WT/COMTD/W/219/Corr.1  
 
1 March  2017 
(17-1254) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade and Development    
 
SPECIAL AND DIFFEREN TIAL TREATMENT PROVI SIONS  
IN WTO AGREEMENTS AN D DECISIONS  
NOTE BY THE SECRETAR IAT1 
Corrigendum* 
Page 37,  footnote 48 should read as follows: "G/TBT/GEN/17 4". 
 
 
Page 76,  first sentence of the first paragraph under "Comment" should read as follows:  
 
"With a view to implementing paragraph 7 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and 
Public Health (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2), and based on earlier decisions to that extent (IP/C/25 and 
WT/L/ 478), the TRIPS Council adopted a Decision on 6 Nove mber 2015 by which the transition 
period under Article 66.1 for LDC Members with respect to the protection and enforcement of 
patents and undisclosed information was extended until 1  January 2033 (IP/C/73). " 
 
 
Page 81, second sentence of the second paragra ph under "Comment" should read as 
follows:  
 
"(For instance, Turkey – Rice, WT/DS334/R, para. 7.305; see also, India – Solar Cells , 
WT/DS456/R, footnote 6 to para. 1.7; Colombia – Textiles , WT/DS461/R, paras. 7.601 -7.604;  
Peru – Agricultural Products , WT/DS 457/R, paras. 7.529 -7.531; Argentina – Import Measures , 
WT/DS438/R, WT/DS444 /R, and WT/DS445/R, paras. 6.01 -6.10; Philippines – Distilled Spirits , 
WT/DS396/R and WT/DS403/R, para. 7.190; Dominican Republic – Safeguard Measures , 
WT/DS417/R and WT/DS418/R, p ara. 7.443; and EC-Bananas III (Article 21.5 -Ecuador II), 
WT/DS27/RW2/ECU, paras. 2.74-2.76.) " 
 
 
Page 84, footnote 86 should read as follows:  
 
"The revised GPA entered into force on 6 April 2014 for those GPA Parties having submitted their 
instruments of a cceptance of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement 
(see GPA/113 ) and currently applies to all but one of the Parties to the GPA (Switzerland). 
Therefore, the presentation here refers to the revised text. For the GPA 1994 provisions on S&D, 
see document TN/CTD/W/33. " 
 
 
Page 84, paragraph 6.3 should read as follows:  
 
"As a plurilateral Agreement, not all WTO Members are bound by the GPA. The Agreement at 
present covers the following 47 WTO Members: Armenia; Canada; the European Union a nd 
its member States; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; Israel; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Liechtenstein; 
Moldova, Republic of ; Montenegro; the Netherlands with respect to Aruba; New Zealand; Norway; 
Singapore; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; Ukraine; and the United  States."  
                                                
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without pr ejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.   
* In English only.  WT/COMTD/W/219/Corr.1  
 
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  Pages 96 and 97 : The r eferences to document G/AG/W/42/Rev.18 should include a reference to 
document G/AG/W/42/Rev.18/Corr.1 (in English only).  
 
 
Page 104, paragraph 3 under "Provision", "I. Objectives and Principles", should read as 
follows:  
 
"3. Together with the Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in Services 
(S/L/93), the Modalities for the Special Treatment for Least -Developed Country Members in the 
Negotiations on Trade in Services shall ensure maximum flexibility for LDCs  and shall form the 
basis for the negotiations. " 
 
 
Page 125, paragraph 2 under "Provision" should read as follows:  
 
"2. In the interim, until a permanent solution is found, and provided that the conditions set out 
below are met, Members shall refrain from challenging through the WTO Dispute Settlement 
Mechanism, compliance of a developing Member with its obligations under Articles 6.3 and 7.2 (b) 
of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) in relation to support provided for traditional staple food  
crops101 in pursuance of public stockholding programmes for food security purposes existing as of 
the date of this Decision, that are consistent with the criteria of paragraph 3, footnote 5, and 
footnote 5 & 6 of Annex 2 to the AoA when the developing Member complies wi th the terms of this 
Decision.102 
 
Footnote 101:  
This term refers to primary agricultural products that are predominant staples in the traditional 
diet of a developing Member.  
Footnote 102:  
This Decision does not preclude developing Members from introduci ng programmes of public 
stockholding for food security purposes in accordance with the relevant provisions of the 
Agreement on Agriculture. " 
 
 
Page 128, paragraph 2 under "Comment" should read as follows:  
 
"The objective of the Decision is to offer more sp ecific elements to clarify the 2005 Hong Kong 
mandate according to which preferential rules of origin for LDCs should be "transparent and 
simple"".   
 
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