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WT/BFA/W/462  
 
2 November  2018 
(18-6863) Page: 1/15 
Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration    
 
 
  
 
INTERNAL COMPILATION  
NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF WTO REGULAR AND NEGOTIATING BODIES  
AND NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS CIRCULATED  
(JANUARY 2017 -OCTOBER 2018)  
 
Contents  
1   REGULAR BODIES - GC, DSB, TPRB AND SUBSIDIARY BODIES  ................................ ... 2 
2   REGULAR BODIES - SUBSI DIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR  
TRADE IN GOODS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  6 
3   REGULAR BODIES - SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COU NCIL FOR  
TRADE IN SERVICES  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 11 
4   COMMITTEES ESTABLISH ED PURSUANT TO THE PLURILATERAL  
TRADE AGREEMENTS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 12 
5   NEGOTIATING BODIES  ................................ ................................ .............................  13 
6   DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO SPECIFIC WTO DISPUTES  ................................ ..... 15 
 
 
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  1  REGULAR BODIES - GC, DSB, TPRB AND SUBSIDIARY BODIES  
WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017 (and 
type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
General Council  9 formal  
10 informal  
3 open-ended on 
ecommerce  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 22 meetings  9 Minutes  
85 JOB/GC 
documents  
35 WT/L 
20 WT/GC/W  
12 WT/GC  
8 airgrams  
3 room documents 
(RD/GC)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 172  6 Room E -type 
meetings  
1 Room D -type 
meeting  
~110  bilateral 
consultations/meetin
gs on all GC matters  
~60 bilateral 
meetings on e -
commerce  
8 consultation/ 
meetings with Chairs 
of regular bodies  
Total ~185  2 more formal GC 
meetings scheduled 
before end 2018  
Dispute 
Settlement 
Body   
31 Formal DSB 
meetings  
 
1 Informal open -
ended meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 32 meetings  
  
31 Airgrams  
31 Proposed Agendas  
31 Minutes of DSB 
meetings  
9 Nominations – 
Indicative List of 
Panelists  
8 Revisions – 
Indicative List of 
Panelists  
20 Proposals on 
Appellate Body 
matters  
1 Proposal on Rule 15  
5 Mechanism for DSU 
practices  
4 Annual Reports  
 
 
 
 
Total 140  40 DSB Chair's 
Consultations  
 
150 Consultations 
with delegations  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 190  a) 3 more formal 
DSB meetings 
scheduled before end 
2018 + any 
additional Special 
DSB meetings as and 
when requested by 
Members, as 
provided for in the 
DSU 
 
b) Other documents 
related to the 
preparation of DSB 
meetings:  
31 Chairnotes  
62 Daily Bulletins  
31 DG Memos  
8 Fax notifications  
63 Panelists' CVs  
Total 195  
 
c) Submissions from 
Delegations for the 
DSB Registrar 
function:  280 
 
Trade Policy 
Review Body  35 Formal meetings  
3 Informal meetings  
 
 
Total 38 meetings  71 reports  
67 meeting docs  
72 minutes + Add.  
 
Total 210   
  
Total numbers 
already take into 
account until end -
2018.  WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017 (and 
type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
Council for 
Trade in Goods   
10 Formal  
2 Informal   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 12 meetings  
 
  
Convening notices:  
- 6 Airgrams:  
- 9 Fax/E -mail:  
 
7 Minutes  
3 Status of 
Implementation  
3 Reports to GC  
3 Member 
Communications  
14 Working 
Documents  
 13 JOB Documents  
1 Room Document  
 
Total 59  
  
Other Activities  
Formal and Informal 
CTG Chair 
Consultations on the 
Appointment of 
Officers  
 
Formal and Informal 
CTG Chair 
Consultations on 
Possible E -Commerce 
Workshop  
  
The 59 documents 
equate to 
approximately 624 
pages.  
 
Airgrams 16 
Fax/E -Mail 10 
Minutes 318 
Reports to GC   19 
Status of  
Notifications 135 
Member  
Communications 3 
Working Docs  63 
JOB Docs 57 
Room Docs 3 
Total Pages  624 
Council for 
Trade in 
Services  7 formal meetings  
1 informal meeting  
1 seminar  
Total 9 meetings  7 Airgrams  
49 Notifications  
1 Enquiry points  
7 W/ docs by 
Members  
1 W/ docs by 
Secretariat  
7 Minutes  
2 Chair reports  
1 Annual reports  
4 Legal docs  
3 SECRET docs  
16 Jobs by Members  
1 Job by Chair  
3 Jobs by Secretariat  
2 RD/ docs by 
Members  
 
Total 104  Several informal 
consultations  1 more formal 
meeting planned 
before 2018  
Council for 
TRIPS  6 Council meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings  193 Notifications ~ 
109 docs ~ of which  
   15 Airgrams  
   16 Minutes;  
   60 working docs;  
    4 Council docs;  
    4 Q docs  
    10 room docs;  
 
Total 302  Numerous informal 
consultations  
 To improve 
documentation 
accessibility E -TRIPS 
Information 
Management System 
due to launch soon 
to Members. This will 
streamline data 
entry and offer 
detailed search 
functions.  WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017 (and 
type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Trade and 
Development  6 formal meetings  
4 informal meeting  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total  10 meetings  Convening notices:  
9 airgrams  
2 faxes  
6 minutes  
7 notifications  
16 communications 
Members  
21 Secretariat 
reports (including 
Chairs reports)  
1 submission by 
IGOs 
Total 621   
CTD (Aid for 
Trade)  1 Global Review of 
Aid for Trade  
5 Formal  
5 Informal 
2 Workshops  
Total 13 meetings  
(of which the AfT 
Global Review)  6 Airgrams  
5 Minutes  
8 Working docs 
10 JOB/DEV  
 
Total 29  3 small group 
consultations   
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session – 
Regional Trade 
Agreements  1 formal meeting  
 
 
 
 
Total 1 meeting  1 airgram  
2 minutes  
2 communications 
Members  
3 Secretariat reports  
Total 81   
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session 
Preferential 
Trade 
Arrangements  1 formal meeting  
 
 
 
 
Total 1 meeting  2 airgrams  
1 minutes  
1 communication 
Members  
2 Secretariat reports  
Total 61   
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session Small 
Economies  3 formal meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 3 meetings  3 Airgrams  
3 Minutes  
1 Compilation paper 
by the Secretariat  
1 Background note 
by the Secretariat  
4 Communications 
from SVE Group:  
1 Report to the 
General Council  
3 Draft Reports to 
the General Council  
 
Total 16  
   
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017 (and 
type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Sub Committee 
on Least -
Developed 
Countries  4 formal meetings  
 
 
Total 4 meetings  4 Airgrams  
4 Minutes  
2 Secretariat Notes  
2 Communications 
from Members  
4 Room documents  
 
Total 16    
CTD – 
Dedicated 
Session 
Monitoring 
Mechanism  3 formal meetings  
1 informal meeting  
 
 
 
Total 4 meetings  Convening notices:  
3 airgrams  
1 fax 
4 minutes  
 
Total  51 
   
Committee on 
Balance -of-
Payments 
Restrictions  4 formal meetings  
 
Total 4 meetings  8 reports  
4 meeting docs  
1 notification  
 
Total 13  
  
Total numbers take 
into account until 
end-2018.  
Committee on 
Budget, 
Finance and 
Administration   
16 formal meetings  
2 informal meetings  
 
Total 18 meetings   
17 airgrams  
13 annotated 
agendas  
68 meeting docs  
16 Reports to the 
General Council  
 
Total 98  
 
  
Numerous informal 
consultations  
  
 
 
Committee on 
Trade and 
Environment  3 formal meetings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 3 meetings  9 WT/CTE 
documents (minutes, 
annual report, 
Secretariat 
documents 
(database))  
13 Job/TE 
(annotated agenda, 
Members' 
statements, 
Members' 
submissions, draft 
annual reports)  
32 RD/CTE  
(Members' papers, 
Members' 
presentations, WTO 
and other 
international 
organizations' 
presentations)  
3 WTO/AIR/CTE  
 
Total 57  
(3887 pages)  
 1 open-ended round 
of bilateral 
consutations   2 side events back -
to-back with CTE 
formal meetings  WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017 (and 
type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Regional Trade 
Agreements2 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 7 meetings  23 Notifications  
1 WT/REG/GEN/N  
32 factual 
presentations  
2 Annual reports  
31 Questions and 
replies  
25 minutes  
26 working 
documents  
2 implementation 
reports  
12 airgrams 
(includes 5 revisions)  
 
Total 154   3 pending minutes  
 
 
 
1 pending airgram  
 
Working Group 
on Trade, Debt 
and Finance  4 
 
Total 4 meetings  10  Meets twice a year 1 
document per 
meeting on average 
plus minutes  
Working Group 
on Trade and 
Transfer of 
Technology  5 formal  
 
Total 5 meetings  6 1 small group 
meeting   
 
 
2  REGULAR BODIES - SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal /informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 1 
Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
Committee on 
Market Access   
4 Formal  
7 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 11 meetings   
21 QR notifications  
53 Member 
submissions  
129 Changes to 
Goods Schedules 
(1980 Procedures)  
11 Renegotiations  
63 Reports by the 
Secretariat  
4 Minutes  
14 Draft decisions 
prepared by the 
Secretariat  
 
Total 295  
  
2 Consultations  
 
1 capacity building 
workshop (2 days)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 3   
The 129 documents 
with draft changes to 
the Schedules that 
have been submitted 
by Members and/or 
prepared by the 
Secretariat under the 
HS transposition 
procedures, and 
circulated under the 
G/MA/TAR/RS and 
WT/Let symbols, have 
accounted for 14.503 
pages  of documents 
that have been 
processed by the 
Market Access 
Division.  
 
2 Relevant symbols of documents: Factual Presentations: WT/REGXXX/X; Annual Reports: 
WT/REG/M/27 + 28; Questions & Replies: WT/REGXXX/X; Minutes:WT/REG/M/ -; Working docs: WT/REG/W/ -;  
Implementation Reports: WT/REGXXX/R/I; Airgrams WT O/AIR/RTA/XX.  WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal /informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 1 
Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
Committee on 
Trade 
Facilitation   
6 Formal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings   
Convening Notices:  
- 11 Airgrams: (6 
Regular, 5 Revs)  
- 3 Fax 
-  3 Minutes  (Plus 1 
to be issued shortly)  
- 1 Dispute, request 
for consultations  
- 148 Notifications  
- 10 Working  
Total 173  
  
1 open ended 
consultation  
1 plurilateral  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 2   
Committee on 
Agriculture  6 Formal  
4 Informal  
1 Symposium (13 -
14 June 2018)  
10 side-events  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 21 meetings  86 Secretariat 
documents  
7 Documents by 
Observer 
Organizations  
 
11 Member 
submissions  
 
398 Notifications
  
 
Total 502    
2 more meetings 
scheduled before end 
2018 (1 informal and 
1 formal).  
In addition, two side -
events.  
Committee on 
Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures  5 Formal  
7 Informal  
Total 12 meetings  
 162 Submissions by 
Members  
57 Documents by 
the Secretariat  
Total 219 +  
Total 2,742 
notifications   3 more meetings 
scheduled before end 
2018 ( 2 informal and 1 
formal)  
Committee on 
Technical 
Barriers to 
Trade  5 Formal meetings  
 
9 Informal meetings  
 
3 Thematic Sessions  
4 Side-events  
Total 21  meetings 
(1) 
 Total 295 
documents  (2)(4)  
+ 
Total 5008 
notifications  (2) 
Documents  
7 G/TBT/M/** 
(Minutes(2)) 
1 WT/L/* (CTG 
Report)  
116 G/TBT/W/** 
(Statements, 
Submissions by 
Members, etc.)  
51 G/TBT/GEN/** 
(Statements, 
Reports)   
59 JOB/TBT/** 
(Reports, Proposals, 
presentations, 
Programmes, etc.)  
8 Airgrams   3 more meetings 
schedule before end of 
2018 ( 1 formal and 2 
informal)  
 
(1) The Secretariat 
regularly hold 
consultations or 
smaller meetings with 
delegations and/or 
Chair -  not counted in 
the breakdown. Also, 
Members hold 
bilateral meetings in 
margins of Committee 
meetings in advance 
of the formal 
meetings, these are 
not counted either. 
(2) As of 8 October 
2018. 
(3)  The minutes are on 
average 58p. long.  
(4) A number of 
document series have WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal /informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 1 
Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
46 room documents 
RD/TBT/** 
(Presentations, draft 
report s, faxes)  
4 G/TBT/* 
(Decisions, annual 
reviews, triennial 
reviews)  
3 TBT/DS/** (TBT 
relevant disputes)  
TBT Notifications  
3399 New 
Notifications  
72 Revisions  
1495 Addenda and 
Corrigenda  
19 G/TBT/10.7/N/** 
(notifications on 
Agreements 
between Members -
Art.10.7)  
12 G/TBT/2/Add.** 
Statements of 
Implementation 
Art. 15.2  
11 G/TBT/CS/** 
Notifications 
Acceptance Code of 
Good Practice  been discontinued and 
replaced by databases 
that generate reports, 
such as the TBT IMS  
and ePing  
Committee on 
TRIMS  3 formal  
 
 
Total 3 meetings  5 N 
3 M 
2 R 
2 W 
15 Qs 
6 RD 
3 AIR 
1 D 
Total 373   
Committee on 
Anti-Dumping 
Practices  4 formal  
 
 
 
Total 4 meetings  208 N 
46 Qs 
3 M 
6 W 
8 RD 
4 AIR 
2 R 
13 D 
Total  290   
 
3 For TRI MS, NG Rules, Committee on Anti -Dumping, Subsidies Committee, Safeguards Committee, 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises, and Committee on Civil Aircraft document symbols mean the 
following: (minutes (M.); notifications  (N); annual reports (R); annot ated agendas (AA), air  grams (AIR); 
room documents (RD), W  documents – Secretariat communications (W), GEN  documents (official non -restricted 
negotiations submissions/proposals), Qs  (questions and answers documents)  and 
D (dispute settlement) . WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal /informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 1 
Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
(Informal Group 
on Anti -
Circumvention)  4 informal  
Total 4 meetings  4 RD 
4 AIR 
 
Total 8    
(Working Group 
on 
Implementation)  3 informal  
 
Total 3 meetings  2 RD 
3 AIR 
 
Total 5    
 
Committee on 
Customs 
Valuation   
3 Formal  
2 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 5 meetings   
Convening Notices:  
- 3 Airgram   
- 10 Fax/E -mail  
3 Minutes  
Member 
submissions:  
- 11 Working 
Documents  
- 9 Notifications  
 
Notes by the 
Secretariat:  
- 4 Reports to the 
GC and CTG   
- 16 Working 
Documents etc.   
 
Total 56  
   
 
Committee on 
Rules of Origin   
4 Formal  
3 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 7 meetings   
Convening Notices : 
3 Airgrams   
5 Faxes/E -mails   
3 Minutes  
 
Member 
Submissions :  
5 Working Docs   
47 Notifications 
Notes by the 
Secretariat : 
4 Reports to the GC 
and CTG   
11 Working Docs 
etc.   
 
19 Room 
Documents    
 
 
Total 97  
  
Informal 
consultations:  
 
10 consultations in 
small group  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 10  
3 "Information 
sessions" (thematic 
workshops) organized 
at the request of 
Members with 14 
presentations by 
external speakers.  
 
Committee on 
Import 
Licensing   
4 Formal   
2 Informal   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Convening notices:  
- 4 Airgrams  
- 7 Fax/E -mail  
 
4 Minutes  
Notifications 
circulated:  
N1 notification 25 
N2 notification  36 
N3 notification  59 
Questions & Replies 
20 
 
Documents by the 
Secretariat:  
- 2 Reports to the 
CTG:   
Capacity building 
workshops  5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
The 161 documents 
accounted for 
approximately 1450  
pages.  
 
Airgrams 12 
Fax/E -mail 10 
Minutes 75 
N1 notification 76 
N2 notification 131 
N3 notification 995 
Q & R 83 
Reports to CTG 12 
Room docs  46 
Working docs   10 
 
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal /informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 1 
Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
 
 
 
 
Total  6 meetings  - 2 Room 
documents  
-   1 Working 
documents  
 
Total 161 
  
 
 
 
Total 5   
 
 
Total   Pages:   
1450       
Committee on 
Subsidies and 
Countervailing 
Measures  8 Formal  
1 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 9 meetings  225 N  
61 Qs  
4 G/SCM  
8 M  
11 W 
18 RD 
12 AIR 
2 R 
D: series – 9 
Total 350  
   
Committee on 
Safeguards  4 formal  
2 informal  
 
 
 
 
Total meetings 6  126 N 
4 M 
3 W 
9 RD 
48 G/SG  
4 AIR 
2 R 
17 Qs 
The D. series – 18 
Total 231    
Working Party 
on State 
Trading 
Enterprises  4 formal  
 
 
Total 4 meetings  64 N  
19 Qs 
4 M 
8 RD 
4 AIR 
2 R 
Total 101    
 
Committee of 
Participants on 
the Expansion 
of Trade in 
Information 
Technology 
Products   
4 Formal   
2 Informal   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 6 meetings   
Convening notices:  
- Airgrams 4 
- Fax/E -mail 12 
 
4 Minutes  
2 Status of 
Implementation  
2 Reports  
17Working 
documents  
6 Questions & 
Replies  
28 JOB documents  
30 Other papers  
 
Total 105  
  
9  Chair's 
consultations and 
out-reaching 
meetings   
 
1 ITA Symposium   
 
4 ITA Expansion -
related informal 
meetings   
 
 
 
 
 
Total 14   
 
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  3  REGULAR BODIES - SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES  
WTO Body  No of meetings  
Jan 17 – Oct 18  
(formal / informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Working Party 
on Domestic 
Regulation  In 2017  
4 formal meetings  
2 informal meeting  
1 event organised by 
delegation  
 
 
Total 7 meetings  
 
 4 Airgrams  
1 W/ docs by 
Members  
1 W/ docs by 
Secretariat  
4 Minutes  
1 Annual reports  
35 Jobs by Members  
5 RD/ by Members  
 
Total 50   In 2018  
No meetings of 
WPDR. However, 7 
open ended 
meetings of 
interested 
Members  in domestic 
regulation took place.  
4 documents were 
produced for each 
meeting.  
Working Party 
on GATS Rules  NO meetings  1 annual report   The WPGR used to 
hold between 3 and 5 
formal meetings a 
year – in addition to 
a variable number of 
informal 
consultations.    
The WPGR latest 
formal meeting took 
place on 5 October 
2016.   The main 
reason for its current 
inactivity is that, 
regarding each of  its 
three negotiating 
mandates 
(emergency 
safeguards, 
government 
procurement, and 
subsidies) there is a 
small group of 
proponents whereas 
most other Members 
are either not 
interested or opposed 
to any disciplines 
being devised.  
Committee on 
Specific 
Comm itments  1 formal  
1 informal  
1 briefing session  
 
Total 3 meetings  1 Airgrams  
1 Minutes  
1 Annual reports:  
1 Jobs  
1 Room doc  
 
 
Total 5   The CSC used to hold 
4-5 meetings per 
year. A regular body 
under the CTS, the 
substance of its 
mandate is closely 
linked to services 
market access 
negotiations. The 
declining of meetings 
is directly caused by 
absence of progress 
in market access 
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  Committee on 
Trade in 
Financial 
Services  2 formal meetings  
1 informal meeting  
 
 
Total 3 meetings  2 Airgrams  
1 W/ docs by 
Secretariat  
3 Minutes  
1 Annual reports  
2 Jobs by Chair  
4 Room docs  
 
Total 13  
   
 
4  COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE PLURILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS  
WTO Body  No of meetings Jan 
17 – Oct 18  
(formal / informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017 (and 
type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Committee on 
Trade in Civil 
Aircraft  1 formal  
1 informal  
Total meetings 2  2 M 
1 R 
Total 3    
Committee on 
Government 
Procurement   
5 Formal  
5 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 10 meetings    
Total: 271 docs  
- 92 Docs related to 
GPA Accessions;  
- 46 Docs related to 
the agreed Work 
Programme of the 
Committee (SMEs, 
Stats, Sustainability, 
etc.);  
-  18 Docs related to 
Parties' notifications 
of Thresholds in 
national currency;  
– 26 Docs related to 
Parties' Statistical 
reports;  
– 2 Reports of the 
GPA Comm ittee;  
- 17 Docs related to 
Parties' proposed 
modifications to their 
Appendices;  
– 12 sets of Minutes  
– 26 Summaries of 
the Committee's 
Informal meetings;  
– 6 Airgrams;  
- 10 Docs circulated 
in the GPA/W/ (i.e. 
requests for observer 
status, Statements, 
questionnaires, 
report of Symposium)  
- 7 Notifications of 
National 
Implementing 
Legislation;  
– 9 Docs circulated in 
the RD/GPA/ series 
(Chairman' 
statements made at 
closing sessions and 
Annotated Agenda of 
GPA Committee end -
of-year formal 
meeting).   3 more meetings ( 2 
formal and 1 
informal) scheduled 
before the end of 
2018 
 
 
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  5  NEGOTIATING BODIES  
WTO Body  No of meetings Jan 
17 – Oct 18  
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Trade 
Negotiations 
Committee and 
Informal HoDs 
meetings  1 formal (TNC)  
9 informal TNC/HoDs  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 10 meetings  
 1 record of Minutes  
9 JOB/GCs 
documents (Report 
by Director -General 
on Informal TNC and 
HoDs)4 
11 JOB/TNCs   
9 faxes/convening 
notices  
1 airgram  
 
Total 31  8 Negotiating Group 
Chairs' meetings  
4 DG-subject specific 
consultations with 
delegations5  
8 MC11 Chair/NG 
Chair consultations  The discussions of all 
Informal TNC/HoDs 
are always reflected 
in the minutes of the 
General Council  
Special Session 
of the 
Committee on 
Agriculture  28 
 
Total 28 meetings  69 Submissions  
13 Reports  
Total 82  30 Consultations  
96 Bilaterals  6 more meetings 
foreseen until end 
2018  
Sub-Committee 
on Cotton  7 
 
Total 7 meetings  3 Submissions  
13 Reports  
Total 16  8 Consultations  
16 Bilaterals  2 more meetings 
until end 2018  
Special Session 
of the Council 
for Trade in 
Services  3 formal  
2 informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 5 meetings  3 minutes TN/S/M  
3 Member 
submissions TN/S/W  
1 Chair report to 
TNC 
8 JOB/SERV (2 from 
the Chair, 6 from 
Members)  
3 Room Docs (from 
Members)  
 
Total 18    
Negotiating 
Group on 
Market Access   
1 Formal   
1 Informal  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total meetings 2   
- 1 Airgram  
- 1 Fax  
 
1 Minutes  
4 Working 
documents  
3 Reports  
 
 
 
Total 10  
   
 
4 Also count ed in the GC section.  
5 These are specific meetings that the CTNC division serviced.  It is observed that this number is 
extremely conservative given that the DG as Chairman of the TNC often conducts consultations with 
delegations both in Geneva and in cap itals and also that 2017 was a ministerial conference year where the 
number of consultations are particularly high.  In addition, the DG's consultations with country groups is not 
included in this picture.  WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  WTO Body  No of meetings Jan 
17 – Oct 18  
(formal / 
informal)  No of documents 
circulated since 
1 Jan 2017  
(and type)  Consultations in 
various 
configurations  Any other 
comments  
Special Session 
of the Council 
for TRIPS  1 formal  
1 informal  
 
 
 
 
Total 2 meetings  3 documents   To improve 
documentation 
accessibility E -TRIPS 
Information 
Management System 
due to launch soon 
to Members. This will 
streamline data 
entry and offer 
detailed search 
functions.  
Negotiating 
Group on Rules  1 formal   
 
80 Informal open -
ended (number of 
days)  
 
Total 81 meetings  17 GEN 
8 W 
59 RD  
1 AIR 
1 M 
 
Total 86  200 informal 
bilateral 
consultations and 
small groups 
meetings   
Special Session 
of the Dispute 
Settlement  
Body  1 formal meeting  
29 informal 
meetings ( 15 
informal open -ended 
meetings and 14 
informal multilateral 
Chair's 
consultations)  
 
Total 30 meetings  1 WTO/AIR/TN/DSB 
(Agenda of formal 
meeting)  
4 JOB/DS (Members' 
proposals)  
1 MIN (Member's 
proposal)  
36 RD/TN/DSB ( 15 
agenda of informal 
open-ended 
meetings; 14 agenda 
of informal 
multilateral Chair's 
consultations ; 1 
Member's proposal; 
and 6 Chair's texts)  
2 TN/DS (Chair's 
reports)  
Total 44 
documents  
 16 Chair's bilateral 
meetings w/ 
Members  
  
Special Session 
of the 
Committee on 
Trade and 
Environment  1 open-ended 
informal  
 
Total 1 meeting  1 report by the Chair 
(TN/TE)  
1 RD/TN/TE  
 
 
Total 2  2 open-ended rounds 
of bilateral 
consultations   
Special Session 
of the 
Committee on 
Trade and 
Development  7 formal  
4 informal open -
ended  
Total 11 meetings  186 10 informal 
consultations  
11 days  of bilateral 
consultations   
 
  
 
6 Some of these documents issued as GC or TNC docu ments by C -TNC. WT/BFA/W/462  
 
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  6   DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO SPECIFIC WTO DISPUTES  
A total of 642 documents (6098 pages) in the DS series relating to specific WTO dispute 
settlement proceedings were issued in the period from 1 January 2017 to 10 October 
2018.  
 
These documents include:  
 
15 Panel Reports  (Plus 1 Addendum per each report)  
 
9 Appellate Body Reports  (Plus 1 Addendum per each report)  
 
1 Article 22 (Compensation and the Suspension of Concessions) Arbitration Report  (Plus 
Addendum)  
 
2 Article 21.3(c) (Reasonable Period of Time) Arbitrati on Reports  
 
 
 
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