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Official Records (WTO Bodies and Committees)

Official records : minutes and reports of meetings of the Councils, Committees, Working Groups and other official bodies of the WTO, as well as other regularly-produced reports and documents

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Committees / Sub-Committees
- Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Status of Implementation of the Agreement
- Committee on Agriculture
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Committee - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Committee - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - Annual Monitoring Exercise ... Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries
    - Compliance with notification obligations
    - Implementation of the Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries
    - Members' Participation in the Normal Growth of World Trade in Agricultural Products
    - WTO List of Net Food-Importing Developing Countries
- Committee on Agriculture - Sub-Committee on Cotton
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Reports
- Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Reports under Article 16.4
    - Semi-annual Reports - Article 16.4
- Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Director General's Report on Extra-Budgetary Funds
    - Divisional Reporting on Objectives and Expenditure
    - Financial Regulations of the World Trade Organization
    - Financial Rules of the World Trade Organization
    - Report by the Office of Internal Audit (OIA)
    - Report on Diversity in the WTO Secretariat
    - Technical Assistance Activity in ... - Financial Situation
    - World Trade Organization -...Financial Performance Report
- Committee on Customs Valuation
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Information on Technical Assistance Activities
    - Information on the Application of the Decisions on the Treatment of Interest Charges in the Customs Value of Imported Goods and on the Valuation of Carrier Media Bearing Software for Data Processing Equipment
    - Invocation of Special Provisions Available to Developing Country Members
    - Report of the work of the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation (World Customs Organization) - see: Minutes of the Committee on Customs Valuation
    - Review of the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
    - Review of the Implementation and Operation of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
- Committee on Government Procurement
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Technical Cooperation Activities: Information from Other Intergovernmental Organizations
- Committee on Import Licensing
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Review of the Implementation and Operation of the Agreement
- Committee on Market Access
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Dissemination of the Integrated Data Base (IDB) and the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) Database
    - HS2002 Documentation
    - Operation of the Integrated Data Base and Related Technical Assistance Activities
    - Periodic Reports to the Council for Trade in Goods
    - Situation of Schedules of WTO Members
    - Status of Submissions to the Integrated Data Base (IDB)
    - Submission of HS96 Documentation
    - The most recent information available in the tariff library and website addresses of national tariffs
- Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Basic Information on Regional Trade Agreements - Agreements Notified to the GATT/WTO
    - Schedule for the Submission of Biennial Reports on the Operation of Regional Trade Agreements
- Committee on Rules of Origin
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Report ... on preferential rules of origin for least-developed countries
    - Reports - Harmonization Work Programme
- Committee on Safeguards
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Annual Repoprt on the Implementation of Article 6 (Regionalization)
    - Decision on the Implementation of Article 4 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Decision by the Committee
    - Documents and Notifications Circulated
    - Membership in WTO and International Standard-Setting Bodies
    - National Enquiry Points
    - National Notification Authorities
    - Notifications Issued during the Month of ...
    - Process of International Harmonization
    - Report to the Council for Trade in Goods on China's Transitional Review
    - Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement
    - Specific Trade Concerns
    - Update on the operation of the Standards and Trade Development Facility
    - WTO SPS Technical Assistance and Training Activities
- Committee on Specific Commitments
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Guidelines for the Scheduling of Specific Commitments under the GATS
- Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Report of the Informal Group of Experts
- Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Annual Review of the Implementation and Operation of the Agreement
    - Decisions and Recommendations Adopted by the Committee since 1 January 1995
    - Information on activities of the ITC (International Trade Centre) from DATE
    - Technical Assistance Activities
    - Triennial Review of the Implementation and Operation of the Agreement
- Committee on Trade and Development
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Dedicated Sessions of the Committee - Minutes
    - Dedicated Sessions of the Committee - Reports
    - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Committee - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Committee - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - Aid for Trade - Minutes
    - Implementation of Special and Differential Treatment Provisions in WTO Agreements and Decisions
    - Manual on Technical Cooperation and Training
    - Participation of Developing Countries in the Global Trading System
    - Technical Assistance Activities
    - Technical Cooperation Audit Report
    - Training Activities
- Committee on Trade and Environment
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Committee - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Committee - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - Environmental Database
    - List of Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session (CTESS) Documents
    - List of Working Documents (CTE)
    - Matrix on Trade Measures Pursuant to Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
    - Recent Developments in Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
- Committee on Trade Facilitation
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
- Committee on Trade in Financial Services
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Notifications under Article 6.2 of the TRIMS Agreement of publications in which TRIMS may be found
- Integrated Framework Steering Committee
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Report of the Evaluation of the Integrated Framework
  - Other regular documents
    - Financial Report on the Integrated Framework Trust Fund (IFTF)
    - Integrated Framework Pilot Scheme - Reports
    - Progress Report on the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least-Developed Countries
    - Report of the Inter-Agency Working Group
- Interim Committee on Government Procurement
  - Basic documents
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
    - Reports
- Interim Group on Financial Services
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
- Preparatory Committee for the World Trade Organization
  - Basic documents
    - Committee Decisions
    - Minutes
    - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - List of Documents of the Preparatory Committee and its Subsidiary Bodies
    - Members and Observers of the Preparatory Committee
- Preparatory Committee on Trade Facilitation
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Notifications
    - Working documents
- Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Enhancing the Participation of Least-Developed Countries in the Multilateral Trading System
    - Market access for products and services of export interest to least-developed countries
    - Report on the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least-Developed Countries
    - WTO Work Programme for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Sub-Committee on Services
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Reports
- Technical Committee on Rules of Origin
  - Basic documents
    - Reports
- Trade Negotiations Committee
  - Basic documents
    - Agendas
    - Minutes
    - Reports
  - Other documents
    - TNC and Negotiating Group Documents (21 April 2011)
      - Agriculture
      - Dispute Settlement
      - Intellectual Property
      - Non-Agricultural Market Access
      - Note by TNC Chair
      - Rules
      - Trade and Development
      - Trade and Environment
      - Trade Facilitation
      - Trade in Services
Negotiating Groups / Working Groups / Working Parties
- e-Working Group on Private Standards
  - Basic documents
    - Reports
- Group on Basic Telecommunications
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Interim Group on Financial Services
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
- Negotiating Group on Basic Telecommunications
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Negotiating Group on Maritime Transport Services
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Negotiating Group on Market Access
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - List of Documents - Note by the Secretariat
- Negotiating Group on Movement of Natural Persons
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
- Negotiating Group on Rules
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Reports
- Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - List of Documents - Note by the Secretariat
    - WTO Negotiations on Trade Facilitation - Self Assessment Guide
- Working Group on Administrative Measures
  - Basic documents
    - Reports
- Working Group on After Service Health Insurance
  - Basic documents
    - Reports
- Working Group on Implementation (anti-dumping)
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
- Working Group on Notification Obligations and Procedures
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Group on Statistical Reporting (government procurement)
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
    - Reports
- Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Group on the Selection of External Auditor for WTO Accounts and the WTO Pension Plan Accounts
  - Basic documents
    - Reports
- Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Expert Group on Trade Finance
- Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Group on WTO Financial Regulations
  - Basic documents
    - Reports
- Working Party on Domestic Regulation
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Party on GATS Rules
  - Basic documents
    - Agendas
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Party on Preshipment Inspection
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Party on Professional Services
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Party on State Trading Enterprises
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
- Working Party on Subsidy Notifications
  - Basic documents
    - Minutes
Other bodies
- Aid for Trade Task Force
  - Basic documents
    - Reports (see also: Committee on Trade and Development)
- Appellate Body
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Notifications of Appeal
    - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - Election of the Chair
    - Working Procedures for Appellate Review
- Dispute Settlement Body
  - Basic documents
    - Agendas
    - Annual Reports
    - Arbitration under Article 21.3(c) of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
      - Decisions of the Arbitrators
      - Requests for Arbitration
    - Arbitration under Article 22.6 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
      - Decisions of the Arbitrators
      - Requests for Arbitration
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
    - Panel Reports
    - Requests for Consultations
    - Special Sessions - Minutes
    - Special Sessions - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - Indicative List of Governmental and Non-Governmental Panelists
    - Overview of the state of play of WTO disputes
    - Rules of Conduct for the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
    - Update of WTO dispute settlement cases
    - Working Practices and Rules of Procedure
- Independent Entity
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Independent Review Procedure - Decisions of the Panel
  - Other regular documents
    - Operation of the Independent Entity
- Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
- International Dairy Council
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
- International Meat Council
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
- Management Board of the WTO Pension Plan
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
- Permanent Group of Experts (SCM)
  - Basic documents
    - Decisions
    - Notes from the Chairman
    - Notes from the Secretariat
- Textiles Monitoring Body
  - Basic documents
    - Agendas
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Composition of the Textiles Monitoring Body
    - Implementation of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
- Trade Policy Review Body
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Minutes
    - Programme of Reviews
  - Other regular documents
    - Appraisal of the Operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism
    - Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment
    - Reports by the Government
    - Reports by the Secretariat
    - Trade Policy Reviews - Minutes
Overseeing Bodies
- Council for Trade in Goods
  - Basic documents
    - Agendas
    - Annual Reports
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Listing of Notification Obligations and the Compliance Therewith as Set Out in Annex III of the Report of the Working Group on Notification Obligations and Procedures
    - Major Review of the Implementation of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
    - Work Programme on Electronic Commerce - Report
- Council for Trade in Services
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Council - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Council - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - Contact and Enquiry Points Notified to the Council for Trade in Services
    - Review of Statistics on Trade Flows in Services
    - Work Programme on Electronic Commerce - Report
- Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
    - Reports and Reviews submitted under Decisions of the Council
    - Special Sessions of the Council - Minutes
    - Special Sessions of the Council - Reports
  - Other regular documents
    - Annual Review of the Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health
    - Notification of Contact Points under Article 69 of the Agreement
    - Work Programme on Electronic Commerce
- General Council
  - Basic documents
    - Annual Reports
    - Decisions
    - Minutes
  - Other regular documents
    - Dedicated Discussion on Electronic Commerce under the Auspices of the General Council - Summary
    - International Intergovernmental Organizations - Requests for Observer Status in the General Council
    - Membership of the World Trade Organization
    - WTO Chairpersons
    - WTO Pension Plan - Management Board - Annual Reports
Reports by the Director-General
- Actions to Increase the Participation of Developing Country Members in the Work of Relevant International Standard-Setting Organizations
- Coherence in Global Economic Policy-Making: WTO Cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank
- Development assistance aspects of cotton - ... periodic report by the Director-General
- Director General's Report on Extra-Budgetary Funds
- Future Building Needs of the WTO - Report by the Director-General
- High-Level Meeting on Integrated Initiatives for Least-Developed Countries' Trade Development
- Implementation of the Development Assistance Aspects of the Cotton-Related Decisions in the 2004 July package and paragraph 12 of the Honk Kong Ministerial Declaration - Progress Report
- Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least-Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 - Report by the Director-General
- Institutional Integration of Least Developed Countries into the Multilateral Trading System
- Overview of Developments in International Trade and the Trading System
- Progress Report on the Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least-Developed Countries
- Report of the ... Round of the Director-General's Consultative Framework Mechanism on Cotton
- Report of the Director-General to the General Council on its Decision of 24 April 1997 "WTO Secretariat and Senior Management Structure"
- Report to the TPRB from the Director-General on Trade-Related Developments
- World Trade Organization -...Financial Performance Report
- WTO Accessions - Annual Report by the Director-General