REPORT (2016) OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT

(adopted 3 november 2016)

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 2015.

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; Tajikistan; 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/963–TCA/10), the Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft held one regular meeting on 3 November 2016.

4.  At the regular meeting of 3 November 2016: (i) the Committee agreed to the request of the Republic of Tajikistan for observer status; (ii) regarding the proposal of the United States to start the work on the revision of the Product Coverage Annex in order to bring it into conformity with the 2012 Harmonized Commodity and Description System, the Chairman suggested to hold informal consultations; and (iii) the Committee agreed to the timing of the next regular meeting. The Committee also took note of the report of the Chairman who followed-up the developments after the last Protocol was done in November 2015. The agenda and minutes of this meeting will be issued as document TCA/M/33.

5.  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.

__________