WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/CTE/INF/2
4 April 2000
(00-1357)
Committee on Trade and Environment
LIST OF WORKING DOCUMENTS
Note by the Secretariat
At the meeting of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) on 29 February -
1 March 2000, a request was made to the Secretariat to prepare a list of the working documents of the
CTE categorized by item of the work programme.  The following list responds to that request.  The
list contains all documents that have been circulated since January 1995, with the most recent
document listed first.  If Members find this list useful, the Secretariat can update it from time-to-time.
I. LIST OF WORKING DOCUMENTS CATEGORIZED BY ITEM OF THE WORK
PROGRAMME
Items 1 & 5: The relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading system and trade
measures for environmental purposes, including those pursuant to multilateral
environmental agreements (MEAs);  and the relationship between the dispute
settlement mechanisms in the multilateral trading system and those found in MEAs
WT/CTE/W/136 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological
Diversity:  text of the Prot ocol – Communication from the
Convention on Biological Diversity
WT/CTE/W/130 + Corr.1 Recent developments in the Montreal Protocol and the Basel
Convention - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/128 Recent developments in the Convention on the Prior Informed
Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and
Pesticides in International Trade;  and the draft International Legally
Binding Instrument for Implementing International Action on Certain
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/124 Recent developments in the Convention on Biological Diversity:  the
draft Protocol on Biosafety - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/123 Communication from the Secretariat of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
WT/CTE/W/122 Communication from the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Forum
on Forests (IFF)
WT/CTE/W/120 Communication from the Secretariat of the International Tropical
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WT/CTE/W/119 Communication from the Secretariat of the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES)
WT/CTE/W/117 Recent developments in the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) – the draft Protocol on Biosafety - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/116 Communication from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity
WT/CTE/W/115 Communication from the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention and
the Montreal Protocol, UNEP
WT/CTE/W/113 + Corr.1 Communication from the Commission for the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
WT/CTE/W/112 Recent developments in the draft International Legally Binding
Instrument for Implementing International Action on Certain
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/104 The Montreal Protocol on the Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer:  Recent developments - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/95 The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
(ICCAT) - Communication from Brazil
WT/CTE/W/94 Communication from UNEP at the 1998 MEA Information Session
WT/CTE/W/92 Communication from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD)
WT/CTE/W/91 Communication from the Secretariat of UNEP Chemicals (IRPTC)
WT/CTE/W/90 Communication from the Secretariat of the Basel Convention
WT/CTE/W/89 Communication from the Secretariat of the International Tropical
Timber Organization (ITTO)
WT/CTE/W/88 Communication from the Secretariat of the UN/ECE Convention on
Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
WT/CTE/W/87 Communication from the Secretariat of the International Commission
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
WT/CTE/W/86 Recent developments in the Basel Convention, the PIC Convention;
and the Convention on Biological Diversity - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/84 Communication from the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Forum
on Forests (IFF)
WT/CTE/W/74 Recent developments in the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change:  The Kyoto Protocol - Note by the SecretariatWT/CTE/INF/2
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WT/CTE/W/71 Recent developments in the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/68 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer:
Recent Developments - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/64 The Convention on Biological Diversity and its relation to trade -
Communication from the Executive Secretary of the CBD
WT/CTE/W/63 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora - Communication from the CITES Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/62 The 1994 Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the
1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea - Communication from
the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the
Sea, Office of Legal Affairs
WT/CTE/W/60 Nature and extent of projects supported by the Multilateral Fund -
Communication from the Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund for the
Implementation of the Montreal Protocol
WT/CTE/W/61 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -
Communication from the UNFCCC Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/59 The proposed Prior Informed Consent (PIC) and Persistent Organic
Pollutants (POPs) Conventions - Communication from the Secretariatof UNEP Chemicals
WT/CTE/W/58 Nature and extent of GEF projects in assisting in the implementation
of Multilateral Environmental Agreements - Communication from
the Secretariat  of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
WT/CTE/W/57 The Montreal Protocol and trade measures - Communication from
the Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the
Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer
WT/CTE/W/55 Recent trade-related developments in the Basel Convention -
Communication from the Basel Convention Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/53/Rev.1 GATT/WTO dispute settlement practice relating to Article XX,
paragraphs (b), (d) and (g) of GATT - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/48 Results of the ad hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Forests - Note by
the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/44 Recent developments in the Convention on Biological Diversity and
the Montreal Protocol - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/39 The relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading
system and trade measures for environmental purposes, including
those pursuant to MEAs - Proposal by ASEANWT/CTE/INF/2
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WT/CTE/W/31 The relationship between trade measures pursuant to MEAs and the
WTO Agreement - Proposal by Japan
WT/CTE/W/20 The relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading
system and trade measures for environmental purposes, includingthose pursuant to MEAs - Submission by New Zealand
WT/CTE/W/19 Recent developments at the seventh meeting of the Parties to the
Montreal Protocol - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/18 Recent developments in the Convention on Biological Diversity -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/15 + Corr.1 Recent developments in the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/12 Recent developments in the Montreal Protocol and the Basel
Convention - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/4 + Corr.1 Approaches to the relationship between the provisions of the
multilateral trading system and trade measures pursuant to
Multilateral Environmental Agreements - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/2 Communication from Chile on Item 5Non-paper (19 February 1996) Submission by the European Community on Item 1
Non-paper (20 May 1996) Submission by Switzerland on Item 1
Non-paper (12 June 1996) Submission by Korea on Item 1Non-paper (18 June 1996) Submission by the Arab Republic of Egypt on Item 1Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by Hong Kong on Item 1Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by India on Items 1 and 5Non-paper (11 Sept. 1996) Submission by the United States on Multilateral Environmental
Agreements
Item 2: The relationship between environmental policies relevant to trade and environmental
measures with significant trade effects and the provisions of the multilateral trading
system
WT/CTE/W/133 Rapporteur's Report on the OECD Workshop on "Methodologies for
Environmental Assessment of Trade Liberalization Agreements" -
Communication from the OECD Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/37 Environmental review of trade agreements at the national level - 
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WT/CTE/W/16 The negotiating history of footnote 61 of the Agreement on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures - Note by the Secretariat
Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by India on Item 2
Non-paper (11 Sept. 1996) Draft Decision on Envi ronmental Reviews of Trade Agreements at
the National Level - Submission by the United States
Item 3(a): The relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading system and charges
and taxes for environmental purposes
WT/CTE/W/47 Taxes and charges for environmental purposes - border tax
adjustment - Note by the Secretariat
Item 3(b): The relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading system and
requirements for environmental purposes relating to products, including standards and
technical regulations, packaging, labelling and recycling
W/CTE/W/114 Internationally agreed definitions of environmental labelling within
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and related
work - Communication from the ISO
WT/CTE/W/10-
G/TBT/W/11Negotiating history of the coverage of the agreement on technical
barriers to trade with regard to labelling requirements, voluntary
standards, and processes and production methods unrelated to
product characteristics - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/108 Environmental certification for leather and forestry products -
Submission by Brazil
WT/CTE/W/101-
G/TBT/W/103Technical barriers to the market access of developing countries -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/79 + Corr.1 Market access impact of eco-labelling requirements - Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/76-
G/TBT/W/60Environmental labels and market access:  Case study in the
Colombian flower industry - Submission from Colombia
WT/CTE/W/75 Eco-packing:  Overview of recent work in other international fora -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/45 Eco-labelling:  Overview of cu rrent work in various international fora
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/38-
G/TBT/W/30Draft Decision on Eco-labelling Programmes - Communication
from Canada
WT/CTE/W/27 US proposal regarding further work on transparency of eco-labelling -
Submission by the United States
WT/CTE/W/23- Eco-labelling programmes:  Information provided by Canada, Chile
G/TBT/W/23 the Czech Republic, European Communities, Norway and US to the
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WT/CTE/W/21- Elements of a possible understanding to the TBT Agreement on
G/TBT/W/21 eco-labelling - Submission by Canada
Non-paper (18 June 1996) Submission by the Arab Republic of Egypt on Item 3
Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by the European Community on eco-labelling
programmes
Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by India on Item 3Non-paper (11 Sept. 1996) Submission by the United States:  Draft Decision on Transparency in
Eco-labelling Programmes
Item 4: The provisions of the multilateral tradin g system with respect to the transparency of
trade measures used for environmental purposes and environmental measures and
requirements which have significant trade effects
WT/CTE/W/118 The 1998 Environmental Database - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/102 + Corr.1 The Environmental Database:  Interim review of the glossary of
search words - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/78 Proposal for the Environmental Database - Note by the SecretariatWT/CTE/W/77 + Corr.1 Provisions of the multila teral trading system with respect to the
transparency of trade measures used for environmental purposes andenvironmental measures and requirements which have significant
trade effects – 1997 Environmental Database - Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/46 Provisions of the multilatera l trading system with respect to the
transparency of trade measures used for environmental purposes and
environmental measures and requirements which have significanttrade effects - 1996 Environmental Database - Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/34 The WTO Central Registry of Notifications – Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/28 The provisions of the multilate ral trading system with respect to the
transparency of trade measures used for environmental purposes and
environmental measures and requirements which have significant
trade effects - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/5 The provisions of the multilate ral trading system with respect to the
transparency of trade measures used for environmental purposes and
environmental measures and requirements which have significant
trade effects - Note by the Secretariat
Non-paper (28 May 1996) A Proposal on an Envi ronmental Database - Submission by Hong
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Item 6: The effect of environmental measures on market access, especially in relation to
developing countries, in particular to  the least developed among them, and
environmental benefits of removing trade restrictions and distortions
WT/CTE/W/135 Update of FAO activities related to fisheries - Communication from
the FAO
WT/CTE/W/134 Subsidies in the fisheries s ector:  Update on recent work conducted
by New Zealand - Communi cation from New Zealand
WT/CTE/W/132 Fisheries subsidies and the environment - Communication from
Iceland
WT/CTE/W/127 Chairman's Report on the FAO/Netherlands Conference on the
Multifunctional Character of Agriculture and Land - Submission by
Argentina
WT/CTE/W/126 The FAO International Plan of Action for the Management of
Fishing Capacity and Related Initiatives for Sustainable Fisheries -
Communication from the FAO
WT/CTE/W/121 Benefits of eliminating trade distorting and environmentally
damaging subsidies in the fisheries sector - Submission by
New Zealand
WT/CTE/W/111 Report by the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries on the environmental
impact of fisheries subsidies - Submission by Iceland
WT/CTE/W/109 The agriculture sector:  Environmental benefits of trade
liberalization - Submission by Brazil
WT/CTE/W/107 Environmental effects of trade liberalization on agriculture -
Submission by Japan
WT/CTE/W/106 Agriculture and the environment:  The case of export subsidies -
Submission by Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay,
Philippines, Thailand, United States and Uruguay
WT/CTE/W/105 Trade liberalization and the environment:  A positive agenda for
trade reforms - Submission by Australia
WT/CTE/W/103 + Corr.1 The Icelandic fisheries management system:  A market-driven
sustainable fisheries regime - Submission by Iceland
WT/CTE/W/100 Environment effects of trade liberalization in the agricultural sector-
Submission by Norway
WT/CTE/W/99 Comments by the EC on the Secretariat's document WT/CTE/W/80
on subsidies & aids granted in the fishing industry
WT/CTE/W/98 The energy sector:  The case of alcohol fuel (ethanol) - Submission
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WT/CTE/W/97 Non-trade concerns in the next agricultural negotiations -
Submission by Argentina
WT/CTE/W/83 Comments by the EC on the Secretariat's document WT/CTE/W/67-
Contribution by the European Community
WT/CTE/W/82 Cluster on market access - Statement by IndiaWT/CTE/W/81- Forests:  a national experience - Contribution by Canada
G/TBT/W/61
WT/CTE/W/80/Add.1 GATT/WTO rules on subsidies and aids granted in the fishing
industry:  Update of fisheries-related notifications under Article 25
of the SCM Agreement - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/80 GATT/WTO rules on subsidies and aids granted in the fishing
industry - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/70 Liberalization of trade in environmental services and the
environment - Contribution by the United States
WT/CTE/W/67/Add.1 Addendum on the environmental benefits of removing trade
restrictions and distortions in the environmental services sector -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/67 Environmental benefits of removing trade restrictions and
distortions - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/52 The fisheries sector - Submission by New ZealandWT/CTE/W/51 Environmental and trade benefits of removing subsidies in the
fisheries sector - Submission by the United States
WT/CTE/W/36 Trade liberalization, the environment and sustainable development -
Submission by Australia
WT/CTE/W/35 Trade liberalization and the environment - Contribution by the
United States
WT/CTE/W/26 The effects of environmental measures on market access, especially
in relation to developing countries, in particular to the least
developed among them - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/25 The environmental benefits of removing trade restrictions and
distortions:  Tariff escalation - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/24 The environmental benefits of removing trade restrictions and
distortions, including tariff escalation, subsidies, state trading, and
excessively high tariffs - Communication from Argentina
WT/CTE/W/1 Environmental benefits of removing trade restrictions and distortions
Note by the SecretariatWT/CTE/INF/2
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Non-paper (21 May 1996) Contribution by Australia on trade liberalization, the environment
and sustainable development
Non-paper (20 June 1996) Submission by India on Item 6
Non-paper (20 June 1996) Submission by Norway on market access and environmental effects 
of removing trade restrictions and distortions
Non-paper (28 June 1996) Preliminary views of Japan on Item 6Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by the European Community on Item 6
Non-paper (24 July 1996) Submission by Korea on Item 6
Item 7: The issue of exports of domestically prohibited goods (
DPGs)
WT/CTE/W/73 The product coverage of different international instruments dealing
with trade in DPGs and other hazardous substances - Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/43 A review of the information available in the WTO on the export of
DPGs - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/32 Domestically prohibited goods - Proposal by NigeriaWT/CTE/W/29 Domestically prohibited goods:  Assessment of the product coverage
in specific international instruments - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/14 Domestically prohibited goods - Proposal by NigeriaWT/CTE/W/11 Communication from the delegations of Nigeria and SenegalWT/CTE/W/6 A description of international agreements and instruments dealing
with trade in DPGs and other hazardous substances - Note by the
Secretariat
Item 8: The relevant provisions of the Agr eement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights
WT/CTE/W/125 The relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) and the TRIPs Agreement:  with a focus on Article 27.3 (b) -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/85 Response of India to comments by the US on WT/CTE/W/65WT/CTE/W/66 The relationship of the TRIPs Agreement to the development, access
and transfer of environmentally sound technologies and products -Input from India
WT/CTE/W/65 The relationship between th e TRIPs Agreement and the Convention
on Biodiversity - Communication from IndiaWT/CTE/INF/2
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WT/CTE/W/50 The Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPs Agreement -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/22 Factors affecting transfer of environmentally sound technology -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/8 +Corr.1 Environment and TRIPs - Note by the SecretariatNon-paper (20 June 1996) Submission by India on the relationship of the TRIPs Agreement to
the development, access and transfer of environmentally-sound
technologies and products (revises India's 2 April 1996 non-paper)
Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by India on the relationship between the
TRIPs Agreement and the Convention on Biodiversity
Non-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by Korea on th e consideration of the relevant provisions
of the Agreement on TRIPs
Non-paper (11 Sept. 1996) Submission by Australia on the TRIPs Agreement
Item 9: The work programme envisaged in the Decision on Trade in Services and the
Environment
WT/CTE/W/96 UNCTAD expert meeting on strengthening capacities in developing
countries to develop their environmental services sector, Geneva,
20-22 July 1998 - Communication from UNCTAD
WT/CTE/W/9 Environment and Services - Note by the SecretariatNon-paper (23 July 1996) Submission by India on Services and the Environment
Item 10: Input to the relevant bodies in respect of appropriate arrangements for relations with
intergovernmental and non-governmental organi zations referred to in Article V of the
WTO
WT/CTE/W/131 Improving the Trade and Environment pages of the WTO website -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/41/Rev.6 List of international intergovernmental organizations granted observer
status in the CTE - Note by the SecretariatWT/CTE/INF/2
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II. GENERAL
General Statements
WT/CTE/W/110 Statement by the Minister of Mines, Environment and Tourism of
Zimbabwe to the WTO regional seminar on trade and environmentfor Sub-Saharan Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe, 8-10 February 1999 -
Submission by Zimbabwe
WT/CTE/W/93 Industrial Principles for Sustainable Development - Communication
from Brazil
WT/CTE/W/54- Statement by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of the Republic of
WT/COMTD/W/30 Singapore at the 19
th Special Session of the UN General Assembly,
24 June 1997 - Communication from Singapore
Non-paper (22 July 1996) Statement by H.E. Ambassador Luis-Felipe Lampreia, Minister of
External Relations of Brazil to the Lausanne Informal MinisterialMeeting on trade and environment 1-2 July 1996 - Communication
from Brazil
Bibliographies
WT/CTE/W/129 Annotated bibliography of se lected literature concerning the use of
trade measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements - Note by
the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/72 Methodologies for environmental valuation:  A selected bibliography
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/49 Selected bibliography on trade and environment - Note by the
Secretariat
Reports of the Committee on Trade and Environment
WT/CTE/4 1999 CTE Report
WT/CTE/3 1998 CTE ReportWT/CTE/2 1997 CTE ReportWT/CTE/1 1996 CTE Report
WT/CTE/W/69 Draft Report (1997) of the Committee on Trade and Environment
WT/CTE/W/40 Report (1996) of the Committee on Trade and EnvironmentWT/CTE/W/33 Results of the Stocktaking Exercise adopted at the 28-29 May 1996
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WT/CTE/W/17 Summary of activities of the Committee on Trade and Environment
(1995) presented by the Chairman of the Committee
WT/CTE/W/13 + Rev.1 Draft rules of  procedure for the Meetings of the Committee on Trade
and Environment
Non-paper (11 Sept. 1996) Preliminary comments on the draft of Sections I and II of the CTE
Report to the Singapore Ministerial Conference - Submission by
Nigeria
Work in other intergovernmental organizations
WT/CTE/W/138 UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade,
Environment and Development – Communication from UNEP and
UNCTAD
WT/CTE/W/137 UNEP activities on environment and trade – Communication from
UNEP
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
WT/CTE/W/56 Results of the UN General Assembly Special Session to review the
implementation of Agenda 21  - Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/42 UNCED follow-up work in GATT/WTO - Note prepared by the
WTO Secretariat for submission to the Fifth Session of the CSD
WT/CTE/W/30 + Corr.1 UNCED follow-up:  Results of the Fourth Session of the
Commission on Sustainable Development, 18 April-3 May 1996 -
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/7 UNCED follow-up:  Results of the Third Session of the Commission
on Sustainable Development, 11-28 April 1995 - Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/3 Report submitted by the Secretariat on its own responsibility to the
CSD at its Third Session, 11-28 April 1995 – Note by the Secretariat
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