Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures - Consideration of Proposals on S&D Treatment Provisions - Report by the Chairman of the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures to the General Council

World Trade Organization G/L/742 20 July 2005 (05-3227) Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS ON S&D TREATMENT PROVISIONS Report by the Chairman of the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures to the General Council Pursuant to the Decision adopted by the General Council on 1 August 2004 (WT/L/579, paragraph 1(d)), the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures has considered two Category II proposals on special and differential treatment related to Article 4 and Article 5.3 of the TRIMs Agreement. The proposals were submitted by the African Group originally in document TN/CTD/W/3/Rev.2. A revised version of the proposals was submitted by the proponents in May 2005 (see Annex). Specifically, the Committee held three formal meetings (26 October 2004, 4 March and 12 July 2005) and two informal open-ended meetings (29 November 2005 and 9 May 2005) to discuss the S&D proposals. In additio