G/SCM/169  
 
18 January  2024 
(24-0345) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures    
 
 
PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS  
NOTE FROM THE CHAIR PERSON  
Pursuant to Article 24.3 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, experts serving 
on the Permanent Group of Experts ("PGE ") "will be elected by the Committee and one of them will 
be replaced every year". At present, the members of the PGE are: Ms Marina Foltea ( Moldova ); 
Ms Tomoko  Ota ( Japan ); Mr Donald Cameron Orth ( Canada ); and Ms Vandee Suchatkulvit  
(Thailand) . The term o f Mr Rabih Nasser ( Brazil ) expired in spring  2023 and is still vacant. The term 
of Ms Marina Foltea  expires this spring. Accordingly, the Committee should elect two  new expert s to 
replace Mr Rabih Nasser  and Ms Marina Foltea  at its regular meeting which will take place in the 
week of 22 April  2024. 
To this end, I wish to inform Members that I intend to follow the following  procedure s: 
• Deadline for nominations to fill th ese two vacanc ies: Friday , 1 March  2024, close of 
business  (Geneva time) . Note that in the interest of transparency and fairness, the deadline 
will be strictly enforced. The Secretariat will  immediately  inform all delegations regarding the 
nominations received  by the deadline . Any nomination received after the de adline will not be 
taken into consideration for the vacanc ies at issue.  
• Each nomination must  be accompanied by  a full CV  of the nominee. In order to streamline 
the assessment of nominations by Members, Nominating Members should also complete  
and return  the attached " Summary CV " of the nominee  in addition to the full CV . In their 
submissions, nominating Members are kindly invited to provide information only to the extent 
relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the PGE membership . 
• Nominations (including the CVs and Summary CVs ) should be submitted to 
Mr Seref  Gokay  Coskun , the Secretary of the Committee  (seref.coskun@wto.org ). 
Candidates proposed shall meet the requirement in Article 24.3 that the PGE  be composed of 
independent persons, highly qualified in the fields of subsidies and trade relations.  
• Schedule for consultations with the Chair person : As necessary, I will be available between  
19-28 March 2024 for individual consultations with interested d elegations.  Please note, 
however, that the dates may be subject to change depending on the meeting schedule of 
Members. I will confirm the exact dates in due course together with  specific information on 
how to request a consultation meeting with me.  
• Reporting of progress : As necessary, following my individual consultations and well before the 
Committee meeting , I intend to convene an open -ended informal session to report in general 
terms on the progress  and outcome  of my consultations.  
 
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  SUMMARY CV OF  THE CANDIDATE NOMINATED FOR THE 
PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS  
 
 
 
NOMINATING MEMBER : 
 
 
 
PERSONAL INFORMATION  
 
Name, Last Name:  
 
Email:  
 
Phone:  
 
 
AREAS OF EXPERTISE  
 
Areas of Expertise  
  Number of years of experience  
Subsidies and trade 
relations  
 :  
Subsidies and 
countervailing 
measures  
 :  
Other [Please indicate]  :  
 
 
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  
 
Current position : 
 
Other previous relevant positions : 
 
 
 
EDUCATION  
 
Date   [Name of the Institution] & [Title/degree received]  
 
Date   [Name of the Institution] & [Title/degree received]  
 
Date   [Name of the Institution] & [Title/degree received]  
 
 
 
 
 
**PLEASE ATTACH THE FULL CV OF THE CANDIDATE AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT  
 
 
 
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