RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/C/W/20
15September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2701)
COUNCIL FOR TRADE INGOODS
26September 1995
DRAFT DECISION ONTHE ADPERSONAM STATUS
OFTMB MEMBERS
TheCouncil forTrade inGoods decides asfollows:
WTO Members which, pursuant tothedecision oftheGeneral Council of31January 1995,
appoint TMB members under Article 8.1oftheAgreement onTextiles andClothing accept thatTMB
members serve onanadpersonam basis andnotasgovernment representatives. Consequently, they
shallnotgiveTMB members instructions, norseektoinfluence them, withregard tomatters before
theTMB. Thesame applies toalternates.