./.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/GC/W/449
8 October 2001
(01-4851)
General Council
10 October 2001
PROPOSED AGENDA
I. ACCESSION OF IRAN
A. COMMUNICATION FROM IRAN (WT/ACC/IRN/1)
II. COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
A. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE (WT/BFA/54)
III. COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS RESTRICTIONS
A. REPORT ON THE CONSULTATIONS WITH BANGLADESH (WT/BOP/R/58)
IV. PARTICIPATION OF THE ADVISORY CENTRE ON WTO LAW IN THE WTO
PENSION PLAN
A. COMMUNICATION FROM THE NETHERLANDS (WT/GC/W/446)
V. ATTENDANCE OF OBSERVERS AT THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE
MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
A. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
VI. REVIEW OF WAIVERS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX:4 OF THE WTO
AGREEMENT
A. CANADA – CARIBCAN, GRANTED ON 14 O CTOBER 1996 UNTIL 31 D ECEMBER 2006
(WT/L/185, WT/L/414)
B. CUBA – A RTICLE XV:6 OF THE GATT 1994, GRANTED ON 14 O CTOBER 1996 U NTIL
31 D ECEMBER 2001 (WT/L/182, WT/L/415)
C. HUNGARY – A GRICULTURAL EXPORT SUBSIDIES , GRANTED ON 22 O CTOBER 1997 UNTIL
31 D ECEMBER 2001 (WT/L/238, WT/L/419)
D. UNITED STATES – ANDEAN T RADE PREFERENCE ACT, GRANTED ON 14 O CTOBER 1996
UNTIL 4 D ECEMBER 2001 (WT/L/184, WT/L/416)
E. UNITED STATES – C ARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT, GRANTED ON
15 N OVEMBER 1995 UNTIL 31 D ECEMBER 2005 (WT/L/104, WT/L/417)
F. UNITED STATES – F ORMER TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS , GRANTED ON
14 O CTOBER 1996 UNTIL 31 DE CEMBER  2006 (WT/L/183, WT/L/418)WT/GC/W/449
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VII. WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
VIII.  PROPOSAL TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON
RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE X OF THE MARRAKESH AGREEMENTESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
A. S
UBMISSION BY BOLIVIA , CANADA , CHILE, COLOMBIA , COSTA RICA, ECUADOR , JAPAN ,
KOREA , NEW ZEALAND , NORWAY , PERU, SWITZERLAND , URUGUAY AND VENEZUELA FOR
EXAMINATION AND FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY THE GENERAL COUNCIL (WT/GC/W/410
AND ADD.1, 2 AND 3)
IX. REPORTS OF THE SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE AND OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES (G/AG/NG/8)
OTHER BUSINESS
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