FUNCTIONING
OF THE CTG AND ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES
COMMUNICATION FROM ARGENTINA,
COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PARAGUAY AND URUGUAY
Revision[1]
The following communication,
dated 22 February 2023, is being circulated at the request of the
delegations of Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay.
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1. At the formal meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG) of 24‑25 November 2022,
Members requested the Secretariat to prepare a document to assist them in
comparing the information that had been provided by the Chairpersons of the
CTG's subsidiary bodies in the reports concerning the current functioning of
their Committees.
1.2. At the informal meeting of the CTG on 31 January 2023, the
Secretariat presented document G/C/W/824 containing a comparison matrix based
on the reports submitted by the 14 subsidiary bodies and the CTG on their
functioning.
1.3. This document, circulated under multiple symbols to the CTG and some
of its subsidiary bodies, proposes a joint work plan suggesting some elements
that could be applied horizontally without affecting the functioning and
particularities of each subsidiary body, and, at the same time, identifies
other possible actions that could be analysed within the framework of each
subsidiary body before reporting to the CTG on the feasibility of adopting
common good practices.
1.4. The practices identified could then be adopted, where appropriate, by
the CTG and all its subsidiary bodies.
[1] This revision is only to add Colombia and Uruguay as co-sponsors to
the submission.