REPORT (2015) OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT

(adopted 5 november 2015)

1.       This report is submitted under Article 8.2 of the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (hereinafter the "Agreement") and Article IV.8 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. It sets out the activities of the Committee since November 2014.

2.       There are 32 Signatories to the Agreement: Albania; Canada; the European Union^[1] (the following 20 EU Member States are also Signatories to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft in their own right: Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Denmark; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; the Netherlands; Portugal; Romania; Spain; Sweden and the United Kingdom), Egypt; Georgia; Japan; Macao, China; Montenegro; Norway; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei and the United States. WTO Members with observer status in the Committee are: Argentina; Australia; Bangladesh; Brazil; Cameroon; China; Colombia; Gabon; Ghana; India; Indonesia; Israel; Korea, Republic of; Mauritius; Nigeria; Oman; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey and Ukraine. The IMF and UNCTAD are also observers.

3.       Since its last Annual Report to the General Council (WT/L/938), the Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft held a special meeting on 15 July 2015 and a regular meeting on 5 November 2015.

4.       The agenda and minutes of the 15 July 2015 meeting can be found in document TCA/M/31. At that meeting, the Committee continued to discuss its work on the revision of the Product Coverage Annex in order to bring it into conformity with the 2007 Harmonized Commodity and Description System.

5.       At the regular meeting of 5 November 2015, the Committee agreed by consensus to open for acceptance the Protocol (2015) Amending the Annex to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft. The agenda and minutes of the 5 November 2015 meeting will be issued as document TCA/M/32.

6.       The Technical Sub-Committee of the Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft did not meet during the period under review and neither did the Sub-Committee of the Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft.

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