G/C/W/845  
 
6 May 2024 
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Council for Trade in Goods   
 
FOLLOW -UP NOTE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF  
THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS ( CTG) 
MEETING OF 30  APRIL  – 1 MAY 2024 
1.1.  This document has been prepared under the responsibility of the outgoing Chairperson of the 
Council for Trade in Goods (hereinafter "CTG", or "the Council") with a view to implementing the 
Council's agreement1 by providing  a follow -up note to this formal meeting, and in preparation of the 
next formal meeting of the Council, which has been  scheduled for 2–3 July 2024.  
1.2.  Please take note of the following information:  
SUBJECT  DETAIL  
1. Remarks by the 
Chairperson:  The Chairperson's remarks under each item are available on eAgenda . 
2. Decisions taken at 
the meeting:  1. Members agreed to suspend Agenda Item  6 on the Appointment of Officers to 
the Subsidiary Bodies of the Council for Trade in Good s, and also agreed that  
the incoming Chairperson of this Council  will reconvene the meeting to address 
this agenda item once the appointments process has been finalized . The Chair  
also requested any Member having a concern on the draft slate of names that 
was presented at the informal meeting ( ICN/CTG/14 ) to send him , by close of 
business on 8 May, a written communication explaining the reasons for their 
objection.  
2. The Council elected Ambassador Clare KELLY (New Zealand) as its Chairperson 
for the year 2024 -2025.  
3. Upcoming 
meetings : The provisional dates of upcoming meetings of the Council are currently described 
in the tentative calendar of meetings (JOB/CTG/45 ). A regularly updated list of such 
information is available via the WTO Calendar of meetings  and the Council for Trade 
in Goods  gateway . 
 
The Secretariat reported to Members  on the status of actions taken pursuant to the 
Decisions this Council had adopted in 2023 to improve its functio ning, which included 
an Introductory Session on the Council for Trade in Goods , held on 18  April 2024, 
and an Informal Session on the Digital Tools used in the CTG and its Subsidiary 
Bodies , held on 30  April 2024. The Secretariat report is available on eAgenda  and 
the presentations and recordings of both sessions are available here (password 
protected) . 
 
4. Key dates for the 
upcoming meeting:  Please take note of the following tentative dates concerning the CTG's next formal 
meeting:  
 
Date of the meeting : 2–3 July 2024 
Activation of the meeting's eAgenda : 3 June 2024 
Circulation of the meeting's initial convening notice : 3 June 2024 
Closure of the meeting's agenda : 17 June 2024 
Circulation of the meeting's revised convening notice, including the meeting's 
tentative agenda : 18 June 2024 
Circulation of the meeting's annotated agenda : 21 June 2024 at the latest  
 
 
1 At its meeting of 30  November –1 December  2023, the Council for Trade in Goods agreed on a trial basis on 
"the creation of a new 'follow -up' document, under the authority of the Chairperson, concisely collating agreed 
next steps, deadlines, and actions to  be taken by delegations in preparation for the next formal meeting." 
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  SUBJECT  DETAIL  
5. Guidance on how 
to add items to the 
agenda of the next 
meeting  Members can add items to the agenda in two  ways:  
1. Directly through the Collaborative Agenda section of the eAgenda2; or 
2. By sending an email to the CTG team 
(Roy.Santana@wto.org , Arti.Daswani @wto.org  and Craig.James@wto.org ). 
For transparency, the Secretariat will also include any such request in the 
eAgenda.  
6. Agreed items 
reverted to by the 
Council, and 
standing items  At the upcoming meeting, the Council will consider the following standing agenda 
item:  
1. Notified Regional Trade Agreements . 
 
 
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2 Please refer to the  Guidelines on how to use the eAgenda for the Council for Trade in Goods  
(JOB/CTG/47 ).