G/SCM/153  
 
19 February  2019 
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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 Subash Pillai (Malaysia); Mr 
Ichiro Araki (Japan);  and Ms  Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre (Mexico).  
 
Members will recall that t he ter ms of Mr Welber Barra l and Mr Chris Parlin  expired in April 2017 and 
April 2018, respectively. The previous Chairperson of the Committee had held consultations with a 
view to fill those vacancies and she had informed the Membership that Rabih Nasser of Brazil had  
received the greatest number of expressions of support, followed by Mr  Jaemin Lee  of Korea. Due 
to some issues raised following the consultations , however, the  Committee could not finalize the 
process of filling those vacancies.  
 
In my capacity as the Chair of the Committee, I kept working with Members, in particular with the 
ones which have previously expressed concerns, with an aim to finalize the election process. 
Recently, I have been informed by those Members that they would be able to join the  consensus to 
fill those vacancies.  
 
In this regard, I would like to propose that the Committee elect (i) Mr Rabih Nasser to fill the vacancy 
on the PGE created by the expiry of the term of office of Mr Chris Parlin; and (ii)  Mr Jaemin Lee  to 
fill the vac ancy on the PGE created by the expiry of the term of office of Mr Welber Barra l. 
 
Should you have any reactions to these proposals, I would ask that you inform the Secretariat 
(seref.coskun@wto.org ) by close of b usiness on 1 March  2019. Please note that i n the absence 
of any objection by that date, my suggestions  will be deemed to have been accepted by the 
Membership . 
 
On the other hand, t he term of Mr Subash Pillai (Malaysia) expires this Spring and the Committee  
should also elect a new expert to replace him at  its regular meeting which will take place in the week 
of 29 April 2019.  
 
To this end, I wish to inform Members that I intend to initiate the election process with respect to 
the vacancy that will arise due to the expiration of the term of Mr Subash Pillai, and follow the 
following  procedure s: 
 
• Deadli ne for nominations to fill the  vacanc y: Friday  8 March 2019 , close of business . Note 
that in the interest of transparency and fairness, the deadline will be stri ctly enforced. Any 
nomination received after the deadline will not be taken into  consideration for the vacancy  at 
issue.  
 
• Each nomination must  be accompanied by  a CV of the nominee. In order to streamline the 
assessment of nominations by Members, Nominatin g Members should also complete and 
return the attached "Summary CV" of the nominee. In their submissions, nominating Members 
are kindly invited 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 the Secretary of 
the Committee, Mr Seref Gokay Coskun ( Seref.Coskun@wto.org ).  
 
The Secretariat will inform all delegations regarding the nominations received  by the deadline.  G/SCM/153  
 
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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 Chairperson : As necessary, I will be available during the 
week of 1 April 2019  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 consultations 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 NOMINAT ED 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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