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Working Party on the Accession of Timor -Leste  Original: English  
 
  
ACCESSION OF TIMOR -LESTE   
INFORMAL MEETING AND FINAL MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY, 11 JANUARY 2024  
Annotated draft agenda and conduct of business  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE WORKING PARTY 
The purpose of the final Working Party meeting is to conclude its work as mandated by its 
terms of reference established by the General Council on 16 December 2016  (document 
WT/ACC/TLS/2 ).  
You will recall that the airgram for the 7th and final meeting of  the Working Party on 
the Accession of Timor -Leste  was issued in  WTO/AIR/ACC/44  on 18 December 2023. A  corrigendum  
to the airgram,  WTO/AIR/ACC/4 4/Corr.1 , was issued earlier today, indicating that the Working Party 
will first hold an informal meeting, immediately followed by the formal meeting .  
This annotated draft agenda provides guidance on the conduct of these meeting s. 
INFORMAL MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY  
The purpose of th e informal meeting is to allow the Working Party to have a final review of 
the draft Accession Package of Timor -Leste . Members will also have an opportunity to ask questions 
or seek clarification s on the supporting documents submitted since the 6th Meeting of the Working 
Party held on 11 October 2023.  
The final review of the Accession Package will be structured as follows:  
1) Draft Report of the Working Party (WT/ACC/SPEC/TL S/5/Rev.3  and its Corrigendum );  
2) Draft Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods ( WT/ACC/SPEC/TLS/6/Rev.1 ); 
and, 
3) Draft Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services and the draft List of Article II (MFN) 
Exemptions ( WT/ACC/SPEC/TLS/7/Rev.1 ). 
Members will then have an opportunity to ask questions or seek clarifications on the supporting 
documents submitted since the 6th Meeting of the Working Party:  
• Questions and Replies ( WT/ACC/TLS/33 ); and 
• Legislative Action Plan ( WT/ACC/TLS/6/Rev.8 ), in conjunction with notice of legislation 
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  FORMAL MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY  
I will first invite the delegation of Timor -Leste  to make an introductory st atement. I will then 
take up the five items of the draft Accession Package, one by one, to propose the following actions:  
1) Adoption of the draft Report of the Working Party  (WT/ACC/SPEC/TLS/5/Rev.3  and its 
Corrigendum ); 
2) Adoption of the draft Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods  
(WT/ACC/SPEC/TLS/6/Rev.1 ); 
3) Adoption of the d raft Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services  
(WT/ACC/SPEC/TLS/7/Rev.1 );  
4) Approval of the d raft Decision of the Ministerial Conference (contained in the Appendix to 
the draft Report of the Working Party); and  
5) Approval of the draft Protocol of Accession (contained in the Appendix to the draft Report 
of the Working Party) . 
Following the adoption o f the draft Accession Package, I  will invite WTO Deputy 
Director -General Johanna Hill and Members to make statements. Please note that a  camera team 
will be in the meeting room at the start of the formal meeting and will leave the room after the 
DDG's statement . 
If you have any inquiries regarding the conduct of the final meeting, please address them to 
Ms Anna Varyanik , Secretary of the Working Party ( telephone: +41 22 739 6231; email: 
anna.varyanik@wto.org ). 
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