Paragraph 9 Agenda for the Meetings

A provisional agenda for each meeting shall be drawn up by the Secretariat of the Trade Committee. It shall be forwarded, together with the relevant documents, to the members of the Trade Committee as well as the Chairpersons of the Trade Committee no later than 7 days before the beginning of the meeting.

The provisional agenda shall include items in respect of which the Secretariat of the Trade Committee has received a request for inclusion in the agenda by a Party, together with the relevant documents, no later than 14 days before the beginning of the meeting.

The agenda shall be adopted by the Trade Committee at the beginning of each meeting. Items other than those appearing on the provisional agenda may be placed on the agenda if the Parties so agree.

The Chairpersons of the Trade Committee may, upon agreement, invite experts to attend its meetings in order to provide information on specific subjects.

The Chairpersons of the Trade Committee may, upon agreement, reduce the time periods specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 in order to take account of the requirements of a particular case.