Draft Status Report by the Council for Trade in Goods
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- 2004/11/01
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30 June 1999 (99-2699) Council for Trade in Goods
Trade Facilitation
Draft Status report by the Council for Trade in Goods
Introduction
1. Paragraph 21 of the Singapore Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN/(96)/DEC) directed the Council for Trade in Goods
"to undertake exploratory and analytical work, drawing on the work of other relevant organizations, on the simplification of trade procedures in order to assess the scope for WTO rules in this area."
2. Since Singapore, trade facilitation has been a standing item on the agenda of the Council for Trade in Goods. Discussions took place at the meetings of 27 January and 12 February 1997 (G/C/M/17), 11 March 1997 (G/C/M/18), 11 June 1997 (G/C/M/20), 21 July 1997 (G/C/M/22), 6
October 1997 (G/C/M/23), 19 November and 8 December 1997 (G/C/M/28), 4 February and 4
March 1998 (G/C/M/30), 16 March 1998 (G/C/M/31), 21 April 1998 (G/C/M/33), as well as the meeting of