Council for Trade in Goods - Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Committee on Market Access - Committee on Agriculture - Committee on Trade Facilitation - Functioning of the CTG and its subsidiary bodies - Communication from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay - Revision

FUNCTIONING OF THE CTG AND ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES

COMMUNICATION FROM ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR,
PARAGUAY, PERU AND URUGUAY

Revision[1]

The following communication, dated 21 June 2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegations of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

 

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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 Peru as a co-sponsor to the submission.