Proposed agenda

I.  Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements — Draft Decision — Communication from the Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TN/C/8, TN/RL/18)   back to top

II.   China — Transitional Review under Section 18.2 of the Protocol of Accession to the WTO Agreement (WT/GC/109, G/L/807, S/C/27, IP/C/43, WT/BOP/R/83)  back to top

III.   Report by the Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee  back to top

IV.   Transparency for Preferential Trade Arrangements — Draft Decision — Communication from Brazil and India (WT/GC/W/574)  back to top

V.   Work Programme on Small Economies — Report by the Chairman of the Dedicated Session of the Committee on Trade and Development  back to top

VI.   Work Programme on Special and Differential treatment   back to top

A.   Report by the Chairman of the Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development

 

B.   Reports by chairpersons of other WTO bodies to whom special and differential treatment proposals have been referred

VII.   Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration  back to top

A.   Follow-up to the Committee's recommendations of October 2006 (WT/BFA/90) — Report by the Director-General on his discussions with the Swiss authorities concerning an appropriate solution to the immediate housing needs of the WTO

 

B.   Recommendations of the Committee following its meetings of November and December 2006 (WT/BFA/93 and Add.1)

VIII.   Aid for trade — Follow-up to the report and recommendations of the Task Force (WT/AFT/1) — Report by the Director-General  back to top

IX.   Follow-up to the 1 August 2004 General Council Decision and the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration on the Doha Work Programme — Statement by the Director-General on the Development Assistance Aspects of Cotton  back to top

X.   Non-recognition of rights under Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 — Communications from Honduras and Guatemala (WT/GC/85, WT/GC/90 and Corr.1, WT/GC/100, WT/MIN(05)/9) — Statement by the Chairman  back to top

XI.   Procedure for the Introduction of Harmonized System 2007 changes to Schedules of Concessions using the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database — Draft Decision (G/C/W/565)  back to top

XII.   Waivers under Article IX of the WTO Agreement(1)  back to top

A.   Introduction of Harmonized System 2002 changes into WTO schedules of tariff concessions — Draft Decision (G/C/W/564)

 

B.   Introduction of Harmonized System 2007 changes into WTO schedules of tariff concessions — Draft Decision (G/C/W/566/Rev.1)

 

C.   Kimberley process certification scheme for rough diamonds — Request for extension of waiver (G/C/W/559/Rev.1)

 

D.   Canada — Caribcan — Request for extension of waiver (G/C/W/558)

 

E.   Cuba — Article XV:6 of GATT 1994 — Request for extension of waiver (G/C/W/562)

 

F.   European Communities — Article XIII waiver for the tariff rate quota for bananas of ACP origin — Request for extension — Statement by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in Goods

 

G.   Review of waivers pursuant to Article IX:4 of the WTO Agreement

 

(i)   Canada — Caribcan, granted on 14 October 1996 until 31 December 2006 (WT/L/185, WT/L/664)

 

(ii)   United States — Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, granted on 14 October 1996 until 31 December 2006 (WT/L/183, WT/L/667)

 

(iii)   EC — Autonomous preferential treatment to the countries of the Western Balkans, granted on 8 December 2000 until 31 December 2006 (WT/L/380, WT/L/668)

 

(iv)   EC — The ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, granted on 14 November 2001 until 31 December 2007 (WT/L/436, WT/L/669)

 

(v)   Cuba — Article XV:6 of GATT 1994, granted on 20 December 2001 until 31 December 2006 (WT/L/440, WT/L/666)

XIII.   Review under paragraph 8 of the Decision on the Implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the Trips Agreement and Public Health (WT/L/540 and Corr.1) — Report of the Council for Trips (IP/C/42)  back to top

XIV.     WTO Pension Plan  back to top

A.   Election of alternate to the Management Board — Proposal by the Chairman of the General Council (WT/GC/W/572)

 

B.   Annual Report of the Management Board for 2005 (WT/L/663)

XV.   Appointment of Officers to WTO bodies — Announcement by the Chairman pursuant to paragraph 7.1(a) of the guidelines (WT/L/510)  back to top

XVI.   Review of WTO Activities:  back to top

Reports of:

(i)   General Council (WT/GC/W/573), Dispute Settlement Body (WT/DSB/42 and Add.1), and Trade Policy Review Body (WT/TPR/192)

 

(ii)   Sectoral Councils (G/L/808, S/C/26 and IP/C/44)

 

(iii)   Committees on Trade and Development (WT/COMTD/58), Trade and Environment (WT/CTE/13), Balance-of-Payments Restrictions (WT/BOP/R/85), budget, Finance and Administration (WT/BFA/92), and Regional Trade Agreements (WT/REG/17)

 

(iv)   Working Groups on Trade, Debt and Finance (WT/WGTDF/5), and Trade and Transfer of Technology (WT/WGTTT/8)

 

(v)   Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements (GPA/89, WT/L/665)

  

Other Business  back to top

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Footnotes:

1 In connection with this item, the attention of Members is drawn to the Decision-Making Procedures under Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the General Council on 15 November 1995 (WT/L/93).  back to text