WTO BISD
2018

Basic instruments and selected documents
OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

2018

Compilation by the WTO Secretariat

Revision

Table of Contents

WTO – BISD 2018

Preface. 3

WTO Members and Observers. 4

Chairpersons of WTO Bodies. 6

Decisions and Reports. 8

Council for Trade in Goods. 8

Template for Notifying Changes to an Existing  Regional Trade Agreement (RTA)
Adopted by the Council for Trade in Goods on 12 November 2018. 8

Committee on Agriculture. 10

Report on the First Triennial Review of the Ministerial Decision of 19 December 2015 on Export Competition. 10

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 12

Eighth Triennial Review of the Operation and Implementation of the
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade under Article 15.4. 12

Council for Trade in Services. 44

Template for Notifying Changes to an Existing Regional Trade Agreement
Adopted by the Council for Trade in Services on 12 October 2018. 44

Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration. 46

Abstract of the Report Adopted by the General Council on 13 November 2018. 46

Committee on Trade and Development 50

Template for Notifying Changes to an Existing Regional Trade Agreement
Adopted by the Committee on Trade and Development on 21 November 2018. 50

Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements. 52

Committee on Government Procurement 52

Accession of Australia to the Agreement on Government Procurement
Decision of the Committee of 17 October 2018. 52

Waivers. 54

WTO Dispute Settlement Reports, and Arbitration Awards and Decisions. 56

Other Decisions, Reports and Selected Documents Not Reproduced. 57