 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/112 
6 February 2004 
 (04-0447) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures  
 
 
 
 
PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS 
 
Note from the Chairperson  
 
  Members will recall that, pursuant to Article 24.3 of the Agreement, experts serving on the Permanent Group of Experts ("PGE") "will be elect ed by the Committee and one of them will be 
replaced every year".  At present, the memb ers of the PGE are: Prof. Okan Aktan, 
Mr. Marco Bronckers, Prof. Yuji Iwasawa, Mr. H yung-Jin Kim and Mr. Terence P. Stewart.  
Members will recall that Mr. Bronckers' term expir es this Spring.  Accordingly, the Committee should 
elect a new expert to replace Mr. Bronckers at its  regular meeting during the week of 26 April 2004. 
  Pursuant to a decision of the Committee (G/SCM/4), the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee shall propose to the Committee candidates fo r election to the PGE.  The proposal shall be 
based on suggestions submitted by Members and sha ll be made after informal consultations.  The 
suggestions may include candidate s 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 ma de to the Committee at its regular meeting in 
April 2004, any suggestions should be submitted to me via the WTO Secretariat 
(Susan Hainsworth) no later than Friday, 12 March 2004
.  Suggestions made after that date will 
not be considered.    
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