RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/381
1 November 1999
(99-4710)
General Council
3, 4 and 8 November 1999
PROPOSED AGENDA
I. ORGANIZATION OF WORK FOR THE THIRD MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
A. STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN
II. COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
A. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (WT/BFA/44)
III. COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS
A. CONSULTATIONS WITH THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC (WT/BOP/R/48)
IV. FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH 3
OF THE GATT 1994 (WT/GC/W/228)
V. REVIEW OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING
A. REPORT TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL
VI. ATTENDANCE OF OBSERVERS AT THE 1999 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
A. GOVERNMENTS
B. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
VII. WAIVERS UNDER ARTICLE IX OF THE WTO AGREEMENT1
A. BANGLADESH - ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHEDULE LXX
- Request for extension of time-limit (G/L/324, G/C/W/162)
                                                     
1 In connection with items VII(A) to VII(E), the a ttention 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).WT/GC/W/381
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B. NICARAGUA - ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHEDULE XXIX
- Request for extension of time-limit (G/L/320, G/C/W/160)
C. SRI LANKA - ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW SCHEDULE VI
- Request for extension of time-limit (G/L/321, G/C/W/161)
D. ZAMBIA - RENEGOTIATION OF SCHEDULE LXXVIII
- Request for extension of time-limit (G/L/329, G/C/W/163)
E. DECISION ON THE INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM CHANGES INTO WTO
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS ON 1 JANUARY 1996
- Extension of time-limit (G/C/W/165)
F. 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/323)
(ii) Cuba - Article XV:6, granted on 14 Oct ober 1996 until 31 December 2001 (WT/L/182,
WT/L/320)
(iii) EC - The Fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lomé, granted on 14 October 1996 until
29 February 2000 (WT/L/186, WT/L /325 and Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1)
(iv) EC/France - Trading arrangements with Morocco, granted on 9-11 and 18 December 1998
until 31 December 1999 (WT/L/294)
(v) Hungary - Agricultural export subsidies, granted on 22 October 1997 until 31 December
2001 (WT/L/238, WT/L/322)
(vi) United States - Andean Trade Preference Act, granted on 14 October 1996 until 4 December
2001 (WT/L/184, WT/L/328)
(vii) United States - Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, Granted on 15 November 1995
until 31 December 2005 (WT/L/104, WT/L/329)
(viii) United States - Former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, granted on 14 October 1996
until 31 December 2006 (WT/L/183, WT/L/327)
VIII.  TRADE FACILITATION - STATUS REPORT ON WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE
COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS UNDER PARAGRAPH 21 OF THE
SINGAPORE MINISTERIAL DECLARATION (G/L/333)WT/GC/W/381
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IX. 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 Trade and Investment, the Interaction Between
Trade and Competition Policy, and Transparency in Government Procurement
(iv) Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements
OTHER BUSINESS
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