G/SCM/156  
 
27 January  2020 
(20-0642) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures    
 
PERMANENT GROUP OF E XPERTS  
NOTE FROM THE CHAIR  
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 Ichiro Araki 
(Japan);  Ms Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre (Mexico) ; Mr Jaemin Lee ( Korea, Republic of ); Mr 
Rabih  Nasser (Brazil) ; and Ms Marina Foltea (Moldova) .  
 
The term of office of Mr Ichiro Araki expires this spring. Accordingly, the Committee should elect a 
new expert to replace Mr Araki  at its regular meeting which will take place in the week of 
27 April 2020.  
 
To this end, I wish to inform Members that I intend to follow the following  procedure s: 
 
• Deadline for nominations to fill these vacancies : Friday, 28  February  2020, close of 
business . 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 vacancies 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 invited to provide information only to the 
extent relevant to the duties and respo nsibilities of the PGE membership.  
 
• Nominations (including the CVs and Summary CVs ) should be submitted to Mr Seref Gokay 
Coskun ( Seref.Coskun@wto.org ) and cc'd to Ms Patricia Costa Rodrigues 
(patricia.costarodrigues@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 avail able during the 
week of 9 March 2020  for individual consultations with interested delegations. I will 
provide in due course specific information on how to request such a meeting with me.  
 
• Reporting of progress : As necessary, following my individual consult ations and well before 
the Committee meeting , I intend to convene an open -ended informal session to report in 
general terms on the progress 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 CV OF THE CANDIDATE AS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT  
 
 
 
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