Pursuant to the special procedures during the COVID-19 period the Steering Committee on Trade capacity and Standards met on the 29 June 2020 at 10.00 am in the format of virtual, informal consultations. Any recommendations for business-critical decisions emanating from these informal consultations were submitted to a silence procedure in line with the Arrangements for business-critical decisions in order to ensure the continued governance of the Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards during the COVID-19 period.
| Symbol | Document Title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
| Item 1: Adoption of the Agenda | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2020/INF.1 | Informal virtual consultations - Agenda | |||
| Item 2: Matters arising | ||||
| Circular Economy (CE) - understanding the concept with a view to defining the way forward: prepared by the Secretariat in consultation with the Bureau of the SCTCS | - | |||
| Item 3: Supporting the removal of regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | ||||
| a) Study on regulatory and procedural barriers to trade in Serbia | ||||
| b) Ongoing work | ||||
| Item 4: Programme of work | ||||
| (a) Updates from subsidiary bodies | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2019/2 | Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-ninth session [Presentation by Ms. Stoldt, Chair of WP.6] | |||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2019/5 | Draft Programme of Work of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies for 2020 | |||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.6/2019/4 | Report on the evaluation of UNECE’s support to the advancement of Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies | |||
| ECE/CTCS/WP.7/2019/2 | Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its seventy-fifth session [Presentation by Ms. Annovazzi-Jakab, WP.7 Secretary] | |||
| b) Trade subprogramme's programme of work for 2021 | ||||
| ECE/CTCS/2020/INF.2 | Programme of work of the Trade subprogramme for 2021 | |||
| Item 5: Arrangements to move forward with the silence procedure for business-critical decisions | ||||
| EXCOM document of 6 April 2020 | Special procedures during the COVID-19 period | |||
| EXCOM document of 20 April 2020 | Arrangements for business-critical decisions in order to ensure the continued governance of the Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards during the COVID-19 period | |||
| ECE/CTCS/2020/INF.3 | Arrangements to move forward with the silence procedure for business-critical decisions | |||
| Item 6: Other business | ||||
| Item 7: Closing | ||||