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8 April 2024 
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 Original:  English  
 
  
DIALOGUE ON PLASTICS POLLUTION  AND ENVIRONMENTALLY  
SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS TRADE  (DPP)  
CONVENING NOTICE  
Revision  
The following convening notice, dated 08 April 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Dialogue  Coordinators  (Australia, Barbados, China, Ecuador, Fiji and Morocco) . 
 
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1. The DPP will hold its next pre -plenary  meetings in hybrid mode ( Room S3 and Zoom) on  
Friday 12  April  2024, from 10 a.m.  Geneva time.  If required, the meeting will reconvene in the 
afternoon. All WTO Members are invited to attend the meeting . Please see technical arrangements 
in Annex I . 
2. Draft a genda  
1) Introductory remarks by coordinators  
a. Presentation of the post -MC13 DPP Plan . 
2) Crosscutting issues  
a. Update on the  World Customs Organization (WCO) plastic -related proposals in 
the current Harmonized System (HS) reform process . 
i. Briefing by the WCO Secretariat . 
ii. Presentation by the WTO Secretariat on single -use plastic goods  definitions 
and criteria found in the DPP Survey of Trade -related Plastics  Measures  
(TrPMs).1 
b. Update on the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee  (INC) negotiation 
process  to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution . 
i. Brief intervention by Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso - Chair of the INC  
ii. Briefing on the preparations for  the fourth  meeting of the INC (INC-4) by 
the INC Secretariat  
c. Presentation by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme  
(SPREP) on their trade -related plastic pollution programmes (TBC) . 
d. Open discussion on the following guiding question:  
 
1 The TrPMs Survey Factual Report can be found in document ( INF/TE/IDP/W/11 ). INF/TE/IDP/CN/18/Rev.1  
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  Considering the substantive technical work reflected in the MC13 statement and the presentations 
today, what are the "concrete pragmatic and effective outcomes" by MC14 Members should pursue 
under the 'crosscutting issues' workstream to implement the MC13 statement?  
3) Reduction to Tackle Plastic Pollution  
a. Presentati on by the Organisation for Economic Co -operation and Development 
(OECD) on the interim findings of the " Towards Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 
2040: A Policy Scenario Analysis ". 
b. Trade -related elements of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes . 
i. Presentation by the Circular Innovation Lab on the paper " Study on items 
shipped for reuse and Extended Producer Responsibility fees: A case for 
extending EU EPR fees to cover end -of-life activities of products shipped 
outside the EU " (TBC) . 
c. Presentation by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS) on the 
paper "Options for Trade -Related Cooperation on Problematic and Avoidable 
Plastics: Building on Existing Experiences with Single -Use Plastics" . 
d. Presentation by the European Environment Agency  (EEA) on used textiles 
exports .  
e. Presentation by the Quaker United Nations Office  (QUNO ) on transparency of 
plastic -related subsidies . 
f. Open discussion on the following guiding question:  
Considering the substantive technical work reflected in the MC13 statement and the presentations 
today, what are the "concrete pragmatic and effective outcomes" by MC14 Members should pursue 
under the  'reduction'  workstream to implement the MC13 statement?  
4) Promoting Trade to Tackle Plastic Pollution  
a. Briefing by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD ) 
on the state -of-play of their non -plastic substitutes work . 
b. Briefing by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Secretariat on the " Draft 
Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCoC) on the sustainable use of plastics in 
agriculture ". 
c. Briefing by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions  (BRS) Secretariat 
on the Basel Convention Technical Guidelines on Environmentally Sound 
Management of Plastic Wastes  and related technologies . 
d. Briefing by the seaweed packaging startup Noriware  on their experience and 
trade-related challenges.  
e. Briefing by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on gaps and 
opportunities in developing standards applicable to plastic alternatives and non -
plastics substitutes . 
f. Open discussion on the following guiding question:   
Considering the substantive technical work reflected in the MC13 statement and the presentations 
today, what are the "concrete pragmatic and effective outcomes" by MC14 Members should pursue 
under the 'promotion'  workstream to implement the MC13 statement ? 
5) Any other business or interventions by delegations and stakeholders  
6) Concluding remarks by coordinators  
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  Annex I – Technical Arrangements  
Please note that the pre -plenary meeting will be held in  hybrid mode  (Room S3 and via Zoom).  
1  REMOTE PARTICIPATION  
1.1  For Zoom meetings:  
Delegates and invited stakeholders wishing to participate virtually to the pre -plenary meeting via 
the Zoom platform, including capital -based officials, must register using this link:  
Join Zoom Meeting:  
https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvcO2qqjIpH9GWWvIdaa -
qYzoPb6eV8AOr  
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the 
meeting.  If prompted for the following information when accessing the meeting, please enter:  
Meeting ID:  872 7424 9355  
Passcode:  273422  
1.2  Before the meeting : 
We are a vailable 1/2 hour before the meeting to test your connection with you.  
On behalf of the interpreters please follow these recommendations : 
➢ Use a wired internet connection (or very stable WiFi ). 
➢ Use a computer/laptop, not a phone or tablet.  
➢ When participatin g remotely, at first choice, use an external USB tabletop microphone or a 
lapel microphone or second choice a USB Headset.  
➢ Avoid using your computer's built -in microphone or cell -phone earbuds.  
➢ Always turn on your camera before speaking.  
➢ Turn off  all notifications.  
This will ensure that everyone can hear and understand your message fully.  
1.3  During the meeting:  
• If technical difficulties result in delegat es being unable to intervene virtually under a given 
agenda item, the opportunity to take the floor will be given at an appropriate juncture before 
the meeting ends. Should the technical problem persist, delega tes may contact the meeting 
coordinators ( dpp@wto.org ) during the course of the meeting, to either send their statement 
for it to be read out during the meeting, or to request that other attendees are to be informed 
about their interest to intervene under the item discussed and the subsequent circulation of 
their written statement.  
2  ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING ROOM  
Invited Stakeholders  with no WTO accreditation  who want to attend the meeting in person are 
requested to send a message to dpp@wto.org . 
The use of face masks is still recommended in common areas and meeting rooms, in safeguarding 
health for all.  INF/TE/IDP/CN/18/Rev.1  
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  3  STATEMENTS  
To facilitate interpretation, delegations are strongly encouraged to send their written statements to 
the Secretariat ( dpp@wto.org ) before the meeting starts. Statements will also be gratefully received 
during the meeting ( dpp@wto.org ). 
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