RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/C/W/2
29May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1398)
Council forTrade inServices
DRAFT RULES OFPROCEDURE FOR MEETINGS OF
THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE INSERVICES
Note bytheSecretariat
Thefollowing draftRules ofProcedure areproposed forapproval bytheCouncil forTrade
inServices atitsmeeting on30May1995.
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TheRules ofProcedure formeetings oftheGeneral Council shallapply mutatis mutandis to
meetings oftheCouncil forTrade inServices, except asprovided below:
(i) Rule5concerning thecirculation ofaproposed agenda oneortwodaysbefore themeeting
isnotapplicable.
(ii) Rules 12,13and14ofChapter V(Officers) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Rule12
TheCouncil forTrade inServices shallelectaChairperson1andmayelectaVice-Chairperson
fromamong therepresentatives ofMembers. Theelection shalltakeplace atthefirstmeeting ofthe
yearandshalltakeeffect attheendofthemeeting. TheChairperson andVice-Chairperson shallhold
office untiltheendofthefirstmeeting ofthefollowing year.
Rule13
IftheChairpersonisabsentfromanymeetingorpartthereof,theVice-Chairpersonshallperform
thefunctions oftheChairperson. IfnoVice-Chairperson waselected oriftheVice-Chairperson is
notpresent theCouncil forTrade inServices shallelectaninterim Chairperson forthatmeeting or
thatpartofthemeeting.
Rule14
IftheChairperson cannolonger perform thefunctions oftheoffice, theCouncil forTrade
inServices shalldesignate theVice-Chairperson referred toinRule12or,ifnoVice-Chairperson was
1TheCouncil forTrade inServices shall apply therelevant guidelines contained inthe"Guidelines forAppointment
ofOfficers toWTO Bodies" (PC/IPL/14 dated 29December 1994).
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elected itshallelectaninterim Chairperson toperform those functions pending theelection ofanew
Chairperson.
(iii) Rule33ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Rule33
Where adecision cannot bearrived atbyconsensus, thematter atissue shallbereferred to
theGeneral Council fordecision.
(iv) Rule34ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) shallnotapply.