RESTRICTED WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOWT/DER/P/27
1 June 1999
(99-2189)
DERESTRICTION OF DOCUMENTS
Documents Proposed for Derestriction on 2 August 19991
1. In accordance with the procedures for the circulation and derestriction of WTO documents
(WT/L/160/Rev.1), the following restricted documents are proposed for derestriction on
2 August 1999.  The date of circulation of each document is indicated at the end of the document title.
For technical reasons, the attached list is circulated in English only.
2. Any Member wanting any of these documents, or part of a document, to remain restricted is
invited to notify the Secretariat not later than 30 July 1999.
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DOCUMENTS MIS EN DISTRIBUTION GENERALE
Documents proposés pour mise en distribution générale à la date du 2 août 19991
1. Conformément aux procédures de distribution et de mise en distribution générale des
documents de l'OMC (WT/L/160/Rev.1), les documents ci-après qui ont fait l'objet d'une distribution
restreinte sont proposés pour mise en distribution générale à la date du 2 août 1999.  La date de
distribution est indiquée à la suite du titre de chaque document.  Pour des raisons techniques, la liste
ci-jointe n'est distribuée qu'en anglais.
2. Tout Membre souhaitant que la distribution de l'un de ces documents, ou d'une partie d'un
document, demeure restreinte est invité à en informer le Secrétariat au plus tard le 30 juillet 1999.
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SUPRESIÓN DEL CARÁCTER RESERVADO DE
DETERMINADOS DOCUMENTOS
Documentos cuyo carácter reservado se propone suprimir el 2 de agosto de 19991
1. De conformidad con los procedimientos para la distribución y la supresión del carácter
reservado de los documentos de la OMC (WT/ L/160/Rev.1), se propone que los siguientes
documentos dejen de tener tal carácter a partir del 2 de agosto de 1999.  La fecha de distribución de
cada documento se indica al final del título de éste.  Por razones técnicas, la lista adjunta se distribuye
en inglés solamente.
2. Se ruega a los Miembros que deseen que alguno, o parte de alguno, de estos documentos
sigan teniendo carácter reservado lo notifiquen a la Secretaría a más tardar el 30 de julio de 1999.
                                                     
1 This notice is circulated by the Secretariat normally on ce a month, and does not refer to documents related to the
work of the Councils and Committees established under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements or separate agreements under theauspices of the WTO, for which separate notices are circulated.  A list of recently derestricted documents is circulated by theSecretariat in the WT/DER/- series normally once a month. A lis t of documents remaining restricted is circulated by the
Secretariat in the WT/DER/RM/- series every three months./
Cet avis est distribué en principe chaque mois par le Secrétariat, et ne fait pas mention des documents se rapportant
aux travaux des Conseils et Comités établis en vertu des Accords commerciaux plurilatéraux ou d'accords distincts conclussous les auspices de l'OMC, pour lesquels des avis sont distribués séparément.  Le Secrétariat distribue en principe chaquemois, sous la cote WT/DER/-, la liste des documents qui viennent d'être mis en distribution générale.  Il distribue tous les
trois mois, sous la cote WT/DER/RM/-, la liste des documents dont la distribution demeure restreinte./
Este aviso, que normalmente la Secretaría distribuye una vez por mes, no se refiere a los documentos relativos a la
labor de los Consejos y Comités establecidos en virtud de los Acuerdos Comerciales Plurilaterales o de otros acuerdoscelebrados bajo los auspicios de la OMC, que son objeto de avisos distribuidos por separado.  La lista de los documentos que
recientemente han dejado de tener carácter reservado se distribuye normalmente una vez por mes en la serie WT/DER/-.
Cada tres meses la Secretaría distribuye en la serie WT/DER/RM/- una lista de los documentos que siguen teniendo carácterreservado.WT/DER/P/27
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G/ADP/IG/W/16 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Informal Group on
Anti-Circumvention - Topic 1 – What Constitutes Circumvention? -Questions Posed by the United States to Hong Kong, China and Japan -
19.11.98
G/ADP/Q1/ECU/5 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Notification of Laws and Regulations underArticles 18.5 and 32.6 of the Agreements - Replies to Questions Posed
by Japan, Turkey and Venezuela Regarding the Notification o f
Ecuador - 18.11.98
G/ADP/Q1/ECU/6 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Notification of Laws and Regulations underArticles 18.5 and 32.6 of the Agreements - Questions Posed by theUnited States Regarding the Notification of Ecuador - 11.11.98
G/ADP/Q1/ECU/7 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Notification of Laws and Regulations underArticles 18.5 and 32.6 of the Agreements - Questions Posed by MexicoRegarding the Notification of Ecuador - 27.11.98
G/ADP/W/403 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Committee on Safeguards – Note from the
Secretariat - 13.11.98
G/ADP/W/405 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Questions Posed by Mexico
Regarding the Anti-Dumping Investigation of Portland Cement byEcuador - 17.11.98
G/ADP/W/406 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Questions Posed by Mexico
Regarding the Anti-Dumping Investigation of Sugar by Panama -
17.11.98
G/AG/W/36 Committee on Agriculture -  Review of Food Aid Levels – Note by the
Secretariat - 03.11.98
G/AG/W/37 Committee on Agriculture - Issues Regarding Export Subsidy
Notifications - Discussion Paper by Australia - 12.11.98
G/AG/W/38 Committee on Agriculture - Implementation Issues Regarding
Domestic Support - Provision of Information to Support de minimisClaims - Discussion Paper by New Zealand - 12.11.98
G/AG/W/39 Committee on Agriculture - Implementation Issues Regarding
Domestic Support - Notification of "Green Box" Measures -Discussion Paper by the United States - 13.11.98
G/C/W/128 Council for Trade in Goods - Work Programme on Electronic
Commerce - Background Note by the Secretariat - 05.11.98
G/LIC/M/8 Committee on Import Licensing - Minutes of the Meeting Held on
20 October 1998 - 19.11.98
G/MA/W/18 Committee on Market Access - Trade in Pharmaceutical Products -
13.11.98
G/PSI/WP/M/7 Working Party on Preshipment Inspection - Minutes of the Meeting o
f
6 and 8 October 1998 - 12.11.98
G/RO/M/19/Corr.1 Committee on Rules of Origin - Minutes of the Meeting o f
15 October 1998 - Corrigendum - 06.11.98
G/RO/M/20 Committee on Rules of Origin - Minutes of the Meeting o f
5 November 1998 - 19.11.98
G/RO/W/39 Committee on Rules of Origin - System of European Cumulation o f
Origin - Questions Raised by the United States - 23.11.98
G/SCM/Q1/ECU/5 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Notification of Laws and Regulations underArticles 18.5 and 32.6 of the Agreements - Replies to Questions Posed
by Japan, Turkey and Venezuela Regarding the Notification o f
Ecuador - 18.11.98WT/DER/P/27
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G/SCM/Q1/ECU/6 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Notification of Laws and Regulations underArticles 18.5 and 32.6 of the Agreements - Questions Posed by the
United States Regarding the Notification of Ecuador - 11.11.98
G/SCM/Q1/ECU/7 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Notification of Laws and Regulations under
Articles 18.5 and 32.6 of the Agreements - Questions Posed by Mexico
Regarding the Notification of Ecuador - 27.11.98
G/SCM/Q2/EEC/16/Suppl.1 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Subsidies –
Replies to Questions from the United States Regarding the UpdatingNotification of the European Community - 02.11.98
G/SCM/Q2/PRY/2 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Subsidies –
Replies to Questions from the European Community Regarding theNew and Full Notification of Paraguay - 25.11.98
G/SCM/Q2/TUR/7 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Subsidies –
Questions from Poland Regarding the Updating Notification of Turkey
- 04.11.98
G/SCM/W/418 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Committee on Safeguards - Note from theSecretariat - 13.11.98
G/SG/Q1/AUS/2 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Questions Posed by the UnitedStates Regarding the Notification of Australia - 19.11.98
G/SG/Q1/COL/1 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Questions Posed by the UnitedStates Regarding the Notification of Colombia - 19.11.98
G/SG/Q1/CRI/1 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Questions Posed by the United
States Regarding the Notification of Costa Rica - 18.11.98
G/SG/Q1/ECU/2 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Questions Posed by the UnitedStates Regarding the Notification of Ecuador - 18.11.98
G/SG/Q1/FJI/2 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Replies to Questions Posed bythe United States Regarding the Notification of Fiji - 05.11.98
G/SG/Q1/IND/9 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Follow-up Questions Posed by
Japan Regarding the Notification of India - 05.11.98
G/SG/Q1/PAN/1 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Questions Posed by the UnitedStates Regarding the Notification of Panama - 18.11.98
G/SG/Q1/POL/1 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Questions Posed by the UnitedStates Regarding the Notification of Poland - 19.11.98
G/SG/Q1/QAT/1 Committee on Safeguards - Notification of Laws and Regulations
under Article 12.6 of the Agreement - Questions Posed by the United
States Regarding the Notification of Qatar - 18.11.98
G/SG/Q2/EGY/2 Committee on Safeguards - Notification under Article 12.1(a) of the
Agreement on Safeguards on Initiation of an Investigation and the
Reasons for it and Notification under Article 12.4 of the Agreement onSafeguards Before Taking a Provisional Safeguards Measure Referredto in Article 6 - Replies to Questions Posed by the United StatesRegarding the Notification of Egypt - 05.11.98WT/DER/P/27
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G/SG/Q2/IND/3 Committee on Safeguards - Notification under Article 12.1(a) of the
Agreement on Safeguards on Initiation of an Investigation and theReason for It - Questions Posed by Mexico Regarding the Notification
of India - 20.11.98
G/SG/Q2/NGA/4 Committee on Safeguards - Nigeria - Import Prohibitions on Sorghum,
Millet, Wheat Flour, Gypsum and Kaolin - Replies to Follow-upQuestions from the United States Regarding the Notification of Nigeria- 10.11.98
 G/SG/W/183 Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures - Committee on Safeguards - Note from the
Secretariat - 13.11.98
G/SPS/W/91 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures – Procedure to
Monitor the Process of International Harmonization – Submission bythe Philippines - 02.11.98
G/SPS/W/93 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures – The SPS
Agreement and Developing Countries - Note by the Secretariat –05.11.98
G/SPS/W/95 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures – International
Observer Organizations - Submission by the European Communities atthe Meeting of 11-12 November 1998 - 23.11.98
G/SPS/W/96 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures – Procedure to
Monitor the Process of International Harmonization – Submission by
the European Communities - 23.11.98
G/TBT/M/13 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Minutes of the Meeting
Held on 15 September 1998 - 18.11.98
G/TBT/SPEC/8 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Trade Facilitation Related
to the TBT Agreement (As requested by the Council for Trade inGoods - Draft - 17.11.98
G/TBT/W/96 Committee on Technical Barri ers to Trade - Notification of the
Government of the Netherlands - Proposed Legislation on theCompulsory Labelling of Timber and Timber Products (Wood and
Wooden Products) - Submission by Malaysia - 09.11.98
G/TBT/W/98 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Request for Observer
Status by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO) - 13.11.98
G/TBT/W/99 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - National Experiences with
Standards and Technical Regulations - Contribution by Australia -17.11.98
G/TBT/W/100 Committee on Technical Barrier s to Trade - Notif ication Procedures
and Procedures for Information Exchange: Canadian Proposals and
Comments Regarding G/TBT/1/Rev.5 - Submission by Canada -17.11.98
G/TRIMS/W/17 Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures – Replies from
Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela to Questions Raised by the UnitedStates - 17.11.98
G/VAL/W/5/Rev.5 Committee on Customs Valuation - Information on the Application o
f
the Decisions on the Treatment of Interest Charges in the Customs
Value of Imported Goods and on the Valuation of Carrier MediaBearing Software for Data Processing Equipment - Note by the
Secretariat - Revision - 03.11.98
IP/C/W/52/Rev.2 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
International Intergovernmental Organizations - Requests for ObserverStatus in the Council for TRIPS - Revision - 05.11.98WT/DER/P/27
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IP/C/W/52/Rev.3 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
International Intergovernmental Organizations - Requests for ObserverStatus in the Council for TRIPS - Revision - 17.11.98
IP/C/W/115 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review of Legislation - Replies from Mongolia to Questions from the
European Communities and their Member States and Japan - 12.11.98
IP/C/W/116 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review of Legislation - Replies by Ecuador to Questions Posed byJapan - 16.11.98
IP/C/W/116/Add.1 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review of Legislation - Replies by Ecuador to the Questions Posed bythe European Communities and their Member States – Addendum -30.11.98
IP/C/W/117 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review under Article 24.2 of the Application of the Provisions of theSection of the TRIPS Agreement on Geographical Indications -Checklist of Questions - Responses from the Czech Republic -12.11.98
IP/C/W/118 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review of Legislation - Replies from Panama to Questions Posed byJapan - 13.11.98
IP/Q2/BGR/1/Add.1 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review of Legislation on Trademarks, Geographical Indications and
Industrial Designs - Bulgaria - Addendum - 04.11.98
IP/Q4/BEL/1 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review of Legislation on Enforcement - Belgium - 17.11.98
IP/Q/HUN/1 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights -
Review of Legislation on Copyright and Related Rights – Hungary -12.11.98
S/C/M/30 Council for Trade in Services - Report of the Meeting Held on
14 October 1998 - Note by the Secretariat - 12.11.98
S/CSC/M/6 Committee on Specific Commitments - Report of the Meeting Held on
16 October 1998 - Note by the Secretariat - 12.11.98
S/C/W/64 Council for Trade in Services - Cooperation between the WTO and the
International Telecommunication Union - Note by the Secretariat -06.11.98
S/C/W/65 Council for Trade in Services - Exchange of Information Exercise –
Derestriction of Sectoral Papers by the Secretariat - Note by theSecretariat - 06.11.98
S/C/W/66 Council for Trade in Services - Communication from New Zealand –
Article VI.4: Possible Disciplines on Domestic Regulation - 17.11.98
S/C/W/68 Council for Trade in Services - The Work Programme on Electronic
Commerce - Note by the Secretariat - 16.11.98
S/C/W/69 Council for Trade in Services - Communication from the United States
– Proposal for an Information Session on TelecommunicationsServices Agreement - Technical Assistance Sources and Needs -19.11.98
S/C/W/70 Council for Trade in Services - Communication from the European
Communities and their Member States - WTO Programme on
Electronic Commerce - 23.11.98
S/C/W/71 Council for Trade in Services - Communication from the United States
– Transportation Services - 24.11.98WT/DER/P/27
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S/WPGR/M/18 Working Party on GATS Rules - Report of the Meeting o f
6 October 1998 - Note by the Secretariat - 13.11.98
S/WPGR/W/27 Working Party on GATS Rules - Issues for Future Discussions on
Emergency Safeguards - Note by the Secretariat - 20.11.98
S/WPPS/M/22 Working Party on Professional Services - Note on the Meeting Held on
22 October 1998 - Note by the Secretariat - 11.11.98
S/WPPS/M/23 Working Party on Professional Services - Note on the Meeting Held on
16 November 1998 - Note by the Secretariat - 30.11.98
WT/COMTD/W/51 Committee on Trade and Development - Development Implications o f
Electronic Commerce - Note by the Secretariat - 23.11.98
WT/CTE/M/19 Committee on Trade and Environment - Report of the Meeting Held on
26-27  October 1998 - Note by the Secretariat - 30.11.98
WT/DSB/M/49 Dispute Settlement Body - Minutes of Meeting - Held in the Centre
William Rappard on 21 October 1998 - 19.11.98
WT/GC/M/31 General Council - Minutes of Meeting - Held in the Centre William
Rappard on 14, 16 and 23 October 1998 - 09.11.98
WT/GC/W/108 General Council - Concerns Regarding Implementation of Provisions
Relating to Differential and More Favourable Treatment of Developingand Least-Developed Countries in Various WTO Agreements –Communication from India - 13.11.98
WT/GC/W/113 Procedures for the Circulatio n and Derestriction of WTO Documents –
Proposal by Mexico - 19.11.98
WT/GC/W/114 General Council - Communication from India - 18.11.98
WT/GC/W/117 General Council - Review of Procedures for the Circulation and
Derestriction of WTO Documents - Note by the Secretariat onProposals made by Delegations - 27.11.98
WT/REG11/9/Add.5 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Central European Free
Trade Agreement - Questions and Replies - Addendum - 26.11.98
WT/REG31/5 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Canada-Israel Free Trade
Agreement - Questions and Replies - 06.11.98
WT/REG32/6 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Interim Agreement
between Slovenia and the European Communities - Questions andReplies - 12.11.98
WT/REG34/3 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Free Trade Agreement
between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Latvia –
Communication from the Parties - 10.11.98
WT/REG37/3 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Free Trade Agreement
between the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic of Estonia –Communication from the Parties - 06.11.98
WT/REG49/3 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Free Trade Agreement
between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania –
Additional Protocol - Communication from the Parties - 16.11.98
WT/REG49/4 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Free Trade Agreement
between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania –Communication from the Parties - 16.11.98
WT/REG53/3 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Customs Union between
the European Community and the Principality of Andorra –Communication from the European Community - 12.11.98WT/DER/P/27
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WT/REG/GEN/M/1 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Examination of the
System of European Cumulation of Origin - Note on the Meeting o f
23 September 1998 - 16.11.98
WT/REG/W/31 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Communication from
Hong Kong, China - An Illustrative List of Elements in Article XXIV
Requiring Clarification - 18.11.98
WT/WGTCP/M/6 Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition
Policy - Report on the Meeting of 28-29 September 1998 - Note by theSecretariat - 16.11.98
WT/WGTGP/M/6 Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement - Report
on the Meeting of 8-9 October 1998 - Note by the Secretariat -13.11.98
WT/WGTI/M/6 Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment –
Report on the Meeting of 1 and 2 October 1998 - Note by the
Secretariat - 03.11.98
WT/WGTI/W/64 Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment –
Communication from Mexico - 19.11.98
WT/WGTI/W/65 Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment –
The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Development:Technology and other Know-How Transfers and Spillovers - Note by
the Secretariat - 20.11.98
WT/WGTI/W/66 International Intergovernmental Organizations - Observer Status in the
Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment -
24.11.98
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