WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/TE/INF/4/Rev.4 
15 December 2004 
 (04-5536) 
Committee on Trade and Environment 
Special Session  
 
  
LIST OF COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT  
SPECIAL SESSION (CTESS) DOCUMENTS  
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
 
 
This document has been prep ared under the Secretariat's 
own responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of 
Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
 
 
 This list contains all documents that have been circulated in the Committee on Trade and 
Environment Special Session (CTESS) until 13 December 2004. 
 
 
I. REPORTS BY THE CHAIRPERSON (TN/TE/-) .................................................................2  
II. SUMMARY REPORTS OF MEETINGS (TN /TE/R/-) .............. ................ ............... ...........2  
III. NOTES BY THE SECRETARIAT (TN/TE/S/- AND TN/TE/W/-)......................................3  
A. PARAGRAPH 31 (I).......................................................................................................................3  
B. PARAGRAPH 31 (II)......................................................................................................................4  
C. PARAGRAPH 31 (III).....................................................................................................................4  
IV. SUBMISSIONS BY PARTICIPANTS (TN/TE/W/-).............................................................4  
A. PARAGRAPH 31 (GENERAL ) ........................................................................................................4  
B. PARAGRAPH 31 (I).......................................................................................................................4  
C. PARAGRAPH 31 (II)......................................................................................................................6  
D. PARAGRAPH 31 (III).....................................................................................................................6  
V. GENERAL INFORMATION DOCUMENTS (TN/TE/INF/-) . ............................................7  
VI. JOB/- DOCUMENTS ...............................................................................................................8  
VII. ANNOTATED AGENDAS ......................................................................................................8  
 
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 I. REPORTS BY THE CHAIRPERSON (TN/TE/-) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/1 12 Apr. 2002 Statement by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee, 22 March 2002  
TN/TE/2 4 July 2002 Statement by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee (Meeting of 11-12 June 2002) 
TN/TE/3 2 Dec. 2002 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee (Meeting of 10-11 October 2002) 
TN/TE/4 2 Dec. 2002 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade Negotiations Committee (Meeting of 12 November 2002) 
TN/TE/4/Corr.1 13 Jan. 2003 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee - Corrigendum 
TN/TE/5 28 Feb. 2003 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee  
(Meeting of 12 and 13 February 2003) 
TN/TE/6 6 June 2003 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade Negotiations Committee (Meeting of 1-2 May 2003) 
TN/TE/7 10 July 2003 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee - Trade and Environment 
Negotiations:  State of Play 
TN/TE/7/Supp.1 15 July 2003 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee - Trade and Environment 
Negotiations:  State of Play - Supplement 
TN/TE/8 20 Apr. 2004 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee 
TN/TE/9 28 June 2004 
 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee - Trade and Environment 
Negotiations:  State of Play 
TN/TE/10 6 Dec. 2004 
 Report by the Chairperson of the Special Session of the 
Committee on Trade and Environment to the Trade 
Negotiations Committee 
II. SUMMARY REPORTS OF MEETINGS (TN/TE/R/-) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/R/1 19 Apr. 2002 Summary Report on the First Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment Special Session, 22 March 2002 - Note 
by the Secretariat  TN/TE/INF/4/Rev.4 
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 Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/R/2 25 July 2002 Summary Report on the Second Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment Special Session - 11-12 June 2002 - 
Note by the Secretariat 
TN/TE/R/3 31 October 2002 Summary Report on  the Third Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment Special Session - 10-11 October 2002 - 
Note by the Secretariat 
TN/TE/R/4 21 January 2003 Summary Report on the MEA Information Session on 
Paragraph 31 (ii) of the Doha Declaration - 12 November 2002 - 
Note by the Secretariat 
TN/TE/R/5 14 April 2003 Summary Report on  the Fifth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 
12-13 February 2003 - Note by the Secretariat 
TN/TE/R/5/ 
Corr.1 14 May 2003 Summary Report on the Fifth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 
12-13 February 2003 - Note by the Secretariat - Corrigendum 
TN/TE/R/6 12 June 2003  Summary Report on the Sixth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 1-2 May 2003 - 
Note by the Secretariat  
TN/TE/R/7 1 August 2003 Summary Report on the Seventh Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 8 July 2003 - Note 
by the Secretariat  
TN/TE/R/7/ 
Corr.1 6 August 2003 Summary Report on the Seventh Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 8 July 2003 - Note by the Secretariat - Corrigendum 
TN/TE/R/8 13 May 2004 Summary Report on the Eighth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 19 April 2004 - 
Note by the Secretariat  
TN/TE/R/8/Corr.1 
 25 June 2004 Summary Report on the Eighth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 19 April 2004 - 
Note by the Secretariat - Corrigendum 
TN/TE/R/9 16 July 2004 Summary Report on  the Ninth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session – 22 June 2004 - 
Note by the Secretariat 
TN/TE/R/9/
Corr.1 
 3 December 2004 
 Summary Report on the Ninth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 22 June 2004 - Note 
by the Secretariat - Corrigendum 
TN/TE/R/10 3 December 2004 
 Summary Report on the Tenth Meeting of the Committee on 
Trade and Environment in Special Session - 12-13 October 2004 
- Note by the Secretariat 
 
III. NOTES BY THE SECRETARIAT (TN/TE/S/- AND TN/TE/W/-) 
A. PARAGRAPH 31 (I) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/S/1 23 May 2002 Multilateral Envi ronmental Agreements (MEAs) and WTO 
Rules;  Proposals Made in the Committee on Trade and 
Environment (CTE) from 1995-2002 - Note by the Secretariat 
TN/TE/S/3 31 Jan. 2003 Compilation of Su bmissions under Paragraph 31(i) of the 
Doha Declaration - Note by the Secretariat TN/TE/INF/4/Rev.4 
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 Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/S/3/ 
Rev.1 23 April 2003 Compilation of Submissions under Paragraph 31(i) of the 
Doha Declaration - Note by the Secretariat -Revision 
TN/TE/S/5 
WT/CTE/W/ 
160/Rev.2 25 April 2003 Matrix on Trade Measures Pursuant to Selected 
Multilateral Environmental Agreements  - Note by the 
Secretariat - Revision 
 
B. PARAGRAPH 31 (II)  
 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/S/2 10 June 2002 Existing Forms of Cooperation and Information Exchange 
between UNEP/MEAs and the WTO - Note by the Secretariat  
TN/TE/S/4 31 Jan. 2003 Observer Status - Note by the Secretariat 
 
C. PARAGRAPH 31 (III) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/W/18 22 Nov. 2002 List of Environmen tal Goods - Paragraph 31 (iii) - Note by the 
Secretariat 
 
IV. SUBMISSIONS BY PARTICIPANTS (TN/TE/W/-) 
A. PARAGRAPH 31 (GENERAL ) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/W/39 
 24 March 2004 
 The Relationship between WTO Rules and MEAs in the Context 
of the Global Governance System - Submission by the 
European Communities  – Paragraph 31 
 
B. PARAGRAPH 31 (I) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/W/1 21 Mar. 2002 Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs):  
Implementation of the Doha Development Agenda -
European Communities   
TN/TE/W/2 23 May 2002 Mandate Under Para graph 31(i) of the Doha Declaration on 
Trade and Environment - Argentine Republic   
TN/TE/W/3 
WT/COMTD/
W/99 
WT/CTE/W/ 
208 3 June 2002 Sustainability Impact Assessment - European Communities  
TN/TE/W/4 6 June 2002 Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): 
Implementation of the Doha Development Agenda - Switzerland   
TN/TE/W/7 7 June 2002 Suggested Procedure for the Negotiations under Paragraph 31(i) 
of the Doha Declaration - Australia    TN/TE/INF/4/Rev.4 
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 Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/W/9 
WT/CTE/W/ 
215 
 17 Sept. 2002 Energy Taxation, Subsidies and Incentives in OECD Countries 
and their Economic and Trade Implications on Developing 
Countries, in Particular Devel oping Oil Producing and Exporting 
Countries - Saudi Arabia  
TN/TE/W/10 2 Oct. 2002 The Relationship between Existing WTO Rules and Specific 
Trade Obligations Set Out in  Multilateral Environmental 
Agreements (MEAs) - Japan   
TN/TE/W/11 2 Oct. 2002 Contribution on Pa ragraph 31(1) of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration - the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu   
TN/TE/W/12 3 Oct. 2002 Negotiations under Paragraph 31(i) of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration - New Zealand  
TN/TE/W/13 8 Oct. 2002 Specific Trade Obligations (STOs) -  the Republic of Korea  
TN/TE/W/16 5 Nov. 2002 Statement by Switzerland  at the CTE Special Session 
on 10 October 2002  
TN/TE/W/20 10 Feb. 2003 Sub-Paragrap h 31(i) of the Doha Declaration - the United States  
TN/TE/W/21 10 Feb. 2003 Meeting of the Sp ecial Session of the Committee on Trade and 
Environment, 12-13 February 2003 - Switzerland   
TN/TE/W/22 10 Feb. 2003 Discussion Paper on the Concept of Specific Trade Obligations 
(STOs) - Canada   
TN/TE/W/23 20 Feb. 2003 Relationship betw een Specific Trade Obligations Set Out in 
MEAs and WTO Rules - India   
TN/TE/W/24 20 Feb. 2003 Statement by Hong Kong, China  at the meeting of the 
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment of 
12-13 February 2003  
TN/TE/W/25 20 Feb. 2003 Contribution by Norway  based on its intervention at the 
Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment of 12-13 February 2003 
TN/TE/W/26 25 April 2003 The Relationshi p between WTO Rules and Specific Trade 
Obligations Set Out in MEAs - Japan   
TN/TE/W/28 30 April 2003 Paragraph 31(i) of  the Doha Declaration - Specific Trade 
Obligations - Set Out in Multilateral Environmental Agreements 
- Implementation of Cites in Hong Kong, China - Hong Kong, 
China  
TN/TE/W/29 30 April 2003 Paragraph 31(i) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration - Malaysia   
TN/TE/W/31 14 May 2003 The Relationship between MEAs and WTO Agreements: “Set 
Out in MEAs” - the European Communities    
TN/TE/W/32 13 May 2003 Statement by Switzerland  at the Meeting of the Special Session 
of the Committee on Trade and Environment of 1-2 May 2003  
TN/TE/W/35 27 June 2003 Identification of Multilateral Environmental Agreements 
(MEAs) and Specific Trade Obligations (STOS) - China  
TN/TE/W/35/
Rev.1  3 July 2003 Identification of Multilateral Environmental Agreements 
(MEAs) and Specific Trade Obligations (STOS) - China  - 
Revision 
TN/TE/W/36 
 3 July 2003 The Relationship between WTO Rules and “Specific Trade 
Obligations Set Out in MEAs” - the Separate Customs 
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu   
TN/TE/W/37 7 July 2003 APEC Trade and Environment Workshop - 19-20 May 2003, 
Bangkok  - Australia  
TN/TE/W/40 21 June 2004 Sub-Paragrap h 31(i) of the Doha Declaration - the United States  TN/TE/INF/4/Rev.4 
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 Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/W/41 
 18 June 2004 
 Comments on "The Relationship Between WTO RULES and 
MEAs in the Context of the Global Governance System 
"(TN/TE/W/39)  - the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  
TN/TE/W/43 25 Aug. 2004 The Relationship between Existing WTO Rules and Specific 
Trade Obligations (STO S) Set Out in Multilateral Environmental 
Agreements (MEA S) - Statement by Colombia  in the Committee 
on Trade and Environment Special Session at its Meeting of 22 
June 2004 
TN/TE/W/45  12 Oct. 2004 Paragraph 31(i) of the Doha  Declaration -Austr alia’s experience 
-Submission by Australia  
C. PARAGRAPH 31 (II) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/W/5 6 June 2002 Contribution of the United States  on paragraph 31(ii) of the 
Doha Ministerial Declaration  
TN/TE/W/15 17 Oct. 2002  MEAs:  Information Exchange and Observer Status - the 
European Communities   
TN/TE/W/30 30 April 2003 Information Exchange and Observer Status - Switzerland   
D. PARAGRAPH 31 (III)  
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/W/6 6 June 2002 Environmental Goods - New Zealand   
TN/TE/W/8 9 July 2002 Negotiations on Environmental Goods - the United States   
TN/TE/W/14 9 Oct. 2002 Environmental Goods - the State of Qatar   
TN/TE/W/17 20 Nov. 2002 Market Access for Non-Agricultural Products - Japan  
TN/TE/W/17 /
Corr.1 25 Nov.2002 Market Access for Non-Agricultural Products - Japan   
TN/TE/W/19 
TN/MA/W/24 28 Jan. 2003  Negotiations on Environmental Goods:  Efficient, Lower-
Carbon and Pollutant-Emitting Fuels and Technologies - the 
State of  Qatar   
TN/TE/W/19/
Corr.1 
TN/MA/W/24
/Corr.1 21 Feb. 2003 Negotiations on Environmental Goods:  Efficient, Lower-
Carbon and Pollutant-Emitting Fuels and Technologies - the 
State of  Qatar  - Corrigendum 
TN/TE/W/27 
TN/MA/W/33 25 April 2003 Harmonized System (HS) Classification Codes of Gas-Related 
Goods - the State of  Qatar   
TN/TE/W/33 
WT/CTE/W/ 
228 21 May 2003 OECD Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment:  
Environmental Goods:  A Comparison of the APEC and OECD 
lists - Information Note by the OECD Secretariat  
TN/TE/W/34 
TN/MA/W/18
/Add.4 19 June 2003 Liberalizing Environmental Goods in the WTO:  Approaching 
the Definition Issue - the United States   
TN/TE/W/38 
TN/MA/W/ 18/Add.5 7 July 2003 United States  Contribution on an Environmental Goods 
Modality  TN/TE/INF/4/Rev.4 
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 Symbol Date Subject/Title 
 
TN/TE/W/42 
 6 July 2004 
 Statement by China  on Environmental Goods at the Committee 
on Trade and Environment Special Session (CTESS) Meeting of 
22 June 2004  
TN/TE/W/44 7 Oct. 2004 
 Proposed Initial List of Environmental Goods Submitted by the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, 
and Matsu  
TN/TE/W/44/
Corr.1 
 3 Dec. 2004 
 Proposed Initial List of Environmental Goods Submitted by the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, 
and Matsu  - Corrigendum 
 
V. GENERAL INFORMATION DOCUMENTS (TN/TE/INF/-) 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
TN/TE/INF/1 13 Mar. 2002 List of Worki ng Documents on Multilateral Environmental 
Agreements (MEAs) Circulated in the Committee on Trade 
and Environment (CTE)  
TN/TE/INF/2 19 Dec. 2002 UNEP-MEA Meeting on Enhancing MEA and WTO 
Information Exchange - Palais des Nations, Geneva, 
11 November 2002 - Submission by the United Nations 
Environment Programme (UNEP) 
TN/TE/INF/3 23 Dec. 2002 UNEP-MEA Meeting on Enhancing MEA and WTO 
Information Exchange, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 11 November 2002 - Chairman’s Summary - Submission by 
the United Nations Environm ent Programme (UNEP)  
TN/TE/INF/4 27 Jun. 2003 List of CTESS Documents - Note by the Secretariat 
TN/TE/INF/4/ 
Rev.1 21 July 2003 List of Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session 
(CTESS) Documents Note by the Secretariat - Revision 
 
TN/TE/INF/4/ 
Rev.2 6 May 2004 List of Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session 
(CTESS) Documents - Note by the Secretariat - Revision 
TN/TE/INF/4/ Rev.3 19 July 2004 List of Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session 
(CTESS) Documents - Note by the Secretariat- Revision 
TN/TE/INF/5 
 6 May 2004 Oral Statement by UNCTAD under Paragraph 31 (iii) –  
CTE Special Session, 19 April 2004  
TN/TE/INF/6 14 July 2004 Report of the Expert Meeting on Definitions and Dimensions 
of Environmental Goods and Services in Trade and 
Development Held at the Pa lais des Nations, Geneva, 
from 9 to 11 July 2003 
TN/TE/INF/7  5 Oct. 2004 
 UNCTAD's Work on Environmental Goods and Services:  
Briefing Note - Paragraph 31(iii)  
TN/TE/INF/8 
 11 Oct. 2004 Statement by the OECD Secretariat on the OECD’s Work on 
Environmental Goods and Services at the Committee on Trade 
and Environment Special Session (CTESS) Meeting 
of 12-13 October 2004 - Paragraph 31 (iii)  
TN/TE/INF/9 12 Oct. 2004 Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological TN/TE/INF/4/Rev.4 
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 Symbol Date Subject/Title 
Diversity (CBD) at the Committee on Trade and Environment 
Special Session of 12 – 13 October 2004 -Paragraph 31 (i)  
TN/TE/INF/9/ 
Rev.1 13 Oct. 2004 Statement by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological 
Diversity (CBD) at the Committee on Trade and Environment  
Special Session of 12 – 13 October 2004 - Paragraph 31 (i) - 
Revision 
 
VI. JOB/- DOCUMENTS 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
JOB(03)/116 17 June 2003 MEA Observership/Information Exchange –  
the European Communities  
JOB(03)/152 22 July 2003 Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment 
(CTESS) - Speaking Points:  European Communities  - 
Meeting of 8 July 2003 
JOB(03)/159 15 Aug. 2003 Paper by the European Communities  - Decision on MEA 
Observership/Information Excha nge in the Special Session of 
the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTESS) 
JOB(03)/160 19 Aug. 2003 Paper by the European Communities  - Proposal for 
Amendments to Paragraphs 9 and 20 of the Draft Cancun Ministerial Text 
JOB(04)/98 16 July 2004 The Use of Detailed Categories in CTESS Discussions on the 
Liberalization of Environmental Goods - Intervention by 
Canada  to the CTESS in Meeting of 22 June 2004 – 
Paragraph 31 (iii) 
JOB(04)/116/
Rev.2 5 October 2004 Workshop on Environmen tal Goods – Paragraph 31 (iii) of the 
DDA – 11 October 2004 – Final Progamme 
VII. ANNOTATED AGENDAS 
Symbol Date Subject/Title 
JOB(02)/54 6 June 2002 Special Session of  the Committee on Trade and Environment - 
Annotated Agenda on Meeting of 11-12 June 2002 - Note by 
the Secretariat 
JOB(03)/15 3 Feb. 2003 Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment - 
Annotated Agenda of the Meeting of 12-13 February 2003  - 
Note by the Secretariat 
JOB(03)/78 24 Apr. 2003 Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment - 
Draft Annotated Agenda for the Meeting of 1-2 May 2003 - Note by the Secretariat 
JOB(03)/124 26 June 2003 Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Environment - 
Draft Annotated Agenda for the Meeting of 8 July 2003 -  Note by the Secretariat 
JOB(04)/25 5 April 2004 Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session - Draft 
Annotated Agenda for the Meeting of 19 April 2004 - Note by 
the Chairman 
JOB(04)/79 18 June 2004 Committee on Trad e and Environment Special Session - Draft 
Annotated Agenda for the Meeting of 22 June 2004 - Note by 
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 Symbol Date Subject/Title 
JOB(04)/145 8 October 2004 Committee on Trade and Environm ent Special Session - Draft 
Annotated Agenda for the Meeting of 12-13 October 2004 - 
Note by the Chairman 
 
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