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G/C/M/128/Add.1  
 
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Council for Trade in Goods    
 
MINUTES OF THE MEETI NG OF THE COUNCIL FO R TRADE IN GOODS  
11 MAY 2017  
CHAIRPERSON: H.E. MR. KYONGLIM  CHOI (REPUBLIC OF KO REA) 
Addendum  
In a fax dated Tuesday, 9  May 2017, addressed to all Heads of Delegations, the Chairperson 
announced that the Council for  Trade in Goods (CTG) would reconvene its meeting on Thursday, 
11 May 2017, to deal with Agenda Item No.  3 in WTO/AIR/CTG/7 and G/C/W/737, "Appointment 
of Officers to the Subsidiary Bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods".  
 
3. APPOINTMENT OF OFFIC ERS TO THE  SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF  THE COUNCIL FOR 
TRADE IN GOODS  
3.1.  The Chairperson  reminded  delegations that, at the last CTG  meeting, on 6  April 2017, the 
interim Chairperson had announced the suspension of Agenda Item No.  3 concerning the 
"Appointment of Officers to t he Subsidiary Bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods" given the 
departure of Ambassador Hamish McCormick, Chairman of the Council, and the lack of agreement 
at the General Council level with regard to the next Chairperson of this Council and the other 
WTO bodies. Therefore, the consultation process for the appointment of the chairpersons  of 
subsidiary bodies of the Goods Council had not taken place at that time.  
3.2.  The Chairperson  also reminded delegations that the Guidelines for the Appointment of 
Officers to WTO  bodies contained in document  WT/L/510, adopt ed by the General Council on  
10 December  2002, provided that the Chairperson of the Council for Trade in Goods would conduct 
consultations on the appointment of the chairpersons of its subsidiary bodies. A dditionally,  
document  JOB/GC/22, considered by the General Council on 27  July 2012, indicated that Group 
Coordinators should be involved in this process at an early stage. He also recalled that, on this 
occasion, he had proceeded in accordance with the app roach adopted by the General Council 
during its consultation process for the appointment of chairperson s to the WTO  bodies for 2017, 
and had met on several occasions with the Group Coordinators.  
3.3.  On 7 April 2017, all Members and Group Coordinators had been informed that he would be 
accepting proposals for candidates to chair the subsidiary bodies of the CTG. The consultations 
that he had carried out on this matter in the intervening period consisted of meetin gs with Group 
Coordinators and bilateral consultations with delegations that had expressed an interest in the 
consultation process. As per the procedures, he had also coordinated with the Services Council 
Chair.  
3.4.  Overall, this had not been an easy task but,  based on the proposals and suggestions from 
Group Coordinators and Members that had responded to his call, he had prepared a slate of names 
for the Chairpersonship of the respective bodies of the CT G for 2017. This list was 
first communicated to Group Coo rdinators on Monday, 8  May, with a deadline provided until 
Tuesday, 9  May, 3 p.m., for any reservations. In the absence of reservations by the deadline set 
he had sent a fax reconvening the CTG and informing  Members of the slate of names.  
3.5.  He also recalled that, before the start of this reconvened meeting, he had held an informal 
open-ended meeting on the proposed slate of names that had been circulated to Members. At this 
informal meeting, the proposed slate had been accepted  by Members. He therefore believ ed that G/C/M/128/Add.1  
 
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  he was in a position to propose to this Council an agreed slate of names for the Chairs of the 
subsidiary bodies. This slate reflected the open manner in which the consultations had been 
carried out, as well as the wide diversity of the WTO  Members hip. Considering the different 
candidates that had been submitted by Group Coordinators, he also believed that the slate of 
names reflected, to the extent possible, the balance as provided for in the Guidelines.  
3.6.  The list of  names of Chairpersons for the su bsidiary bodies that he had prepared read as 
follows:  
Chairpersons of CTG  Subsidiary Bodies  
Market Access  Mr Ahmed El Libedy (Egypt)  
Agriculture  Mr Alf Vederhus (Norway)  
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Mr Marcial Espínola Ramirez (Paraguay)  
Technical Barriers to Trade  Mr Jose Manuel Campos Abad (Chile)  
TRIMs  Mr Ali Alwaleed Al -Thani (Qatar)  
Anti-Dumping Practices  Mr Faisal Saud Sulaiman Al -Nabhani (Oman)  
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Ms Ieva Baršauskaitė (Lithuania)  
Safeguards  Mr Kensuke Tsunoda (Japan)  
Import Licensing  Mr Fawaz Almuballi (Saudi Arabia)  
Rules of Origin  Mr Gerald Pajuelo (Peru)  
Customs Valuation  Ms María Luciana Nader Leandri (Uruguay)  
State Trading Enterprises  Ms Rike Octaviana (Indonesia)  
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade 
in Information Technology Products (ITA Committee)  Ms Zsófia Tvaruskó (Hungary)  
 
3.7.  He proposed that the Council agree with the nominations as indicated . 
3.8.  The Council so agreed . 
3.9.  The Chairperson  recalled that, while all the other subsidiary bodies of the Council had 
provisions in their respective Agreement or rules of procedure requiring them to elect 
Chairpersons, Working Parties did not. As a result, he proposed that the Council appoint the 
nominated Chairperson, Mrs  Rike Octaviana (Indonesia), for the Working Party on State Trading 
Enterprises.  
3.10.   The Council so agreed . 
3.11.   The Chairperson  then observed that, on the question of Vice -Chairpersons, his 
understanding was that, in cases where the option e xisted under the Agreement or rules of 
procedure, it would be for the subsidiary bodies themselves to decide if they needed a Vice -Chair, 
and that it was for the respective Chair to hold the necessary consultations. He asked if the 
Council could proceed on  that basis.  
3.12.   The Council so agreed . 
3.13.   The Chairperson  thanked all Members and Group Coordinators for their constructive spirit 
during his consultations and for their assistance and cooperation. He also thanked the outgoing 
Chairpersons of the various subsidi ary bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods for their hard work 
and dedication during 2016, and wished success to the incoming Chairs in fulfilling their tasks 
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  3.14.   He also informed delegations that the next CTG  meeting would take place on Friday,  
30 June. The agenda would close on Monday, 19  June 2017.  
3.15.   As he had not had the opportunity to address delegations, he thanked Members for their 
confidence and trust in him by electing him as Chairperson of this Council. It was an honour, and 
he looked for ward to working with all delegations in 2017.  
3.16.   The meeting was closed . 
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