RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/BOP/R/92/Rev.1 
18 June 2009 
 (09-3000) 
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions  
  
 
 
NOTE ON THE MEETING OF 2, 3 AND 4 JUNE 2009 
 
Revision
 
 
 
1. The Committee met on 2, 3 and 4 June 2009 to  hold consultations with Ecuador (see 
document WT/BOP/R/91). 
2. The Committee approved a draft decision with respect to Participation of Members in the 
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions to be elevated to the General Council for adoption 
(attached).  The draft decision brings the Committ ee's procedures on membership into line with other 
WTO Committees.   
3. The Committee also agreed to ho ld full consultations with Ukraine on 23 and 25 June 2009.  
Ukraine submitted a new notification on 14 May 2009 (contained in document WT/BOP/N/68) 
eliminating the 13% import surcharge applie d since 7 March 2009 (notified to the WTO and 
contained in document WT/BOP/N/66) except for imports of refrigerato rs (HS 8418) and motor 
vehicles (HS 8703).  The measures are envisaged to be imposed for a period of six months, i.e. until 
7 September 2009. 
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DECISION ON PARTICIPATION IN TH E COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS 
RESTRICTIONS 
 
Draft decision of 3 June 2009  
  
  The General Council,   Having regard to  paragraph 1 of Article IV, and pa ragraph 1 of Article IX of the 
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Tr ade Organization (the "WTO Agreement"); 
  Conducting the function of the Ministerial Conference in the interval between meetings 
pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article IV of the WTO Agreement;  
 Recalling  that paragraph 5 of the Understanding on  Balance-of-Payments Provisions of the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 prov ides that the membership of the Committee on 
Balance-of-Payments is open to all Member s indicating their wish to serve on it; 
  Recalling also the provisions on openness in the composition of, and the balanced 
representation of Members in, the Committee on Bala nce-of-Payments set out in the Procedures and 
Arrangement for Regular Consultations on Balan ce of Payments Import Re strictions approved on 
28 April 1970
1;  in the Procedures for Regular Consultati ons on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions 
with Developing Countries approved on 19 December 19722;  and in the Declaration on Measures 
Taken for Balance-of-Payments Purposes adopted on 28 November 19793, and that all three of these 
instruments are referred to in the Understanding on Balance-of-Payments Provisions of the General 
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; 
  Recalling further that, pursuant to Article IV:2 of th e WTO Agreement, the General Council 
approved
4, at its meeting of 13 and 15 December 1995, the rules of procedure of the Committee on 
Balance-of-Payments5, and that these rules provide that membership of the Committee is open to all 
Members of the WTO indicating, by letter to th e Director-General, their wish to serve on such 
Committee;  
  Considering  that it is felt desirable to facilitate the participation of all Members in the 
Committee on Balance-of-Payments;  
 Decides  as follows: 
 1. For the purposes of paragra ph 5 of the Understanding on Balance-of-Payments Provisions of 
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, a nd the Rules of Procedure of the Committee on 
Balance-of-Payments, all WTO Members as of the date of this decision, and any future WTO Member as of the date of its accession shall be deemed to have communicated to the Director-General their 
wish to serve as a member on the Committee on Balance-of-Payments.  
 
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1 L/3388, paras. 10-12 (BISD 18S/48-53). 
2 L/3772/Rev.1 (BISD 20S/47-49). 
3 L/4904, para. 5 (BISD 26S/205-209). 
4 WT/GC/M/9, section 1(b). 
5 WT/BOP/10.