The fifth Ministerial meeting - the first following the formal initiation of negotiations-took place in Toronto in November 1999. At this meeting, Ministers instructed the negotiating groups to prepare a draft text of their respective chapters, to be presented at the sixth Ministerial meeting. The negotiating groups responsible for market access issues were directed to discuss the modalities and procedures for negotiations in their respective areas. Ministers also approved several business facilitation measures, designed to facilitate commercial exchange in the Hemisphere. These measures, included in the Annexes to the Ministerial Declaration, were concentrated in the areas of customs procedures and enhanced transparency.