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WORLD TRADE G/TMB/R/1
26July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2174)
Textiles Monitoring Body
REPORT OFTHE FIRST MEETING
1. TheTextiles Monitoring Body helditsfirstmeeting inseven sessions, on8-9and23-24 March,
10-11 April, 15-19 May, 7-9June, 4-6and12-13 July1995.
2. Thefollowing members andalternates were appointed:
Members Alternates Second Alternates
Mr/CO Victor Luiz do Prado /CIBrazil/CJ Amb/CO Richard A/CO Pierce /CIJamaica/CJ
/CIas of /n2/n0 March/CJMr/CO Javier Prado /CIPeru/CJ
Mr/CO Jean Saint/CNJacques /CICanada/CJ Mr/CO Jean/CNDaniel Rey /CISwitzerland/CJ
/CIas of /n1 July/CJ
Mr/CO David Daly /CIEuropean Communities/CJ Mr/CO Peter Berz /CIEuropean Communities/CJ
Mr/CO Mohan Kumar /CIIndia/CJ Mr/CO Moncef Baati /CITunisia/CJ
/CIas of /n6 April/CJ
Mr/CO Malino Pangaribuan /CIIndonesia/CJ
/CIas of /n1/n0 March/CJMr/CO Yassin Suboh /CIMalaysia/CJ
/CIas of /n1/n3 March/CJ
Mr/CO Makoto Fujioka /CIJapan/CJ
Mr/CO Hidetaka Saeki /CIJapan/CJ
/CIas of /n4 July/CJMr/CO Kazuo Sunaga /CIJapan/CJ
Mr/CO Peter Cheung /CIHong Kong/CJ
Mr/CO Jae Gil Lee /CIKorea/CJ /CIas of /n1 May/CJMr/CO Jae Gil Lee /CIKorea/CJ /CIuntil /n3/n0 April/CJ
Mr/CO Danny Lau /CIHong Kong/CJ
/CIas of /n1/n7 May/CJ
Mr/CO Timothy Tong /CIHong Kong/CJ
/CIas of /n5 June/CJMr/CO Syed Jamaluddin /CIBangladesh/CJ
/CIas of /n5 May/CJ
Mr/CO Otto Wentzel /CINorway/CJ Mr/CO Bayram Kacar /CITurkey/CJ
/CIas of /n2/n4 March/CJMr/CO Milan Hovorka /CICzech Republic/CJ
/CIas of /n4 April/CJ
Mr/CO Munir Ahmad /CIPakistan/CJ
Mr/CO William Tagliani /CIUnited States/CJ
3. PresentatthisfirstTMBmeetingwerethefollowingmembersand/oralternates/secondalternates:
Messrs. Cheung/Lee, thereupon replaced asmember byLee/Tong/Jamaluddin; Daly/Berz;
doPrado/Pierce/Prado;Fujioka,thereuponreplacedasmemberbySaeki/Sunaga;Kumar/Baati;Munir;
Pangaribuan/Suboh; Saint-Jacques/Rey; Tagliani; Wentzel/Kacar/Hovorka.
4. TheChairman informed theBody thathehadreceived from theChairman oftheTrade
Negotiating Committee atofficial levelaNotefortheRecord regarding Article 6.13oftheAgreement
onTextilesandClothing.TheTMBagreedtotransmitthisnotetoWTOMembersfortheirinformation.
(G/TMB/N/107)G/TMB/R/1
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5. TheTMB devoted most ofthefirstmeeting todeveloping itsworking procedures. When
adopting suchprocedures, theTMB decided, inthecontext ofparagraph 4.4,tocontinue discussion
onthefollowing sentence: "Incases where theTMB hasbased itsrecommendations, findings or
observations, interaliaonconfidential information provided toitbyaparty toadispute, theTMB
should ensure thattheother party directly concerned [can]haveaccess tosuchinformation". TheTMB
working procedures areannexed.
6. During itsmeeting, andwithaviewtoensuring transparency, theTMB agreed tocirculate
notifications received under Articles 2.1,2.2,2.7(a) and(b),2.8(a) and(b),2.10, 2.11, 2.15, 3.1,
3.4,6.1and7.2toWTO Members without delay, itbeing understood thattheTMB mayexamine
orreview these notifications atalaterstage.G/TMB/R/1
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ANNEX
WORKING PROCEDURES
FOR THE
TEXTILES MONITORING BODY
1.Participation
1.1 Under theAgreement onTextiles andClothing (hereinafter referred toas"theAgreement"),
theTextiles Monitoring Body (hereinafter referred toas"theTMB"), composed ofaChairman and
tenmembers, hasbeenestablished tosupervise theimplementation oftheAgreement, toexamine all
measures taken under theAgreement andtheirconformity therewith, andtotakeactions specifically
required ofitunder theAgreement.
1.2 TMB members mayappoint theirrespective alternates.1
1.3 TMBmembersandalternatesshalldischargetheirfunctionsintheTMBonanadpersonambasis.
1.4 Indischarging theirfunctions inaccordance withparagraph 1.1above, TMB members and
alternates undertake nottosolicit, accept oractuponinstructions fromgovernments, nortobeinfluenced
byanyother organisations orundue extraneous factors. They shall disclose totheChairman any
information thattheymayconsider likely toimpede theircapacity todischarge theirfunctions onan
adpersonam basis. Should serious doubts ariseduring thedeliberations oftheTMB regarding the
ability ofaTMB member toactonanadpersonam basis, theyshallbecommunicated totheChairman.
TheChairman shalldealwiththeparticular matter asnecessary.
1.5 TMB members areexpected toattend allmeetings.
1.6 Alternates mayattend allTMB meetings. Intheabsence ofaTMB member, thefirstalternate,
or,whenever applicable, thesecond alternate ifboththemember andthefirstalternate areabsent,
mayparticipate fullyinthework oftheTMB. Moreover, alternates maytakepartinthediscussion
ofissues ofgeneral interest orprinciple.2They mayalsobecalled upon bytheChairman toprovide
technical clarifications orexplanations.
1.7 Non-participating observers mayattend allTMB meetings, anddosoonanadpersonam basis.
They maybecalled upon bytheChairman toprovide technical clarifications orexplanations.
1.8 Except asprovided forinparagraphs 1.9,6.1and6.2,attendance atmeetings isstrictly limited
toTMB members, alternates, non-participating observers, theChairman andtheTMB Secretariat.
1.9 Toassist initswork, theTMB mayinvite technical experts toprovide additional information.
Thepresence ofexperts inthemeetings willbeconfined towhatisnecessary toprovide suchadditional
information.
1SeeWT/L/26, paragraph 2.
2TheTMB shall decide ifanissue isofgeneral interest orprinciple based onaproposal bytheChairman.G/TMB/R/1
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2.Meetings
2.1 TheTMB shallmeetasnecessary tocarry outthefunctions required ofitunder theAgreement.
2.2 Ateachmeeting, aprovisional dateforthenextmeeting shallbeagreed upon.
2.3 Meetings oftheTMB shallbeconvened bytheChairman byanotice issued notlessthanten
calendar daysprior tothedatesetforthemeeting. Intheevent thatthetenth dayfallsonaweekend
oraholiday, thenotice shallbeissued nolaterthanthepreceding WTO working day.
2.4 Meetings maybeconvened atshorter notice bytheChairman inagreement withtheTMB
members.
3.Agenda andDocumentation
3.1 Aproposed agenda ofthemeeting shallbecommunicated toTMB members, alternates and
non-participating observers, together withtheconvening notice. ItshallbeopentoanyWTO Member
andtoanymember oftheTMB tosuggest items forinclusion intheproposed agenda upto,andnot
including, thedayonwhich theconvening notice istobeissued. Requests foritems tobeplaced on
theagenda shall becommunicated totheChairman inwriting, together with accompanying
documentation, ifany,tobeissued inconnection withthatitem.
3.2 Documentation forconsideration atameeting shallbecirculated toTMB members, alternates
andnon-participating observers, normally, notlaterthanthedayonwhich theconvening notice isto
beissued.
3.3 Thefirstitemofbusiness ateachmeeting shallbetheconsideration andapproval oftheagenda.
TMB members maysuggest amendments totheproposed agenda, oradditions totheagenda under
"OtherBusiness".TheyshallprovidetheChairman,wheneverpossible,advancenoticeofitemsintended
toberaised under "Other Business".
4.Status ofMeetings andDocumentation3
4.1 Thedeliberations oftheTMB shallremain confidential.
4.2 (a) Notifications received bytheTMB pursuant toArticles 2.1,2.2,2.7(a)and(b),2.8(a)
and(b),2.10, 2.11, 2.15, 3.1,3.4,6.1and7.2oftheAgreement shallbecirculated
toWTO Members without delay, itbeing understood thattheTMB mayexamine or
review these notifications atalaterstage.
(b) Notifications addressed totheTMB forreview other than those listed in
paragraph 4.2(a)shall, aftersuchreview, betransmitted toWTO Members.
4.3 Unless otherwise decided bytheTMB, support material, working documents orinformation
prepared bytheTMB Secretariat shallbeconfidential totheTMB andhavenoofficial standing.
4.4 Information provided totheTMB byWTO Members shallremain confidential totheTMB,
ifsupplied onaconfidential basis.
3TheTMB willdecide ontheimplementation ofthedecision oftheGeneral Council onderestriction of
documents when theGeneral Council hasadopted itsdecision onthismatter.G/TMB/R/1
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4.5 Reports oftheTMB, afteradoption, shallbecirculated toWTO Members.
5.Conduct ofBusiness
5.1 FortheTMB tobeinsession, thepresence ofseven TMB members shallberequired. However,
thepresence ofeight TMB members shallberequired when theTMB discusses dispute cases ifone
ortwoTMB members havebeenappointed byWTO Members involved insuchdispute cases. For
thepurpose ofthisparagraph theterm"TMB members" covers therespective alternates incaseaTMB
member isabsent.
5.2 Notwithstanding paragraph 5.1,theChairman shallrequire ameeting toproceed:
(a) when thatmeeting hasalready beenpostponed ontwoconsecutive occasions, and
(b) when theTMB would havetomeetreasonably inadvance ofanydeadline prescribed
under theAgreement.
5.3 Inaddition toexercising thepowers conferred elsewhere bythese working procedures, the
Chairman shalldeclare theopening andclosing ofeachmeeting, direct thediscussion, accord theright
tospeak, submit questions fordecision, announce decisions, ruleonpoints oforder and,subject to
these working procedures, havecontrol oftheproceedings. TheChairman maypropose atanytime
during thecourse ofthemeeting thatpriority should begiven tocertain items ontheagenda.
6.Dispute Cases
6.1 TheTMB shallinvite representatives oftheWTO Members thatareparties toadispute to
present theirviews fullyandanswer questions putbyTMB members. TMB members appointed by
parties toadispute should notpresent thecase, butanother representative from suchparties should
advocate it.
6.2 Parties toadispute shalleachbeinvited todesignate arepresentative who,aftertheconclusion
oftheprocedure established inparagraph 6.1,maybepresent intheremaining phase ofthediscussion
upto,butnotincluding, thedrafting oftherecommendations, findings orobservations. Interventions
bysuchrepresentatives should belimited tokeyaspects relevant tothediscussion. Therepresentative
ofaparty toadispute ofwhich nomember oftheTMB isanational maybepresent, butshould not
takepart,during thedrafting oftherecommendations, findings orobservations. Itisunderstood that
these representatives shallrespect theconfidentiality ofTMB proceedings.
6.3 Theparties tothedispute shallnotify totheChairman inwriting, inadvance ofthedateof
theexamination, thecomposition oftheirrespective delegations.
7.Decision Making
7.1 TheTMB willtakeallitsdecisions byconsensus.4
7.2 Consensus within theTMB doesnotrequire theassent orconcurrence ofTMB members
appointed byWTO Members involved inanunresolved issue under review bytheTMB.5However,
atleastseven TMB members shallbepresent when deciding onsuchunresolved issues, except incases
4SeeWT/L/26, paragraph 6.
5Seeparagraph 2,Article 8oftheATC.G/TMB/R/1
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where oneortwoTMB members havebeenappointed byWTO Members involved inanunresolved
issue, where eightTMB members shallbepresent. Forthepurpose ofthisparagraph theterm"TMB
members" covers therespective alternates incaseaTMB member isabsent.
7.3 TMB members whohaveaparticular concern withrespect toagiven issueshould bepresent
when decision onsuchanissue isrequired.
7.4 AnyTMB member maypropose thattheTMB postpone thedecision onagiven matter. If
suchproposal isaccepted bytheTMB, therespective decision willbetaken atthefollowing meeting.
8.Reports
8.1 TMB reports shallbecomposed ofthefollowing elements:
(a) afactual presentation oftheissues examined;
(b) inthecaseofadispute referred toit,asummary ofthemain arguments;
(c) thefulltextofanyrecommendations, observations orfindings made bytheTMB;
(d) thecommon rationale forsuchrecommendations, observations orfindings.
9.Languages
TheworkinglanguageoftheTMBshallnormallybeEnglish,itbeingunderstoodthat,inspecific
cases, attherequest ofaTMB member, interpretation intheother WTO working languages willbe
provided. Indispute cases, parties tothedispute mayuseother WTO working languages uponprior
request.
10.Revision
TheTMB maydecide, atanytime, torevise these working procedures oranypartofthem.
Thisrequires notonlytheconsensus ofTMB members present inthesession, butalsotheendorsement
ofabsent TMB members.