WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/507
22 July 2003
(03-3919)
General Council
24-25 July 2003
PROPOSED AGENDA
I. IRAN – REQUEST FOR ACCESSION (WT/ACC/IRN/1)
II. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE UNCTAD/WTO – REPORT OF THE JOINT
ADVISORY GROUP ON ITS THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION (ITC/AG/(XXXVI)/195)
III. COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
A. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ITS MEETINGS OF JANUARY TO MAY 2003 (WT/BFA/65)
B. DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA GLOBAL TRUST FUND – SITUATION AS AT 30 J UNE 2003 –
STATEMENT BY THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
IV. WAIVERS UNDER ARTICLE IX OF THE WTO AGREEMENT1
A. INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 1996 CHANGES INTO WTO S CHEDULES OF TARIFF
CONCESSIONS – REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS
(i) Argentina – Schedule LXIV (G/L/606, G/C/W/452)
(ii) El Salvador – Schedule LXXXVII (G/L/608, G/C/W/454)
(iii) ISRAEL – Schedule XLII (G/L/620, G/C/W/462)
(iv) Malaysia – Schedule XXXIX (G/L/615, G/C/W/460)
(v) Morocco – Schedule LXXXI (G/L/616, G/C/W/461)
(vi) Pakistan – Schedule XV (G/L/612, G/C/W/458)
(vii) Panama – Schedule CXLI (G/L/607, G/C/W/453)
(viii) Thailand – Schedule LXXIX (G/L/611 and Corr.1, G/C/W/457)
(ix) Venezuela – Schedule LXXXVI (G/L/609, G/C/W/455)
                                                     
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).WT/GC/W/507
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B. TRANSPOSITION OF SCHEDULES INTO THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM – REQUEST FOR EXTENSION
OF WAIVER – SRI LANKA – SCHEDULE VI (G/L/610, G/C/W/456)
V. TRADE IN TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
A. DEVELOPING MEMBERS ' CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN MARKET (QUOTA )
ACCESS IN 2004 –  COMMUNICATION FROM BANGLADESH ;  B RAZIL ;  C OSTA RICA;  E GYPT ;
GUATEMALA ;  H ONG KONG CHINA ;  INDIA ;  INDONESIA ;  M ACAO CHINA ;  M ALDIVES ;
PAKISTAN ;  P EOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ;  S RI LANKA ;  T HAILAND AND VIET NAM
(WT/GC/W/503)
B. ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS IN THE AREA OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING – P ROPOSAL FOR A
SPECIFIC SHORT -TERM DISPENSATION IN FAVOUR OF DEVELOPING MEMBERS FOLLOWING
FULL INTEGRATION OF THE SECTOR INTO GATT  FROM JANUARY 2005 – C OMMUNICATION
FROM COSTA RICA;  G UATEMALA ;  H ONG KONG CHINA ;  INDIA ;  INDONESIA ;  M ACAO
CHINA ;  M ALDIVES ;  PAKISTAN ;  PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ;  THAILAND AND VIET NAM
(WT/GC/W/502)
VI. NEGOTIATIONS ON IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS OF THE DSU -
EXTENSION OF TIMEFRAME - STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN
VII. PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE MINISTERIAL
CONFERENCE
A. ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE FIFTH SESSION – STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN
B. ATTENDANCE BY INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AS OBSERVERS –
REQUESTS BY :
(i) League of Arab States
(ii) Council of Europe Development Bank
(iii) North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
(iv) United Nations Human Settlements Programme
C. REPORTS :
(i) Report by the Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TN/C/3)
(ii) Work Programme on Small Economies – Report by  the Chairman of the Dedicated Sessions
of the Committee on Trade and Development (WT/COMTD/SE/1)
(iii) Work Programme on Special and Differential Treatment in Pursuance of Paragraph 44 of the
Doha Ministerial Declaration and Paragraph 12.1 of the Decision on Implementation-
Related Issues and Concerns – Reports by the General Council Chairman and Chairpersons
of subsidiary bodies
(iv) Reports of the Working Groups on the Relationship between Trade and Investment
(WT/WGTI/7), The Interaction between Trad e and Competition Policy (WT/WGTCP/7), and
Transparency in Government Procurement (W T/WGTGP/7), and of the Council for Trade in
Goods on Trade Facilitation (G/L/637)WT/GC/W/507
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(v) Reports of the Working Groups on Trad e, Debt and Finance (WT/WGTDF/2), and on Trade
and Transfer of Technology (WT/WGTTT/5)
(vi) Council for TRIPS – Report by the Chairman on Examination of Scope and Modalities for
Non-Violation and Situation Complaints under Article XXIII of GATT 1994
(vii) Committee on Trade and Environment – Report Pursuant to Paragraphs 32 and 33 of the
Doha Ministerial Declaration (WT/CTE/8)
(viii) Work Programme on Electronic Commerce – Reports from Subsidiary Bodies and on the
Dedicated Discussions on Cross-Cutting Issues under the auspices of the General Council
(G/L/635, S/C/18, IP/C/29, WT/COMTD/47, WT/GC/W/505)
(ix) Committee on Agriculture – Implementation-Rela ted Issues – Report to the General Council
(G/AG/16)
(x) Rules of Origin – Harmonization Work Programme – Statement by the Chairman2
(xi) Committee on Customs Valuation – Report on the Identification and Assessment of Practical
Means to Address Members' Concerns Regarding Accuracy of Declared Values Pursuant to
Paragraph 8.3 of the Doha Ministerial Decisi on on Implementation-Related Issues and
Concerns
(xii) Implementation and Adequacy of Technical Cooperation and Capacity-Building
Commitments in the Doha Ministerial Declar ation – Report by the Director-General
Pursuant to Paragraph 41 of the Doha Mi nisterial Declaration (WT/MIN(03)/3)
(xiii)  Issues affecting Least-Developed Countries:
(a) Report by the Director-General Pursuant to Paragraph 43 of the Doha Ministerial
Declaration (WT/MIN(03)/1)
(b) Report by the Director-General on Implementation of the Commitment by Ministers
to Facilitate and Accelerate Accession of LDCs (WT/MIN(03)/23)
(xiv) Updates to the 2002 Annual Reports – General Council (WT/GC/W/504);  Dispute Settlement
Body (WT/DSB/34);  Trade Policy Review Body  (WT/TPR/134);  Sectoral Councils (G/L/637,
S/C/17/Rev.1, IP/C/27/Add.1);  Committees on Trade and Development (WT/COMTD/46),
Balance-of-Payments Restrictions (WT/BO P/R/70), Budget, Finance and Administration
(WT/BFA/66), and Regional Trade Agreements (WT/REG/12);  Committee on Trade and
Environment (WT/CTE/9);  Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements (GPA/75,
JOB(03)/146)
D. DRAFT MINISTERIAL TEXT(JOB(03)/150) – S TATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN
OTHER BUSINESS
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2 In connection with this item, the attention of Members is drawn to proposals by the Chairman of the
Committee on Rules of Origin regarding the harmonization Work Programme in JOB(03)/132.
3 To be issued.