WORLD TRADE WT/GC/9
2December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5292)
PROGRAMME OFMEETINGS IN1998*
Thecalendar below hasbeenprepared inaccordance withtheGuidelines ontheArrangements
forScheduling ofMeetings ofWTO Bodies (WT/L/106) adopted bytheGeneral Council on
15November 1995.
Date Time Meetings
JANUARY
1 NEW YEAR 'SDAY (WTO non-working day)
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12-14 TMB
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20 Cttee. onTrade inFinancial Services
22 Dispute Settlement Body
23 Cttee. ofParticipants ontheExpansion of
Trade inInformation Technology Products
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26-27 WPonProfessional Services
26-27 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Ad-hoc Group on
Implementation
28 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
28 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Informal Group on
Anti-Circumvention
*Thisprogramme ofmeetings issubject tofurther changes. Meetings indicated inthislistaretherefore
confirmed onlywhen convened byanairgram ornotice from theWTO Secretariat.WT/GC/9
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Date Time Meetings
JANUARY (cont'd)
28-29 TPRB (Japan)
29 COUNCIL forTrade inGOODS
FEBRUARY
3-4 TPRB (India)
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10 WPonState Trading Enterprises
13 WPonGATS Rules
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16-18+20 Cttee. onRegional Trade Agreements
17 Dispute Settlement Body
18 Cttee. onGovernment Procurement
18-20 TMB
19 GENERAL COUNCIL
19-20 WGonTransparency inGovernment Procurement
_____
23-24 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
24-25 COUNCIL forTRIPS
25-26 WPonProfessional Services
MARCH
6 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
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Date Time Meetings
MARCH (cont'd)
9 Cttee. onTrade andDevelopment
10 COUNCIL forTrade inGOODS
10 Cttee. onSpecific Commitments
11-13 TMB
11-13 WGontheInteraction between Trade
andCompetition Policy
12-13 Cttee. onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
_____
16 Cttee. onTRIMS
17 Cttee. onBudget, Finance andAdministration
19-20 Cttee. onTrade andEnvironment
19-20 Cttee. onAgriculture
_____
23-24 WPonProfessional Services
25 Dispute Settlement Body
26 Cttee. onMarket Access
26 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
27 Cttee. onTechnical Barriers toTrade
_____
30 Cttee. ofParticipants ontheExpansion of
Trade inInformation Technology Products
30-31 WGontheRelationship between
Trade andInvestment
31 TPRB (Individual Members oftheSouthern African Customs Union
(SACU))WT/GC/9
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Date Time Meetings
APRIL
1+3 TPRB (Individual Members oftheSouthern African Customs Union
(SACU))
2 WPonState Trading Enterprises
_____
6-7 WGontheRelationship between
Trade andInvestment
10 GOOD FRIDAY (WTO non-working day)
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13 EASTER MONDAY (WTO non-working day)
16 Cttee. onSpecific Commitments
_____
20-21 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
20-22 TMB
21 COUNCIL forTrade inGOODS
21 WPonProfessional Services
22 Dispute Settlement Body
22 Cttee. onSafeguards
23 Cttee. onCustoms Valuation
23-24 Cttee. onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
24 Cttee. onImport Licensing
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Date Time Meetings
APRIL (cont'd)
27-28 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Ad-hoc Group
onImplementation
27 WPonGATS Rules
28 GENERAL COUNCIL
29 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Informal Group on
Anti-Circumvention
29 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
30 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping Practices
MAY
1 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping Practices
1 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
_____
4-5+7-8 Cttee. onRegional Trade Agreements
5 Cttee. onSpecific Commitments
_____
11 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
12-13 COUNCIL forTRIPS
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18-20 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
21-22 ASCENSION (WTO non-working days)
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25-27 TMBWT/GC/9
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Date Time Meetings
JUNE
1 WHIT MONDAY (WTO non-working day)
2+3 TPRB (Hungary)
5 COUNCIL forTrade inGOODS
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8 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
10-11 Cttee. onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
11-12 WGonTransparency inGovernment Procurement
12 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
_____
15 Cttee. onBudget, Finance andAdministration
15 WPonProfessional Services
15-17 TMB
16 Cttee. onTrade inCivil Aircraft
17 Dispute Settlement Body
18 Cttee. onMarket Access
18 WPonGATS Rules
_____
22 Cttee. onTrade andDevelopment
23 WPonState Trading Enterprises
23+24 TPRB (Nigeria)
24 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
25-26 Cttee. onAgriculture
26 Cttee. ofParticipants ontheExpansion of
Trade inInformation Technology Products
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Date Time Meetings
JUNE (cont'd)
29-30 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
30 TPRB (Australia)
JULY
1 TPRB (Australia)
1-2 WGontheRelationship between Trade
andInvesment
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6+10 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
6-7+9-10 Cttee. onRegional Trade Agreements
7-8 TPRB (Ghana)
8 COUNCIL forTrade inGOODS
9 Cttee. onSpecific Commitments
_____
13+16-17 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
15 GENERAL COUNCIL
16-17 COUNCIL forTRIPS
_____
20-22 TPRB (Trinidad andTobago/Jamaica)
20-22 TMB
21 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
23 Dispute Settlement Body
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Date Time Meetings
JULY (cont'd)
27-28 WGontheInteraction between
Trade andCompetition Policy
27-29 TPRB (Burkina Faso/Mali/Togo)
29 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Informal Group on
Anti-Circumvention
30-31 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Ad-Hoc Group on
Implementation
SEPTEMBER
10-11 JEUNE GENEVOIS (WTO non-working days)
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14 Cttee. onTRIMS
14-16 TMB
15 Cttee. ofParticipants ontheExpansion of
Trade inInformation Technology Products
15+16 TPRB (Argentina)
15-16 Cttee. onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
17 Cttee. onBudget, Finance andAdministration
17-18 COUNCIL forTRIPS
18 Cttee. onTechnical Barriers toTrade
_____
21 Cttee. onTrade andDevelopment
21+22 TPRB (Solomon Islands)
22 Cttee. onMarket Access
22 Dispute Settlement Body
23 WGontheInteraction between Trade
andCompetition PolicyWT/GC/9
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Date Time Meetings
SEPTEMBER (cont'd)
23 Cttee. onBudget, Finance andAdministration
23-25 Cttee. onRegional Trade Agreements
24-25 WGontheInteraction between Trade and
Competition Policy
_____
28 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
28+29 TPRB (Guinea)
29 Cttee. onBudget, Finance andAdministration
29-30 Cttee. onAgriculture
30 Cttee. ofParticipants ontheExpansion of
Trade inInformation Technology Products
OCTOBER
1 COUNCIL forTrade inGOODS
1-2 WGontheRelationship between Trade
andInvestment
_____
6 Cttee. onImport Licensing
6+7 TPRB (Indonesia)
7 Cttee. onGovernment Procurement
8 Cttee. onRules ofOrigin
8-9 WGonTransparency inGovernment Procurement
9 WPonState Trading Enterprises
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Date Time Meetings
OCTOBER (cont'd)
12+13 TPRB (Turkey)
12-14 TMB
14 GENERAL COUNCIL
15 Cttee. onSpecific Commitments
_____
20 Cttee. onCustoms Valuation
21 Dispute Settlement Body
23 Cttee. onSafeguards
_____
26-27 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Ad-hoc Group on
Implementation
28 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping -Informal Group on
Anti-Circumvention
28 WPonGATS Rules
29-30 Cttee. onAnti-Dumping Practices
NOVEMBER
2-6 Cttee. onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
3 Cttee. onBudget, Finance andAdministration
_____
10 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
11-12 Cttee. onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
12 Cttee. onTrade inCivil Aircraft
13 Cttee. onTechnical Barriers toTrade
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Date Time Meetings
NOVEMBER (cont'd)
16 Cttee. onTrade andDevelopment
16 WPonGATS Rules
16-18 TMB
17-18 Cttee. onAgriculture
17-19 WGontheInteraction between Trade
andCompetition Policy
20 Cttee. ofParticipants ontheExpansion of
Trade inInformation Technology Products
_____
23-24 WGontheRelationship between Trade
andInvestment
23+25 TPRB (Uruguay)
24 WPonProfessional Services
25 Dispute Settlement Body
26 Cttee. onRegional Trade Agreements
26-27 COUNCIL forTRIPS
27 Cttee. onMarket Access
_____
30 Cttee. onRegional Trade Agreements
30 COUNCIL forTrade inGOODS
DECEMBER
1-2 Cttee. onRegional Trade Agreements
3 Cttee. onSpecific Commitments
3-4 WGonTransparency inGovernment Procurement
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Date Time Meetings
DECEMBER (cont'd)
7 COUNCIL forTrade inSERVICES
8+9 TPRB (Hong Kong, China)
10-11 GENERAL COUNCIL
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14-16 TMB
15+16 TPRB (Canada)
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25 CHRISTMAS DAY (WTO non-working day)