The Chairman said in a fax of 30 April 2002 he had informed delegations of his intention to amend the proposed agenda in order to take account of the waiver requests from Panama and Zambia, which, as agreed in the Committee on Market Access had been forwarded to the Council for Trade in Goods together with the accompanying waiver decisions for action at this meeting. He proposed under Rule 7 of the Rules of Procedure amending the agenda as follows: regarding Item 7(b) – Introduction of Harmonized System 1996 changes into WTO schedules of tariff concessions – Requests for a waiver – the following line be inserted after Norway: "Panama – Schedule CXLI (G/L/518, G/C/W/354 and Corr.1)"; and adding item 7(E): Zambia - Renegotiation of Schedule LXXVIII - Request for an extension of the waiver (G/L/537, G/C/W/370).

With respect to documentation that was circulated less than ten days in advance of the meeting, he proposed that the CTG take action in respect of such documentation under Rule 26 of the Rules of Procedure. This concerned the documentation relating to Zambia's waiver request under new agenda Item 7(E) as well as document G/C/W/369 (Secretariat bibliography concerning textiles and clothing) which he suggested adding to the documents listed under Item 1 of the agenda.

The Council agreed to proceed on the basis of the proposed agenda as amended in the way proposed.