WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONTN/TE/INF/1
18 March 2002
(02-1393)
Committee on Trade and Environment
Special Session
LIST OF WORKING DOCUMENTS ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL
AGREEMENTS (MEAS) CIRCULATED IN THE COMMITTEE ON
TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT (CTE)
This list contains all documents that have been circulated in the Committee on Trade and
Environment (CTE) from January 1995 to 14 March 2002, under Items 1 and 5 of the CTEWork Programme and in the context of Multilateral Environmental Agreement (MEA) Information
Sessions, with the most recent documents listed first.
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I. LIST OF WORKING DOCUMENTS UNDER ITEMS 1 & 5:
Items 1&5 are on: "The relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading system
and trade measures for environmental purposes, including those pursuant to MEAs;  and the
relationship between the dispute settlement mechanisms in the multilateral trading system and thosefound in MEAs."
Symbol Date Issued Topic
WT/CTE/W/203 8 March 2002 GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating
to GATT Article XX, Paragraphs (b), (d) and (g)
WT/CTE/W/193 19 June 2001 Recent Developments in Multilateral Agreements
(MEAs) – Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs) – Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/160/Rev.1 14 June 2001 Matrix on Trade Measures Pursuant to Selected
MEAs:  Note by the Secretariat:  Revision
WT/CTE/W/191 6 June 2001 Compliance and Dispute Settlement in the WTO
and in Multilateral Environmental Agreements –
Note by the WTO and UNEP Secretariats
WT/CTE/W/190 1 May 2001 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/180 10 January 2001 Item 1:  The Relationship Between the Provisions
of the Multilateral Trading System and Trade
Measures for Environmental Purposes, Including
those Pursuant to Multilateral Environmental
Agreements - Communication from New Zealand
                                                     
1 A full list of CTE documents prepared under all items of the Committee's work programme is
contained in document WT/CTE/INF/4.TN/TE/INF/1
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Symbol Date Issued Topic
WT/CTE/W/170 19 October 2000 Resolving the Relationship between WTO Rules
and MEAs – Submission by the
European Community
WT/CTE/W/168 19 October 2000 Clarification of the Relationship between the WTO
and MEAs – Submission by Switzerland
WT/CTE/W/162 10 October 2000 The Relationship between the Provisions of the
Multilateral Trading System and Trade Measuresfor Environmental Purposes, including those
Pursuant to MEAs – Communication from
New Zealand
WT/CTE/W/160 19 September 2000 Matrix on Trade Measures Pursuant to Selected
MEAs – Note by the WTO Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/158 28 July 2000 Recent Developments in the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) – Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/151 29 June 2000 Recent Developments in MEAs – Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/144 19 June 2000 Matrix on Trade Measures Pursuant to Selected
MEAs – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/142 19 June 2000 Trade-Related Developments in the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete theOzone Layer – Communication from the
Secretariat of the Vienna Convention and the
Montreal Protocol, UNEP
WT/CTE/W/140 20 June 2000 Recent Developments in the International Forum
on Forests – Full Text of the Programme Element
of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests – Note
by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/139 8 June 2000 The Relationship between the Provisions of the
Multilateral Trading System and MEAs –
Submission by Switzerland
WT/CTE/W/136 30 March 2000 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention
on Biological Diversity:  Text of the Protocol –
Communication from the CBD Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/130 andCorr.19 February 2000 Recent Developments in MEAs
(Montreal Protocol and the Basel Convention) –Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/128 29 November 1999 Recent Developments in MEAs (PIC and POPs
Conventions) – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/124 9 August 1999 Convention on  Biological Diversity:  Draft
Protocol on Biosafety – No te by the SecretariatTN/TE/INF/1
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WT/CTE/W/117 28 June 1999 Convention on Biological Diversity – Draft
Protocol on Biosafety: – Recent Developments –
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/112 10 May 1999 Draft International Legally Binding Instrument for
Implementing International Action on Certain
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) – RecentDevelopments – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/104 28 January 1999 Recent Developments in the Montreal Protocol –
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/53/Rev.1 26 October 1998 GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating
to Article XX, Paragraphs (b), (d) And (g) of
GATT:  Note by the Secretariat:  Revision
WT/CTE/W/95 31 July 1998 The International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) –Communication from Brazil
WT/CTE/W/86 8 July 1998 Recent Developments in the Basel Convention, the
PIC Convention, and the Convention on Biological
Diversity – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/74 3 March 1998 Recent Developments in the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change:  TheKyoto Protocol – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/71 21 November 1997 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 14 November 1997 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer:  Recent Developments – Note bythe Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/53 30 July 1997 GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating
to Article XX, Paragraphs (b), (d) and (g) of
GATT – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/48 14 May 1997 Results of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Panel on
Forests – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/44 20 March 1997 Recent Developments in the Convention on
Biological Diversity and the Montreal Protocol –
Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/39 24 July 1996 The Relationship between the Provisions of the
Multilateral Trading System and Trade Measures
for Environmental Purposes, Including those
Pursuant to MEAs – Proposal by ASEAN
WT/CTE/W/31 30 May 1996 The Relationship between Trade Measures
Pursuant to MEAs and the WTO Agreement –
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WT/CTE/W/20 15 February 1996 The Relationship between the Provisions of the
Multilateral Trading System and Trade Measures
for Environmental Purposes, including those
Pursuant to MEAs – Submission by New Zealand
WT/CTE/W/19 23 January 1996 Recent Developments at the Seventh Meeting of
the Parties to the Montreal Protocol – Note by theSecretariat
WT/CTE/W/18 12 January 1996 Recent Developments in the Convention on
Biological Diversity – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/15 andCorr.11 December 1995 Recent Developments in the FAO Code of
Conduct for Responsible Fisheries – Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/12 10 October 1995 Recent Developments in the Montreal Protocol and
the Basel Convention – Note by the Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/4 andCorr.110 March 1995 Approaches to the Relationship between the
Provisions of the Multilateral Trading System and
Trade Measures Pursuant to MEAs – Note by the
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/2 16 February 1995 Communication from Chile on Item 5
Non-paper 11 September 1996 Submission by the United States on MEAs
Non-paper 23 July 1996 Submission by Hong Kong on Item 1
Non-paper 23 July 1996 Submission by India on Items 1 and 5
Non-paper 18 June 1996 Submission by the Arab Republic of Egypt on
Item 1
Non-paper 12 June 1996 Submission by Korea on Item 1
Non-paper 20 May 1996 Submission by Switzerland on Item 1
Non-paper 19 February 1996 Submission by the European Community on
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II. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO MEA INFORMATION SESSIONS
Symbol Date issued Topic
WT/CTE/W/199 20 July 2001 UNEP Meeting on Compliance, Enforcement and
Dispute Settlement in Multilateral Environmental
Agreements and the WTO, Geneva, 26 June 2001 -
Chairman 's Summary - Communication from
UNEP
WT/CTE/W/184 12 February 2001 Chairman's Summary:  United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) Meeting on
Enhancing Synergies and Mutual Supportivenessof Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the
World Trade Organization – Communication from
UNEP
WT/CTE/W/179 28 November 2000 MEA Information Session, 24 October 2000 –
Statement by the Executive Director of UNEP
WT/CTE/W/178 28 November 2000 MEA Information Session, 24 October 2000 –
Statement by the Director-General of the WTO
WT/CTE/W/174 23 October 2000 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change – Communication from the UNFCCCSecretariat
WT/CTE/W/169 17 October 2000 The International Tropical Timber Agreement –
Communication from the ITTO Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/166 16 October 2000 Draft Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Convention and the Rotterdam Convention on the
Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in
International Trade – Communication from UNEP
Chemicals
WT/CTE/W/165 13 October 2000 The Relationship between the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the WTO –
Communication from the CITES Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/164 12 October 2000 Intergovernmental Policy Deliberations on Forests:
Trade and Environment – Communication from
the IFF Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/163 andCorr.112 October 2000 The Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
and their Disposal – Communication from the
Basel Convention Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/155 7 July 2000 UNEP Statement at the Information Session with
MEAs – Communication from UNEP
WT/CTE/W/153 29 June 2000 Developments in the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change – Communication
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Symbol Date issued Topic
WT/CTE/W/152 29 June 2000 Conservation Measures Taken by the International
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic
Tunas – Communication from the ICCAT
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/149 28 June 2000 Response of the Executive Secretary of the CBD to
the Chair of the CTE – Communication from the
CBD Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/148 30 June 2000 The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic
Marine Living Resources – Communication from
the CCAMLAR Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/142 19 June 2000 Trade-Related Developments in the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the OzoneLayer – Communication from the Secretariat of the
Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol,
UNEP
WT/CTE/W/123 8 July 1999 Communication from the Secretariat of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC)
WT/CTE/W/122 29 June 1999 Communication from the Secretariat of the
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF)
WT/CTE/W/120 29 June 1999 Communication from the Secretariat of the
International Tropical Timber Organization
(ITTO)
WT/CTE/W/119 25 June 1999 Communication from the Secretariat of the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
WT/CTE/W/116 28 June 1999 Communication from the Secretariat of the CBD
WT/CTE/W/115 25 June 1999 Communication from the Secretariat for the
Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol,
UNEP
WT/CTE/W/113
and Corr.128 May 1999 Communication from the Commission for the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources (CCAMLR)
WT/CTE/W/94 22 July 1998 Communication from UNEP at the 1998 MEA
Information Session
WT/CTE/W/92 22 July 1998 Communication from the Secretariat of the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
WT/CTE/W/91 20 July 1998 Communication from the Secretariat of UNEP
Chemicals (IRPTC)
WT/CTE/W/90 20 July 1998 Communication from the Secretariat of the
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WT/CTE/W/89 20 July 1998 Communication from the Secretariat of the
International Tropical Timber Organization
(ITTO)
WT/CTE/W/88 20 July 1998 Communication from the Secretariat of the
UN/ECE Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution
WT/CTE/W/87 16 July 1998 Communication from the Secretariat of the
International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
WT/CTE/W/84 1 July 1998 Communication from the Secretariat of the
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF)
WT/CTE/W/64 29 September 1997 The Convention on Biological Diversity and its
Relation to Trade – Communication from the
Executive Secretary of the CBD
WT/CTE/W/63 17 September 1997 The Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora –
Communication from the CITES Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/62 16 September 1997 The 1994 Agreement Relating to the
Implementation of Part XI of the 1982
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea –Communication from the UN Division for Ocean
Affairs and the Law of the Sea
WT/CTE/W/61 16 September 1997 The United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change – Communication from the
UNFCCC Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/60 8 September 1997 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/59 3 September 1997 The Proposed Prior Informed Consent (PIC) and
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Conventions
– Communication from UNEP Chemicals
Secretariat
WT/CTE/W/58 2 September 1997 Nature and Extent of GEF Projects in Assisting in
the Implementation of MEAs – Communication
from the Secretariat  of the Global Environment
Facility (GEF)
WT/CTE/W/57 28 August 1997 The Montreal Protocol and Trade Measures –
Communication from the Secretariat for theVienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol
WT/CTE/W/55 25 August 1997 Recent Trade-Related Developments in the
Basel Convention – Communication from the
Basel Convention Secretariat
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