World Trade Organization RESTRICTED S/WPGR/M/51 18 March 2005 (05-1118) Working Party on GATS Rules REPORT OF THE MEETING OF 7 FEBRUARY 2005 Note by the Secretariat The meeting of the Working Party on GATS Rules was chaired by Ms. Clare Kelly, from New Zealand. The agenda for the meeting, contained in WTO/AIR/2485, included the following items: subsidies, government procurement, emergency safeguard measures, date of the next meeting and other business. To assist delegations in the preparation of the meeting, the Chairperson had prepared an annotated agenda, contained in JOB(05)/7. The agenda was adopted. NEGOTIATIONS ON SUBSIDIES (ARTICLE XV) The Chairperson called attention to the three documents circulated since the last meeting. First, the Secretariat had prepared a synthesis Note on the definition of subsidies, contained in JOB(05)/4. Further, the delegation of Singapore had circulated an informal communication (JOB(04/180), which enumerated a nu