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WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BASIC INSTRUMENTS AND SELECTED DOCUMENTS Volume 5 Protocols, Decisions, Reports 1999 GENEVA, AUGUST 2006 In the series of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents, the following publications are available in English, French and Spanish and can be obtained from Bernan Associates or from the WTO. BISD 1995, Protocols, Decisions Reports, etc., published in 1995 ISBN 92-870-1226-1 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 1996, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 1996 ISBN 92-870-3302-1 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 1997, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 1997 ISBN 92-870-3319-6 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 1998, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 1998 ISBN 92-870-3334-X - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 1999, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 1999 ISBN 1-59888-133-7 - ISSN 1726-2917 PREFACE The 1999 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 1999. Certain documents have been numbered or renumbered to simplify indexing. WTO panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, can be found in the Dispute Settlement Reports (DSR) series co-published by the WTO and Cambridge University Press. WTO BISD 1999 v Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS WTO - BISD 1999 Page Members; Observer governments ........................................................... xi OFFICERS Officers of the Ministerial Conference ............................................. 1 - Third Session, Seattle 1999 Officers of Other WTO Bodies .......................................................... 2 LEGAL INSTRUMENTS Protocol of Accession of Estonia ...................................................... 5 Protocol of Accession of Georgia ..................................................... 7 Procès-Verbal of Rectification relating to the Protocol of Accession of Georgia ................................................................ 9 Protocol of Accession of Jordan ....................................................... 10 Certifications of Modifications and Rectifications of Schedules of Concessions to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ............................................................................... 12 DECISIONS AND REPORTS Accession Estonia - Report of the Working Party ........................................................ 13 - Decision of the General Council on 21 May 1999 ...................... 70 Georgia - Report of the Working Party ........................................................ 71 - Decision of the General Council on 6 October 1999 ................. 141 Jordan - Report of the Working Party ........................................................ 142 - Decision of the General Council on 17 December 1999 ............. 230 General Council Review of the Dispute Settlement Understanding............................. 231 Appointment of the next Director-General ....................................... 234 Dispute Settlement Body Adoption of the Agenda .................................................................... 235 WTO BISD 1999 vii Table of Contents Competence to review the legal validity of a request to authorize the suspension of concessions or other obligations ...................... 236 Relationship between Articles 21.5 and 22 of the DSU .................. 237 Extension for the application of the Rules of Conduct .................... 238 Time-periods for appeal expiring in the month of August .................. 239 Review of the Dispute Settlement Understanding ........................... 240 Appointment of Appellate Body Members ...................................... 242 Trade Policy Review Body Appraisal of the Operation of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism - Report to Ministers ..................................................................... 243 Council for Trade in Goods Illustrative List of Relationships between Governments and State-Trading Enterprises – Adopted on 15 October 1999 ..................................................... 248 Committee on Market Access Dissemination of the Integrated Database - Adopted on 31 May 1999 ........................................................... 254 Consolidated Tariff Schedules Database - Agreed on 22 June 1999 ............................................................. 267 - Statement by the Chairman of the Committee on Market Access relating to the Consolidated Tariff Schedules Database ............ 315 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Supplemental Report of the Informal Group of Experts on Calculation Issues Related to Annex IV of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures ................................ 316 Committee On Budget, Finance and Administration Abstract of the Report - Adopted by the General Council on 17 December 1999............. 325 Council For Trade In Services Communication from Members which have accepted the Fifth Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services ........... 330 Decision on Acceptance of the Fifth Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services - Adopted on 15 February 1999 .................................................... 330 Decision on Domestic Regulation - Adopted on 26 April 1999 .......................................................... 331 viii WTO BISD 1999 Table of Contents Second Decision on Negotiations on Emergency Safeguard Measures - Adopted on 24 June 1999 ........................................................... 332 Decision on the Acceptance of the Fifth Protocol - Adopted on 21 September 1999 ................................................ 333 Decision on Procedures for the Implementation of Article XXI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) - Adopted on 19 July 1999 ............................................................. 333 Procedures for the Implementation of Article XXI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) - (Modification of Schedules) - Adopted on 19 July 1999.............................................................. 334 Waivers Implementation of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System ........................................................................ 339 Renegotiation of Schedules ............................................................... 339 Introduction of Harmonized System Changes into WTO Schedules of Tariff Concessions on 1 January 1996 ....................... 339 Other waivers: - Developing Countries - Preferential Tariff Treatment for Least-Developed Countries ............................................................ 340 Peru - Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994 ................................................................................ 340 DECISIONS AND REPORTS NOT INCLUDED .......................... 341 INDEX .............................................................................................. 345 WTO BISD 1999 ix WTO MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS (as at 31 December 1999) A. MEMBERS (135) Angola Dominica Korea, Qatar Antigua and Dominican Republic of Romania Barbuda Republic Kuwait Rwanda Argentina Ecuador Kyrgyz Republic Saint Kitts and Australia Egypt Latvia Nevis Austria El Salvador Lesotho Saint Lucia Bahrain Estonia Liechtenstein Saint Vincent and Bangladesh European Luxembourg the Grenadines Barbados Communities Macau, China Senegal Belgium Fiji Madagascar Sierra Leone Belize Finland Malawi Singapore Benin France Malaysia Slovak Republic Bolivia Gabon Maldives Slovenia Botswana The Gambia Mali Solomon Islands Brazil Germany Malta South Africa Brunei Ghana Mauritania Spain Darussalam Greece Mauritius Sri Lanka Bulgaria Grenada Mexico Suriname Burkina Faso Guatemala Mongolia Swaziland Burundi Guinea-Bissau Morocco Sweden Cameroon Guinea, Mozambique Switzerland Canada Republic of Myanmar Tanzania Central African Guyana Namibia Thailand Republic Haiti Netherlands Togo Chad Honduras New Zealand Trinidad and Chile Hong Kong, Nicaragua Tobago Colombia China Niger Tunisia Congo Hungary Nigeria Turkey Costa Rica Iceland Norway Uganda Côte d’Ivoire India Pakistan United Arab Cuba Indonesia Panama Emirates Cyprus Ireland Papua New United Kingdom Czech Republic Israel Guinea United States Democratic Italy Paraguay Uruguay Republic of the Jamaica Peru Venezuela Congo Japan Philippines Zambia Denmark Kenya Poland Zimbabwe Djibouti Portugal WTO BISD 1999 xi B. OBSERVERS (36) Albania Former Yugoslav Rep. of Samoa Algeria Macedonia Saudi Arabia Andorra Georgia Separate Customs Armenia Holy See Territory of Taiwan, Azerbaijan Jordan Penghu, Kinmen and Belarus Kazakhstan Matsu Bhutan Laos, P.D.R. of Seychelles Bosnia and Herzegovina Lebanon Sudan Cambodia Lithuania Tonga Cape Verde Moldova Ukraine China Nepal Uzbekistan Croatia Oman Vanuatu Ethiopia Russian Federation Viet Nam Yemen xii WTO BISD 1999 OFFICERS OF THE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE Third Session (Seatle, 30 November – 3 December 1999) Chairperson: Ms. Charlene Barshefsky (United States) Vice-Chairpersons: Mr. Aboulaye Abdoulkader Cisse (Burkina Faso) Mrs. Marta Lucia Ramirez de Rincón (Colombia) Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood (Pakistan) WTO BISD 1999 1 OFFICERS OF OTHER WTO BODIES (1999) General Council Mr. Ali Said Mchumo (Tanzania) Dispute Settlement Body Mr. Nobutoshi Akao (Japan) followed by Mr Kåre Bryn (Norway) Trade Policy Review Body Mr. Jean-Marie Noirfalisse (Belgium) Council for Trade in Goods Mr. Roger Farrell (New Zealand) - Committee on Agriculture Mr. Nestor Osorio Londoño (Colombia) - Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Mr. Milan Hovorka (Czech Republic)