G/SCM/ 164 
 
11 January  2023 
(23-0298) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures   
 
PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS  
NOTE FROM THE CHAIR PERSON  
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 Rabih Nasser ( Brazil ); 
Ms Marina Foltea ( Moldova ); Ms Tomoko  Ota (Japan ); and Mr Donald Cameron Orth ( Canada ). The 
term of Mr Jaem in Lee ( Republic of Korea ) expired in April 2022 and is still vacant. The term of 
Mr Rabih Nasser  expires this Spring. Accordingly, the Committee should elect two  new expert s to 
replace Mr Jaemin Lee and Mr Rabih Nasser at its regular meeting which will ta ke place in the week 
of 1 May 2023.  
To this end, I wish to inform Members that I intend to follow the following  procedure s: 
• Deadline for nominations to fill th ese two vacanc ies: Monday , 13 February 2023 , close of 
business  (Geneva time) . 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 ies 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 invite d 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 27 February 2023  for individual consultations with interested delegation s. 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 consultation 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  and outcome  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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