G/C/W/811  
 
1 July 2022 
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Council for Trade in Goods  
7 July 2022    
 
 
PROPOSED AGENDA  
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:  
 
1. NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS:  
1.1 COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 
EFTA  STATES AND INDONESIA, GOODS (WT/REG464/N/1)  
1.2 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND THE SEPARATE 
CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, GOODS – 
NOTIFICATION OF SUSPENSION (WT/REG267/N/2/REV.1)  
2. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION: 
PROCEDURES UNDER ARTICLE  XXVIII: 3 OF GATT  1994 – COMMUNICATION FROM THE 
EUROPEAN UNION (G/L/1385/ADD.2)  
3. UNITED KINGDOM'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION: PROCEDURES 
UNDER ARTICLE  XXVIII:3 OF GATT  1994 – COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED 
KINGDOM (G/L/1386/ADD.2)  
4. MEASURES TO ALLOW GRA DUATED 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)  
TRADE CONCERNS  
5. INDIA – IMPORT POLICY ON TYRES – REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
INDONESIA, THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND 
MATSU, AND THAILAND  
6. AUSTRALIA, CANADA, EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, LITHUANIA, NEW ZEALAND, 
SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED STATES – UNILATERA L TRADE 
RESTRICTIVE MEASURES AGAINST RUSSIA – REQUEST FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
7. EUROPEAN UNION – IMPLEMENTATION OF NON -TARIFF BARRIERS ON 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, COLOMBIA, 
COSTA RICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR , GUATEMALA, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, 
PERU, THE UNITED STATES, AND URUGUAY (G/C/W/767/REV.1)  
8. CHINA – COSMETICS SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS (CSAR) 
– REQUEST FROM AUSTRALIA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, AND THE UNITED STATES  
9. INDONESIA – IMPORT SUBSTITUTION PROGRAMME – REQUEST FROM THE 
EUROPEAN UNION  
10. INDONESIA – IMPORT AND EXPORT RESTRICTING POLICIES AND PRACTICES – 
REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE UNITED STATES  G/C/W/811  
 
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  11. INDIA – RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN  PULSES – REQUEST FROM 
CANADA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND THE UNITED STATES  
12. UNITED STATES – IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON APPLES AND PEARS – REQUEST FROM 
THE EUROPEAN UNION  
13. EUROPEAN UNION – PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF TRQ  COMMITMENTS: SYSTEMIC 
CONCERNS – REQUES T FROM BRAZIL AND URUGUAY  
14. UNITED KINGDOM – DRAFT GOODS SCHEDULE AND PROPOSED 
UK TRQ COMMITMENTS: SYSTEMIC CONCERNS – REQUEST FROM BRAZIL AND URUGUAY  
15. EUROPEAN UNION – QUALITY SCHEMES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND 
FOODSTUFFS – THE REGISTRATION OF CER TAIN TERMS OF CHEESE AS GEOGRAPHICAL 
INDICATIONS – REQUEST FROM NEW ZEALAND AND URUGUAY  
16. EUROPEAN UNION – CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (CBAM)  
– STATEMENT BY CHINA  
– STATEMENT BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
17. EUROPEAN UNION – THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL – REQUEST FROM THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION  
18. UNITED STATES – DISCRIMINATORY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION ON STEEL 
AND/OR ALUMINIUM IMPORTS – REQUEST FROM CHINA  
19. UNITED STATES – EXPORT CONTROL MEASURES FOR CHINESE ENTERPRISES – 
REQUEST FROM CHINA  
20. UNITED STAT ES – MEASURES REGARDING MARKET ACCESS PROHIBITION FOR 
ICT PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM CHINA  
21. AUSTRALIA – DISCRIMINATORY MARKET ACCESS PROHIBITION ON 5G  EQUIPMENT 
– REQUEST FROM CHINA  
22. EUROPEAN UNION – SWEDEN'S DISCRIMINATORY MARKET ACCESS PROHIBITION 
ON 5G EQUIPMENT – REQUEST FROM CHINA  
23. EUROPEAN UNION – BELGIUM'S LAW INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL SECURITY 
MEASURES FOR THE PROVISION OF MOBILE 5G  SERVICES – REQUEST FROM CHINA  
24. CHINA – IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE DISRUPTIVE AND RESTRICTIVE MEASURES – 
REQUEST FRO M AUSTRALIA  
25. CHINA – ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES FOR REGISTRATION OF OVERSEAS 
PRODUCERS OF IMPORTED FOODS – REQUEST FROM AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES  
26. CHINA – SUBSIDY TRANSPARENCY AND CHINA'S PUBLICATION AND INQUIRY 
POINT OBLIGATIONS UNDER CHINA'S PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION – REQUEST FROM 
AUSTRALIA, CANADA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE 
UNITED STATES  
27. EGYPT – HALAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTED FOOD AND 
BEVERAGE PRODUCTS - REQUEST FROM CANADA AND THE UNITED S TATES  
28. PAKISTAN – IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON FOODSTUFFS AND CONSUMER GOODS – 
REQUEST FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES  G/C/W/811  
 
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  29. MEXICO – CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE FOR CHEESE UNDER MEXICAN 
OFFICIAL STANDARD NOM -223-SCFI/SAGARPA -2018 – REQUEST FR OM THE UNITED 
STATES  
30. INDIA – ORDER RELATED TO REQUIREMENT OF NON -GM CUM GM FREE CERTIFICATE 
ACCOMPANIED WITH IMPORTED FOOD CONSIGNMENT – REQUEST FROM THE UNITED 
STATES  
31. PANAMA – ONIONS AND POTATOES HARVEST LIFE AND SPROUTING – REQUEST 
FROM CANADA AN D THE UNITED STATES  
32. KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, THE 
STATE OF KUWAIT, OMAN, AND QATAR – SELECTIVE TAX ON CERTAIN IMPORTED 
PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM SWITZERLAND AND THE UNITED STATES  
33. CHINA – EXPORT CONTROL LAW – REQUEST FROM JAPAN  
34. INDIA – IMPORT RESTRICTION ON AIR CONDITIONERS – REQUEST FROM JAPAN 
AND THAILAND  
35. NEPAL – IMPORT BAN ON ENERGY DRINKS – REQUEST FROM THAILAND  
36. SRI LANKA – IMPORT BAN ON VARIOUS PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM THAILAND  
37. INDIA – PLAIN  COPIER PAPER QUALITY ORDER  2020 – REQUEST FROM INDONESIA  
38. PHILIPPINES – SPECIAL SAFEGUARD ON INSTANT COFFEE – REQUEST FROM 
INDONESIA  
39. UNITED KINGDOM – ENVIRONMENTAL ACT: FORESTRY COMMODITIES – REQUEST 
FROM BRAZIL AND INDONESIA  
40. EUROPEAN UNION – COUNTERVAILING DUTIES (CVD) ON STAINLESS STEEL 
COLD -ROLLED FLAT (SSCR) – REQUEST FROM INDONESIA  
41. EUROPEAN UNION – EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL (CARBON BORDER ADJUSTMENT 
MECHANISM AND DEFORESTATION FREE COMMODITIES) – REQUEST FROM BRAZIL AND 
INDONESIA  
42. AUSTRALI A – INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW OF ANTI -DUMPING DUTIES ON 
A4 COPY PAPER – REQUEST FROM INDONESIA  
43. PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA – EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL 
AND HYDROBIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM PERU  
44. ECUADOR – IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON GRA PES AND ONIONS – REQUEST FROM 
PERU  
45. PANAMA – UNDUE DELAYS AND EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL AND 
HYDROBIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM PERU  
46. NIGERIA – RESTRICTIVE POLICIES ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS – REQUEST FROM 
BRAZIL  
47. EUROPEAN UNION – REGULATION (EU)  2017/2321 AND REGULATION 
(EU)  2018/825 – REQUEST FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
48. EUROPEAN UNION – REGULATION EC  NO. 1272/2008 (CLP  REGULATION) – 
REQUEST FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  G/C/W/811  
 
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  49. OTHER BUSINESS  
49.1 FUNCTIONING OF THE CTG  AND ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES – INFORMATION 
FROM THE CHAIR  
49.2 DATE OF NEXT MEETING  
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