WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/C/W/660 
3 November 2011 
 (11-5566) 
Council for Trade in Goods 
Meeting of 7 November 2011  
 
 
 
PROPOSED AGENDA 
  
 PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEETING WILL NOW BEGIN AT 09:30 A.M.  IN THE 
CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD. 
 
1. NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: 
  (A) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PERU AND THE EFTA STATES 
  (WT/REG295/N/1 AND WT/REG295/N/2) 
  (B) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE   REPUBLIC OF KOREA (WT/REG296/N/1)   (C) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GUATEMALA AND THE SEPARATE 
  CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU 
  (WT/REG297/N/1)   (D) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PERU AND THE REPUBLIC OF 
 KOREA (WT/REG298/N/1) 
 
 (E) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND THE EFTA STATES 
(WT/REG299/N/1) 
  (F) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JAPAN     (WT/REG300/N/1) 
 
 (G) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND COLOMBIA 
(WT/REG301/N/1) 
  (H) FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BE TWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND 
 PAPUA NEW GUINEA / FIJI (WT/REG302/N/1) 
 2. MARKET ACCESS COMMITTEE ISSUES:   (A) COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESS – PERIODIC REPORT OF THE 
COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS (G/MA/257; 
G/MA/257/CORR.1)  
  (B) INTRODUCTION OF  HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2002 CHANGES INTO WTO 
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS – COLLECTIVE REQUEST FOR WAIVER EXTENSION (G/C/W/653/REV.1)   
 G/C/W/660 
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   (C) INTRODUCTION OF  HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2007 CHANGES INTO WTO 
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS – COLLECTIVE REQUEST FOR WAIVER EXTENS ION (G/C/W/654) 
  (D) INTRODUCTION OF  HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2012 CHANGES INTO WTO 
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSION S – COLLECTIVE REQUEST FOR A 
WAIVER (G/C/W/655/Rev.1) 
  (E) AMENDMENT TO THE PROCEDURES LEADING TO THE CERTIFICATION OF 
HS2007 CHANGES (G/MA/W/108) 
 
 (F) PROCEDURE FOR THE INTRODUCTI ON OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2012 
CHANGES TO SCHEDULES OF CONCCESSIONS USIN G THE CONSOLIDATED 
TARIFF SCHEDULES DA TABASE (G/MA/W/109) 
 
3. ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION:  PROCEDURES UNDER ARTICLE 
XXVIII:3 OF GATT 1994 
  (A) ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON 1 MAY 2004 
(G/L/695/ADD.14)  
 
 (B) ENLARGEMENT OF THE EU ROPEAN UNION ON 1 JANUARY 2007 
(G/L/821/ADD.9) 
 4. EUROPEAN UNION - REQUEST FOR A WAIVER ON ADDITIONAL AUTONOMOUS 
TRADE PREFERENCES GRANTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION TO PAKISTAN 
(G/C/W/640/REV.1)  
 5. ARGENTINA'S IMPORT RESTRICTING PO LICIES AND PRACTICES - STATEMENTS 
BY THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE UNITED  STATES, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY AND 
JAPAN 
 
6. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 
  (A)  EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN 
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AS A MEANS TO COMBAT POVERTY - COMMUNICATION FROM CUBA, ECUADOR, NICARAGUA, THE 
PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA AND THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC 
OF VENEZUELA (WT/GC/132; WT/GC/W/635 - G/C/W/650 - WT/COMTD/W/179; WT/GC/W/635/ADD.1 - G/C/W/650/ADD.1 - WT/COMTD/W/179/ADD.1) 
 7. NOTIFICATIONS OF ACTIONS TAKEN UNDER THE 1999 WAIVER FOR 
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT FOR LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
(WT/L/304)
 
   
 (A) INDIA (G/C/W/651 - WT/COMTD/N/38) 
 (B) CHINA (G/C/W/656 - WT/COMTD/N/39/ADD.1)   
8. CANADA - REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE WAIVER FOR THE CARIBBEAN 
INITIATIVE: CARIBCAN (WT/L/677; G/C/W/657) 
  G/C/W/660 
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  9. EUROPEAN UNION - REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE WAIVER FOR THE 
APPLICATION OF AUTONOMOUS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS (G/C/W/658; G/C/W/658/ADD.1) 
 10. BRAZIL'S AUTOMOTIVE TAX MEASURES - STATEMENT BY THE REPUBLIC OF 
KOREA  
   
11. UKRAINE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF CUSTOMS VALUATION LEGISLATION – JOINT 
STATEMENT BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NORWAY 
 
12. ECUADOR MIXED TARIFFS – QUESTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES, 
EUROPEAN UNION, CANADA AND JAPAN 
 13. EUROPEAN UNION - RULING OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE OF 
6 SEPTEMBER 2011 RELATING TO THE DE TECTION IN HONEY OF POLLEN 
CONTAINING DNA FROM MON810 GENETICALLY MODIFIED MAIZE - 
STATEMENT BY ARGENTINA 
 14. FINAL TRANSITIONAL REVIEW UNDER PARAGRAPH 18 OF THE PROTOCOL OF 
ACCESSION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (WT/L/432; G/MA/W/106) 
 
15. CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE 
COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS 
 16. ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS 
TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL (G/C/W/659) 
 
17. OTHER BUSINESS  
MONGOLIA - IMPLEMENTATION OF  THE WAIVER ON ACCESSION 
COMMITMENT ON EXPORT OF RAW MA TERIAL (WT/L/695; WT/GC/W/638 - 
G/C/W/652) 
 
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