WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

REPORT BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL

As agreed by the Council for Trade in Goods at its meeting of 30 June 2017, I hereby make, under my own responsibility as Chairperson, the following factual report to the General Council.

Pursuant to the 2015 Ministerial Decision^[1] instructing the General Council, inter alia, to hold periodic reviews of the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce in its sessions of December 2016 and July 2017, based on the reports submitted by the WTO bodies entrusted with the implementation of the Work Programme, the Council for Trade in Goods placed the issue of the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce on the agenda of its meetings held on 15 April, 14 July and 17 November 2016, and of its meetings held on 6 April and 30 June 2017. At these meetings, the Chair invited delegations to express their opinions and to make suggestions as to how to work on the preparation of the periodic reviews to be held in the General Council at its sessions of December 2016 and July 2017.