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WTO BISD 2019

BASIC INSTRUMENTS AND SELECTED DOCUMENTS

OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

2019

Compilation by the WTO Secretariat

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WTO – BISD 2019

Preface ............................................................................................................................. 3

WTO Members and Observers .......................................................................................... 4

Chairpersons of WTO Bodies ............................................................................................ 6

Decisions and Reports ...................................................................................................... 8

General Council ........................................................................................................ 8

Amendment of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism Contained in Annex 3 to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WT/Let/1423) ....................................................................................... 8

Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement – Seventh Extension of the Period for

the Acceptance by Members of the Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement (WT/L/1081) .......................................................................................... 9

TRIPS Non-Violation and Situation Complaints Moratorium (WT/L/1080) ........ 10

Work Programme on Electronic Commerce ................................................. 11

Council for Trade in Goods ........................................................................................ 12

Committee on Agriculture ................................................................................ 12

Review of the Operation of the Bali Decision on TRQ Administration (G/AG/29) ............................................................................................ 12

Committee on Import Licensing ........................................................................ 16

Notification Form: Article 5.1-5.4 of the Agreement on Import Licensing

Procedures (G/LIC/28) ............................................................................ 16

Committee on Market Access ............................................................................ 17

Modalities and Operation of the Integrated Database (IDB) (G/MA/367) ......... 17

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade .......................................................... 34

Procedures for the Inclusion of Specific Trade Concerns in the Annotated Draft Agenda of the Committee (G/TBT/43) ................................ 34

Committee on Trade Facilitation ........................................................................ 35

Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Trade Facilitation (G/L/1342) ........... 35

Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration ....................................................... 37

Abstract of the Report Adopted by the General Council on 13 November 2018

(Extract from WT/BFA/183) .............................................................................. 37

Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements .................................................... 41

Committee on Government Procurement ............................................................ 41

Accession of the United Kingdom to the Agreement on Government Procurement In Its Own Right (Extract from GPA/CD/2)............................... 41

Accession of the United Kingdom to the Agreement on Government

Procurement In Its Own Right (Extract from GPA/CD/2/Add.1) ..................... 43

Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft .................................................................. 44

Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft Done at Geneva on 12 April 1979

As Subsequently Modified, Rectified or Amended (WT/Let/1442) ................... 44

Waivers ................................................................................................................. 45

WTO Dispute Settlement Reports, and Arbitration Awards and Decisions ......................... 47

Other Decisions, Reports and Selected Documents Not Reproduced .............................. 49

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PREFACE

Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) is an annual publication compiling basic

information on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and key WTO documents from a given calendar year.

The initial sections list WTO Members and observers, and the Chairpersons of WTO bodies appointed in the year in question. The middle sections reproduce key WTO legal instruments, decisions and reports issued by WTO bodies in the relevant calendar year. The final sections list other WTO decisions, reports and selected WTO documents for the year in question, by title and document

symbol, without reproducing the text. Hyperlinks in the electronic version allow readers direct access to the relevant WTO documents.

Editorial notes are marked with a ¶. The present BISD follows a long-established tradition in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

(GATT) and the WTO. A total of 47 volumes1 of GATT BISDs were published between 1952 and 1998, compiling key GATT-related information and documents on a mostly annual basis during the 1947-1995 period. Following this tradition, the WTO Secretariat published 12 volumes of WTO BISDs, covering the first 11 years (1995-2006) of the WTO. After a decade, the WTO BISD

was continued with the 2017 edition.2 BISDs serve a purely informative purpose. The editorial choices have no implications as to the legal

status of specific documents, and the texts reproduced have no official status in the form in which they are published here. This BISD has been prepared by the WTO Secretariat under its own responsibility, and it is without prejudice to the positions of Members or to their rights and

obligations. The terms used in this BISD and in the texts reproduced or referenced therein do not

constitute or imply an expression of opinion by the WTO Secretariat concerning the status of any territory, or the delimitation of its frontiers.

1 Supplements 1-42 as well as Supplements I-IV, with Supplement I existing in both original and revised

form. 2 GATT BISDs are referenced as follows. GATT BISDs carrying an Arabic numeral should be referenced as

BISD #S/#, where #S indicates the Supplement number, and the second # indicates the page number (for

example, GATT BISD 27S/25 refers to page 25 in Supplement 27 of the GATT BISD). GATT BISDs carrying a

Roman numeral should be referenced as BISD #/#, where the first # indicates the Volume number, and the

second # indicates the page number (for example, GATT BISD II/1 refers to page 1 in Volume II of the

GATT BISD. Volume I also exists in revised form, and should be referred to as "IR", e.g. GATT BISD IR/24).

WTO BISDs for the period 1995-2006 may be referenced as WTO BISD #/#. The first # indicates the

Volume number in Arabic numerals, and the second # indicates the page number (for example, WTO BISD 5/1

refers to page 1 of Volume 5 of the WTO BISD).

Later editions of the WTO BISD do not carry a Volume number but a year and a document symbol.

Accordingly, they should be referenced as WTO BISD yyyy/#, where yyyy indicates the calendar year covered

by the volume in question, and # indicates the page number (for example, page 5 in the present volume, covering

2019, should be referenced as WTO BISD 2019/5).

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WTO MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2019

MEMBERS (164)

Afghanistan Albania

Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina

Armenia Australia Austria Bahrain, Kingdom of

Bangladesh Barbados Belgium

Belize Benin Bolivia, Plurinational

State of Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso Burundi

Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon

Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile

China Colombia Congo

Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia

Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic Republic of

the Congo Denmark Djibouti

Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador

Egypt El Salvador Estonia Eswatini

European Union

1 Formerly the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Fiji Finland

France Gabon The Gambia

Georgia Germany Ghana Greece

Grenada Guatemala Guinea-Bissau

Guinea, Republic of Guyana Haiti

Honduras Hong Kong, China Hungary Iceland

India

Indonesia Ireland

Israel Italy Jamaica

Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya

Korea, Republic of Kuwait, the State of Kyrgyz Republic

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Latvia

Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania

Luxembourg Macao, China Madagascar

Malawi Malaysia Maldives

Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova, Republic of Mongolia

Montenegro Morocco Mozambique

Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands

New Zealand Nicaragua Niger

Nigeria North Macedonia1 Norway

Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru Philippines

Poland Portugal Qatar

Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

Samoa Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal

Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic

Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa

Spain Sri Lanka Suriname

Sweden Switzerland Chinese Taipei Tajikistan

Tanzania

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Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey Uganda

Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Viet Nam Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

OBSERVERS (23)

Algeria Andorra

Azerbaijan Bahamas Belarus

Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina Comoros

Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia

Holy See Iran Iraq

Lebanese Republic Libya Sao Tomé and Principe

Serbia Somalia

South Sudan Sudan Syrian Arab Republic

Timor-Leste Uzbekistan

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CHAIRPERSONS OF WTO BODIES

Appointed in 2019

General Council Ms Sunanta Kangvalkulkij (Thailand)

Dispute Settlement Body Mr David Walker (New Zealand)

Trade Policy Review Body Mr Manuel Teehankee (Philippines)

Council for Trade in Goods Mr José Luis Cancela Gómez (Uruguay)

- Committee on Agriculture Ms Christiane Daleiden Distefano (Luxembourg)

- Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Ms Lenka Šustrová (Czech Republic)

- Committee on Customs Valuation Mr Winega Bamana (Togo)

- Committee on Import Licensing Ms Carol Tsang (Hong Kong, China)

- Committee on Market Access Mr Fernando Bruno Escobar Pacheco (Bolivia)

- Committee on Rules of Origin Ms Uma Muniandy (Singapore)

- Committee on Safeguards Ms Katherine Dellar (Australia)

- Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Mr Daniel Arboleda (Colombia)

- Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing

Measures

Ms Michèle Legault Dooley (Canada)

- Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Mr Sung Hwa Jang (Korea)

- Committee on Trade-Related Investment

Measures

Ms Tiziana Zugliano (Italy)

- Working Party on State Trading Enterprises Mr Kristian Henk (Austria)

- Committee of Participants on the Expansion of

Trade in Information Technology Products

Mr Kazunori Fukuda (Japan)

- Committee on Trade Facilitation Mr Mohammad Haqjo (Afghanistan)

Council for Trade in Services Mr Geert Muylle (Belgium)

- Committee on Specific Commitments Mr Tamás Vattai (Hungary)

- Committee on Trade in Financial Services Mr Ding Li (China)

- Working Party on GATS Rules Mr Zéphiryn Kocou Pognon (Benin)

- Working Party on Domestic Regulation Ms Shani Griffith-Jack (Barbados)

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual

Property Rights

Mr Lundeg Purevsuren (Mongolia)

Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Ms Cheryl K. Spencer (Jamaica)

Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration

Mr Dagfinn Sørli (Norway)

Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Mr Carlos Mario Foradori (Argentina)

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Committee on Trade and Development Mr Chad Blackman (Barbados)

- Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development

Mr Diego Aulestia (Ecuador)

- Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries Ms Monique Van Daalen (Netherlands)

Committee on Trade and Environment

Mr Jean-Marie Paugam (France)

Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance Mr Refiloe Litjobo (Lesotho)

Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology

Dr Rashidi Said (Malaysia)

Trade Negotiations Committee Mr Roberto Azevêdo (Director-General)

- Committee on Trade and Development in Special Session

Mr Francois Xavier Ngarambe (Rwanda) Mr Kadra Ahmed Hassan (Djibouti)

- Committee on Trade and Environment

in Special Session

Mr Léopold Samba (Central African Republic)

- Committee on Agriculture in Special Session Mr John Ronald Dipchandra Ford (Guyana)

- Council for Trade in Services in Special Session Ms Zhanar Aitzhanova (Kazakhstan)

- Council for TRIPS in Special Session Mr Dacio Castillo (Honduras)

- Dispute Settlement Body in Special Session Mr Kokou Yackoley Johnson (Togo)

- Negotiating Group on Market Access Mr Didier Chambovey (Switzerland)

- Negotiating Group on Rules Mr Santiago Wills (Colombia)

Plurilateral Trade Agreements

- Committee on Government Procurement Mr Carlos Vanderloo (Canada)

- Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft Ms Damaris Carnal (Switzerland)

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DECISIONS AND REPORTS

GENERAL COUNCIL

AMENDMENT OF THE TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM CONTAINED IN ANNEX 3 TO THE MARRAKESH AGREEMENT

ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

NOTIFICATION OF ENTRY INTO FORCE

(WT/Let/1423)

I have the honour to inform you that the amendments resulting from the Decision of the General Council circulated in document WT/L/1014 (the "Decision") and transmitted to Members in document WT/Let/1276, to paragraph C(ii) of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism contained

in Annex 3 to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (the "WTO Agreement"), took effect for all WTO Members, in accordance with the provisions of Article X:8 of the WTO Agreement, on 1 January 2019, pursuant to paragraph 2 of the Decision.

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AMENDMENT OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT – SEVENTH EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR THE ACCEPTANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE PROTOCOL AMENDING

THE TRIPS AGREEMENT

GENERAL COUNCIL DECISION

Adopted on 10 December 2019

(WT/L/1081)

The General Council, Conducting the functions of the Ministerial Conference in the interval between meetings

pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article IV of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (the "WTO Agreement");

Having regard to paragraph 2 of the Decision of the General Council of 6 December 2005 on the Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement (the "TRIPS Amendment Decision") and paragraph 3 of the Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement (the "Protocol")1, which provide that the Protocol shall be

open for acceptance by Members until 1 December 2007 or such later date as may be decided by the Ministerial Conference; Recalling that the General Council, by its decision of 30 November 2017

(the "2017 Extension Decision")2, extended the period for acceptances of the Protocol by Members for the sixth time until 31 December 2019 or such later date as may be decided by the Ministerial Conference;

Recalling also that, pursuant to paragraph 3 of the TRIPS Amendment Decision and paragraph 4 of the Protocol, the Protocol took effect and entered into force on 23 January 2017 upon

acceptance by two thirds of Members who had accepted it on or before that date in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article X of the WTO Agreement; Noting that the Protocol takes effect for each other Member upon acceptance by it pursuant

to paragraph 3 of Article X of the WTO Agreement; Noting also that a number of Members are yet to accept the Protocol and that this is taking

them longer than initially foreseen; Having considered the proposal to further extend the period for acceptances of the Protocol

submitted by the Council for TRIPS (IP/C/83); Decides as follows:

The period for acceptances by Members of the Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement

referred to in paragraph 2 of the TRIPS Amendment Decision and paragraph 3 of the Protocol, and extended by the 2017 Extension Decision, shall be further extended until 31 December 2021 or such later date as may be decided by the Ministerial Conference.

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TRIPS NON-VIOLATION AND SITUATION COMPLAINTS MORATORIUM



(WT/L/1080)

The General Council decides as follows:

We take note of the work done by the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights pursuant to the Ministerial Conference decision of 18 December 2017 on "TRIPS Non-Violation and Situation Complaints" (WT/L/1033), and direct it to continue its examination of the scope and

modalities for complaints of the types provided for under subparagraphs 1(b) and 1(c) of Article XXIII of GATT 1994 and make recommendations to the 12th Ministerial Conference. It is agreed that, in the meantime, Members will not initiate such complaints under the TRIPS Agreement.



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WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE



(WT/L/1079)

The General Council decides as follows:

Members agree to reinvigorate the work under the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, based on the existing mandate as set out in WT/L/274. The work will include structured discussions in early 2020 based on all trade-related topics of interest brought forward by Members,

including LDCs, including on scope, definition and impact of the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions.

Members agree to maintain the current practice of not imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions until the 12th Ministerial Conference.

The General Council shall report to the 12th session of the Ministerial Conference.



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COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

REVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THE BALI DECISION ON TRQ ADMINISTRATION

REPORT TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL*

Adopted at the meeting of 30-31 October 2019

(G/AG/29)

1.1. At the Ninth Session of the Ministerial Conference, Ministers adopted the Decision on "Understanding of Tariff Rate Quota Administration Provisions of Agricultural Products, as defined in

Article 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture" (WT/MIN(13)/39) ("Bali TRQ Decision"). Ministers instructed the Committee to review and monitor the implementation of Members' obligations established under the Bali TRQ Decision with the objective that the review will promote a continuing

process of improvement in the utilization of tariff rate quotas, commencing no later than 2017, taking into account experience gained up to that time.1 The Review discussions commenced at the October 2017 meeting of the Committee.2 At the February 2018 meeting, the Committee agreed to the process and timelines to conduct the Review in document G/AG/W/171.3 As per the agreed

procedure, the review has been conducted through open-ended informal meetings of the Committee

scheduled back-to-back with the regular meetings of the Committee.4

1.2. Members discussed the Review in four informal meetings of the Committee in 2018 on

20 February, 11 June, 25 September and 26 November. A thematic session on tariff quota administration and underfill was held during the November informal meeting involving the participation of industry representatives. The review discussions also benefitted from a number of

written contributions by Members. Similarly, in response to requests from Members and as per the agreed process and timelines to conduct the review, the Secretariat prepared a background paper5 on tariff quota administration and fill rates to facilitate the Review. Annex 1 includes a list of all written documents considered thus far in the review.

1.3. Members have identified the following themes in the review discussions: 1) Effective implementation and follow-up of the substantive obligations arising out of the Bali TRQ Decision; 2) TRQ transparency requirements; 3) Underfill Mechanism. Some elements6 raised under each of

the three themes, including during the thematic discussions in November, are indicated below.

* The General Council took note of the Report and approved the recommendations contained in Annex 2

thereto at its meeting on 9-10 December 2019 (WT/GC/M/181 refers).

1 Paragraph 13 of WT/MIN(13)/39. No experience with regard to recourse to the Underfill Mechanism

has yet been reported. 2 Section 2.2.1 of G/AG/R/86 refers. 3 Section 2.5.1 of G/AG/R/87 refers. 4 At the June 2019 meeting, the Committee agreed to extend the timeline to the October 2019 meeting

of the Committee to finalize the report of the Review. 5 G/AG/W/183. 6 There is no agreement among Members on these elements or their treatment in the recommendations.

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EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOW-UP

i. Reallocation of unused-licenses within a TRQ;

ii. Reallocation processes, including regarding country-specific allocations7;

iii. Sharing of experiences and best practices on improving TRQ fill, including reallocation

of TRQs under RTAs.

TRQ TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS

i. Timely and complete TRQ notifications;

ii. Prompt reporting of changes in TRQ administration;

iii. Consistent reporting of fill-rates by all Members with TRQ commitments;

iv. Harmonized notifications practices (e.g. for TRQs not opened or scheduled TRQs with no tariff advantage);

v. Reporting of reasons of underfill;

vi. Sharing of national experiences and best practices of TRQ administration;

vii. Special and differential treatment (Burdensomeness of notification requirements);

viii. Linkage with notification requirements in the area of import licensing procedures;

ix. Technical assistance by the Secretariat towards improved notification compliance of Members.

UNDERFILL MECHANISM

i. Differing obligations of Members (paragraph 4 of Annex A);

ii. Special and differential treatment;

iii. Potential less-than-universal applicability in future;

iv. Linkage between Annex B and paragraph 4 of Annex A;

v. Exploration of the causes of underfill;

vi. Targeted examination of TRQ underfill in some specific sectors;

vii. Practical applicability of the Underfill Mechanism (exploration of reasons including potential complexity, as to why it has not yet been invoked, sharing of experiences, simplification of procedural requirements);

viii. Maintenance of list of underfilled TRQs by the Secretariat.

1.4. On the issue of future operation of paragraph 4 of the Underfill Mechanism and the associated S&D provision, Members' positions were divergent. Some developing Members maintained that S&D provisions in the Bali TRQ Decision should not be diluted; some other Members argued that the

S&D treatment for developing countries should not lead to a carve out and that the beneficiary developing countries should rather assume commitments with regard to the management of TRQs taking into account their development status.

1.5. Several Members considered the scope of this review to be limited to seeking improvement in TRQ administration to distinguish it from the market access negotiations. Some others referred to the possibility of taking up the TRQ-related issues in the market access negotiations.

Pursuant to paragraphs 13-15 of the Bali TRQ Decision (WT/MIN(13)/39), the Committee at its

meeting on 31 October 2019 agrees to the following recommendations as included in Annex 2 to this report for consideration by the General Council.

7 Paragraph 9 of the Bali Ministerial Decision on TRQ refers to the reallocation process. Additionally,

footnotes 3 and 5 of Annex A of the Bali Decision refer to the rights of Members holding a country-specific

allocation specifically in the context of the underfill mechanism.


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ANNEX 1

List of documents

G/AG/W/169

10 October 2017

Monitoring and review of Members' obligations established under the Bali Decision on

TRQ administration.

Note by the Secretariat

G/AG/W/171

9 February 2018

Proposed process for the Review of the Operation of the Bali Decision on TRQ

Administration.

Note by the Secretariat

G/AG/W/175

18 May 2018

and

G/AG/W/175/Add.1

7 May 2019

European Union submission to Committee on Agriculture on the Process for the

Review of the Operation of the Bali Decision on Tariff Rate Quota Administration1.

Communications from the European Union

G/AG/W/179

6 June 2018

Review of the Operation of the Bali Ministerial Decision on "Understanding on Tariff

Rate Quota Administration provisions of Agricultural Products…"2.

Submission from the Cairns Group

G/AG/W/183

31 July 2018

Tariff quota administration methods and fill rates 2007-2016.

Background Paper by the Secretariat

G/AG/W/186

19 September 2018

Review of Bali Decision on TRQ administration.

Submission from Australia

G/AG/W/197

24 May 2019

The Underfill Mechanism of the Bali TRQ Administration Decision

Submission on behalf of the Cairns Group

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ANNEX 2

1. The timeframe specified in Paragraph 14 and footnote 2 of the Bali TRQ Decision for a decision on Paragraph 4 of Annex A shall be extended to the end of 2021. All references to "12th Ministerial Conference" and "31 December 2019" in paragraphs 13-14 and footnote 2 of

the Bali TRQ Decision shall be understood to read "13th Ministerial Conference" and "31 December 2021" respectively. In all other respects, the terms of the Bali TRQ Decision remain unchanged. For greater certainty, Members listed in Annex B of the Bali TRQ Decision

retain the right to discontinue application of paragraph 4 of Annex A on or after 31 December 2021 if neither a Ministerial Conference nor the General Council has decided to extend paragraph 4 of Annex A by that date.

2. Recognizing the importance of enhanced transparency of TRQ administration and fill rates as

well as a timely submission of notifications by Members, and acknowledging that the on-line agriculture notification system should lead to improved harmonization, the Committee agrees on the following:

a) The Secretariat will prepare a list of the existing TRQ notification practices of Members including in cases where a scheduled TRQ was not opened.

b) The Committee will initiate discussions on harmonization of Members' TRQ notification

practices, including for the TRQ fill rates.

c) The Committee encourages Members to include an explanation in their Table MA:2 notifications in cases where scheduled TRQs are not opened.

d) The Secretariat will regularly update the information on TRQ administration and fill rates as

included in G/AG/W/1831 as well the updated information on which Members have notified fill rates and on questions raised in the Committee concerning fill rates.

3. The Committee agrees to undertake regular reviews of the operation of the Bali TRQ Decision

every three years after the conclusion of this review. These regular reviews will include, inter alia, an examination of the utilization of the Underfill Mechanism based on submissions by Members.

1 The Secretariat background note may specifically include a list of TRQs where no Table MA:2

notification has been submitted or where the fill rate is below 65%.

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COMMITTEE ON IMPORT LICENSING

NOTIFICATION FORM: ARTICLE 5.1-5.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON

IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES

NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT

(G/LIC/28)

Pursuant to the informal discussions on transparency issues held by the Committee on Import Licensing Procedures (CIL) since 2009, and based on the proposal by the Chairperson, the

Committee agreed at its formal meeting on 4 April 2019 that the notification form attached hereto would be circulated in the G/LIC document series for use by Members, on a voluntary basis, to fulfil notification obligations under Article 5.1-5.4 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.

It is understood that the notifying Member has also completed its notification obligations under Article 1.4(a) and Article 8.2(b) of the Agreement regarding the relevant law/regulation/procedure

notified for by filling this form in a full and complete manner. The template of the above-mentioned notification form can be downloaded from the Members' website.

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COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESS

MODALITIES AND OPERATION OF THE INTEGRATED DATABASE (IDB)

DECISION ADOPTED ON 28 MAY 20191

(G/MA/367)

The Committee on Market Access,

Having regard to the Decision of the General Council dated 31 January 1995 (WT/L/47) mandating the Committee on Market Access to oversee the content and operation of, and access to, the

Integrated Database (IDB);

Considering the role of the IDB as the official source of import and tariff statistics and its importance in ensuring transparency in the trade policy regimes of Members, as well as for the work of the WTO;

Noting the considerable changes in technology and the fragmentation of the rules2 governing the IDB;

Seeking to streamline and facilitate the preparation of notifications by Members and to improve

participation in the IDB with easy-to-process, reliable and timely official data;

Decides:

1 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

1. Members shall notify, on an annual basis, data on:

a) Applied MFN import tariffs at the national customs tariff nomenclature (at the most detailed level, for example HS codes with 8, 9, or 10 digits, as normally applied by the Member's customs administration);

b) Import statistics in the same national tariff nomenclature as the corresponding MFN applied tariffs for the same year (i.e. same HS version and with the same level of disaggregation), including value (in USD or national currency) and volume (quantity and unit), by country of

origin and by tariff line;

c) Data elements required by the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements3, which include:

i. Preferential applied tariffs and import statistics, for preferences by developed countries

to developing and least-developed countries in accordance with the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)4, including the list of countries or separate customs territories on which they apply.

1 The Decision was adopted with an understanding reached on a number of issues, as reflected in the

Chair's statement. See minutes of the meeting of the Committee on Market Access of 28 May 2019

(G/MA/M/70). 2 The Decision of General Council of 18 July 1997 (WT/L/225) and the Decisions of the Committee on

Market Access of 13 July 2009 (G/MA/238) and 13 July 2009 (G/MA/239). 3 See WT/L/806, Section D, paragraphs 15-17, and Annex 1. 4 Paragraph 2(a) of the Enabling Clause.

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ii. Preferential applied tariffs and import statistics, in case of preferential treatment accorded by any Member to products of least-developed countries, including the list of countries or separate customs territories on which they apply.

iii. Preferential applied tariffs and import statistics, in case of non-reciprocal preferential

arrangements authorised under the WTO Agreement, including the list of countries or separate customs territories on which they apply.

d) The relevant reference information (see Annex 1 for details).

2. In addition, Members are encouraged to submit comprehensive applied tariff and import information, to the extent possible and particularly when the information is already publicly available in a national website, by notifying the following information:

a) Applied non-MFN tariffs, including:

i. Preferential tariffs applied in the context of regional trade agreements (for example free trade agreements or customs unions), including arrangements under Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and Paragraph 2(c) of the Decision on "Differential and More Favourable

Treatment Reciprocity and Fuller participation of Developing countries" (Enabling Clause)5. The submission should include list of countries or separate customs territories covered by each of these agreements; and

ii. Other applied non-MFN tariffs, for example tariffs applied on imports originating in non-WTO Members, if applicable, including the list of countries or separate customs territories on which they apply.

b) Preferential import statistics under regional trade agreements (for example free trade

agreements or customs unions), including arrangements under Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and Paragraph 2(c) of the Enabling Clause. They should include the value (in

USD or national currency) and volume (i.e. quantity and unit), disaggregated by country of

origin, by tariff line, and by the duty regime under which each product was imported. The statistics should distinguish at the tariff line level, and for each of the beneficiary partners, the imports entered under MFN conditions from the imports entered under preferential

conditions.

c) Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) of non-ad valorem (NAV) duties, as calculated by the Member.

d) Applied internal taxes and other duties and charges (ODCs), when available at the tariff line

level.

e) Imports or proportion of imports (value and volume) under tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for each identified tariff line associated with the relevant TRQ, in particular in case the in-quota and

out-of-quota imports are recorded under the same tariff line code. In case the data corresponds to a bound TRQ, the TRQ identification (TQ ID) as contained in the CTS.

3. Nothing in this Decision shall be interpreted as modifying the notification requirements of the

Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements6 and the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements7.

5 Decision of 28 November 1979, GATT document L/4903. Paragraph 2(c) provides that: "Regional or

global arrangements entered into amongst [developing country Members] for the mutual reduction or

elimination of tariffs and, in accordance with criteria or conditions which may be prescribed by the

CONTRACTING PARTIES, for the mutual reduction or elimination of non-tariff measures, on products imported

from one another". 6 Decision of the General Council of 14 December 2006 (WT/L/671). 7 Decision of the General Council of 14 December 2010 (WT/L/806).



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2 NOTIFICATION DEADLINES

4. Members shall notify no later than8:

a. 30 March, MFN and other applied tariffs of the current year, and

b. 31 October, the import statistics of the previous calendar year.

5. With a view to lessening the reporting burden, Members will endeavour to include the additional tariff and import data required by the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements as part of their IDB notifications as: a single submission on tariffs and a single

submission on import statistics.9

3 PROCEDURE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF NOTIFICATIONS

Format

6. Members shall submit their data in spreadsheet (for example MS Excel or CSV), database format

(for example MS Access or SQL) or other formats which are ready to be imported into spreadsheet or database format. Members shall avoid word-processing (for example MS Word), files from which data cannot be easily converted in tabular format (for example PDF, XPS, etc.),

or image files (for example .png, .jpeg, etc.). In case a Member is required by its national legislation to submit its data in PDF format, it will also submit it in a spreadsheet, database or other format referred to above. Members may submit their reference information in any

format.10

Methods for the transmission of Data

7. Members may submit their notifications through any of the following methods:

a) IDB File Exchange Facility (https://idbfileexchange.wto.org), which is the preferred method

in case of large files11; or

b) Email to the contact point in the Secretariat ([email protected]).

8. To the extent it is technically viable, and with a view to automatically submitting the information,

Members may voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Secretariat for the automatic electronic transmission of data at regular intervals or similar methods. These agreements will be set on a case-by-case basis and include the terms and conditions in which the data will be

obtained from the Member, including the manner in which the Member shall be informed of the data transmission and how the data is included in the IDB. Members may request, at any point in time, that these data be modified or removed from the IDB.

9. The Secretariat is authorized to work with other international organizations to develop standards

and systems to facilitate the automatic transmission of data.

10. The submission of data to the IDB shall be without prejudice to the rights and obligations of Members under the WTO Agreement.

8 These deadlines apply to Members which base their tariffs on a calendar year. For other Members, the

deadlines could be adjusted to take into account the dates when the national tariff comes into force. 9 Paragraph 3 of the PTA Decision (WT/L/806) "The required notification of a PTA shall take place as

early as possible; it will occur when practicable before the application of preferential treatment by the notifying

Member and, at the latest, three months after the PTA is in force". Paragraph 15 provides further that

"[c]hanges affecting the implementation of a PTA during a calendar year shall be notified on an annual basis,

no later than 30 June of the next immediate calendar year." Paragraph 16 adds that "The notifying Member

shall notify data on imports from each of the beneficiary partners on an annual basis … no later than

31 October for data of the previous year." 10 Annexes 1 and 2 contain examples of formats that can be used by Members to submit the IDB

notifications, including the reference information. 11 A password system is maintained by the Secretariat ([email protected]).

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Modifications

11. Members have the right to transmit, at any time, modifications to their IDB notifications.

Technical Assistance

12. The Secretariat shall, upon request, provide technical assistance in relation to the submission of

the data required for the IDB. Members may contact the Secretariat through the following e-mail address: [email protected].

4 DATA-PROCESSING BY THE SECRETARIAT

13. The Secretariat will standardize the data submissions by Members. An explanation of the current process is described in Annex 3.

5 DATA DISSEMINATION

14. The dissemination of the information contained in the IDB and Consolidated Tariff Schedules

(CTS) Databases shall be done in accordance with Annex 4.

15. With a view to continuously improving the functionality of the WTO data dissemination and online tools, the Secretariat will periodically consult with Members to identify their needs and to identify

areas for improvement.

6 NATIONAL SOURCES OF IMPORT AND TARIFF STATISTICS

16. The Secretariat will maintain a list of official national websites, for example by customs

authorities, ministries of international trade (or related) or national statistical offices, in which tariff or import data are publicly available. Members may inform the Secretariat at any time of

any reliable websites that could be used to access this information.

7 NOTIFICATION REMINDERS

17. The Secretariat will regularly inform the Committee on Market Access on the status of the IDB notifications. The yearly statistics on data sources for tariffs and imports will also be provided, including the sources of the data.

18. In case of incomplete or pending notification obligations, the Secretariat will send an email12 to the relevant Member with the applicable comprehensive reminder(s) per year.

19. In order to avoid duplication or outdated reminders, and in light of its special nature, the IDB

notification reminders will not be included in the Central Registry of Notifications (CRN).

8 FRAMEWORK TO OVERCOME SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN INFORMATION

20. In case there are significant data gaps for a Member, in terms of the data required in Paragraph 1, the Secretariat may complete the missing data through the following procedure:

a) The Secretariat will send a reminder to the Member explaining the extent of the data gaps and requesting the Member to notify the data or to provide the appropriate data source(s).

b) If no response is received within thirty days following the reminder, the Secretariat will

endeavour to identify the appropriate source(s). Any guidance received from the Member shall be taken into account by the Secretariat.

c) Once an appropriate source(s) is identified, the Secretariat will collect the data and inform

the Member by e-mail. The communication will include the data in its original form and the

12 In case an official e-mail address is not available, the reminders will be sent by fax.


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data source(s) (agency name and contact person, or website address, date of receipt or download).

d) The data and the data sources identified by the Secretariat, are subject to approval by the Member concerned, which will have a period of thirty days13 from the communication in

paragraph c) to raise any objection.

e) If no objection is raised, the Secretariat will include the data in the IDB noting its source and that the information was obtained by the Secretariat. The file will be disseminated with a

"provisional" status. The provisional files are deemed approved pursuant to the Dissemination Policy (Annex 4).

f) Members have the right to object at any time to any data included through this procedure which they consider does not accurately reflect their situation, as well as to withdraw, revise

or replace any data already incorporated into the IDB.

21. In applying this procedure, the Secretariat will endeavour to identify reliable sources of official information for the collection of the outstanding data, including:

a) Direct contact with the appropriate national agency or ministry;

b) Data available in the public domain through national governmental websites, including those mentioned in paragraph 16 above;

c) Data available in relevant regional inter-governmental agencies or regional integration agreements' secretariats;

d) Data obtained by other international organisations, such as the ITC, UNCTAD and the UN Statistical Division (UN Comtrade database); and

e) Data published in other online statistics websites which collect data from approved national agencies.

9 RECOMPOSITION OF SINGLE YEAR TARIFF DATA

22. In case a Member has notified imports without the corresponding tariffs, the Secretariat will endeavour to find a solution with the Member concerned, which may include an estimation or re-composition of the missing tariff information based on notified tariffs for adjacent years (see

Annex 5). In these cases, the Secretariat will include the data in the IDB noting that the information was recomposed by the Secretariat and that is without prejudice to the rights and obligations of Members under the WTO Agreement.

10 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PREPARATION OF NOTIFICATIONS

23. The Secretariat shall, upon request, provide technical assistance to Members for the preparation of IDB notifications, including the verification of provisional files.

24. With a view to continuously facilitating the use of the IDB and the preparation of notifications,

the Secretariat will periodically consult with Members to identify their needs and organize trainings which may include:

a) Periodical trainings to Geneva-based delegates on the use of the different WTO on-line tools;

b) Specialized regional workshops in those regions with the highest number of data gaps; and

c) Specific requests by Members.

13 Members may request additional time to the Secretariat within this period.

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25. The Secretariat will regularly explore new technologies to facilitate the preparation of notifications and reduce the burden for Members.

11 FINAL PROVISIONS

26. This Decision and its annexes replace the Decisions of the Committee on Market Access of

13 July 2009 (G/MA/238) and 13 July 2009 (G/MA/239).



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ANNEX 1

CHECKLIST OF DATA ELEMENTS AND REFERENCE INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY MEMBERS

The following checklist is intended to provide guidance to Members when preparing their notifications under the IDB Decision for (1) tariffs and (2) import statistics.

1 TARIFFS

1.1 Required data elements (Paragraph 1 of the IDB Decision)

• Tariff line code (HS)

• Suffix

• Product description in any of the three official languages (English, French or Spanish)

• Duty:

o MFN applied tariffs

▪ Ad valorem duty rate

▪ Specific, mixed or compound duty (text)

▪ Notes

▪ In-quota and out-of-quota indicator (the default is out-quota, unless explicitly

specified)

o In case of non-reciprocal preferential tariffs (for example GSP tariffs) under the

Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements:

▪ Ad valorem duty rate

▪ Specific, mixed or compound duty (text)

▪ Notes

▪ In-quota and out-of-quota indicator (the default is out-quota, unless explicitly

specified)

▪ Partner(s)

1.2 Other possible data elements (encouraged in Paragraph 2 of the IDB Decision)

• Preferential tariffs in regional trade agreements

o Ad valorem duty rate

o Specific, mixed or compound duty (text)

o Notes

o Partner(s)

• Tariffs for non-WTO Members, if applicable

o Ad valorem duty rate

o Specific, mixed or compound duty (text)

o Notes

o Partner(s)

• Ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) of non-ad valorem (NAV) duties

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1.3 Reference information

• Year of the tariffs

• Harmonized System version (HS 2012, HS 2017, etc.)

• National partner country codes and quantity codes for imports data, if applicable

• List of beneficiary partners for each non-MFN duty regime

• If AVEs are submitted, the calculation method (for example based on imports from the

World, WTO Members, etc.), if used

• In case non-ad valorem duties are notified:

o Duty currency unit (for specific, mixed, and compound duties)

o Duty assessment (for example net weight, gross weight, etc.)

2 IMPORT STATISTICS

2.1 Required data elements (Paragraph 1 of the IDB Decision)

• Tariff line code

• Partner • Value • Primary Quantity – Primary Unit

• Secondary Quantity – Secondary Unit • If applicable under the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements, duty

regime for each traded tariff line by partner.

2.2 Reference information

• Year of imports, including whether it is a calendar or fiscal year

• Harmonized System version (HS 2012, HS 2017, etc. which should be consistent with the

version used for the corresponding tariffs of the same year)

• System of trade (general or special1)

• Imports currency unit (USD or national currency)

• Imports valuation basis (c.i.f., f.o.b., f.a.s.) as applicable

• Exchange rate to the USD, including where applicable, the spread over the year (if reported

in national currency)

• List of national partner country codes

• List of national quantity codes

1 The general trade system is used when the statistical territory of a country coincides with its economic

territory. Thus, under the general trade system, the statistical territory comprises all imports, including those

from customs warehouses, all types of free zones, free circulation area and premises for inward processing.

The special trade system is used when the Member records imports for a statistical territory that

comprises only a part of the economic territory. For example, when a Member only records imports for

domestic consumption.

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ANNEX 2

EXAMPLES OF FORMATS AND REFERENCE INFORMATION OF IDB NOTIFICATIONS

1 EXAMPLE 1

Case 1: Member A notifies its MFN tariffs for the year 2018 and imports for the year 2017. This Member does not provide non-reciprocal preferences, is not a party to any regional trade agreement, and does not apply a different duty for non-WTO Members.

1.1 Tariff data File (Example 1)

Tariff line

Code Suffix Product description MFN applied

In-quota

indicator

….

0210.11.39 Dried or smoked shoulders and cuts

thereof

119 $/100 KG

…

0301.91.00 ex1 Live trout 35%

0301.91.00 ex2 Live trout 0% Y

….

2905.45.00 Glycerol 0.005$/KG

….

8470.50.00 Cash registers 0%

….

Reference information for the tariff file:

Year of tariffs: Applied tariffs as of 29 March 2018

HS version (for example HS2012, HS2017, etc.): HS2017

List of duties provided (for example MFN applied, GSP, preferential, etc.): MFN applicable to all partners

List of beneficiary partners for each non-MFN duty regime:

Information on non-ad valorem duties:

- Duty currency unit: USD

- Duty assessment (net or gross weight): Based on gross weight

Other files and contents None

1.2 Import statistics file (Example 1)

Tariff line

Code Suffix Partner Value Quantity 1 Quantity unit 1 Duty regime

0210.11.39 AUS 100 200 KG

0210.11.39 BRA 200 400 KG

0210.11.39 CHN 300 600 KG

0210.11.39 MLI 50 100 KG

…

2905.45.00 AUS 100 200 TON

2905.45.00 BRA 200 400 TON

2905.45.00 LKA 50 100 TON

2905.45.00 CHN 10 20 TON

Reference information for the import statistics:

Year of imports: 2017


System of trade: General

Currency used for the value: USD

Import valuation basis: Customs value is determined on a CIF basis

Yearly exchange rate: For the year 2017, 32.5 Andalasian Peso for 1 USD.

List of duty regimes used: MFN only

Unit of the value data: Thousands USD

List of country codes: See file countrycodes2017.xls

List of quantity codes (if used): n.a.

Other files and contents: None

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2 EXAMPLE 2

Case 2: Member B notifies its MFN and preferential tariffs for the year 2018, as well as imports for the year 2017. This Member provides non-reciprocal preferences under the GSP and has a special

non-reciprocal preferential scheme for LDCs, both of which have to be annually notified under the "Preferential Tariff Arrangement Transparency Mechanism". The Member also decides to notify its

preferential tariffs under two free trade agreements: FTA1 with Australia and FTA2 with Sri Lanka, as well as the AVEs calculated by the national statistics offices, and the applied ODCs at the tariff line level. The Member does not apply a different duty for non-WTO Members.

2.1 Tariff data file (Example 2)

Tariff line

code

Suf

fix

Product

Description

MFN

applied

duty rate

GSP LDC FTA

1

FTA

2 AVE ODC

In-quota

indicator

….

0210.11.39 Dried or

smoked

shoulders and

cuts thereof

119 $/100

KG/net

0% 0% 0% 2% 30% 3%

…

0301.91.00 ex1 Live trout 35% - 0% 10% 5% 3%

0301.91.00 ex2 Live trout 2% - 0% 0% 0% 3% Y

….

….

2905.45.00 Glycerol 0.005$/KG 0% 0% - 0% 12% 0%

….

8470.50.00 Cash

registers

0% - - - - 0%

….

"-" means excluded from the preferential scheme, so MFN duty applies; for LDC duties, if GSP is reported, then GSP

duty applies.

Reference information for the tariff file:

Year of tariffs: Applied tariffs as of 29 March 2018.


List of duties provided (for example MFN applied,

GSP, preferential, etc.):

1) MFN applied, 2) GSP scheme, 3) Duty-free, quota-free for

LDCs, 4) FTA 1 with Australia, 5) FTA 2 with Sri Lanka.

List of beneficiary partners for each non-MFN

duty regime

See file Preferentialpartners2017.xls

Information on non-ad valorem duties:

- Duty currency unit: USD

- Duty assessment (net or gross weight): Based on net weight


2.2 Import statistics file

Tariff line

code Suffix

Partner

code Duty Regime Value Quantity

Quantity

unit

0210.11.39 AUS MFN 20 30 KG

0210.11.39 AUS FTA1 80 170 KG

0210.11.39 BRA MFN 200 400 KG

0210.11.39 CHN MFN 300 600 KG

0210.11.39 MLI LDC 50 100 KG

…

2905.45.00 AUS FTA1 100 200 TON

2905.45.00 BRA MFN 200 400 TON

2905.45.00 LKA GSP 40 90 TON

2905.45.00 LKA FTA2 10 10 TON

2905.45.00 CHN MFN 10 20 TON

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Reference information for import statistics:

Year of imports: 2017


System of trade: General

Currency used for the value: USD

Import valuation basis: Customs value is determined on a CIF basis

Exchange rate: For the year 2017, 32.5 Andalasian Peso for 1 USD.

List of duty regimes used: 1) MFN applied, 2) GSP scheme, 3) Duty-free, quota-free for

LDCs, 4) FTA 1 with Australia, 5) FTA 2 with Sri Lanka. See file

"dutyregimes2017.xls".

Unit of the value data: Thousands USD

List of partner country codes: see file countrycodes2017.xls

List of quantity codes: see file quantitycodes2017.xls


2.3 Other reference information for import statistics

- List of national country codes (file countrycodes2017.xls)

National Code Partner Code Partner

036 AUS Australia

076 BRA Brazil

...

- List of national quantity codes (file quantitycodes2017.xls)

National Code Quantity Code Description

55 KG Kilogram

45 KG/net Kilogram net

06 TON Tons

...

- List of beneficiary partners for each non-MFN duty regime (file Preferentialpartners2017.xls)

Partner Code Duty Regime

FTA LDC Scheme GSP Scheme

AUS FTA1

BRA GSP

CAN

... ... ... ...

MLI LDC GSP

… ... ... ...

LKA FTA2 GSP

… ... ... ...

2.4 Technical information on submission files:

Software used to prepare submission:

(Type and version)

Microsoft Excel 2016

Compression and decompression software

used: (Type and version)

File is not compressed

File names and contents:

- Tariffs Tariffs2018Rev.1.xls

- Imports Imports2017.xls

- Country codes countrycodes2017.xls

- Quantity codes quantitycodes2017.xls

- List of beneficiary partners for each non-

MFN duty regime

Preferentialpartners2017.xls

- Other files Dutyregimes2017.xls (includes the duty regimes used for the 2017

imports)

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ANNEX 3

DATA-PROCESSING BY THE SECRETARIAT

The Secretariat converts the national submissions into a common format, standardizes certain data

and checks the quality of the data submitted by Members. The formatting and standardization are

done using computer-assisted intervention, depending on the national format and on the contents of

the submission. Some of the steps undertaken by the Secretariat include:

• Formatting of national submissions to a common database format. This includes standardizing

certain data (for example removing per cent signs from the ad valorem duty rate, deleting

spaces or dots in the tariff line codes, etc.).

• Conversion of national country and quantity codes and national currencies into standard

country and quantity codes and into USD.

• Editing and validation: this mainly refers to programmed validations and consists of the

following checks:

a) Tariffs

N.B. The current year applied duties should be provided as soon as available in national

capitals, even though import statistics would relate to the previous year.

A set of programmed validations would be undertaken which covers:

Tariff line number: For HS-based submissions, the first six digits (for

example 010121001) should be a valid HS code for the

HS version in force for the reference year (for example

HS 2012, HS 2017, etc). There would be no checking on

the national part of the tariff line number (for example

010121001) which would be recorded starting in

position 7 of the tariff line.

Tariff suffix: Should be blank or alpha-numeric

Product description: Product descriptions of the national customs tariff

should be provided in any of the WTO official languages.

When provided in a separate file, all tariff line numbers

should have a corresponding entry in the tariffs. If not,

a product description with "not provided" in the text is

generated.

In-quota/out-of-quota By default, the tariff duties are out-quota. In-quota

duties should be expressly identified.

Duty: At least the applied MFN duties should be provided.

Partner: Would be recorded where applicable, to identify the

partner to which the duty applies.

Duty The duty can be either ad valorem or non-AV. If the duty

is non-AV and the ad valorem equivalent (AVE) is

provided, the AVE should be clearly identified.

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Apart from the validation of codes, formats, etc., the Secretariat may undertake other electronic

validations. For example, the duty levels could be compared to those of the previous year(s). Any

discrepancies would be clarified by the Secretariat with the Member concerned.

b) Imports

The Secretariat compares the total value of imports submitted with the statistics

published by the UN (UN Comtrade) or the IMF (IFS) or other relevant national or

international sources (for example regional secretariats, the World Bank, etc.). The

Secretariat may validate by HS chapter and by country of origin. If unexplained

differences account for more than 5%, the Secretariat will contact the reporting

country would for additional information. Once the totals are accepted, a programmed

validation of data elements would take place:

Tariff line number: All tariff items recorded in the import statistics should

have a corresponding entry in the tariffs.

Partner: Should be a valid national partner code for the reporting

country. Should not represent a group of trading partners.

In-quota/out-of-quota A flag to identify the in-quota imports; it should match the

in-quota indicator of the tariffs

Customs value: Should not be zero or negative.

Quantity 1: Should be a positive number

Quantity unit 1: Should be a quantity description or a valid national

quantity code.

Quantity 2: If provided, should be a positive number

Quantity unit 2: If provided, should be a quantity description or a valid

national quantity code and should not be equal to quantity

unit 1.

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ANNEX 4

DISSEMINATION POLICY OF THE INTEGRATED DATABASE (IDB) AND THE CONSOLIDATED TARIFF SCHEDULES (CTS) DATABASE

This document sets out the dissemination policy for the Integrated Database (IDB) and the

Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database. It is based on the premise that providing broader access to the information in the IDB and the CTS database would improve transparency, increase public awareness and contribute to the effective delivery of technical assistance to developing and

least-developed country Members. It also recognizes that the IDB and the CTS databases are practical working tools and that there are no implications as to the legal status of the information contained therein. This dissemination policy builds on and replaces the dissemination policy adopted by the Committee on Market Access on 13 July 2009 (G/MA/238).

1 COVERAGE

1. This policy regulates the access to, and dissemination of, the data contained in the IDB and

CTS Databases. The dissemination policy distinguishes between "provisional" and "approved" data, as well as between "restricted" and "unrestricted" data as follows:

a) Data files are considered to be "provisional" when they have undergone processing into

standard format or have been substantially revised by the Secretariat;

b) Data files are considered to be "approved" after a period of 30 days from their circulation as a provisional file if no objection has been raised by the Member concerned;1

c) "Restricted" data includes by default all provisional data and approved data designated as

restricted by a Member; and

d) "Unrestricted" data includes by default all approved data which is not restricted.

2. Members retain the right to designate their own data concerning ad valorem equivalent (AVEs)

provided by the Member and approved import statistics at the tariff line level (i.e., more detailed than HS six-digit level) as restricted.

2 AUTHORIZED USERS

3. Authorized users of the IDB and CTS Database are defined as:

a) All WTO Members;

b) Countries or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO that have provided the Secretariat with their own IDB submissions (hereafter referred to as

"authorized Acceding countries")2;

c) The WTO Secretariat; and

d) The intergovernmental organizations that were authorized by the Committee on Market

Access under the previous dissemination policy: (i) African Union; (ii) Agency for International Trade Information and Co-operation; (iii) Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery; (iv) Caribbean Community Secretariat; (v) Commonwealth Secretariat;

(vi) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; (vii) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (viii) European Free Trade Association; (ix) Food and Agricultural Organization; (x) General Secretariat of the Andean Community;

(xi) International Coffee Organization; (xii) International Monetary Fund; (xiii) International

1 Members may request additional time to the Secretariat within this period. 2 The Secretariat will periodically inform the Committee on Market Access on the status of the IDB

submissions by these Acceding counties in order to decide whether their access to the IDB should be

maintained.


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Trade Centre; (xiv) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; (xv) Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat; (xvi) Southern African Customs Union; (xvii) South Centre; (xviii) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; (xix) United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; (xx) United Nations Economic Commission

for Africa; (xxi) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; (xxii) West African

Economic and Monetary Union; (xxiii) the World Bank; and those organizations subsequently granted access by the Committee on Market Access.3

4. Additional requests by other intergovernmental organizations for access to the restricted IDB and the CTS data are subject to approval by the Committee on Market Access on a case by case basis.

3 CONDITIONS OF USE AND PUBLICATION

5. Authorized users can freely use approved IDB and CTS information for internal purposes and in the context of market access-related technical assistance and capacity building.4 Authorized intergovernmental organizations and authorized Acceding countries are required to agree to the

conditions on the use and publication of IDB and CTS information, as set forth in this document, prior to receiving access to the approved restricted data. Any breach of the conditions will result in the termination of their access to the restricted data.

6. All users may publish approved IDB and CTS information, or analyses derived from these databases, on the condition that:

a) WTO copyright of the original data is acknowledged and the specific data shown through users' own databases, online tools or publications, explicitly acknowledge the WTO as the

source of the data;

b) Any conclusions or analyses based on IDB and CTS data by users are accompanied by a disclaimer stating that they are the responsibility of the authors and not the opinion of the

WTO; and

c) The publication of restricted data by authorised users is not more detailed than the authorized level by the relevant Member(s). The publication of restricted data is subject to

a prior authorization from the relevant Member(s) or Acceding country(ies), through the WTO Secretariat.5

7. Any user seeking to re-disseminate of IDB or CTS data to third parties for purposes beyond publication or analyses derived from these databases shall first obtain the approval of the WTO

Secretariat ([email protected]) prior to such re-dissemination. In addition, the third party shall commit

to respect the terms and conditions of this dissemination policy.

8. Any user seeking to mass-download IDB and CTS data for their own systems, or for redistribution through other databases or online systems, shall obtain the approval of the WTO

Secretariat ([email protected]) prior to the download6. In addition, the user shall commit to respect the

terms and conditions of this dissemination policy before downloading the data.

9. The Secretariat shall inform all users of the new dissemination policy and annually send reminders to the users in Paragraphs 3(d) and 7 of the conditions of use.

3 For a user to be granted access to the IDB and the CTS databases, it shall commit to grant similar

access to their own respective tariff and trade-related databases and analytical tools to the WTO Secretariat. 4 "Internal purposes" is understood to mean, in the case of Members and authorized Acceding countries,

that they are free to use and distribute their own processed files as they wish. However, the files of other

Members or authorized Acceding countries can only be used internally by government agencies. In the case of

the Secretariat and other organizations, "internal purposes" is understood to mean use within the organization. 5 The exception to this rule is in the case of WTO documents prepared by the Secretariat at the request

of Members, in which case the Secretariat will inform the Committee on Market Access prior to publication. 6 For a user to be authorized, it shall commit to grant similar access to their own respective tariff and

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10. The Secretariat will inform the Committee of Market Access of the user(s) authorized under paragraphs 7 and 8. It will also inform the Committee if it becomes aware of user(s) failing to abide by the terms and conditions of this dissemination policy.

4 DISSEMINATION TOOLS BY THE WTO SECRETARIAT

11. Internet access to unrestricted data is accorded freely to the public. Online tools by the Secretariat may include a user-defined identification and password system.

12. Internet access to restricted data is accorded to authorized users through a user-identification

code and password (hereafter referred to as "restricted password") maintained by the Secretariat and distributed directly to the authorized users. Each authorized user has its own restricted password and it is possible to establish several user accounts for a given authorized user through a user-defined identification and password system. The restricted passwords are changed periodically.

It is the responsibility of authorized users to ensure that the dissemination policy outlined above is respected.

13. The information is currently disseminated through:

a) World Tariff Profiles: a tariff book jointly published by the WTO Secretariat, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and UNCTAD, which provides comprehensive summary information on the tariffs and non-tariff measures imposed by over 170 countries and

customs territories. Tariff data are presented in comparative tables and in one-page profiles for each economy. https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/tariff_profiles_e.htm

b) The Tariff Analysis Online (TAO): an advanced online system that allows users to extract detailed information for specific products, including bound and applied tariffs at the national

tariff line level (HS-8 digits or more), as well as import data. It has analytical reports and allows filtering criteria for the analyses. All authorized users have access to all the approved data, but only Members and the Secretariat have access to

the provisional data of this site. The access to the public is limited to unrestricted data. https://tao.wto.org/

c) Preferential Trade Arrangements (PTA) Database: contains reference information on

notified PTAs, serves as document repository, includes summary statistics of preferential tariffs and imports, including preference utilization (http://ptadb.wto.org/).

d) WTO data portal (WTODATA): contains general statistical indicators related to WTO issues, including bound and MFN applied tariffs. http://data.wto.org/

e) Data maps: a section of the WTO webpage that allows users to visualize different data

elements, including trade and tariff data. International Trade and Market Access Data

14. The Secretariat will periodically consult with Members on publications and online tools to disseminate IDB and CTS data, and inform the Committee on Market Access of any change. It will also endeavour to develop new methods to facilitate access to information, including through the

creation of new user-friendly formats or tools.

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https://tao.wto.org/

http://ptadb.wto.org/

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ANNEX 5

PROCEDURE FOR RECOMPOSING SINGLE YEAR MISSING TARIFF DATA

In the IDB, tariffs are the base for integrating tariff and import data. Hence, without the tariff data, notified imports remain unprocessed and are not disseminated. The procedure in this Annex applies

to cases where: (i) a Member has submitted the import data for a specific year, but the tariff data for the corresponding year has remained outstanding after several years, (ii) tariffs exist (notified and disseminated) for the adjacent years of the missing data, and (iii) there is just a single year gap

in notification. For example, a Member has notified its 2001 import data, but has not notified its 2001 tariffs; but the 2000 and 2002 tariffs are also available and have been disseminated through the IDB.

In these situations, the Secretariat will undertake the following steps to recompose or interpolate

the tariff data for a particular year (i.e. the recomposed tariff year):

Step 1: The nomenclature of the tariff lines in the import data will be matched to the nomenclature of the tariff files for the two adjacent years. The Secretariat will use the year with the highest number

of identically matched tariff lines as the primary base tariff data. For all the tariff lines with an identical match (i.e. all tariff lines where the nomenclature of the imports file and the primary base tariff data is the same), the Secretariat will use the MFN rates of duty of the primary base tariff data

to set the rates of duty of the recomposed tariff year. If the imports file includes product descriptions, the Secretariat will endeavour to find the matching tariffs from the selected primary base tariff data.

Step 2: For all the tariff lines in the imports file without an exact match remaining from Step 1, the Secretariat will proceed to match the nomenclature of the tariff lines in the imports file with the

nomenclature of the tariff file of the remaining adjacent year (i.e. the secondary base tariff data). For all the tariff lines with an identical match (i.e. all tariff lines where the nomenclature of the imports file and the secondary base tariff data is the same), the Secretariat will use the MFN rates of duty

of the secondary base tariff data to set the rates of duty of the recomposed tariff year. Additional

matching based on product description, if available would also be done.

Step 3: For all the remaining tariff lines (i.e. those where the nomenclature of the tariff lines in the

imports file that did not match the nomenclature of the tariff lines in the primary nor the secondary base tariff data), the Secretariat will proceed to equally distribute the imports on the tariff lines within the same subheading of the primary base tariff data.

Step 4: In case there are HS subheadings with no imports, the Secretariat will set the rates of duty

for these tariff lines based on the primary base tariff data, i.e. by including the national tariff line breakdowns. In case there are HS subheading where some of the national breakouts do not have imports, the Secretariat will recompose the rates of duty of the tariff lines without imports based on

the primary or secondary base tariff data, as applicable.

Step 5: The Secretariat will assess the file with the recomposed tariff year with a view to verifying its consistency, ensuring that the estimates of the overall average, as well as the HS 6-digit

averages, are comparable to the corresponding statistics of the two adjacent years.

Step 6: The dataset with the recomposed tariff year will be sent to the concerned Member for its review and approval but would not be given a provisional status yet. If no comment is received from the concerned Member after thirty days, the data will be given a provisional status and it will be

subject to the IDB Dissemination Policy.

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COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

PROCEDURES FOR THE INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC TRADE CONCERNS IN THE ANNOTATED

DRAFT AGENDA OF THE COMMITTEE

DECISION

Adopted at the meeting of 20-21 June 20191

(G/TBT/43) The WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (the TBT Committee) agreed to apply, on a

permanent basis, the following procedures for the inclusion of specific trade concerns in the annotated draft agenda of the TBT Committee:

a. Members wishing to propose the inclusion of a specific trade concern in the annotated

draft agenda should directly inform both the Secretariat and the Member(s) involved of their intention to do so no less than twenty calendar days prior to the convening of the TBT Committee meeting;

b. the annotated draft agenda issued by the Secretariat in advance of each Committee meeting will include all specific trade concerns communicated by Members to the Secretariat; it will indicate (to the extent such information has been communicated to the Secretariat) which concerns are being raised for the first time and which have been

previously raised, as well as which concerns relate to proposed technical regulations or

conformity assessment procedures, and which concerns relate to final technical regulations or conformity assessment procedures. It should be circulated no less than fifteen calendar

days before the meeting;

c. requests to include specific trade concerns on the agenda should be accompanied by a reference to the symbol of the notification. In cases where the measure has not been

notified, the request should provide a brief description of the measure, including relevant references; and

d. there may be instances where a Member wishes to bring a concern to the Committee's attention after the deadline has passed. In this case, additional specific trade concerns can

still be included in the agenda of the TBT Committee meeting under "Specific Trade Concerns", provided that Members wishing to raise the relevant concerns have previously informed the Member(s) involved of their intention to do so. However such concerns will

only be addressed after all specific trade concerns contained in the annotated draft agenda have been discussed.

1 In the Eighth Triennial Review, Members agreed to apply the procedures contained in (a) and (b) of

this document on a trial basis for the March and June 2019 meetings (G/TBT/41, para. 8.2 (b.i), and footnote

305). At the June 2019 meeting of the TBT Committee, Members agreed to apply these procedures on a

permanent basis (G/TBT/M/78, para 3.331). The procedures in (c) and (d) continue to apply and remain

unchanged; they are included in this document for completeness and ease of reference only.

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COMMITTEE ON TRADE FACILITATION

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE FACILITATION1

(G/L/1342)

The Rules of Procedure for meetings of the General Council (WT/L/161) shall apply mutatis mutandis for meetings of the Committee on Trade Facilitation, except as provided below:

Chapter I — Meetings

(a) Rule 1 should be amended in line with paragraph 1.2 of Article 23 of the Agreement on Trade

Facilitation to provide that:

"The Committee shall meet as needed and envisaged by the provisions of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation, but no less than once a year."

(b) The first sentence of Rule 2 should be amended to read as follows:

"Meetings of the Committee shall be convened by the Director-General by a notice issued

preferably three weeks, and in any event not less than ten calendar days, prior to the date set for the meeting."

Chapter II — Agenda

(c) Rule 5 should not be applied.2

(e) Rule 11 should be modified to read as follows:

"Representatives of international intergovernmental organizations may attend the meetings

as observers on the invitation of the Committee on Trade Facilitation in accordance with the guidelines in Annex 3 to the Rules of the General Council.

Furthermore, in accordance with Article 23:1:5 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation, the Committee may invite representatives of other international organizations with competence in the field of trade facilitation or their subsidiary bodies to:

(a) attend meetings of the Committee; and

(b) discuss specific matters related to the implementation of this Agreement."

Chapter V — Officers

(f) Rules 12, 13 and 14 should be amended to authorize the Committee to elect a Vice-Chairperson. Accordingly, Rules 12, 13 and 14 should read as follows:

"Rule 12. The Committee shall elect a Chairperson3 and may elect a Vice-Chairperson from among the representatives of Members. The election shall take place at the first meeting of

1 At its meeting of 25 June 2019, the Committee on Trade Facilitation finalized its work on its rules of

procedure, contained in document G/TF/W/14, and forwarded them to the Council for Trade in Goods. At its

meeting of 14 November 2019, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article IV of the Marrakesh Agreement, the

CTG approved the Rules of Procedure of the Committee on Trade Facilitation. 2 Sufficient preparation and circulation of the agenda is secured by the GC Rules of Procedure through

Rules 2, 3 and 6. 3 The Committee shall apply the relevant guidelines contained in the "Guidelines for Appointment of

Officers to WTO Bodies" (WT/L/31, dated 7 February 1995).

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the year and shall take effect at the end of the meeting. The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson shall hold office until the end of the first meeting of the following year.

Rule 13. If the Chairperson is absent from any meeting or part thereof, the Vice-Chairperson

shall perform the functions of the Chairperson. If no Vice-Chairperson was elected or if the

Vice-Chairperson is not present, the Committee shall elect an interim Chairperson for that meeting or that part of the meeting.

Rule 14. If the Chairperson can no longer perform the functions of the office, the Committee shall designate the Vice-Chairperson referred to in Rule 12 or, if no Vice-Chairperson was elected it shall elect an interim Chairperson to perform those functions pending the election

of a new Chairperson."

Chapter VI — Conduct of business

(h) The first sentence of Rule 24 should be amended to read as follows:

"In order to expedite the conduct of business, the Chairperson may invite representatives that wish to express their support for a given proposal to show their hands, in order to be duly recorded in the records as supporting statements … ."

Chapter VII — Decision-Making (i) Rule 33 should be amended to read as follows:

"Where a decision cannot be arrived at by consensus, the matter at issue shall be referred to the Council for Trade in Goods."

(j) Rule 34 should not apply.

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COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL ON 13 NOVEMBER 2018

(Extract from WT/BFA/183)

The Director-General is authorized to make budgetary expenditures of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization for 2019 (CHF 189,624,000, rounded), and for the Appellate Body and its Secretariat for 2020 (CHF 7,580,000, rounded1) amounting to a rounded total of CHF 197,204,000.

This expenditure is to be financed by contributions amounting to CHF 195,500,000 and miscellaneous income estimated at CHF 1,704,000, rounded.

The contributions of the Members shall be assessed in accordance with the attached scale of contributions. Contributions from Members in respect of the 2020 budget are considered as due and payable in full as at 1 January 2020.

SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 2020

(Minimum contribution of 0.015%)

Member CHF %

Afghanistan 44,965 0.023%

Albania 41,055 0.021%

Angola 379,270 0.194%

Antigua and Barbuda 29,325 0.015%

Argentina 719,440 0.368%

Armenia 39,100 0.020%

Australia 2,553,230 1.306%

Austria 1,917,855 0.981%

Bahrain, Kingdom of 238,510 0.122%

Bangladesh 365,585 0.187%

Barbados 29,325 0.015%

Belgium 3,663,670 1.874%

Belize 29,325 0.015%

Benin 29,325 0.015%

Bolivia, Plurinational State of 101,660 0.052%

Botswana 72,335 0.037%

Brazil 2,287,350 1.170%

Brunei Darussalam 62,560 0.032%

Bulgaria 318,665 0.163%

Burkina Faso 33,235 0.017%

Burundi 29,325 0.015%

Cabo Verde 29,325 0.015%

Cambodia 129,030 0.066%

Cameroon 68,425 0.035%

1 On 5 December 2019, the Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration "agreed to establish a

temporary limitation of expenditure against the budget allocated to Appellate Body Member Fees and the

Appellate Body Operating Fund by amounts of CHF 100,000, respectively, and that the Committee can lift this

limitation when it deems this appropriate." (WT/BFA/183, para. 1.79) At its meeting of 9-11 December 2019,

the General Council approved the Committee's budget proposal for 2020 and, "in light of the exceptional

circumstances in 2019", took note of the Commitee's 2021 budget proposal with the understanding that the

proposed 2021 budget "will be subject to finalisation in 2020". (WT/GC/M/181, para. 20.15 and WT/BFA/183,

para. 1.100).

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Member CHF %

Canada 4,838,625 2.475%

Central African Republic 29,325 0.015%

Chad 39,100 0.020%

Chile 703,800 0.360%

China 20,142,365 10.303%

Colombia 531,760 0.272%

Congo 70,380 0.036%

Costa Rica 158,355 0.081%

Côte d'Ivoire 109,480 0.056%

Croatia 230,690 0.118%

Cuba 129,030 0.066%

Cyprus 123,165 0.063%

Czech Republic 1,405,645 0.719%

Democratic Republic of the Congo 113,390 0.058%

Denmark 1,515,125 0.775%

Djibouti 29,325 0.015%

Dominica 29,325 0.015%

Dominican Republic 168,130 0.086%

Ecuador 218,960 0.112%

Egypt 490,705 0.251%

El Salvador 80,155 0.041%

Estonia 175,950 0.090%

Eswatini 29,325 0.015%

European Union2 0 0.000%

Fiji 29,325 0.015%

Finland 862,155 0.441%

France 7,466,145 3.819%

Gabon 66,470 0.034%

The Gambia 29,325 0.015%

Georgia 70,380 0.036%

Germany 13,976,295 7.149%

Ghana 168,130 0.086%

Greece 631,465 0.323%

Grenada 29,325 0.015%

Guatemala 148,580 0.076%

Guinea 29,325 0.015%

Guinea-Bissau 29,325 0.015%

Guyana 29,325 0.015%

Haiti 29,325 0.015%

Honduras 76,245 0.039%

Hong Kong, China 5,548,290 2.838%

Hungary 1,008,780 0.516%

Iceland 80,155 0.041%

India 4,455,445 2.279%

Indonesia 1,673,480 0.856%

Ireland 2,619,700 1.340%

Israel 856,290 0.438%

Italy 5,075,180 2.596%

Jamaica 50,830 0.026%

Japan 7,673,375 3.925%

Jordan 168,130 0.086%

Kazakhstan 508,300 0.260%

2 The European Union is not subject to contributions. However, its current 28 members are assessed

individually. The total share of members of the European Union represents 33.94% of the total assessed

contributions for 2020.

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Member CHF %

Kenya 125,120 0.064%

Korea, Republic of 5,669,500 2.900%

Kuwait, the State of 594,320 0.304%

Kyrgyz Republic 37,145 0.019%

Lao People's Democratic Republic 46,920 0.024%

Latvia 160,310 0.082%

Lesotho 29,325 0.015%

Liberia 29,325 0.015%

Liechtenstein 64,515 0.033%

Lithuania 322,575 0.165%

Luxembourg 999,005 0.511%

Macao, China 258,060 0.132%

Madagascar 33,235 0.017%

Malawi 29,325 0.015%

Malaysia 1,923,720 0.984%

Maldives 29,325 0.015%

Mali 35,190 0.018%

Malta 148,580 0.076%

Mauritania 29,325 0.015%

Mauritius 56,695 0.029%

Mexico 3,802,475 1.945%

Moldova, Republic of 35,190 0.018%

Mongolia 54,740 0.028%

Montenegro 29,325 0.015%

Morocco 361,675 0.185%

Mozambique 66,470 0.034%

Myanmar 127,075 0.065%

Namibia 48,875 0.025%

Nepal 50,830 0.026%

Netherlands 5,732,060 2.932%

New Zealand 465,290 0.238%

Nicaragua 56,695 0.029%

Niger 29,325 0.015%

Nigeria 586,500 0.300%

North Macedonia 56,695 0.029%

Norway 1,348,950 0.690%

Oman 365,585 0.187%

Pakistan 357,765 0.183%

Panama 252,195 0.129%

Papua New Guinea 62,560 0.032%

Paraguay 113,390 0.058%

Peru 416,415 0.213%

Philippines 768,315 0.393%

Poland 2,228,700 1.140%

Portugal 787,865 0.403%

Qatar 746,810 0.382%

Romania 725,305 0.371%

Russian Federation 3,657,805 1.871%

Rwanda 29,325 0.015%

Saint Kitts and Nevis 29,325 0.015%

Saint Lucia 29,325 0.015%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29,325 0.015%

Samoa 29,325 0.015%

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 2,162,230 1.106%

Senegal 48,875 0.025%

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Member CHF %

Seychelles 29,325 0.015%

Sierra Leone 29,325 0.015%

Singapore 4,744,785 2.427%

Slovak Republic 780,045 0.399%

Slovenia 310,845 0.159%

Solomon Islands 29,325 0.015%

South Africa 936,445 0.479%

Spain 3,714,500 1.900%

Sri Lanka 181,815 0.093%

Suriname 29,325 0.015%

Sweden 2,056,660 1.052%

Switzerland 3,687,130 1.886%

Chinese Taipei 3,286,355 1.681%

Tajikistan 29,325 0.015%

Tanzania 93,840 0.048%

Thailand 2,404,650 1.230%

Togo 29,325 0.015%

Tonga 29,325 0.015%

Trinidad and Tobago 107,525 0.055%

Tunisia 191,590 0.098%

Turkey 2,009,740 1.028%

Uganda 52,785 0.027%

Ukraine 561,085 0.287%

United Arab Emirates 3,102,585 1.587%

United Kingdom 7,399,675 3.785%

United States of America 22,855,905 11.691%

Uruguay 138,805 0.071%

Vanuatu 29,325 0.015%

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 568,905 0.291%

Viet Nam 1,583,550 0.810%

Yemen 80,155 0.041%

Zambia 86,020 0.044%

Zimbabwe 52,785 0.027%

TOTAL 195,500,000 100.000%

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COMMITTEES UNDER THE PLURILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

ACCESSION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT

PROCUREMENT IN ITS OWN RIGHT

Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement of 27 February 2019

(Extract from GPA/CD/2)

The Committee on Government Procurement,

Having regard to Article XXIV:2 of the Agreement on Government Procurement done at

Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (the "1994 Agreement"), and Article XXII:2 of the 1994 Agreement on Government Procurement as amended by the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012 (the "amended Agreement")1;

Having regard to the Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement (the "Committee") on adoption of the text of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, taken on 30 March 2012 (Appendix 1 to GPA/113 of 2 April 2012), and in particular its paragraphs 3 and 4;

Considering the United Kingdom's application for accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement in its own right, contained in document GPA/146 of 5 June 2018, the consultations held with the Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement, and the additional documentation

submitted by the United Kingdom and Parties in pursuance thereof;

Decides as follows:

1. It is acknowledged that the United Kingdom is covered by the Agreement on Government

Procurement, as a member State of the European Union, until the date of its withdrawal from the European Union or, if the European Union and the United Kingdom conclude an agreement that provides for a transition period during which European Union law would apply to and in the United Kingdom, until the date of expiry of that transition period. The United Kingdom shall

notify the Committee of the date of expiry of any such transition period during which the United Kingdom is treated as a member State of the European Union.

2. In accordance with the provisions of Article XXIV:2 of the 1994 Agreement and Article XXII:2

of the amended Agreement, the United Kingdom may accede to the Agreement on Government Procurement in its own right on the terms of this Decision including its attachments.

3. In the absence of an agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union on a

transition period as referred to in paragraph 1, the United Kingdom shall be allowed to submit its instrument of accession provided it does so:

a. no earlier than thirty days before the date on which the United Kingdom ceases to be a

member State of the European Union; and

1 The 1994 Agreement and the amended Agreement are hereafter referred to together as the

"Agreement on Government Procurement".

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b. within six months of the date of this Decision, unless the period for submission of the instrument is extended by the Committee.

4. The Agreement on Government Procurement shall enter into force for the United Kingdom in its own right on the thirtieth day following the date of its accession, i.e. the date on which

the United Kingdom's instrument of accession reproducing the terms of this Decision, including its Attachment A¶, has been received by the Director-General of the WTO. The deposit of the United Kingdom's instrument of accession with the Director-General shall be deemed not to have

taken place within the meaning of Article XXIV:2 of the 1994 Agreement and Article XXII:2 of the amended Agreement if, within the thirty days following the deposit, the European Union notifies the Committee that the United Kingdom continues to be covered by the Agreement on Government Procurement as set out in paragraph 1.

5. Pursuant to paragraph 4 of the Decision of the Committee on adoption of the text of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, taken on 30 March 2012 (Appendix 1 to GPA/113 of 2 April 2012), the United Kingdom shall be bound by the said Protocol in

its own right from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for it.

6. The United Kingdom shall provide access to all Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement to the procurement that it covers under Appendix I as set out in Attachment A¶ to this

Decision, from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for the United Kingdom in its own right. From such date, the terms set out in Attachment A¶ shall become an integral part of the Agreement on Government Procurement.

7. Pursuant to Article XIX of the amended Agreement, the United Kingdom shall notify to the

Committee proposed rectifications to the lists of entities in its Annexes 1 to 3 of Appendix I, within three months of the date on which the Agreement on Government Procurement shall enter into force for the United Kingdom in its own right.

8. The Appendix I Annexes of the European Union and Montenegro under the amended

Agreement will apply subject to the terms set out in Attachment B to this Decision, from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for the United Kingdom. From such

date, the terms set out in Attachment B¶ shall become an integral part of the Agreement on Government Procurement.

9. Switzerland's Appendix I Annexes to the 1994 Agreement shall apply as between the United Kingdom and Switzerland from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on

Government Procurement for the United Kingdom in its own right until the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012, has entered into force for Switzerland. The Appendix I Annexes of Switzerland under the amended Agreement will apply

subject to the terms set out in Attachment C¶ to this Decision, from the date on which the Agreement on Government Procurement has entered into force for the United Kingdom in its own right and, in addition, the said Protocol has entered into force for Switzerland. From such date, the terms set out

in Attachment C¶ shall become an integral part of the Agreement on Government Procurement.

10. If there is an agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union on a transition period as referred to in paragraph 1, the United Kingdom shall submit an updated set of Replies to the Checklist of Issues (GPA/132 of 14 October 2015) no later than three months prior to the

expiration of transition period. The Committee will review the United Kingdom's updated Replies to the Checklist of Issues and consider an appropriate decision at that time.

¶ Attachments A, B and C to GPA/CD/2 have not been reproduced in this publication.




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ACCESSION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT IN ITS OWN RIGHT

DECISION REGARDING EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR SUBMISSION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'S INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION TO THE AGREEMENT

AND THE UNITED KINGDOM'S CONSEQUENTIAL CHANGES TO ITS APPENDIX I ARISING FROM THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF

THE AGREEMENT FOR AUSTRALIA

Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement of 26 June 2019

(Extract from GPA/CD/2/Add.1)

The Committee on Government Procurement,

Having regard to the Committee's Decision (GPA/CD/2) taken on 27 February 2019 with respect to accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement by the United Kingdom in its

own right;

Having regard to the request for extension of the period for submission of the United Kingdom's Instrument of accession pursuant to the aforementioned Decision that has been

made by the United Kingdom; and

Having regard to the entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for Australia on 5 May 2019;

Decides as follows:

1. The period for submission of the United Kingdom's Instrument of Accession pursuant to subparagraph 3.b. of the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2) is hereby extended by six months, until 27 February 2020, unless further extended by the Committee.

2. In order to reflect the consequential changes arising from the entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for Australia subsequently to the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2), Attachment A¶ to that Decision is hereby amended as set out in Attachment 1¶ to the

present Decision. All references to Attachment A¶ in the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2) shall be understood to include the consequential changes concerning Australia that are set out in Attachment 1¶ to the present Decision.

3. In all other respects, the terms of the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2) are

unchanged.

¶ Attachment A to GPA/CD/2 and Attachment 1 to GPA/CD/2/Add.1 have not been reproduced in this

publication.

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COMMITTEE ON TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT

AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT

DONE AT GENEVA ON 12 APRIL 1979 AS SUBSEQUENTLY MODIFIED, RECTIFIED OR AMENDED

NOTIFICATION OF ACCESSION

(WT/Let/1442) I have the honour to inform you that on 24 June 2019, North Macedonia deposited an

instrument of accession to the above-mentioned Agreement. Pursuant to its Article 9.3.1, the above-mentioned Agreement shall enter into force for

North Macedonia on 24 July 2019. This notification is furnished in accordance with Article 9.10.1 of the Agreement.


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WAIVERS

In 2019, the General Council granted the following waivers from obligations under the WTO Agreements.

MEMBER(S) TYPE DECISION OF EXPIRY DOCUMENT(S)

China Introduction of

Harmonized

System 2002

Changes into

WTO Schedules

of Tariff

Concessions

10 December 2019 31 December 2020 WT/L/1082

Argentina; Brazil;

China; Dominican

Republic;

European Union;

Malaysia;

Philippines;

Thailand

Introduction of

Harmonized

System 2007

Changes into

WTO Schedules

of Tariff

Concessions


Argentina;

Australia; Brazil;

Canada; China;

Colombia; Costa

Rica; Dominican

Republic; El

Salvador;

European Union;

Guatemala; Hong

Kong, China;

India;

Kazakhstan;

Republic of

Korea; Malaysia;

Mexico; New

Zealand;

Norway;

Philippines;

Russian

Federation;

Singapore;

Switzerland;

Thailand; United

States

Introduction of

Harmonized

System 2012

Changes into

WTO Schedules

of Tariff

Concessions


Argentina;

Australia; Brazil;

Canada; China;

Colombia; Costa

Rica; Dominican

Republic; El

Salvador;

European Union;

Guatemala;

Honduras; Hong

Kong, China;

India; Israel;

Kazakhstan;

Republic of

Korea; Macao,

China;

Montenegro; New

Zealand;

Norway;

Pakistan;

Paraguay;

Philippines;

Introduction of

Harmonized

System 2017

Changes into

WTO Schedules

of Tariff

Concessions






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MEMBER(S) TYPE DECISION OF EXPIRY DOCUMENT(S)

Russian

Federation;

Switzerland;

Separate

Customs

Territory of

Taiwan, Penghu,

Kinmen and

Matsu; Thailand;

United States;

Uruguay

Developing and

Least-Developed

Country Members

Preferential

Tariff Treatment

for Least-

Developed

Countries –

Decision on

Extension of

waiver

16 October 2019 30 June 2029 WT/L/1069

Antigua and

Barbuda; Aruba;

Bahamas;

Barbados; Belize;

Dominica;

Grenada;

Guyana; Haiti;

Jamaica;

Montserrat; Saint

Lucia; St Kitts

and Nevis; St

Vincent and the

Grenadines;

Suriname;

Trinidad and

Tobago; United

States

United States –

Caribbean Basin

Economic

Recovery Act

16 October 2019 30 September 2025 WT/L/1070

For a list of waivers granted by the General Council in 2019, as well as waivers previously granted

and still in force in 2019, see WT/GC/W/795.



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WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REPORTS, AND ARBITRATION AWARDS AND DECISIONS

2019

The table below lists all the panel and Appellate Body reports adopted in 2019 as well as arbitration

awards and decisions circulated in 2019. The full texts of the panel and Appellate Body reports as well as the arbitration awards and decisions are published by the WTO in the WT/DS/ series. The reports are also published by the Cambridge University Press in the Dispute Settlement Reports

(DSR) series.

SHORT TITLE REPORTS, AWARDS AND DECISIONS

Brazil – Taxation Appellate Body Reports, Brazil – Certain Measures Concerning Taxation and

Charges, WT/DS472/AB/R and Add.1 / WT/DS497/AB/R and Add.1, adopted 11

January 2019

Brazil – Taxation Panel Reports, Brazil – Certain Measures Concerning Taxation and Charges,

WT/DS472/R, Add.1 and Corr.1 / WT/DS497/R, Add.1 and Corr.1, adopted 11

January 2019, as modified by Appellate Body Reports WT/DS472/AB/R /

WT/DS497/AB/R

China – Agricultural

Producers Panel Report, China – Domestic Support for Agricultural Producers, WT/DS511/R

and Add.1, adopted 26 April 2019

China – TRQs Panel Report, China – Tariff Rate Quotas for Certain Agricultural Products,

WT/DS517/R and Add.1, adopted 28 May 2019

EC and certain member

States – Large Civil Aircraft

(Article 22.6 – EU)

Decision by the Arbitrator, European Communities and Certain Member States

– Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft – Recourse to Article 22.6 of

the DSU by the European Union, WT/DS316/ARB and Add.1, 2 October 2019

Korea – Pneumatic Valves

(Japan) Appellate Body Report, Korea – Anti-Dumping Duties on Pneumatic Valves from

Japan, WT/DS504/AB/R and Add.1, adopted 30 September 2019

Korea – Pneumatic Valves

(Japan) Panel Report, Korea – Anti-Dumping Duties on Pneumatic Valves from Japan,

WT/DS504/R and Add.1, adopted 30 September 2019, as modified by Appellate

Body Report WT/DS504/AB/R

Korea – Radionuclides Appellate Body Report, Korea – Import Bans, and Testing and Certification

Requirements for Radionuclides, WT/DS495/AB/R and Add.1, adopted 26 April

2019

Korea – Radionuclides Panel Report, Korea – Import Bans, and Testing and Certification Requirements

for Radionuclides, WT/DS495/R and Add.1, adopted 26 April 2019, as modified

by Appellate Body Report WT/DS495/AB/R

Russia – Traffic in Transit Panel Report, Russia – Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit, WT/DS512/R and

Add.1, adopted 26 April 2019

Ukraine – Ammonium Nitrate Appellate Body Report, Ukraine – Anti-Dumping Measures on Ammonium

Nitrate, WT/DS493/AB/R and Add.1, adopted 30 September 2019

Ukraine – Ammonium Nitrate Panel Report, Ukraine – Anti-Dumping Measures on Ammonium Nitrate,

WT/DS493/R, Add.1 and Corr.1, adopted 30 September 2019, as upheld by

Appellate Body Report WT/DS493/AB/R

US – Anti-Dumping

Methodologies (China)

(Article 22.6 – US)

Decision by the Arbitrator, United States – Certain Methodologies and Their

Application to Anti-Dumping Proceedings Involving China – Recourse to Article

22.6 of the DSU by the United States, WT/DS471/ARB and Add.1, 1 November

2019

US – Countervailing

Measures (China) (Article

21.5 – China)

Appellate Body Report, United States – Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain

Products from China – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by China,

WT/DS437/AB/RW and Add.1, adopted 15 August 2019

US – Countervailing

Measures (China) (Article

21.5 – China)

Panel Report, United States – Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products

from China – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by China, WT/DS437/RW and

Add.1, adopted 15 August 2019, as modified by Appellate Body Report

WT/DS437/AB/RW

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SHORT TITLE REPORTS, AWARDS AND DECISIONS

US – Large Civil Aircraft (2nd

complaint) (Article 21.5 –

EU)

Appellate Body Report, United States – Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil

Aircraft (Second Complaint) – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the

European Union, WT/DS353/AB/RW and Add.1, adopted 11 April 2019

US – Large Civil Aircraft (2nd

complaint) (Article 21.5 –

EU)

Panel Report, United States – Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft

(Second Complaint) – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European

Union, WT/DS353/RW and Add.1, adopted 11 April 2019, as modified by

Appellate Body Report WT/DS353/AB/RW

US – Tuna II (Mexico)

(Article 21.5 – US) /


(Article 21.5 – Mexico II)

Appellate Body Report, United States – Measures Concerning the Importation,

Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the

DSU by the United States, WT/DS381/AB/RW/USA and Add.1 / United States –

Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna

Products – Second Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Mexico,

WT/DS381/AB/RW2 and Add.1, adopted 11 January 2019


(Article 21.5 – US) /


(Article 21.5 – Mexico II)

Panel Reports, United States – Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing

and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by

the United States, WT/DS381/RW/USA and Add.1 / United States – Measures

Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products –

Second Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Mexico, WT/DS381/RW2 and

Add.1, adopted 11 January 2019, as upheld by Appellate Body Report

WT/DS381/AB/RW/USA / WT/DS381/AB/RW2

US – Washing Machines

(Article 22.6 – US) Decision by the Arbitrator, United States – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing

Measures on Large Residential Washers from Korea – Recourse to Article 22.6

of the DSU by the United States, WT/DS464/ARB and Add.1, 8 February 2019

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OTHER DECISIONS, REPORTS AND SELECTED DOCUMENTS NOT REPRODUCED*

General Council

Annual Report (2019) ..................................................................................... WT/GC/205

Implementation of the Bali, Nairobi and Buenos Aires Outcomes, Statements by the Chairman ..................................... WT/GC/M/176, Item 2 – JOB/GC/214,

WT/GC/M/177, Item 2 – JOB/GC/216,

WT/GC/M/179, Item 2 – JOB/GC/219, WT/GC/M/180, Item 2 – JOB/GC/221,

and WT/GC/M/181, Item 2 – JOB/GC/224

Informal Process on Matters Related to the Functioning of the Appellate Body, Report by the Facilitator ..................................................... JOB/GC/215, 217, 220 and 225

Minutes of the Meetings on 28 February 2019, 7 May 2019, 10 May 2019,

23-24 July 2019, and 15-16 October 2019 .................. WT/GC/M/176, 177, 178, 179 and 180

Twelfth Session of the Ministerial Conference, Capital City of Kazakhstan, Communication from Kazakhstan ................................................................... WT/GC/201

Waivers, 2019, Note by the Secretariat .......................................................... WT/GC/W/795

Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, Review of Progress, Report by the Chairperson ......................................................................... WT/GC/W/780

Dispute Settlement Body

Indicative List of Governmental and

Non-Governmental Panelists ................................... WT/DSB/44/Rev.45, Rev.46 and Rev.47

Trade Policy Review Body

Annual Report (2019) .................................................................................... WT/TPR/440

Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment, Annual Report by the Director-General,

(Mid-October 2018 to Mid-October 2019) ................................................... WT/TPR/OV/22

Trade Policy Reviews

Bangladesh ............................................................................................ WT/TPR/M/385

See also WT/TPR/G/385 and WT/TPR/S/385

Canada .................................................................................................. WT/TPR/M/389


Costa Rica .............................................................................................. WT/TPR/M/392


East African Community (EAC) .................................................................. WT/TPR/M/384


* For most categories, the documents are listed in the alphabetical order of their titles.

Notifications by the Director-General as WTO Depositary are not referenced. These depositary notifications

are available in the WT/Let/ document series, and are compiled in relation to each WTO agreement in the

Status of WTO Legal Instruments publication.

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Ecuador ................................................................................................. WT/TPR/M/383


North Macedonia, Republic of .................................................................... WT/TPR/M/390


Papua New Guinea .................................................................................. WT/TPR/M/387


Peru ...................................................................................................... WT/TPR/M/393


Samoa .................................................................................................. WT/TPR/M/386


Suriname ............................................................................................... WT/TPR/M/391


Trinidad and Tobago ................................................................................ WT/TPR/M/388


Council for Trade in Goods

Annual Report (2019) ........................................................................................ G/L/1343

Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, Report by the Chairperson for Trade in Goods to the General Council ............... G/C/65 and 66

Updating of the Listing of Notification Obligations

and the Compliance Therewith As Set Out in Annex III of the Report of the Working Group on

Notification Obligations and Procedures ..................................................... G/L/223/Rev.26

Committee on Agriculture

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1332

Article 18.6, Review in the Committee on Agriculture .......................... G/AG/GEN/138/Rev.2

Compliance with Notification Obligations, Note by the Secretariat..................................... G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.34, Rev.35 and Rev.36

Export Subsides, Export Credits, Export Credit Guarantees or Insurance Programmes, International Food Aid and Agricultural Exporting State Trading Enterprises, Background Document by the Secretariat ......................... G/AG/W/125/Rev.10 and Rev.11

Implementation of the Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries, Note by the Secretariat.................................................................... G/AG/W/42/Rev.20

Improvement of the Submission of Notifications, Documentation Guide, Note by the Secretariat ................................................................... G/AG/W/112/Rev.6

List of Outstanding Responses to Questions Raised Under the Review Process of the Committee on Agriculture

Meetings During 2012-2018 .............................................. G/AG/W/195, Rev.1 and Rev.2

Members' Participation in the Normal Growth of World Trade in Agricultural Products, Article 18.5 of the Agreement on Agriculture,

Note by the Secretariat.................................................................... G/AG/W/32/Rev.18























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Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices

Annual Report (2019) ..................................................................... G/ADP/26 – G/L/1344

Competent Authorities, Notifications Pursuant to Article 16.5

of the Agreement ........................................................................... G/ADP/N/14/Add.51

Minutes of the Regular Meetings of 1 May 2019 and 20 November 2019 ................................ G/ADP/M/56 and G/ADP/M/57

Reports under Article 16.4 of the Agreement, Note by the Secretariat

(November 2018-November 2019) ............................... G/ADP/N/321, 323, 324, 325, 326,

327, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334 and 336

Committee on Customs Valuation*

Annual Report of the Committee on Customs Valuation (2019) .............................. G/L/1333

Annual Report of the Independent Entity (2019) .................................................. G/L/1330

Information on the Application of the Decisions on the Treatment of Interest Charges in the Customs Value of Imported Goods and on the Valuation of Carrier Media Bearing Software for Data Processing Equipment, Note by the Secretariat ............. G/VAL/W/5/Rev.30 and 31

Notifications under Article 5 of the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection ............ G/PSI/N/1/Rev.3, Add.3 and Add.4 and Rev.4 and Add.1

Preshipment Inspection, Note by the Secretariat ................................... G/VAL/W/63/Rev.24

Status of Notifications of National Legislation on Customs Valuation

and Responses to the Checklist of Issues, Note by the Secretariat................................................. G/VAL/W/232/Rev.10 and Rev.11

Twenty-Fifth Annual Review of the Implementation and Operation

of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994 ............. G/VAL/W/346

Committee on Import Licensing

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1328

Consolidated paper of Written Questions and Replies Submitted to the Committee on Import Licensing since 1995 ...................... G/LIC/W/51/Rev.1 and Rev.2

Notification Form: Article 5.1-5.4 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, Note by the Secretariat.................................................................................. G/LIC/28

Committee on Market Access

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1338

Factual Report on the Status of Renegotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994, Report by the Secretariat ................................................................. G/MA/W/123/Rev.5

Introduction of Harmonized System 2002 Changes to Schedules of Concessions Using the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) Database,

Periodic Report by the Secretariat ..................................... JOB/MA/42/Rev.25 and Rev.26

Introduction of Harmonized System 2007 Changes to Schedules of Concessions Using the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) Database,

Periodic Report by the Secretariat .................................... JOB/MA/104/Rev.20 and Rev.21

Introduction of Harmonized System 2012 Changes to Schedules of Concessions

Using the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) Database,

Periodic Report by the Secretariat ....................................... JOB/MA/129/Rev.6 and Rev.7

List of Members' Official Websites with Tariff Information and Import Statistics, Report by the Secretariat ...................................................................... G/MA/IDB/W/13

* Including issues relating to preshipment inspection.

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Quantitative Restrictions: Factual Information on Notifications Received, Report by the Secretariat ................................................................. G/MA/W/114/Rev.2

Situation of Schedules of WTO Members, Note by the Secretariat ............. G/MA/W/23/Rev.15

Status of Notifications under the Decision on Notification Procedures

for Quantitative Restrictions (G/L/59/Rev.1), Report by the Secretariat .................................................................... G/MA/QR/7 and 8

Status of Submissions to the Integrated Data Base (IDB),

Note by the Secretariat................................................... G/MA/IDB/2/Rev.49 and Rev.50

Transposition of Members' CTS Files to the HS 2017 Nomenclature, Notes on Methodology approved on 10 April 2019 ............................................ G/MA/366

Transposition of Members' CTS Files to the HS 2017 Nomenclature,

Notes on Methodology, Note by the Secretariat .................................... JOB/MA/135/Rev.1

WTO's Integrated Database (IDB), Background Note by the Secretariat .............. JOB/MA/137

Committee on Rules of Origin

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1331

Impact of Direct Consignment Requirements on Preference Utilization by Least Developed Countries, Note by the Secretariat .................................. G/RO/W/187

Status of Notifications of Preferential Rules of Origin for LDCs and Preferential Import Data, Note by the Secretariat ........... G/RO/W/163/Rev.5 and Rev.6

Twenty-Fifth Annual Review of the Implementation and Operation of the Agreement on Rules of Origin, Background Note by the Secretariat .............. G/RO/90

Committee on Safeguards

Annual Report (2019) ..................................... G/L/1346 and Corr.1 – G/SG/226 and Corr.1

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1336

Annual Report on the Implementation of Article 6 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Note by the Secretariat....................................................................... G/SPS/GEN/1711

Annual Report on the Procedure to Monitor the Process of International Harmonization, Note by the Secretariat .......................... G/SPS/GEN/1710

Annual Report on the Use of the Procedure to Encourage and Facilitate

the Resolution of Specific Sanitary or Phytosanitary Issues Among Members in Accordance with Article 12.2 (G/SPS/61), Note by the Secretariat....................................................................... G/SPS/GEN/1729

Fifth Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement

on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Overview of Papers and Proposals Submitted by Members, Note by the Secretariat..................................... G/SPS/GEN/1625/Rev.2, Rev.3 and Rev.4

Fifth Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Compilation of Comments Submitted by Members

on the Draft Report of the Fifth Review, Note by the Secretariat ..... G/SPS/W/315 and Rev.1

Fifth Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Compilation of Draft Recommendations Submitted by Members

for the Fifth Review, Note by the Secretariat ...................... G/SPS/W/318, Rev.1 and Rev.2



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Fifth Review of the Operation and Implementation of the SPS Agreement, Draft Report of the Committee, Note by the Secretariat................................................... G/SPS/W/313, Corr.1 and Rev.1

Overview Regarding the Level of Implementation of the Transparency Provisions

of the SPS Agreement, Note by the Secretariat ............................. G/SPS/GEN/804/Rev.12

Specific Trade Concerns, Note by the Secretariat ............................. G/SPS/GEN/204/Rev.19

SPS Technical Assistance and Training Activities,

1 September 1994 to 31 December 2018, Note by the Secretariat.............................................................. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.14

Update on the Standards and Trade Development Facility, Note by the Secretariat................................................ G/SPS/GEN/1683, 1713 and 1733

Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Annual Report (2019) ................................................................... G/L/1341 – G/SCM/155

Annex VII(b) of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, Updating GNP Per Capita for Members Listed in Annex VII(b)

as Foreseen in Paragraph 10.1 of the Doha Ministerial Decisions and in Accordance with the Methodology in G/SCM/38, Note by the Secretariat.................................................................... G/SCM/110/Add.16

Competent Authorities, Notifications Pursuant to Article 25.12

of the Agreement ........................................................................... G/SCM/N/18/Add.51

Notification Provisions under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, Background Note by the Secretariat .............................................. G/SCM/W/546/Rev.10

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1340

Coherent Use of Notification Formats, Recommendation Adopted at the Meeting of 13-15 November 2019 ................................................. G/TBT/35/Rev.1

Decisions and Recommendations Adopted by the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to

Trade Since 1 January 1995, Note by the Secretariat ................................ G/TBT/1/Rev.14

Twenty-Fourth Annual Review of the Implementation and Operation of the TBT Agreement, Note by the Secretariat.................................................................................. G/TBT/42

Committee on Trade Facilitation

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1329

Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures

Annual Report (2019) ................................................................... G/L/1337 – G/TRIMS/9

Notifications under Article 6.2 of the TRIMS Agreement of Publications in Which TRIMS May Be Found ...................... G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.28/Add.1, Add.2 and Add.3

Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology

Products

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... G/L/1334


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Working Party on State Trading Enterprises

Annual Report (2019) ..................................................................... G/L/1335 – G/STR/23

Status of Notifications Submitted by WTO Members

under Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994 and

Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994 ..................................................................... G/STR/22

Council for Trade in Services

Annual Report (2019) ........................................................................................... S/C/59

Contact and Enquiry Points Notified to the Council for Trade in Services,

Note by the Secretariat ........................................................ S/ENQ/78/Rev.18 and Rev.19

Report of the Meeting of 30 October 2019, Note by the Secretariat .................................................................................. S/C/M/140

Review of the Operation of Preferences Notified under the LDC Services Waiver, Dedicated Session of the Council for Trade in Services, Note by the Chairperson ........................................................................... JOB/SERV/289

Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, Report by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in Services to the General Council ............................. S/C/57 and 58

Committee on Specific Commitments

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................................... S/CSC/25

Committee on Trade in Financial Services

Annual Report (2019) ....................................................................................... S/FIN/34

Working Party on GATS Rules

Annual Report (2019) ................................................................................... S/WPGR/30

Working Party on Domestic Regulation

Annual Report (2019) ................................................................................... S/WPDR/23

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Annual Report (2019) .......................................................................................... IP/C/85

Annual Review of the Special Compulsory Licensing System, Report to the General Council ............................................................................. IP/C/84

Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement, Proposal for a Decision on a Seventh Extension of the Period for the Acceptance by Members of the Protocol Mending the TRIPS Agreement ..................................... IP/C/83


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Other Regular WTO Bodies

Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions

Annual Report (2019) ............................................................................. WT/BOP/R/117

Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration

Annual Report (2019) ................................................................. WT/BFA/184 and Corr.1

Reports of Meetings (2019) ................................. WT/BFA/178, 179, 180, 181, 182 and 183

Notification of the Establishment of a Trust Fund to Facilitate the Transfer of Technologies and Know-how for the Development of

Cotton By-Products in LDCs ..................................................................... WT/BFA/INF/4

Committee on Regional Trade Agreements

Annual Report (2019) ................................................................................... WT/REG/30

List of RTAs Which Have Appeared in Factual Presentations

and Have Not Yet Been Notified to the WTO .......................... WT/REG/W/138, 141 and 144

Regional Trade Agreements Subject to Implementation Reports, Updated as of 15 March 2019 ................................................................ WT/REG/W/140

Implementation of the RTA Transparency Mechanism,

Status of the Preparation of Factual Presentations, Background Note by the Secretariat .................................... WT/REG/W/139, 142 and 145

Consideration of RTAs

Accession of Ecuador to the Trade Agreement between the European Union

and Colombia and Peru (Goods and Services) ....................................... WT/REG380/M/1

See also WT/REG380/

Accession of Panama to the Central American Common Market (CACM) (Goods) ........................................................................................... WT/REG384/M/1

See also WT/REG384/

Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement between Hong Kong, China and Macao, China (Goods and Services) ........................................................................ WT/REG390/M/1

See also WT/REG390/

Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan (Goods and Services) ....................................................................... WT/REG396/M/1

See also WT/REG/396/

Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Thailand (Goods and Services) ........................................................................ WT/REG387/M/1

See also WT/REG387/

Free Trade Agreement between China and Georgia (Goods and Services) ........................................................................ WT/REG391/M/1

See also WT/REG391/

Free Trade Agreement between Georgia and the EFTA States (Goods and Services) ........................................................................ WT/REG386/M/1

See also WT/REG386/

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Pacific Alliance – Additional Protocol to the Framework Agreement between Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru (Goods and Services) ......................... WT/REG377/M/1


Free Trade Agreement between Armenia and Kazakhstan (Goods) .............. WT/REG172/M/1


Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Viet Nam (Goods and Services) .................................................... WT/REG385/M/1


Free Trade Agreement between Turkey and Singapore (Goods and Services) ........................................................................ WT/REG392/M/1


Committee on Trade and Development

Annual Report (2019) ............................................................................... WT/COMTD/99

Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, Annual Performance Report on Technical Assistance and Training 2018 .......................................... WT/COMTD/W/245

Market Access for Products and Services of Export Interest to Least Developed Countries, Note by the Secretariat................................................................ WT/COMTD/LDC/W/67

Notifications under the Enabling Clause, Status of the Preparation of Factual Presentations,

Report by the Chairman ................................................. WT/COMTD/W/243, 246 and 249

Notifications under the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements, Status of the Preparation of Factual Presentations,

Report by the Chairman ................................................. WT/COMTD/W/244, 247 and 250

Participation of Developing Economies in the Global Trading System, Note by the Secretariat..................................................................... WT/COMTD/W/251

Work Programme on Small Economies, Compilation Paper Prepared by the Secretariat ......................... WT/COMTD/SE/W/22/Rev.9

Consideration of RTAs

Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (Agadir Agreement) between Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia (Goods) ................... WT/COMTD/RTA/M/9, Item B(ii)

See also WT/COMTD/N/48, WT/COMTD/RTA/11/

Partial Scope Agreement between Panama and the Dominican Republic (Goods) ................................... WT/COMTD/RTA/M/9, Item B(iii)

See also WT/COMTD/N/49, WT/COMTD/RTA/10/

Dedicated Session on Regional Trade Agreements

Consideration of Regional Trade Agreements, Status of Work of the Dedicated Session, Status of the Preparation of Factual Presentations, Report by the Chairman ................................................................. WT/COMTD/RTA/W/3

Aid-for-Trade Initiative

Aid for Trade Global Review 2019, Supporting Economic Diversification and Empowerment, 3-5 July 2019, Summary Report ...................... WT/COMTD/AFT/W/80









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Aid for Trade Work Programme 2020-2021, Empowering Connected, Sustainable Trade ................................... WT/COMTD/AFT/W/81

Committee on Trade and Environment

Annual Report (2019) ................................................................................... WT/CTE/26

Environmental Database for 2018, Note by the Secretariat ........................... WT/CTE/EDB/18

Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance

Annual Report (2019) ............................................................................... WT/WGTDF/18

Trade Finance in the Context of the Aid-for-Trade-Global Review,

WTO Secretariat ................................................................................ WT/WGTDF/W/90

Trade Finance: Recent Developments, Report by the Secretariat ................. WT/WGTDF/W/91

Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology

Annual Report (2019) ............................................................................... WT/WGTTT/21

Accessions

Accession of Curaçao, Request for Accession Pursuant to Article XII ................. WT/ACC/CUW/1

Eighth China Round Table on WTO Accessions ......... WT/ACC/35 – WT/GC/204 – WT/MIN(20)/1

List of WTO Accessions Working Party Chairpersons .................................. WT/ACC/18/Rev.14

Working Party on the Accession of Timor-Leste,

Membership and Terms of Reference ................................................. WT/ACC/TLS/2/Rev.2

Working Party on the Accession of South Sudan, Membership and Terms of Reference ................................................. WT/ACC/SSD/2/Rev.1

Working Party on the Accession of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Membership and Terms of Reference ............................................... WT/ACC/BHS/2/Rev.11

Working Party on the Accession of Uzbekistan, Membership and Terms of Reference .............................. WT/ACC/UZB/1/Rev.25 and Rev.26

Working Party on the Accession of Bhutan, Membership and Terms of Reference ............................................... WT/ACC/BTN/2/Rev.13

Working Party on the Accession of Iraq,

Membership and Terms of Reference ................................................ WT/ACC/IRQ/2/Rev.11

Working Party on the Accession of Azerbaijan, Membership and Terms of Reference ............................................... WT/ACC/AZE/3/Rev.26

Appellate Body

Annual Report (2019-2020) ............................................................................... WT/AB/30

Trade Negotiations Committee

Report by the Director-General at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 27 February 2019 ............................................... WT/GC/M/176, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/73

Report by the Director-General at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 3 May 2019 ....................................................... WT/GC/M/177, Annex 2 – JOB/TNC/74

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Report by the Director-General at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 19 July 2019 ...................................................... WT/GC/M/179, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/75

Report by the Director-General at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee

and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 14 October 2019 ................................................ WT/GC/M/180, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/76

Report by the Director-General at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee

and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 6 December 2019 ............................................... WT/GC/M/181, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/77

Committee on Agriculture in Special Session

Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting

on 27 February 2019 ............................................. WT/GC/M/176, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/73


on 3 May 2019 ..................................................... WT/GC/M/177, Annex 2 – JOB/TNC/74

Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 19 July 2019 ............................... WT/GC/M/179, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/75 – JOB/AG/162

Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 14 October 2019 ......................... WT/GC/M/180, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/76 – JOB/AG/166

Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 6 December 2019 ........................ WT/GC/M/181, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/77 – JOB/AG/174

"Working Towards Doable Elements for Meaningful Outcomes", Report by the Chair ................................................................................... JOB/AG/163

Cotton

Sub-Committee on Cotton

Report by the Chair at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 27 February 2019 ........................................ WT/GC/M/176, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/73

Report by the Chair at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 3 May 2019 ................................................. WT/GC/M/177, Annex 2 – JOB/TNC/74

Report by the Chair at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee

and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 19 July 2019 .......................... WT/GC/M/179, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/75 – JOB/AG/162


and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 14 October 2019 ..................... WT/GC/M/180, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/76 – JOB/AG/166


and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 6 December 2019 ................... WT/GC/M/181, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/77 – JOB/AG/174

Cotton, Background Paper by the Secretariat ............ TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.10 and Rev.11 –

TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.10/Add.1 and Add.2 –

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Director-General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton

Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance ........... WT/CFMC/6/Rev.26 and Rev.27

Implementation of the Development Assistance Aspects

of the Cotton-Related Decisions in the 2004 July Package

and Paragraph 12 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration, Item 2C – Coherence Between Trade and Development Aspects: Update on the Development Aspects of Cotton,

Report of the 30th and 31st Rounds of the Director-General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton ........ TN/AG/SCC/W/30 and 31 – WT/CFMC/58 and 59

Table on Domestic Cotton Sector Reforms ..................................... WT/CFMC/21/Rev.17

Committee on Trade and Development in Special Session

Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee

and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 3 May 2019 ..................................................... WT/GC/M/177, Annex 2 – JOB/TNC/74


and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 19 July 2019 .................................................... WT/GC/M/179, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/75


on 6 December 2019 ............................................. WT/GC/M/181, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/77

Council for Trade in Services in Special Session



Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 14 October 2019 .............................................. WT/GC/M/180, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/76

Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in Special Session

Multilateral System of Notifications and Registration of Geographical Indications for Wines and Spirits, Report by the Chairman ................................................... TN/IP/27


and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 3 May 2019 ..................................................... WT/GC/M/177, Annex 2 – JOB/TNC/74



Dispute Settlement Body in Special Session


on 27 February 2019 ............................................. WT/GC/M/176, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/73

Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 3 May 2019 ..................................................... WT/GC/M/177, Annex 2 – JOB/TNC/74

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Report by the Chairperson at the Informal Trade Negotiations Committee and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 19 July 2019 .................................................... WT/GC/M/179, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/75


and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 14 October 2019 .............................................. WT/GC/M/180, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/76


and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 6 December 2019 ............................................. WT/GC/M/181, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/77

Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body, Report by the Chairman ................................................................................ TN/DS/31

Negotiating Group on Rules

Fisheries Subsidies, Report by the Chair to the Trade Negotiations Committee .............................................................. TN/RL/32


and Informal Heads of Delegation Meeting on 27 February 2019 ............................................. WT/GC/M/176, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/73




on 19 July 2019 .................................................... WT/GC/M/179, Annex 1 – JOB/TNC/75



Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements

Committee on Government Procurement

Annual Report (2019) ..................................................................................... GPA/AR/2

Application for Accession of Kazakhstan to the Agreement on Government Procurement ........................................................................... GPA/150

Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft

Annual Report (2019) ...................................................................... TCA/15 – WT/L/1071

Other

E-commerce

Facilitator Reports, First to Sixth Negotiating Round .............. INF/ECOM/R/1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6







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Informal Working Group on MSMEs

Annual Report (2019) ............................................................................. INF/MSME/R/13

Informal Working Group on MSMEs, Members of the Group .................... INF/MSME/2, Rev. 1

and Corr.1, and Rev.2

TPR Survey 2006-2018 ............................................................................ INF/MSME/W/2

Investment Facilitation for Development

WTO Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development, Compendium of Text-Based Examples, Transparency and Predictability of Investment Measures ................................... INF/IFD/RD/5 and Rev.1, Rev.2 and Rev.3

WTO Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development, Stock-Taking and Next Steps, Informal Note by the Coordinator .................. INF/IFD/RD/38

WTO Structured Discussions on Investment Facilitation for Development,

Working Document ............................................................................... INF/IFD/RD/39

Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation¶1

Informal Summaries by the Chairperson of Meetings Held on the Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation (2019) ...................... INF/SDR/R/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8

Annotated Agenda by the Chairperson on the Joint Initiative on Services

Domestic Regulation, Open-Ended Meeting of 19 July 2019 ........................... INF/SDR/W/2

Annotated Agenda by the Chairperson on the Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation, Open-Ended Meeting of 1 October 2019 ....................... INF/SDR/W/3

Relations with Other International Organizations

Communication from the International Monetary Fund ......................... WT/TF/IMF/75 and 76

Information

Central Registry of Notifications (CRN) .................................................... WT/INF/25/Rev.1

Committee on Trade and Development, New Symbols for Documentation Relating to Regional Trade Agreements and Preferential Trade Arrangements,

Note by the Secretariat.............................................................................. WT/INF/222

Documents Related to the Joint Initiatives on Investment Facilitation for Development, E-Commerce and MSMEs, Note by the Secretariat ................ WT/INF/220

List of NGO Position Papers Received by the Secretariat, Note by the Secretariat.............................................................................. WT/INF/217

Membership of the WTO ...................................................................... WT/INF/43/Rev.22

Note by the Secretariat, Notice to the Committee on Budget Finance and Administration

(CBFA) Members, Guidelines for the Receipt and Notification of Voluntary Fund Contributions ................................................. WT/INF/219

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¶ All informal indicative draft schedules of relevant Members' specific commitments have been circulated

in the INF/SDR/IDS series.

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