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3 April 2024 
(24-2844) Page: 1/3 
 Original: English  
 
 
DIALOGUE ON PLASTICS POLLUTION  
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS TRADE  (DPP)  
CONVENING NOTICE  
The following convening notice, dated 03 April 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Dialogue  Coordinators  (Australia, Barbados, China, Ecuador, Fiji and Morocco) . 
 
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1. The DPP will hold its next pre -plenary  meetings in hybrid mode ( Room S3 and Zoom) on  
Friday 12  April  2024, from 10 a.m.  Geneva time.  If required, the meeting will reconvene in the 
afternoon. All WTO Members are invited to attend the meeting . Please see technical arrangements 
in Annex I . 
2. Draft a genda  
 
1) Introductory remarks by coordinators  
 
a. Presentation of the post -MC13 DPP Plan . 
2) Crosscutting issues  
 
a. Update on the  World Customs Organization (WCO) plastic -related proposals in the 
current Harmonized System (HS) reform process . 
i. Briefing by the WCO Secretariat . 
ii. Presentation by the WTO Secretariat on single -use plastic goods  definitions 
and criteria found in the DPP Survey of Trade -related Plastics  Measures  
(TrPMs).1 
b. Update on the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee  (INC) negotiation process  
to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution . 
i. Brief intervention by Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso - Chair of the INC  
ii. Briefing on the preparations for  the fourth  meeting of the INC (INC-4) by 
the INC Secretriat (TBC)  
c. Presentation by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme  
(SPREP) on their trade -related plastic pollution programmes (TBC) . 
d. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
3) Reduction to Tackle Plastic Pollution  
 
a. Presentation by the Organisation for Economic Co -operation and Development 
(OECD) on the interim findings of the " Towards Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 2040: 
A Policy Scenario Analysis " (TBC) . 
b. Trade -related elements of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes . 
 
1 The TrPMs Survey Factual Report can be found in document ( INF/TE/IDP/W/11 ). INF/TE/IDP/CN/18  
 
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  i. Presentation by the Circular Innovation Lab on the paper " Study on items 
shipped for reuse and Extended Producer Responsibility fees: A case for 
extending EU EPR fees to cover end -of-life activities of products shipped 
outside the EU " (TBC) . 
c. Presentation by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS) on the paper 
"Options for Trade -Related Cooperation on Problematic and Avoidable Plastics: 
Building on Existing Experiences with Single -Use Plastics"  (TBC) . 
d. Presentation by the European Environment Agency  (EEA) on used textiles exports . 
(TBC) . 
e. Presentation by the Quaker United Nations Office  (QUNO ) on transparency of plastic -
related subsidies . 
f. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
 
4) Promoting Trade to Tackle Plastic Pollution  
 
a. Briefing by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD ) on 
the state -of-play of their non -plastic substitutes work . 
b. Briefing by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Secretariat on the " Draft 
Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCoC) on the sustainable use of plastics in agriculture " 
(TBC) . 
c. Briefing by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions  (BRS) Secretariat on 
the Basel Convention Technical Guidelines on Environmentally Sound Management 
of Plastic Wastes  and related technologies  (TBC).  
d. Briefing by the seaweed packaging startup Noriware  on their experience and trade -
related challenges.  
e. Briefing by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on gaps and 
opportunities in developing standards applicable to plastic alternatives and non -
plastics substitutes  (TBC).  
f. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders.  
5) Any other business or interventions by delegations and stakeholders  
 
6) Concluding remarks by coordinators  
 
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  Annex I – Technical Arrangements  
Please note that the pre -plenary meeting will be held in  hybrid mode  (Room S3 and via Zoom).  
 
1  REMOTE PARTICIPATION  
1.1  For Zoom meetings:  
Delegates and invited stakeholders wishing to participat e virtually to the pre -plenary meeting via 
the Zoom platform, including capital -based officials, must register using this link:  
 
Join Zoom Meeting:  
https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvcO2qqjIpH9GWWvIdaa -
qYzoPb6eV8AOr  
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the 
meeting.  If prompted for the following information when accessing the meeting, please enter:  
 
Meeting ID:  872 7424 9355  
Passcode:  273422  
 
1.2  Before the meeting : 
We are available 1/2 hour before the meeting to test your connection with you.  
 
On behalf of the interpreters please follow these recommendations : 
 
➢ Use a wired internet connection (or very stable WiFi ). 
➢ Use a computer/laptop, not a phone or tablet.  
➢ When participating remotely, at first choice, use an external USB tabletop microphone or a 
lapel microphone or second choice  a USB Headset.  
➢ Avoid using your computer's built -in microphone or cell -phone earbuds.  
➢ Always turn on your camera before speaking.  
➢ Turn off  all notifications.  
 
This will ensure that everyone can hear and understand your message fully.  
 
1.3  During the meeting:  
• If technical difficulties result in delegat es being unable to intervene virtually under a given 
agenda item, the opportunity to take the floor will be given at an appropriate juncture before 
the meeting ends. Should the technical problem persist, delega tes may contact the meeting 
coordinators ( dpp@wto.org ) during the course of the meeting, to either send their statement 
for it to be read out during the meeting, or to request that other attendees are to be informed 
about their interest to intervene under the item discussed and the subsequent circulation of 
their written statement.  
 
2  ATTENDANCE IN  THE MEETING ROOM  
Invited Stakeholders  with no WTO accreditation  who want to attend the meeting in person are 
requested to send a message to dpp@wto.org . 
 
The use of face masks is still r ecommended in common areas and meeting rooms, in safeguarding 
health for all.  
 
3  STATEMENTS  
To facilitate interpretation, delegations are strongly encouraged to send their written statements to 
the Secretariat ( dpp@wto.org ) before the meeting starts. Statements will also be gratefully received 
during the meeting ( dpp@wto.org ). 
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