G/SCM/158  
 
27 November  2020 
(20-8586) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures    
 
PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS  
NOTE FROM THE CHAIR  
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 Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre 
(Mexico) ; Mr Jaemin Lee (Korea); Mr Rabih Nasser (Brazil); and Ms Marina Foltea (Moldova) . 
Members wil l recall that t he term  of Mr Ichiro Araki (Japan) expired in April 2020. The previous 
Vice-Chair of the Committee held consultations with a view to fill this vacancy; however, since the 
nominees Mr Donald Cameron O rth (Canada)  and Ms Tomoko O ta (Japan) received the same amount 
of support from interested Members , the Committee could not finalize the process of filling  this 
vacancy at its October 2020 meeting.  
In this regard, i n my capacity as the Chair of the Committee , and with a view to finalize the electi on 
process for the existing vacancy, I decided to initiate a new round of consultations with delegations 
which have not yet expressed views  on the two nominations received . Please note that due to the 
existing measures regarding COVID -19, these consultatio ns will be held virtually and through written 
expression of views via e -mail. 
For interested delegations that wish to  have a virtual meeting with me , I have set aside  Thursday, 
10 December; Monday, 14 December  2020;  and Wednesday , 16 December 2020 . 
Delegations wishing to schedule an appointment for a virtual meeting to consult with me on this 
matter are kindly requested to contact Mr. Seref Coskun, the Committee Secretary (022 -739-6920 / 
seref.coskun@wto.org ). The Secretariat will provide all the necessary information with respect to 
the platform to be used for the virtual meetings.  
Any written expressions of views should be sent to both the Secretariat ( seref.coskun@wto.org ) 
and myself ( sychoi06@mofa.go.kr ) by close of business Friday, 18 December 2020 . Please note 
that in the interest of transparency and fairness, the deadline will be strictly enforced.  
On the other hand, t he term of Ms Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre expires next Spring and the 
Committee should also elect a new expert to replace her at  its regular meeting which will take place 
in the week of 26  April 2021.  
To this end, I wish to inform Members  that I intend to initiate the election process with respect to 
the vacancy that will arise due to the expiration of the term of Ms Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre , and 
follow the following  procedure s: 
• Deadli ne for nominations to fill the  vacanc y: Friday,  8 January 2021 , close of business . 
Note that in the interest of transparency and fairness, the deadline will be strictly enforced. 
Any nomination received after the deadline will not be taken into  consideration for the vacancy  
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 their submissions, nominating 
Members are kindly invited to provide information only to the extent relevant to the duties 
and responsibilities of the PGE membership.  G/SCM/158  
 
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  • Nominations (including the CVs and Summary CVs ) should be submitted to  the Secretary of 
the Committee, Mr Seref Gokay Coskun ( seref.coskun@wto.org ). 
The Secretariat will inform all delegations regarding the nominations received  by the deadline.  
Candidates proposed shall meet the re quirement 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 during the 
week of 18 January 202 1 for individual consultations with interested delegations. I will 
provide in due course specific information on how to request such a 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 of my consultations.  
 
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  SUMMARY CV OF  THE CANDIDATE NOMINATED FOR THE 
PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS  
 
 
 
NOMINATING MEMBER:  
 
 
 
PERSO NAL 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/degr ee received]  
… 
 
 
 
 
** PLEASE ATTACH THE FULL CV OF THE CANDIDATE AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT  
 
 
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