Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) meeting of the committee on trade in goods

22-23 April 2024, Ottawa (Morning Ottawa/afternoon Brussels)

Agenda

Day 1 - Half day (9:00 -12:00 Ottawa/15:00 – 18:00 BXL)

• 1. Adoption of the agenda and introductions
• 2. Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
  • 2.1. EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (Canada item)
  • 2.2. Canada’s proposed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Food Additives and Compositional Standards (EU item)
• 3. EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (Canada item)
• 4. Canadian Select Luxury Items Tax (EU item)
• 5. France’s eco-bonus for certain motor vehicles (Canada item)
• 6. Reports from Committees
  • 6.1. Report of the Agriculture Committee meeting (Canada and EU item)
  • 6.2. Report of the Wines and Spirits Committee meeting (Canada and EU item)
  • 6.3. Report of the Joint Sectoral Group on Pharmaceuticals (Canada and EU item)
    • 6.3.1. Update on the process towards the amendment of the scope of the Protocol to include active pharmaceutical ingredients

Day 2 - Half day (9:00 -12:00 Ottawa/15:00 – 18:00 BXL)

• 7. Work under the CETA Conformity Assessment Protocol (Canada and EU item) Assessment of the implementation of the CETA Conformity Assessment Protocol and future work (with detailed discussion under the next two items)
• 8. Artificial intelligence (Canada and EU item)
  • 8.1. Exchanges on regulatory developments including the EU Artificial Intelligence Act and Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act
  • 8.2. Future work on conformity assessment of AI enabled products
  • 8.3. Work on standards (including in the RCF)
• 9. Cybersecurity (Canada and EU item)
  • 9.1. Exchanges on regulatory developments including EU Cyber Resilience Act and European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme on Common Criteria (EUCC)
  • 9.2. Future work on mutual recognition/conformity assessment
• 10. Transition to net zero emission economies (EU and Canada item):
  • 10.1. Canada’s budget 2024 (Made-in-Canada plan) and the EU Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age
  • 10.2. Measures intended to deal with the risk of carbon leakage including carbon pricing and border adjustment measures (EU and Canada item)
  • 10.3. Exchange on steel and aluminium supply chains (Canada and EU item)11. Any Other Business
• 11. Any Other Business
  • 11.1 Update on active trade negotiations, that include goods market access (Canada and EU item)
• 12. Next Steps