MINUTES OF THE committee on Market access

15 May 2014

ChairMAN: Mr Krzysztof Trepczynski (Poland)

Subjects discussed                                                                                          Pages

A.        INTRODUCTION OF harmonized system 1996 (HS96) CHANGES TO SCHEDULES OF CONCESSIONS (l/6905 AND wt/l/756) - status Report. 2

B.        INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2002 (HS02) CHANGES TO SCHEDULES OF CONCESSIONS USING THE CTS DATABASE  (WT/L/605 and WT/l/807) - status REPORT  2

C.        INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2007 (HS07) CHANGES TO SCHEDULES OF CONCESSIONS USING THE CTS DATABASE (WT/L/673 and WT/L/830) - Status Report  2

D.        INTRODUCTION OF HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2012 (HS2012) CHANGES TO SCHEDULES OF CONCESSIONS USING THE CTS DATABASE (WT/L/831) - Status Report. 3

E.         operation of the inTegrated data base (idb), including status of submissions (g/ma/idb/2/rev.39), and the cTS DAtabase - STATUS REPOrT. 3

F.         notifications pursuant to the Decision on notification procedures FOR quantitative restrictions (G/L/59/Rev.1). 4

2012-2014 NOTIFICATIONS. 4

2014-2016 NOTIFICATIONS. 5

g.  Draft decision derestricting the bilateral negotiating material of the Kennedy Round (G/MA/W/113). 6

h.  situation of schedules of WTO members (G/MA/W/23/Rev.10). 6

i.  Brazil: Import duties on diammonium phosphate -  STATEMENT by the Russian Federation.. 6

J.  Autonomous preferential measure of the EU in respect of Ukraine - statement by the russian federation.. 7

K.  Norway: measures affecting trade in fish goods – statement by the Russian Federation.. 8

L.         Other business. 8

-           Bahrain – duties on cigarettes – statement by Switzerland. 8

-           Date of the next meeting. 9

M.  ELECTION OF THE CHAIRPERSON.. 9