The Chairman drew attention to document G/MA/SPEC/21 which contained the draft periodic report of this Committee. He indicated that this report, which would be finalized in the light of the discussion that would take place at this meeting, would be submitted to the Council for Trade in Goods for examination at its meeting of 1-2 October 2002. As was customary, the report contained in its Annexes I and II tables summarizing factual information on the waivers under process submitted by the Members concerned. In this context, he requested the Committee to take note of the requests that had been presented by these Members concerning their respective waivers and of the reasons for doing so. All the waivers expired on 31 October 2002.