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TCA/M/36  
 
5 December 2019  
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Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft    
 
 
MINUTES OF THE MEETI NG 
HELD ON 4 NOVEMBER 2 019 
CHAIRPERSON: MS. DAMARIS CARNAL (SWITZERLAND)  
1. Ms Clarisse Morgan , Director of the Rules Division, opened the meeting. She informed 
Signatories that the previous Chairperson, Mr Hsiao -Yin W u (Chinese Taipei ), was no longer in 
Geneva. Therefore, the Committee was tasked with electing its Chairperson. From consultations 
carried out by the Secretariat, she was in a position t o propose Ms. Damaris Carnal (Switzerland)  
for election as Chair person  of the Committee.  
  
2. The Committee elected Ms Damaris Carnal (Switzerland) Chair person  of the Committee.  
 
3. No request was made by Signatories for item to be taken up under "Other business ", and the 
Committee adopted the agenda contained in document WTO/AIR/TCA/6.  
 
1  FOLLOW -UP OF THE PRO TOCOL DONE IN NOVEMB ER 2015 (REPORT FROM  THE 
CHAIR PERSON ) 
4. The Chair person  reported that North Macedonia ha d deposited its instrument of acceptance 
for the Ag reement on Trade in Civil Aircraft  ("Agreement") . In accordance with Article 9.3.1  of the 
Agreement, the Agreement entered into force for North Macedonia on 24 July 2019.  In addition, as 
reported in last several meetings, the European Union ("EU") had subm itted a letter of acceptance 
on 26 April 2017.  
 
5. The EU wished to know how other Participants were  transposing HS 2007 into their schedules 
in terms of civil aircrafts. The EU also wished to pursue the discussions raised in the 2018 meeting, 
namely: (i) em barking on the next transposition exercise on HS2012 and HS2017, combined and 
(ii) the possibility of using a more simplified approach in ultimately wrapping up the technical update 
of the Product Annex. In terms of transposition into HS2012 and HS2017 , the EU recalled that it had 
already done this in the EU -28 schedule.   
 
6. The United States  ("US")  supported the idea of holding an informal consultation to discuss the 
starting of technical work on the transposition exercise . The US was also open to holding a n informal 
consultation regarding an alternative approach to the transposition work.  
 
7. The Chair person  stated that she would think about the way forward and convene an informal 
meeting, open to all Participants, in due course.  
 
8. The Committee took note  of the statements made.  
 
2  DATE OF NEXT REGULAR  MEETING  
9. The Committee agreed  to hold its next regular meeting in the end of October or early 
November 2020, with the exact date to be confirmed in due course.  
3  ADOPTION OF THE ANNU AL REPORT FOR 2019  
10. The Committee adopted  the annual report for 2019.1   
                                                
1 Subsequently circulated as WT/L/1071  - TCA/15.  TCA/M/36  
 
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11. The meeting was adjourned . 
 
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