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Decisions of the Conference of the Parties
RC-1/15
Cooperation with the World Trade Organization

The Conference of the Parties,

1.Welcomes the enhanced cooperation between the secretariat of the Convention and the World Trade Organization;

2.Requests the secretariat:
(a)To seek observer status in the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session of the World Trade Organization and inform Parties when the request has been submitted and when it has been granted;
(b)To report to the Conference of the Parties on any meetings of the World Trade Organization that it attends, any substantive contacts that it has with the secretariat of the World Trade Organization and any general or factual information provided to or any other information requested by the secretariat of the World Trade Organization or any other body of the World Trade Organization;
(c)To ensure that at all times it does not provide an interpretation of the provisions of the Convention;
(d)To monitor developments in the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session and report on such developments to the Conference of the Parties;
(e)To reflect on ways of enhancing information flows on matters of common interest with the World Trade Organization;
RC-4/10
Cooperation with the World Trade Organization

The Conference of the Parties,

Requests the secretariat, while continuing to follow up the request for observer status in the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session, to seek observer status in the Organization’s Committee on Trade and Environment, as that Committee is the standing body of the World Trade Organization mandated to discuss trade and environment issues in regular sessions, and to inform Parties when the request has been submitted and when it has been granted.

RC-5/13
Cooperation with the World Trade Organization

The Conference of the Parties,

Taking note of the progress made in the implementation of decision RC-1/15 on cooperation between the Secretariat and the World Trade Organization,

1.Requests the Secretariat to communicate with the World Trade Organization with a view to achieving continued participation by the Secretariat in the meetings of the Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session of the Organization on a meeting-by-meeting basis;

2.Also requests the Secretariat to continue to follow up on its application for observer status with the Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization and to report on the status of that application to the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting;

3.Invites parties to coordinate at the national level in order to promote mutual supportiveness between trade and environment policies, and to support the request for observer status, as appropriate.