WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/L/580/Add.1
8 July 2003
(03-3682)
REPORT (2002) OF THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Addendum
1. Since the submission of the Report (2002), the Committee has held its thirtieth and thirty-first
meetings on 20 March and 2 July (G/TBT/M/29-30) re spectively.  Ms. Emily Earl (New Zealand) and
Mr. Juan Antonio Dorantes Sánchez (Mexico) were Chairpersons.  At those meetings, the Committee
heard statements on the implementation and administration of the Agreement.  A number of Membersinformed the Committee of measures taken to ensu re the implementation and administration of the
Agreement.  Several measures were brought to the attention of the Committee by Members who
raised concerns about the potential adverse trade effects or inconsistency with the Agreement of those
measures.
2. At its thirtieth meeting, the Committee carried out its Eighth Annual Review of the
Implementation and Operation of the Agreement under Article 15.3 as well as its Eighth Annual
Review of the Code of Good Practice for the Pr eparation, Adoption and Application of Standards
(Annex 3 of the Agreement) based on background documents G/TBT/12, WTO TBT Standards Code
Directory (Eighth Edition), G/TBT/CS/1/Add.7 and G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.9.  A Special Workshop on
TBT-related Technical Assistance was held on 18 March back to back with the Committee meeting.
The relevant proposals were reflected by the Committee in the context of its mandate to develop atechnical cooperation programme under the Second Triennial Review of the Agreement and as
confirmed and mandated by Ministers at Doha.
3. The Committee has started the preparation for the Third Triennial Review of the Agreement
under Article 15.4 to be conducted at the end of year 2003.  For that, a number of issues which wereof common interest to Members were under discussion.  It also considered a number of requests for
observer status in the Committee.
4. The ALADI was invited to update the Committe e on its activities and provided information
on the ways it sought to ensure the effective participation of Members, and in particular of developingcountry Members, in its activities.
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