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Council for Trade in Goods    
 
 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
21 AND  22 APRIL  2022 
CHAIRPERSON: MR ETIENNE OUDOT DE DAINVILLE  
Addendum  
In a communication dated 19 May 20221, the Chairperson of the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG) , 
Mr Etienne Oudot de Dainville  (France) , announced that the CTG would reconvene on  23 May 2022 
the meeting that had been suspended on 21 and 22  April 20222, with the purpose  of addressing  
Agenda  Item 3, "Appointment of Officers to the Subsidiary Bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods" . 
 
3. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR 
TRADE IN GOODS  
3.1.  The Chairperson  recall ed that , at the CTG  meeting of 21 and 22  April 2022,  Agenda Item  3 on 
the Appointment of Officers to the Subsidiary B odies of the Council for Trade in Goods had been 
suspended until further notice due to a lack of agreement on a final slate of names.  
3.2.  He also recalled that, at the CTG's formal meeting of 21  April 2022, his predecessor, 
H.E. Mr Lundeg Purevsuren (Mongolia), had reported that it had continued to be an extremely 
difficult process . In that regard, he had provided a detailed report on all the steps and consultations 
that had taken place up to that date. He had also noted that, despit e his best efforts, a consensus 
had not yet been reached on the tentative slate of names that had been presented to 
Group  Coordinators.  
3.3.  For this reason, the CTG had agreed to suspend Agenda Item  3 while the Chair person  of the 
General Council, Ambassador Di dier Chambovey, continue d the consultations on the slate of names. 
However, in light of his busy schedule in the run-up to MC12, Ambassador Chambovey had requested 
him, as Chairperson of the CTG , to continue the consultations.  
3.4.  Since then, the CTG's Chairperson , Mr Oudot  de Dainville , had been engaging with relevant 
stakeholders to try to reach a mutually agreeable solution . On 19 May 2022, he had met again with 
Group Coordinators to discuss a possible solution. In light of positive developm ents at that meeting , 
on Friday, 20  May, he had informed all Members of the slate of names and had convened a meeting 
of the CTG, to begin in informal mode, on 23 May. 
3.5.  Therefore, on 23  May, immediately preceding the Council's resumed formal meeting, he had 
held an informal meeting, as required by Rule  7.3 of the Guidelines for Appointment of Officers to 
WTO Bodies (WT/L/510), where he had reported to Members on the process that had been followed 
to reach  a consensus on a slate of names for the CTG's subsidiary bodies. At the Council's informal 
meeting, he had asked Members if they could agree to the slate of names that he had  read out  to 
them, and no objection had been  raised.  
 
1 Document  ICN/CTG/4 . 
2 See documents  WTO/AIR/CTG/21 , WTO/AIR/CTG/21/Rev.1 , G/C/W/806 , and G/C/W/806/Rev.1 . G/C/M/142/Add.1  
 
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  3.6.  At the Council's reconvened formal meeting, he had therefore been pleased to report that 
consensus on the slate of names had been  reached. He had then asked if the Council could formally 
agree to the list of nominees that he had read out during the informal meeting , as followed : 
CTG Subsidiary Body  Chairperson  
Committee on Agriculture (COA)  Mr Marcel VERNOOIJ (Netherlands)  
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices (AD)  Mr Juan Carlos ESTRELLA (Ecuador)  
Committee on Customs Valuation (CV)  Mr Frank RITTNER (Germany)  
Committee on Import Licensing (IL)  Mr LOH Jia Jie (Singapore)  
Committee on Market Access (CMA)  Mr Kenya UEHARA (Japan)  
Committee on Rules of Origin (ROO)  Ms Laura GAUER (Switzerland)  
Committee on Safeguards (SG)  Ms Maryam A. ALDOSERI  
(Bahrain, Kingdom of)  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Measures (SPS)  Mr Tang-Kai WANG (Chinese Taipei)  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures (SCM)  Ms Kerrlene WILLS (Guyana)  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade 
(TBT)  Mr Anwar Hussain SHAIK (India)  
Committee on Trade Facilitation (TF)  H.E. (Dr)  Adamu Mohammed ABDULHAMID 
(Nigeria)  
Committee on Trade -Related Investment 
Measures (TRIMs)  Ms Débora PONCE DE GÜNTHER  
(Guatemala)  
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of 
Trade in Information Technology Products 
(ITA) Mr Hazrul Imran AZAHAR (Malaysia)  
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises 
(STEs)  Mr Agustín NAVARRO DE VICENTE -GELLA 
(Spain)  
 
3.7.  The representative of the Russian Federation  indicated  the following:  
3.8.  Russia is disappointed by the persistently low level of transparency of the selection process of 
office rs for the subsidiary bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods. Moreover, Russia underlines that 
the tradition of being impartial , and objective , must be  the main element in a Chairperson 's role in 
the WTO. Russia is not in a position to object to the consensus on the slate of names this time . 
However, in the next election cycle , Russia reserve s the right to consider more closely the ability of 
respective delegations and its nominees to observe the basic rule of the impartiality and objectivity 
of chairpersons , as well as their ability to ensure inclusivity in the decision -making and consultative 
process.  
3.9.  The Chairperson  took note of the statement and indicated that he would transmit it to the 
Chairperson of the General Council so that it could be taken into account when begin ning the process 
for the a ppointment of chairpersons of WTO bodies for the following year, 2023.  
3.10.   The Chairperson thanked delegations for their collaboration and for showing flexibility so that 
the Council could adopt the slate of names. He further recalled that the purpose of the exercise was 
to ensure that the Organization continued to be able to handle its business in a sm ooth and seamless 
way, which was particularly important in the current situation and ahead of MC12.  G/C/M/142/Add.1  
 
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  3.11.   He report ed that consensus on the slate of names ha d been reached  and proposed that the 
Council agree with the nominations as indicated.  
3.12.   The Council so agreed. 
3.13.   The Chairperson  also recalled that , while all other subsidiary bodies of the Council ha d 
provisions in their respective agreements or rules of procedure prescribing the election of the 
chairperson , the working groups did not. Therefore, he suggest ed that, in the case of the 
Working  Group on State Trading Enterprises, the Council appoint the nominee , Mr Agustín Navarro 
de Vicente -Gella (Spain) , as Chairperson.  
3.14.   The Council so agreed . 
3.15.   The Chairperson  indicated  that he would report to  the Chairperson of the General  Council on 
the outcome of the consultations , the adoption of the slate of names , and that day's meeting . 
3.16.   The meeting was closed . 
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