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Canada | Last updated in April 2021

CETA - Meetings and documents

The Commission will publish a timetable of the CETA committee meetings and their agendas (when available), reports and other documents in order to inform about the different steps of the CETA implementation process. This is part of its commitment to a more transparent and inclusive trade and investment policy.

The Commission will publish provisional agenda's agreed by both sides ahead of the meetings. The final version will be uploaded after the meeting.

CETA Joint Committee, specialised committees and dialogues

CETA Joint Committee

Rules of procedure (also in fr)
Council decision, 16 July 2018 (all languages)

1st meeting – 26 September 2018: Agenda | Report  | Joint communiqué (also in fr) | Recommendations: Climate (also in fr); Gender (also in fr); SMEs (also in fr)
2nd meeting – 25 March 2021 : Agenda | Joint statement | Overview of EU-Canada trade | Joint Statistics Report (also in fr) 

On the gender recommendation:

2020:

• Work Plan 2020-2021, 21/09/20
• Joint Activity Report, 21/09/20

2019:

• Work plan 2019-2020
• 1st meeting report, 20/02/2019
• 2nd meeting report, 14/06/2019
• 3rd meeting report, 24/10/2019
• Workshop, 01/04/2019

On the SMEs recommendation:

• Joint Activity Report and Work Plan, 27/07/2020

On the Climate recommendation:

• Joint Activity Report, 8 December 2020

Decisions
Rules on the functioning of the Appellate Tribunal (in 23 EU languages): signed document - Official Journal
Procedure for the adoption of binding interpretations (in 23 EU languages): signed document - Official Journal

Committee on Trade in Goods

1st meeting: 29 November 2018, via video conference: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 11 December 2019 via video conference: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 21 January 2021 via video conference : Agenda | Report

Committee on Agriculture

1st meeting: 19 September 2018 in Brussels: Agenda (draft) | Report
2nd meeting: 23 September 2019 in Ottawa: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 21-22 September 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

Committee on Wines and Spirits

1st meeting: 5 July 2018 in Brussels: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 24 September 2019 in Ottawa: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 5-6 October 2020 via video conference : Agenda | Report

Joint Sectoral Group on Pharmaceuticals

1st meeting: 16 November 2018 via video conference: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 21 November 2019 via video conference: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 1 December 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

Administrative Arrangements supporting the Article 15.3 of the CETA Protocol on Pharmaceuticals (signed between EU SANTE and Health Canada on 23 May 2019):

• 15.3 (b) Two-Way alert Programme
• 15.3 (c) Contact points
• 15.3 (d) The Components of the Information Sharing Process
• 15.3 (e) Good Manufacturing Practices Compliance Programme
• 15.3 (f)  Procedure for Evaluating New Regulatory Authorities
• 15.3 (g) Equivalence Maintenance Programme

Committee on Geographical Indications

1st meeting: 17 May 2018 via video conference: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 26 November 2019 via video conference: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 22 October 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  | 

1st meeting: 26-27 March 2018 in Ottawa: Agenda | Joint report | Short joint report
2nd meeting: 25-27 February 2019 in Brussels: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 16-19 November 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

Committee on Joint Customs Cooperation

1st meeting: 22 June 2018 in Brussels: Agenda | Joint report

Committee on Government Procurement

1st meeting: 15 March 2018 in Brussels: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 22 February 2019 in Brussels: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 25-26 November 2020 via video conference: agenda | Report

Committee on Services and Investment

1st meeting: 18 September 2018: Agenda | Joint report

Decisions:
Code of conduct for investment adjudicators (in 23 EU languages): signed document - Official Journal
Rules for mediation for use by disputing parties in investment disputes (in 23 EU languages): signed document - Official Journal

Committee on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications

1st meeting: 16 April 2019: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 24 November 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

First negotiating round on a MRA for architects : Report

Committee on Financial Services

1st meeting: 19 June 2018 in Brussels: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 12 June 2019 in Ottawa : Agenda | Report
3rd Meeting: 24/25 June 2020 by video conference: Agenda | Report

Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development

Decision establishing the list of panellists
1st meeting: 13 September 2018 in Brussels: Agenda | Joint report
2nd meeting: 13 November 2019 in Ottawa: Agenda | Joint report
3rd meeting: 10-11 December 2020 via video conference : Agenda | Joint report

Civil Society Forum

1st meeting: in the margins of the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development: Agenda
2nd meeting: 19 November 2019, Ottawa: Agenda | Joint report
3rd meeting: 8/9 December 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

Regulatory Cooperation Forum

Call for proposals and results

1st meeting: 14 December 2018: Agenda | Report  | List of participants
Updated work plan Summer 2019
2nd meeting: 3 February 2020 in Ottawa and by video conference, including a stakeholder debrief meeting (how to register) on 4 February 2020: Agenda | Report  | List of participants
Updated work plan October 2020
3rd meeting: 09-10 February 2021 via video conference including a stakeholder debrief meeting on 10 February: Agenda | Report | List of participants

Bilateral Dialogues

Forest Products

1st meeting: 23 May 2018 by video conference: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 24 May 2019 by video conference: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 28 May 2020 by video conference: Agenda | Report

Raw Materials

1st meeting: 16 November 2018 in Brussels: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 6 March 2019 in Toronto: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 17 November 2020 byvideoconference: Agenda | Report

Enhanced Cooperation on science, technology, research and innovation

The first meeting took place on 23 March 2018 in Ottawa and the second meeting took place on 18 June 2020 by video conference; read more here.

Biotech Market Access Issues

1st meeting: 26 April 2018 via video conference: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 4 March 2019 via video conference: Agenda| Report
3rd meeting: 21 October 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

Motor Vehicle Regulations

1st meeting: 5 October 2018: Agenda | Report
2nd meeting: 20 June 2019 via video conference: Agenda | Report
3rd meeting: 30 September 2020 via video conference: Agenda | Report

Electronic Commerce

1st meeting: to be determined