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JOB/CTG/30  
 
27 April 2023 
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Council for Trade in Goods    
 
  
COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EAGENDA ON A TRIAL BASIS  
Next Steps  
On 10 February 2023, the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG or "the Council") adopted a "Decision 
concerning the Introduction of the eAgenda in the Work of the CTG on a Trial Basis", as contained 
in document G/L/1481 . This Decision provided inter alia  that, once the mock eAgenda platform has 
been prepared, the Secretariat would inform Members of the arrangements for testing it and offer 
training to deleg ates on the use of this digital tool. In this regard, the Secretariat would like to inform 
Members that the following steps will be taken pursuant to this Decision:  
 
• Registry and login credentials : Access to the CTG's eAgenda will be automatically 
granted to all Geneva -based delegates who have indicated in the eRegistration  that they 
cover the CTG by COB of Thursday, 4 May 2023. Access to the platform will not be 
automatically granted through eRegistration afte r this date. Further requests for access, 
including to capital -based officials and eventual changes to the default access, including 
the establishment of read -only accounts, should be addressed to the Secretariat 
(Roy.Santana@wto.org , Arti.Daswani@wto.org  and Craig.James@wto.org ). Please note 
that, once access to the CTG's eAgenda has been authorized:  
o Email addresses already be r egistered with WTO applications, such as DocsOnline, 
MyWTO or eRegistration will receive an email confirmation stating they must use 
the same login credentials as with those other WTO applications. Users who do 
not remember their password, should contact t he Secretariat to reset the 
password.  
o Email addresses not registered with WTO applications, will receive an email to 
create their eAgenda password.  
• Testing phase : The mock eAgenda for the CTG will be available from Monday, 
8 May 2023 until midnight of Mo nday, 15  May 2023 through the following password 
protected URL:  https://agenda.wto.org/en/CTG . Members are invited to include mock 
agenda items and to test all features. All information added during the testing  phase 
will be subsequently deleted from the system. Please note that while some of the 
information concerning trade concerns raised at past CTG meetings has been recorded, 
the system does not currently reflect statements or extracts from the minutes. 
Moreover, most of the information is currently reflected in English only.  
• Alerts:  Email alerts will be deactivated to avoid receiving too many of them. Users will 
be able to activate them through the "My settings" section.  
• Training : The Secretariat will organize training sessions upon request in English, 
Spanish and French via Zoom, during week of 8 May. Interested delegates are requested 
to contact the Secretariat no later than COB of 4 May 2023.  JOB/CTG/30  
 
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 • Feedback and suggestions for improvement : Members are invi ted to provide 
feedback and suggestions for improvement no later than COB of Tuesday, 16  May 2023. 
The Secretariat will report on the comments received at the informal CTG meeting 
scheduled for 31 May.   
• First use in a formal meeting : If the eAgenda is dee med ready for a trial run for the 
preparation of the agenda of the formal CTG meeting of 6 -7 July, the following dates 
will apply:  
o Opening of the eAgenda and circulation of convening Airgram : 
6 June 2023.  
o Closing of the agenda : 21 June 2023.1   
o Circulation of final Airgram with the proposed agenda : 22 June 2023.  
As provided for in the Decision of 10 February 2023, "the use of eAgenda on a trial basis will remain 
voluntary and delegations may continue to request the inclusion of agenda items throu gh the usual 
channels, namely via an email communication directly to the CTG's Secretary. For transparency, the 
Secretariat will include any such request in the eAgenda".  
 
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1 At its formal meeting of 3 -4 April 2023, the Council agreed the following:  " Members wishing to propose 
the inclusion of an agenda item for a formal meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods should, no less than 
15 calendar days prior to the date of the m eeting, either include it in the eAgenda or inform the Secretariat in 
writing of their intention. If the deadline falls on a non -working day, it will be moved to the previous business 
day." See JOB/CTG/28 .