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WORLD TRADE WT/COMTD/6
17October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3114)
Committee onTrade andDevelopment
RULES OFPROCEDURE FOR MEETINGS OFTHE
COMMITTEE ONTRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Adopted bytheCommittee onTrade andDevelopment on5July1995
Atitsmeeting of5July1995, theCommittee onTrade andDevelopment adopted thefollowing
rules ofprocedure foritsmeetings. These aresubmitted totheGeneral Council forapproval.
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TheWTO Committee onTrade andDevelopment willfollow, mutatis mutandis ,therulesof
procedure established formeetings oftheGeneral Council, except asprovided forbelow:
(i) Rules 1and2ofChapter I(Meetings) shallbemodified asfollows:
Rule1
TheCommitteeonTradeandDevelopmentshallmeetatleastthreetimesayear.Othermeetings
maybeconvened, asappropriate.
Rule2
Meetings oftheCTD shallbeconvened bytheDirector-General byanotice issued notless
thanfourweeks prior tothedatesetforthemeeting. Meetings maybeconvened withshorter notice
formatters ofsufficient importance orurgency attherequest ofaMember concurred inbythemajority
oftheMembers.
(ii) Rule5ofChapter II(Agenda) isnotapplicable.
(iii) Rules 12,13and14ofChapter V(Officers) shallbemodified asfollows:
Rule12
TheCommittee onTrade andDevelopment shall elect aChairperson1from among the
representatives ofMembers. Theelection shalltakeplace atthefirstmeeting oftheyearandshall
takeeffect attheendofthemeeting. TheChairperson shallholdoffice untiltheendofthefirstmeeting
ofthefollowing year.
1TheCommittee onTrade andDevelopment shallapply therelevant guidelines contained inthe
"Guidelines forAppointment ofOfficers toWTO Bodies" (WT/L/31 dated 7February 1995).
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Rule12bis
Atitsfirstmeeting oftheyear, theCommittee onTrade andDevelopment shallalsoelecta
Chairperson fortheSub-Committee onLeast-Developed Countries among therepresentatives of
Members. TheChairperson shallholdoffice untilanewelection takes place intheCommittee on
Trade andDevelopment.
Rule13
IftheChairperson isabsent from anymeeting orpartthereof, theCommittee onTrade and
Development shallelectaninterim Chairperson forthatmeeting orthatpartthereof.
(iv) Rule33ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Rule33
Where adecision cannot bearrived atbyconsensus, thematter atissue shallbereferred to
theGeneral Council fordecision.
(v) Rule34ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) isnotapplicable.
(vi) Rule36ofChapter IX(Records) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Rule36
Records ofthediscussions heldineachmeeting oftheCommittee onTrade andDevelopment
shallbeintheform ofsummary proceedings.2
Rule36bis
After thelastmeeting oftheyear, areport totheGeneral Council ontheactivities ofthe
Committee onTrade andDevelopment during theyearshallbeadopted.
2Thecustomary practice under theGATT 1947, whereby representatives may, upontheirrequest,
verify those portions ofthedraftproceedings containing theirstatements, priortotheissuance ofsuch
proceedings, shallbecontinued.