1. The Meeting took note on the update from Indonesiaon the exchange of information and harmonisation ofthe technical regulations to facilitate trade. It was informed thatAMS made positive progress on the EU VPA. At present Indonesia has concluded the VPA process while other countries (Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam) are still in the negotiation process. The Meeting agreed to update the progress of EU-VPA from respective AMS at the next meeting.