Working Party on State Trading Enterprises - Recommendation on the Frequency of Notifications

World Trade Organization G/STR/7 18 June 2010 (10-3354) Working Party on State Trading Enterprises recommendation on the frequency of notifications On 16 June 2010 the Working Party adopted the following recommendation for action by the Council for Trade in Goods. _______________ Article XVII:4 of GATT 1994, and paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of GATT 1994 (the Understanding) require Members to notify their state trading enterprises to the Council for Trade in Goods. GATT CONTRACTING PARTIES adopted on 9 November 1962 a decision establishing the periodicity of state trading notifications. This decision provides that new and full notifications of state trading enterprises are to be submitted every three years, with updating notifications to be submitted in the intervening years. Following the entry into force of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO and the adoption of the Understanding, the Coun