RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/121
7 December 1998
(98-4889)
General Council
9-11 December 1998
PROPOSED AGENDA
I. LEBANON – REQUEST FOR OBSERVER STATUS (WT/L/283)
II. COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS
− Consultations with Bulgaria (WT/BOP/R/43)
III. WAIVERS UNDER ARTICLE IX OF THE WTO AGREEMENT
A. EC/F RANCE – TRADING ARRANGEMENTS WITH MOROCCO1
− Request for extension of waiver (G/L/275, G/C/W/130)
B. REVIEW OF WAIVERS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX :4 OF THE WTO A GREEMENT
(i) Canada – CARIBCAN, granted on 14 October 1996 until 31 December 2006 (WT/L/185,
WT/L/285)
(ii) Cuba – Article XV:6, granted on 14 October 1996 until 31 December 2001 (WT/L/182,
WT/L/284)
(iii) EC – The Fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lomé, granted on 14 October 1996 until
29 February 2000 (WT/L/186, WT/L/286)
(iv) Hungary – Agricultural Export Subsidies, granted on 22 October 1997 until
31 December 2001 (WT/L/238, WT/L/290)
(v) United States – Andean Trade Preference Act, granted on 14 October 1996 until
4 December 2001 (WT/L/184, WT/L/289)
(vi) United States – Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, granted on 15 November 1995
until 31 December 2005 (WT/L/104, WT/L/288)
(vii) United States – Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, granted on 14 October 1996
until 31 December 2006 (WT/L/183, WT/L/287)
IV. APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT DIRECTOR-GENERAL
− Statement by the Chairman
                                                     
1 In connection with this item, the attention of Members is drawn to the decision-making procedures
under Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the General Council on 15 November 1995(WT/L/93).
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V. AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE WTO AND THE IMF AND THE WORLD BANK
− IMF, World Bank and WTO:  Report of the Managing Director, President and
Director-General on coherence (WT/GC/13)
VI. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE (WT/L/274)
VII. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF WTO STAFF
− Statement by the Chairman
VIII.  HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
− Communication from Egypt (WT/GC/W/109)
IX. HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
X. REVIEW OF PROCEDURES FOR THE CIRCULATION AND DERESTRICTION
OF WTO DOCUMENTS (WT/L/160/REV. 1)
− Statement by the Chairman
XI. STATE OF PLAY IN ACCESSION WORKING PARTIES
− Statements by Egypt and Jamaica
XII. DATE OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
XIII.  AGREEMENT ON PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION – REVIEW UNDER ARTICLE 6
OF THE AGREEMENT
− Report of the Working Party (G/L/273)
XIV. REVIEW OF WTO ACTIVITIES
Reports of:
(i) General Council, Dispute Settlement Body, Trade  Policy Review Body, Sectoral Councils,
Committees on Trade and Development, Balance-of-Payments Restrictions, Budget, Finance
and Administration, and Regional Trade Agreements
(ii) Committee on Trade and Environment
(iii) Working Groups on the Relationship between Tr ade and Investment, the Interaction Between
Trade and Competition Policy, and Transparency in Government Procurement
(iv) Councils and Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements
XV. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS TO WTO BODIES
OTHER BUSINESS
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