WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/41
6 February 2002
(02-0586)
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 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. Aktan was elected to complete the term of office, which expires this
spring, of Mr. A.V. Ganesan, upon Mr. Ganesan's appointment to the Appellate Body.  Accordingly,
the Committee should elect a new expert to replace Prof. Aktan at its regular meeting on 30 April-
3 May 2002.
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 2002, any suggestions should be submit ted to me via the WTO Secretariat
(Ms. Clarisse Morgan) not later than Friday 8 March 2002.  Suggestions made after that date
will not be considered.
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