WORLD TRADE G/L/147
21February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0727)
RULES OFPROCEDURE FOR MEETINGS OFTHE
COMMITTEE ONIMPORT LICENSING
Approved bytheCouncil forTrade inGoods on1December 1995
TheRules ofProcedure formeetings oftheGeneral Council shallapply mutatis mutandis to
meetings oftheCommittee onImport Licensing, except asprovided below:
(i) Rule1ofChapter I(Meetings) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
TheCommittee onImport Licensing shallmeetasnecessary, butnotlessthanonceayear.
(ii) Thefollowing footnote shallbeadded toRules 2,3and4:
Itisunderstood thatitisdesirable thatanotice convening ameeting, thelistofitems proposed
fortheagenda ofthatmeeting andthedocumentation forconsideration atthatmeeting beissued at
leastthree weeks inadvance ofthemeeting.
(iii) Rule4ofChapter II(Agenda) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Requests foritems tobeplaced ontheagenda ofaforthcoming meeting shallbecommunicated
totheSecretariat inwriting, together withtheaccompanying documentation tobeissued inconnection
withthatitem. Documentation forconsideration atameeting shallbecirculated notlaterthanten
calendar daysprior tothedatesetforthemeeting.
(iv) Rule5ofChapter II(Agenda) isnotapplicable.
(v) Rule12ofChapter V(Officers) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
TheCommittee onImport Licensing shallelectaChairperson*andaVice-Chairperson*from
among therepresentatives ofMembers. Theelection shalltakeplace atthefirstmeeting oftheyear
andshalltakeeffect attheendofthemeeting. TheChairperson andVice-Chairperson shallholdoffice
untiltheendofthefirstmeeting ofthefollowing year.
(vi) Rule16ofChapter VI(Conduct ofBusiness) isnotapplicable.
(vii) Rule33ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) shallbemodified toreadasfollows:
Where adecision cannot bearrived atbyconsensus, thematter atissue shallbereferred to
theCouncil forTrade inGoods.
(viii) Rule34ofChapter VII(Decision-Making) isnotapplicable.
*TheCommittee onImport Licensing shallapply therelevant guidelines contained inthe"Guidelines forAppointment of
Officers toWTO Bodies" (WT/L/31 dated 7February 1995).