G/SCM/160  
 
8 December 2021  
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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: Mr Jaemin Lee ( Republic of Korea ); 
Mr Rabih Nasser ( Brazil ); Ms Marina Foltea ( Moldova ); Ms Tomoko  Ota ( Japan ); and Mr Donald 
Cameron Orth ( Canada ). 
The term of office of Mr Jaemin Lee expires this spring. Accordingly, the Committee should elect a 
new expert to replace Mr Lee  at its regular meeting which will take place in the week of 2 5 April 2022. 
To this end, I wish to inform Members that I intend to follow the following  procedure s: 
• Deadline for nominations to fill th is vacanc y: Friday, 28 January 2022 , 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 vacanc y 
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 ). 
The Secretariat will inform all delegations regarding the nominations received  by the deadline.  
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 during the 
week of 14 February  2022 for individual consultations with interested delegations.  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 consu ltation 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:  
 
 
 
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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