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TCA/16  
 
13 November 2020  
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REPORT ( 2020 ) OF THE  
COMMITTEE ON  TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT  
(ADOPTED 11 NOVEMBER 2020) 
1.  This report is submitted under Article  8.2 of the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (hereinafter 
the "Agreement") and Article IV.8 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World  Trade 
Organization. It sets out the activities of the Committee since the last meeting (held on 
4 November  2019).  
2.  There are 33 Signatories to the Agreement: Albania; Canada; Egypt; the European Union1 (the 
follow ing 19 EU Member States are also Signatories to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft in 
their own right: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Denmark; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; 
Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; the Netherlands; Portu gal; Romania; Spain  and 
Sweden); Georgia; Japan; Macao, China; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Norway; Switzerland; 
Chinese Taipei ; the United Kingdom2 and the United  States. WTO Members with observer status in 
the Committee are: Argentina; Australia; Bangla desh; Brazil; Cameroon; China; Colombia; Gabon; 
Ghana; India; Indonesia; Israel; Korea, Republic of; Mauritius; Nigeria; Oman; Russian  Federation; 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Tajikistan; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey 
and Ukraine.  The IMF and UNCTAD are also observers.  
3.  Since its last Annual Report to the General Council (WT/L/ 1071–TCA/15), the Committee on 
Trade in Civil  Aircraft held one informal meeting on 3 November 2020 and one regular meeting on 
11 November 2020 . 
4.  At the regular meeting, the Committee took note of the report of the Chairperson on the 
developments concerning the Protocol done in November 2015. At the request of certain Participants , 
the chair stated that she will hold informal consultations on how to  proceed regarding the next HS 
transposition of the product Annex. The Committee agreed to adopt a guidance note regarding 
Article  9.1.3 of the Agreement.3 Finally, the Committee agreed to the timing of the next regular 
meeting.4 
5.  The Technical Sub -Commit tee of the Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft did not meet during the 
period under review and neither did t he Sub -Committee of the Committee on Trade in Civil  Aircraft.  
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1 Currently comprising 27 Member States : Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria;  Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; 
Denmark;  Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; 
Malta;  the Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovak Republic; Slovenia;  Spain and Sweden . 
2 The United Kingdom withdrew from t he European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union 
and the United Kingdom have communicated that during the transition period, which ends 
on31 December  2020, European Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continues to be applicable to and in 
the United  Kingdom. See WT/LET/1462 and WT/GC/206.  
3 To be circulated as TCA/17.  
4 Minutes of this meeting will be issued as document TCA/M /37. 