4. The Chairman first asked the delegation of the European Communities to introduce its new paper circulated to the Special Session in document TN/IP/W/11 and then to open the floor for comments on this paper as well as other papers before the Special Session. He recalled that at the March meeting a group of delegations had tabled a proposal in document TN/IP/W/10, and that the proposal made by Hong Kong, China in 2003 in TN/IP/W/8 remained on the table.
