Committee on Agriculture - Summary Report of the Meeting Held on 27 September 2001 - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED G/AG/R/28 26 October 2001 (01-5266) Committee on Agriculture SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2001 Note by the Secretariat The Committee on Agriculture held its twenty-eighth regular meeting on 27 September 2001 under the chairmanship of Minister Yoichi Suzuki, of Japan. The agenda of the meeting as contained in WTO/AIR/1621 was adopted. Part I: The Review Process matters relevant to the implementation of commitments under the reform programme: article 18.6 Argentina: European Communities – Payments under production-limiting programmes Argentina recalled that it had asked the EC about the level of subsidies provided pursuant to Article 6.5 of the Agreement at the March 2001 meeting of the Committee, without being able to obtain a response. Nor did Argentina receive a response at the informal consultations organized by the EC on 13 June 2001. Finally, in the response provided by the EC at th