G/C/W/795  
 
2 July 2021 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
8 July 202 1   
 
 
PROPOSED AGENDA  
The following items are proposed for the agenda:  
 
1  NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS:  
1.1  PARTNERSHIP, TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED 
KINGDOM AND SERBIA, GOODS (WT/REG455/N/1)  
1.2  PARTNERSHIP, TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED 
KINGDOM AND ALBANIA, GOODS (WT/REG454/N/1)  
1.3  ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JORDAN, 
GOODS (WT/REG453/N/1)  
1.4  FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CENTRAL 
AMERICA, GOODS (WT/REG 452/N/1)  
1.5  PACIFIC AGREEMENT ON CLOSER ECONOMIC RELATIONS PLUS (PACER PLUS), 
GOODS (WT/REG451/N/1)  
1.6  TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAMIBIA AND ZIMBABWE, GOODS 
(WT/REG450/N/1)  
1.7  PARTNERSHIP, TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED 
KINGDOM AND KOSOVO1, GOODS  (WT/REG411/N/1/REV.1)  
1.8  ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 
THE CARIFORUM STATES, GOODS (WT/REG420/N/1/ADD.1)  
1.9  INTERIM AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP 
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CAMEROON, GOODS 
(WT/REG418/N/1/ADD.1)  
1.10  ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 
KENYA, GOODS (WT/REG417/N/1/ADD.1)  
1.11  ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CENTRAL 
AMERICA, GOODS (WT/REG332/N/1/ADD.1)  
2  MEASURES TO ALLOW GRADUATED LDCS, WITH GNP BELOW USD  1,000, BENEFITS 
PURSUANT TO ANNEX  VII(B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING 
MEASURES – REQUEST FROM CHAD ON BEHALF OF THE LDC  GROUP (WT/GC/W/742 -
G/C/W/752)  
 
1 Reference to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of the United Nations Security Council 
resolution  1244 (1999).  G/C/W/795  
 
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  3  EUROPEAN UNION – REQUEST FOR A WAIVER EXTENSION – APPLICATION OF 
AUTONOM OUS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS (G/C/W/794)  
4  PROCEDURES TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY AND STRENGTHEN NOTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENTS UNDER WTO  AGREEMENTS – ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, COSTA 
RICA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, ISRAEL, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, THE S EPARATE CUSTOMS 
TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE 
UNITED STATES (JOB/GC/204/REV.5 -JOB/CTG/14/REV.5)  
TRADE CONCERNS: AGENDA ITEMS 5 -38 
 
5  EUROPEAN UNION – QUALITY SCHEMES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND 
FOODSTUFFS – THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN TERMS OF CHEESE AS GEOGRAPHICAL 
INDICATIONS – REQUEST FROM ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY  
6  EUROPEAN UNION – IMPLEMENTATION OF NON -TARIFF BARRIERS ON AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, COLOMBIA, 
COSTA RI CA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, HONDURAS, JAMAICA, PANAMA, 
PARAGUAY, PERU, THE UNITED STATES, AND URUGUAY (G/C/W/767/REV.1)  
7  EUROPEAN UNION – PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF TRQ  COMMITMENTS: SYSTEMIC 
CONCERNS – REQUEST FROM BRAZIL, CHINA, AND URUGUAY  
8  UNITED KINGD OM – DRAFT GOODS SCHEDULE AND PROPOSED UK  TRQ COMMITMENTS: 
SYSTEMIC CONCERNS – REQUEST FROM BRAZIL, CHINA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AND 
URUGUAY  
9  INDIA – CAUSTIC SODA QUALITY CONTROL ORDER – REQUEST FROM THE SEPARATE 
CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINME N AND MATSU  
10  INDIA – IMPORT POLICY ON TYRES – REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
INDONESIA, AND THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU  
11  SRI LANKA - IMPORT BAN ON PALM OIL - REQUEST FROM INDONESIA  
12  INDIA - INDIAN STANDARDS AND IMPORT RESTRICTION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE 
SECTOR (QUALITY CONTROL ORDERS): WHEEL RIMS, SAFETY GLASS, HELMET - REQUEST 
FROM INDONESIA  
13  INDIA - PLAIN COPIER PAPER QUALITY ORDER  2020 - REQUEST FROM INDONESIA  
14  INDIA – RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PULSES – REQUEST FROM  
AUSTRALIA, CANADA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AND THE 
UNITED STATES (G/C/W/791)  
15  CHINA – EXPORT CONTROL LAW – REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION AND JAPAN  
16  EGYPT – MANUFACTURER REGISTRATION SYSTEM – REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN 
UNION  
17  INDONESIA – IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTRICTING POLICIES AND PRACTICES – 
REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE UNITED STATES  
18  RUSSIAN FEDERATION – TRADE RESTRICTING PRACTICES – REQUEST FROM THE 
EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES  
19  KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARAB IA, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 
THE STATE OF KUWAIT, OMAN, AND QATAR – SELECTIVE TAX ON CERTAIN IMPORTED 
PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, SWITZERLAND, AND THE 
UNITED STATES (G/C/W/792)  G/C/W/795  
 
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  20  SRI LANKA – IMPORT BAN ON VARIOUS P RODUCTS – REQUEST FROM AUSTRALIA AND 
THE EUROPEAN UNION  
21  UNITED STATES – IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON APPLES AND PEARS – REQUEST FROM 
THE EUROPEAN UNION  
22  CHINA – IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE DISRUPTIVE AND RESTRICTIVE MEASURES – 
REQUEST FROM AUSTRALIA  
23  CHINA – COSMETICS SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS (CSAR) - 
REQUEST FROM AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, AND THE UNITED STATES  
24  CHINA – SUBSIDY TRANSPARENCY AND CHINA'S PUBLICATION AND INQUIRY POINT 
OBLIGATIONS UNDER CHINA'S PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION – REQUEST FROM AUSTRAL IA, 
CANADA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED 
STATES  
25  CHINA – MEASURES RESTRICTING THE IMPORT OF SCRAP MATERIALS – REQUEST 
FROM THE UNITED STATES (G/C/W/790)  
26  MEXICO – CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE FOR CHEESE UNDER MEXICAN 
OFFIC IAL STANDARD NOM -223-SCFI/SAGARPA -2018 – REQUEST FROM THE UNITED 
STATES  
27  EUROPEAN UNION – REGULATION EC  NO. 1272/2008 (CLP  REGULATION) – REQUEST 
FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
28  EUROPEAN UNION - CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (THE EUROPEAN 
GREEN DEAL OF DECE MBER  2019) – REQUEST FROM  ARMENIA,  THE KINGDOM OF 
BAHRAIN, CHINA, KAZAKHSTAN,  KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, QATAR, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 
AND THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA  
29  EUROPEAN UNION – THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL – REQUEST FROM THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION  
30  EUROPEAN UNION – REGULATION (EU)  2017/2321 AND REGULATION (EU)  2018/825 
– REQUEST FROM CHINA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
31  ANGOLA – IMPORT RESTRICTING PRACTICES – REQUEST FROM THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION  
32  INDIA – MANDATORY CERTIFICATION FOR STEEL PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM JAPAN  
33  INDIA  - IMPORT RESTRICTION ON AIR CONDITIONERS – REQUEST FROM JAPAN  
34  CHINA – CUSTOMS DUTIES ON CERTAIN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS – REQUEST FROM 
JAPAN  
35  UNITED STATES - MEASURES REGARDING MARKET ACCESS PROHIBITION FOR 
ICT PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM CHINA  
36  UNITED STATES – EXPORT CONTROL MEASURES FOR ICT  PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM 
CHINA  
37  AUSTRALIA – DISCRIMINATORY MARKET ACCESS PROHIBITION ON 5G  EQUIPMENT – 
REQUEST FROM CHINA  
38  EUROPEAN UNION – SWEDEN'S DISCRIMINATORY MARKET ACCESS PROHIBITION ON 
5G EQUIPMENT – REQUEST FROM CHINA  G/C/W/795  
 
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  39  FUNCTIONING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS AND SUBSIDIARY 
COMMITTEES: INFORMATION FROM THE CHAIR  
40  APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR 
TRADE IN GOODS: INFORMATION FROM THE CHAIR  
41  WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE  
42  OTHER BUSI NESS  
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