WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/105
18 February 2003
(03-1038)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS
Note from the Chairman
Members will recall that, pursuant to Article 24.3 of the Agreement, experts serving on the
Permanent Group of Experts ("PGE") "will be elected by the Committee and one of them will be
replaced every year".  At present, the members of the PGE are: Prof. Okan Aktan,
Mr. Marco Bronckers, Mr. Jorge Castro Bernieri, Prof. R.G. Flores, Jr., and Mr. Hyung-Jin Kim.
Members will recall that Prof. Flores' expires this spring.  Accordingly, the Committee should elect a
new expert to replace Prof. Flores at its regular meeting on 8-9 May 2003.
Pursuant to a decision of the Committee (G/SCM/4), the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the
Committee shall propose to the Committee candidates for election to the PGE.  The proposal shall be
based on suggestions submitted by Members and shall be made after informal consultations.  The
suggestions may include candidates of nationalities other than that of the suggesting Member.
Candidates proposed shall meet the requirement that  the PGE be composed of independent persons,
highly qualified in the fields of subsidies and trade relations.
In order to ensure that a proposal can be made to the Committee at its regular meeting in
April-May 2003, any suggestions should be submitted to me via the WTO Secretariat
(Susan Hainsworth) no later than Friday, 14 March  2003.  Suggestions made after that date will
not be considered.
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