032 13 june 2007

SUBJECT: FORTY-Seventh session of the sub-committee on leastdeveloped countries

the subcommittee on least-developed countries will hold its fortY-Seventh session on THURSDAY, 28 june 2007, beginning at 10 a.
1 - TO BE ISSUED)
trade-related technical assistance and capacitybuilding initiatives for leastdeveloped countries
OVERVIEW OF THE standards and trade development facility (stdf)(WT/COMTD/LDC/W/40)
IMPLEMENTATION of the enhanceD INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK (EIF): Progress REPORT
c.
OBSERVER STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PASCAL LAMY
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07-2476

WTO/AIR/3029 13 June 2007

SUBJECT: trade policy review body: Bahrain

THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY ESTABLISHED UNDER ANNEX 3 OF THE WTO AGREEMENT WILL HOLD A MEETING IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON 18 and 20 July 2007 TO CONDUCT THE second TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF Bahrain.
ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE FOLLOWING documentation AVAILABLE FOR THIS MEETING:
WT/TPR/206 ARRANGEMENTS FOR REVIEW MEETING (to be distributed)
WT/TPR/D/161 COMMUNICATION from THE DISCUSSANT (to be distributed)
WT/TPR/G/185 REPORT BY Bahrain
wt/TPR/S/185 Bahrain: REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT
DELEGATIONS ARE REMINDED THAT MEMBERS WISHING TO SUBMIT WRITTEN QUESTIONS TO THE MEMBER UNDER REVIEW SHOULD DO SO AT LEAST two WEEKs BEFORE THE REVIEW MEETING, TO ALLOW TIME TO PREPARE REPLIES.
WITH OBSERVER STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GRANTED OBSERVER STATUS IN THE TPRB ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PASCAL LAMY

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07-2475

WTO/AIR/2990 5 APRIL 2007


SUBJECT: ACCESSION OF IRAQ

1. THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF IRAQ TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING ON FRIDAY, 20 APRIL 2007 AT 10 A.M. IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ REQUESTED ACCESSION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XII OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (DOCUMENT WT/ACC/IRQ/1). THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY ARE REPRODUCED IN DOCUMENT WT/ACC/IRQ/2/REV.1.

3. THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO:

(i) COMMENCE THE EXAMINATION OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF IRAQ ON THE BASIS OF THE MEMORANDUM OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME (WT/ACC/IRQ/3) AND REPLIES TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY MEMBERS (WT/ACC/IRQ/4). LEGISLATION SUBMITTED BY IRAQ IS LISTED IN DOCUMENT WT/ACC/IRQ/4/ADD.1; AND

(ii) CONSIDER THE NEXT STEPS IN THE WORK OF THE WORKING PARTY.

4. MEMBERS OF THE WTO, OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS

1 REFERS);

(ii) CONTINUE THE EXAMINATION OF THE FOREIGN TRADE REGIME OF MONTENEGRO ON THE BASIS OF replies to additional questions raised by members (document WT/ACC/CGR/17);
INFORMATION ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES (wt/acc/cgr/18);
A CHECK-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIVE tbt ISSUES (wt/acc/CGR/20); A CHECK-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIVE SPS ISSUES (WT/ACC/CGR/19);
and
A TBT
ACTION PLAN (wt/acc/cgr/21);

(iii) rEVIEW LEGislative developments.
MONTENEGRO'S revised legislative action plan HAS BEEN CIRCULATED in document wt/ACC/CGR/12/Rev.
OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH OBSERVER STATUS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVING REQUESTED OBSERVER STATUS FOR THIS MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF montenegro ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PASCAL LAMY

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07-0670

WTO/AIR/2924 26 october 2006


SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON trade and environment

THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT WILL HOLD its next MEETING IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD on friday, 8 december 2006, starting AT 10 a.M.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:

1. Paragraph 32 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration

A. Paragraph 32(i): The effect of environmental measures on market access, especially in relation to developing countries, in particular the least-developed among them, and those situations in which the elimination or reduction of trade restrictions and distortions would benefit trade, the environment and development. (Item 6 of the CTE Work programme)

B. Paragraph 32(ii): the relevant provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. (Item 8 of the CTE Work programme)

C. Paragraph 32(iiI): labelling requirements for environmental purposes. (Item 3b of the CTE Work programme)

D. Other it

WTO/AIR/2744 20 January 2006


SUBJECT: COMMITTEE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES - MEETING OF 1-2 february 2006

The Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the "Committee") will resume its thirty-fourth meeting on wednesday, 1 February, in THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, starting at 10.00 a.m. and continue on thursday, 2 february, as necessary. MEMBERS will recall this meeting was suspended after a half-day meeting on 24 October 2005.
the proposed agenda for the formal meeting is as follows:
1. Proposed agenda
2. Activities of Members
turkey – update on avian influenza situation
colombia - update on avian influenza situation

Australia - outcomes of simulation of disease outbreak


Bolivia – advances in the eradication of foot and mouth


Canada - Update on Canada's BSE import policy
United States – Actions regarding BSE


EC – Review of the EC's animal health policy


EC – entry into effect of the eu upgraded food and feed legislation

1.該會議之內容將包含：會員自上次會議後提出協定第1.4(A)、第8.2(B)、第7.3與第5條有關通知之情形、美國及歐盟對於中國第四次過渡檢討之提問、將提交貨品貿易理事會之草案報告，以及其他事項。
2.前次委員會會議紀錄見於G/LIC/M/21。

WTO/AIR/2569 13 may 2005


SUBJECT: accession of belarus

the working party on the accession of belarus to the world trade organization (wto) will hold its 7th meeting on Tuesday, 24 May 2005 beginning at 10 a.m. in the centre william rappard, 154 rue de lausanne, geneva.
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING IS TO:
(i) REVIEW PROGRESS IN BILATERAL market access negotiations;
(ii) consider legislative developments based on the legislative action plan (wt/acc/blr/38/add.1) and the legislation listed in document wt/acc/blr/39;
(iii) continue the examination of the foreign trade regime of belarus on the basis of replies to additional questions raised by members (documents wt/acc/blr/40 and wt/acc/blr/41); the factual summary prepared by the secretariat (job no. 62 of 26 april 2005); and Questions and Replies relating to Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in the Agricultural Sector (wt/acc/spec/blr/8); and
(iv) DISCUSS THE next steps in the work of the working party.