WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/CTE/GEN/9/Add.1 
TN/MA/7/Add.1 10 October 2005 
 
 
(05-4596) 
Committee on Trade and Environment Negotiating Group on Market Access   
 
 
 
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS IN THE NE GOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS 
FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
 
Update by the Secretariat
1 
 
Addendum  
 
1 Document WT/CTE/GEN/9, dated 21 February 2003, contains a report on the environmental 
aspects in the Negotiating Group on Market Access for Non-Agricultural products (NGMA).  The 
current note is an update of the work carried out in the Group on that aspect of the negotiation.  
2. The efforts of the NGMA since early 200 3 culminated in an agreement on a "NAMA 
framework" contained in Annex B of the Genera l Council Decision on the Doha Work Programme 
(so-called "July Package"). The General Counc il when adopting the decision on 1 August 2004 
encouraged the Negotiating Group to work closel y with the CTESS with a view to addressing the 
issue of non-agricultural environmental goods covered in paragraph 31 (iii) of the Doha Ministerial 
Declaration.2   Since 1 August 2004, the Negotiating Group has met several times and, in accordance 
with the organization of work established by the Chair in order to cover the broad spectrum of 
elements in the NAMA framework, has addressed th e issue of environmental goods in a few of its 
meetings.3  While a number of submissions4 at the start of the negotiation concerned generally the 
subject of environmental goods, including how one s hould define them, the more recent submissions 
(circulated in both NGMA and the CTESS) instead focussed on proposed lists of environmental 
goods.  
3. A list of documents submitted by Members refe rring to environmental goods is contained in 
Annex 1. 
 
 
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 Document WT/L/579, Annex B, para. 17 
3 31 January – 4 February 2005, 14-18 March 2005 and 4-8 July 2005. 
4 See Annex 1, List of documents submitted by  Members referring to environmental goods. WT/CTE/GEN/9/Add.1 
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 ANNEX 1 
Documents submitted by Members contai ning a reference to environmental goods
 
Participant Document Symbol Title Date 
European 
Communities TN/MA/W/1 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 24 June 2002 
United States TN/MA/W/3 Negotiations on Environmental 
Goods 3 July 2002 
Japan TN/MA/W/5 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 5 August 2002 
Korea TN/MA/W/6 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 5 August 2002 
Korea TN/MA/W/6/Add.1 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 7 January 2003 
Norway TN/MA/W/7 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 4 September 2002  
Singapore TN/MA/W/8 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 10 September 2002 
Canada TN/MA/W/9 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 15 October 2002 
India TN/MA/W/10 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 22 October 2002 
India TN/MA/W/10/Add.1 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 8 January 2003 
European 
Communities TN/MA/W/11 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 31 October 2002 
European 
Communities TN/MA/W/11/Add.2 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 1 April 2003 
Mexico TN/MA/W/13 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 12 November 2002 
Japan TN/MA/W/15 + Corr.1 
TN/TE/W/17 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 20 November 2002 
Switzerland TN/MA/W/16 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 28 November 2002 
Chile TN/MA/W/17 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 2 December 2002 
United States TN/MA/W/18/Add.4 
 
TN/TE/W/34 Liberalizing Environmental 
Goods in the WTO:  Approaching 
the Definition Issue-  Paragraph 
31 (iii) 19 June 2003 
United States TN/MA/W/18/Add.7 
TN/TE/W/52 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products: Initial list 
of environmental goods 4 July 2005 
MERCOSUR TN/MA/W/23 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 15 January 2003 
Qatar TN/MA/W/24 + Corr.1 
 
TN/TE/W/19 + Corr.1 Negotiations on environmental 
goods:  efficient, lower-carbon 
and pollutant-emitting fuels and 
technologies – Paragraph (iii) 28 January 2003 
Thailand TN/MA/W/26 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 17 February 2003  WT/CTE/GEN/9/Add.1 
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 Participant Document Symbol Title Date 
Ghana; Kenya; 
Nigeria; Tanzania; 
Uganda; Zambia 
and Zimbabwe TN/MA/W/27 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 18 February 2003 
Bolivia TN/MA/W/28 Negotiating group on market 
access for Non-Agricultural 
products 28 February 2003 
Qatar TN/MA/W/33 
TN/TE/W/27 Harmonized System (HS) 
Classification Codes Of Gas-
Related Goods - Paragraph 31 (iii) 25 April 2003 
Ghana; Kenya; 
Madagascar; Mauritius; 
Nigeria; Rwanda; 
Tanzania; Tunisia; Uganda; 
Zambia and 
Zimbabwe TN/MA/W/40 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products – Joint statement on Draft Elements of 
Modalities for Negotiations on 
Market Access for Non-Agricultural Products 11 August 2003 
Turkey TN/MA/W/41 Market Access for Non-
Agricultural products 12 August 2003 
 
List of Documents prepared by the Secretariat on environmental goods  
 
Document Symbol Title Date 
TN/MA/7 
WT/CTE/GEN/9 Committee on Trade and 
Environment - Negotiating Group on Market Access - Environmental 
Aspects of the Negotiations on 
Market Access - Statement by Mrs. Carmen Luz Guarda at the Regular 
Session of the Committee on Trade 
and Environment of 14 February 2003 21 February 2003 
TN/MA/S/6 List of  environmental goods 7 October 2002 
TN/MA/S/8 Trade in environm ental goods 2 December 2002 
 
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