The work is being conducted by the WTO Committee and a Technical Committee under the auspices of the World Customs Organization in Brussels. The WTO Committee, in its report, noted that despite the complexity of issues substantial progress had been made in the work programme. Technical work on rules for specific products, for example, has been largely completed and work in other areas is far advanced. The full text of Committee's report follows. July 1998 Status of the work 1.
Additional work is, however, still necessary.
Definitions of minimal operations or processes are far advanced but will be subject to further refinement. Continuation of the Harmonization Work Programme 4. In June 1999 the CRO shall review the status of the HWP and make a recommendation on a deadline for completing that work. Future work programme 5. This document has been revised by the Secretariat in light of the meeting of the TCRO in June 1998 in preparation for the informal discussion on the future work of the Committee.