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JOB/ACC/COM/20  
 
5 January 2024  
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Working Party on the Accession of  
the Union of the Comoros  Original: English/French  
 
  
ACCESSION OF THE UNION OF THE COMOROS  
INFORMAL MEETING AND FINAL MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY, 9 JANUARY 2024  
Annotated draft agenda and conduct of business  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE WORKING PARTY 
The purpose of the final Working Party meeting is to conclude its work as mandated by its 
terms of reference established by the General Council on 9 October 2007 (document 
WT/ACC/COM/2 ).  
You will re call that the airgram for the 10th and final meeting of the Working Party on the 
Accession of the Union of the Comoros was issued in WTO/AIR/ACC/43  on 18 December 2023. 
A corrigendum  to the airgram, WTO/AIR/ACC/43/Corr.1 , was issue d earlier today, indicating that 
the Working Party will first hold an informal meeting at 10:00, before convening for a formal meeting 
at 12:00.  
This annotated draft agenda provides guidance on the conduct of these meetings.  
INFORMAL MEETING OF THE WORKIN G PARTY , 10:00  A.M. 
The purpose of th e informal meeting is to allow the Working Party to have a final review of 
the draft Accession Package of Comoros . Members will also have an opportunity to ask questions or 
seek clarification s on the supporting documents submitted since the 9th Meeting of the Working Party 
held on 5 October 2023.  
The final review of the Accession Package will be structured as follows:  
1) Draft Report of the Working Party ( WT/ACC/SPEC/CO M/5/Rev.6  and its Corrigendum ); 
2) Draft Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods ( WT/ACC/SPEC/CO M/6/Rev.2  
and its Corrigendum ); and  
3) Draft Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services and the draft List of Article II (MFN) 
Exemptions ( WT/ACC/SPEC/COM/7/Rev.1 ). 
Members will then have an opportunity to ask questions or seek clarifications on the supporting 
documents submitted since the 9th Meeting of the Working Party:   
• Questions and Replies ( WT/ACC/COM/48  and 49);  
• Action Plans to ensure the WTO cons istency of national Laws ( WT/ACC/COM/23/Rev.8 ); 
• Information on domestic support and export subsidies in agriculture 
(WT/ACC/SPEC/CO M/3/Rev.3 ); and  JOB/ACC/COM/20  
 
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  • Legislative Action Plan ( WT/ACC/COM/9/Rev.9 ), in conjunction with legislation and 
consultation documents ( WT/ACC/COM/44 , 45, 46, 47 and 50 (to be issued) ).   
FORMAL MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY, 12:00 P.M.  
I will first invite the delegation of Comoros to make an introductory statement.  I will then 
take up the five items of the draft Accession Package, one by one, to propose the following actions:    
1) Adoption of the d raft Report of the Working Party  (WT/ACC/SPEC/COM/5/Rev.6  and its 
Corrigendum ); 
2) Adoption of the draft Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods  
(WT/ACC/SPEC/COM/6/Rev.2  and its Corrigendum ); 
3) Adoption of the d raft Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services  
(WT/ACC/SPEC/COM/7/Rev.1 );  
4) Approval of the draft Decision of the Ministerial Conference (contained in the Appendix to 
the draft Report of the Working Party); and  
5) Approval of the draft Protocol of Accession (contained in the Appendix to the draft Report 
of the Working Party) . 
I am p leased to inform you that WTO Director -General Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala will be present at 
the formal meeting of the Working Party. Following the adoption of the draft Accession Package, 
I will invite the Director -General and Members to make statements. Since t he meeting room is only 
available until 13:00, I would kindly request Members to limit their statements to three minutes. 
Please note that a  camera team will be in the meeting room at the start of the meeting and will 
leave the room after the DG's statemen t. 
If you have any inquiries regarding the conduct of the final meeting, please address them to 
Mr. Dimitar Bratanov, Secretary of the Working Party ( telephone: +41 22 739 6023; email: 
dimitar.bratanov@wto.org ). 
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