RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TRIMS/W/3
6October 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-2960)
Committee onTrade-Related Investment Measures
DRAFT RULES OFPROCEDURE FOR MEETINGS OFTHE COMMITTEE
ONTRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES
Note bytheSecretariat
Thefollowing Draft Rules ofProcedure areproposed foradoption bytheCommittee onTrade-
Related Investment Measures. They shallsubsequently beforwarded forapproval totheCouncil for
Trade inGoods, inaccordance withparagraph 6ofArticle IVoftheWTO Agreement.
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TheRules ofProcedure formeetings oftheGeneral Council shallapply mutatis mutandis to
meetings oftheCommittee onTrade-Related Investment Measures, except asprovided below:
(i) Rule1ofChapter I(Meetings) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
TheCommittee onTrade-Related Investment Measures shallmeetnotlessthanonceayear
andotherwise attherequest ofanyMember.
(ii) Thefollowing footnote shallbeadded toRules 2,3and4:
Itisunderstood thatitisdesirable thatanotice convening ameeting, thelistofitems
proposed fortheagenda ofthatmeeting andthedocumentation forconsideration atthatmeeting
beissued atleastthree weeks inadvance ofthemeeting.
(iii) Rule4ofChapter II(Agenda) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Requests foritems tobeplaced ontheagenda ofaforthcoming meeting shall be
communicated totheSecretariat inwriting, together withtheaccompanying documentation
tobeissued inconnection withthatitem. Documentation forconsideration atameeting shall
becirculated notlaterthantencalendar daysprior tothedatesetforthemeeting.
(iv) Rule5ofChapter II(Agenda) isnotapplicable.
(v) Rule12ofChapter V(Officers) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
TheCommittee onTrade-Related Investment Measures shallelectaChairperson*andaVice-
Chairperson*from among therepresentatives ofMembers. Theelection shalltakeplace at
 
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*The Committee shall apply the relevant guidelines contained in the "Guidelines for Appointment of Officers to WTO
Bodies" (WT/L/31, dated 7 February 1995). 
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thefirstmeeting oftheyearandshalltakeeffect attheendofthemeeting. TheChairperson
andVice-Chairperson shallholdoffice untiltheendofthefirstmeeting ofthefollowing year.
(vi) Rule16ofChapter VI(Conduct ofBusiness) isnotapplicable.
(vii) Rule33ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Where adecision cannot bearrived atbyconsensus, thematter atissue shallbereferred to
theCouncil forTrade inGoods.
(viii) Rule34ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) isnotapplicable.