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Basic Instruments Selected Documents WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION BASIC INSTRUMENTS AND SELECTED DOCUMENTS Volume 11 Protocols, Decisions, Reports 2005 GENEVA, MAY 2008 In the series of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents, the follow- ing 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 BISD 2000, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 2000 ISBN 978-1-59888-143-1 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 2001, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 2001 ISBN 978-1-59888-150-9 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 2002, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 2002 ISBN 978-1-59888-160-8 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 2003, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 2003 ISBN 978-1-59888-191-2 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 2004, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 2004 ISBN 978-1-59888-193-6 - ISSN 1726-2917 BISD 2005, Protocols, Decisions, Reports, etc., published in 2005 ISBN 978-1-59888-249-0 - ISSN 1726-2917 PREFACE The 2005 volume of the WTO Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) contains Protocols, Decisions and Reports adopted in 2005. 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 2003 v Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS WTO - BISD 2005 Page Members; Observer governments ................................................................. xi OFFICERS Officers of Ministerial Conference – Sixth Session, Hong Kong, China 2005 ................................................................................................... 1 Officers of other WTO Bodies ���������������������������������������������������������������������������......................................................................... 2 LEGAL INSTRUMENTS Protocol of Accession of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ................................. 5 Protocol of Accession of the Kingdom of Tonga ............................................ 7 Certifications of Modifications andR ectifications of Schedules of Concessions ���������������������������������������������������and Commitments �����������������������������������to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 in 2005 ....................................................................................... 9 Certifications of Modifications andR ectifications to Appendices I-IV of the Agreement on Government Procurement (1994) .. 10 Certifications of Commitments under theG eneral Agreement on Trade in Services ...................................................................................... 10 DECISIONS AND REPORTS Accession Saudi Arabia Report of the Working Party ........................................................................ 11 Decision of the General Council on 11 November 2005 ............................ 181 Tonga Report of the Working Party ....................................................................... 182 Decision of the Ministerial Conference on 15 December 2005 ................. 255 Appellate Body Working Procedures for Appellate Review ..................................................... 256 Working Procedures for Appellate Review – Communication from the Appellate Body – New numbering system for documents .......... 285 WTO BISD 2005 vii Table of Contents Ministerial Conference - Sixth Session, Hong Kong, China - December 2005 Doha Work Programme - Ministerial Declaration – Adopted on 18 December 2005 ....................................................................... 287 General Council A Procedure for the Introduction of Harmonized System 2002 Changes to Schedules of Concessions Using the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) Database – Decision of 15 February 2005 ......... 340 Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement – Decision of 6 December 2005 ....... 353 Conditions of Service Applicable to the Staff of the WTO Secretariat .......... 360 Amendments to the Regulations and Administrative Rules of the Pension Plan – Adopted on 1 December 2005 ........................................... 361 Compensation negotiations under Articles XXIV:6 and XXVIII of GATT 1994, Proposed Modification to Schedule CXL – European Communities: Prolongation of Rights under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 ............................................................................................ 365 Enlargement of the European Union – Communications from the European Communities ........................................................................ 366 Dispute Settlement Body Reappointment of Appellate Body Members Decision of 27 September 2005 ................................................................. 369 Article 22 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding United States – Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 - Joint request by Australia and the United States - Joint request by Thailand and the United States - Joint request by Indonesia and the United States .................................... 370 United States – Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998 - Joint request by the European Communities and the United States ........ 372 United States – Anti-dumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan - Joint request by Japan and the United States ........................................... 372 Extension of time-limit pursuant to Article 16.4 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding United States – Laws, regulations and methodology for calculating dumping margins (“Zeroing”) - Joint request by the European Communities and the United States ..... 373 European Communities and certain member States – Measures affecting trade in large civil aircraft - Initiation of the procedures for developing information concerning serious prejudice under Annex V of the SCM viii WTO BISD 2005 Table of Contents Agreement and designation of the representative referred to in paragraph 4 of that Annex ............................................................... 374 United States – Measures affecting trade in large civil aircraft Initiation of the procedures for developing information concerning serious prejudice under Annex V of the SCM Agreement and designation of the representative referred to in paragraph 4 of that Annex ....................................................................... 375 Council for Trade in Goods Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Report on Proposals for Special and Differential Treatment - Adopted on 30 June 2005 ......................................................................... 376 Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures – Adopted on 30 June 2005 ......................................................................... 391 Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Decisions relating to extensions under Article 27.4 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of the transition period under Article 27.2(b) for the elimination of export subsidies, pursuant to the procedures in G/SCM/39 ................ 443 Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration Abstract of the Report Adopted by the General Council on 1-2 December 2005 ................................................................................ 445 Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Extension of the Transition Period under Article 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement - Decision of 15 June 2005 ........................................... 449 Extension of the Transition Period under Article 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement for Least-Developed Country Members – Decision of 30 November 2005 ................................................................... 449 Waivers Introduction of Harmonized System Changes into WTO Schedules of Tariff Concessions on 1 January 1996 ........................ 451 Introduction of Harmonized System 2002 Changes into WTO Schedules of Tariff Concessions ....................................................... 452 Other waivers: Albania - Implementation of specific commitments –E xtension of the staging period of implementation for a number of products ............. 451 WTO BISD 2005 ix Committees under the Plurilateral Trade Agreements Committee on Government Procurement Modalities for the negotiations on extension of coverage and elimination of discriminatory measures and practices – Adopted on 21 July 2005 ..................................................................................... 453 - Decision Pursuant to Article XXIV:6(a) of the Agreement on Government Procurement – Adopted on 21 December 2005 ............. 453 DECISIONS AND REPORTS NOT INCLUDED....................................... 457 INDEX ............................................................................................................ 463 x WTO BISD 2005 WTO MEMBERS AND observers (as at 31 December 2005) A. MEMBERS (149) Albania Cuba Hungary Angola Cyprus Iceland Antigua and Barbuda
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