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WT/L/1143  
 
22 June 2022  
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Ministerial Conference  
Twelfth Session  
Geneva, 12 -15 June 202 2  
 
 
WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE  
MINISTERIAL DECISION  
ADOPTED ON 17 JUNE 2022  
The Ministerial Conference decides  as follows:  
 
We agree to reinvigorate the work under the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, based on 
the mandate as set out in WT/L/274 and particularly in line with its development dimension.  
 
We shall intensify discussions on the moratorium and instruct the General Council to hold periodic 
reviews based on the reports that may be submitted by relevant WTO b odies, including on scope, 
definition, and impact of the moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions.  
 
We agree to maintain the current practice of not imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions 
until MC13, which should ordinarily be  held by 31 December 2023. Should MC13 be delayed beyond 
31 March 2024, the moratorium will expire on that date unless Ministers or the General Council take 
a decision to extend.  
 
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