G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
11 February 2020  
(20-1113) Page: 1/67 
Council for Trade in Goods    
 
 
UPDATING OF THE LIST ING OF NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS AND THE  
COMPLIANCE THEREWITH  AS SET OUT IN ANNEX  III OF THE  
REPORT OF THE WORKIN G GROUP ON NOTIFICAT ION 
OBLIGATIONS AND PROC EDURES  
Revision  
At its meeting on 15  October  1996, the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG) considered the report of 
the Working Group on Notification Obligations and Procedures (G/L/112) and decided, inter alia, that 
the listing of notification obligations and the compliance therewith, contained in its Annex  III, should 
be maintained on an ongoing basis and circulated to all Members.  
Accordingly, Annex  III of document  G/L/112 has been repeatedly updated.1 The present document 
updates the information, including the explanatory notes, and the listing of notification s to include 
all notifications of a regular or periodic  nature up to 31  December  2019. 
It should be noted that this listing does not address the qualitative aspects of these notifications, 
that is, the extent to which the content of the submissions satisfi es the informational requirements 
of the various obligations or affects the rights and obligations of Members.  
The present revision also incorporates the technical changes to the document which were circulated 
to Members for comment on 27  April 2004. As no ted by the Chairman2, the suggested changes were 
purely of a technical nature, intended to take account of developments that had occurred since the 
notifications document was first circulated. This understanding was formalized at the meeting of the 
CTG on 5 July 2004.  
 
1 Previous updates have been circulated in G/L/112/Add.1 ; G/L/112/Add.2; G/L/223 and 
G/L/223/Corr.1; G/L/223/Rev.1 ; G/L/223/Rev.2 ; G/L/223/Rev.3 ; G/L/223/Rev.4 ; G/L/223/Rev.5 ; 
G/L/223/Rev.6 ; G/L/223/Rev.7 ; G/L/223/Rev.8  and G/L/223/Rev.8/Corr.1;  G/L/223/Rev.9  and 
G/L/223/Rev.9/Corr.1 ; G/L/223/Rev.10 and  G/L/223/Rev.10/Corr.1 ; G/L/223/Rev.11 ; G/L/223/Rev.12  and 
G/L/223/Rev.12.Corr.1 ; G/L/223/Rev.13 ; G/L/223/Rev.14  and G/L/223/Rev.14/Corr.1 ; G/L/223/Rev.15 ; 
G/L/223/Rev.16  and G/L/2 23/Rev.16/Corr.1; G/L/223/Rev.17; G /L/223/Rev.18 and G/L/223/Rev.18/Corr.1; 
G/L/223/Rev.19, G/L/223/Rev.19/Corr.1, and G/L/223/Rev.19/Corr.2; G/L/223/Rev.20 ; G/L/223/Rev.21 , 
G/L/223/Rev.21/Corr.1, and G/L/223/Rev.21/Corr.2 ; G/L/223/Rev.22 ; G/L/223/Rev.23; G/L/223/Rev.24 and 
G/L/223/Rev.24/C orr.1; G/L/223/Rev.25; and G/L/223/Rev.26.  
2 In the cover note to the amended document, dated 27  April 2004, and in his statement to Members in 
the CTG  meeting of 27  April 2004 under Other Business (G/C/M/73).  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  1  EXPLANATORY NOTES  
1.1.  This table sets out notification obligations of a regular/periodic nature (i.e.  semi-annual, 
annual, biennial , or triennial) and notifications required on a "one -time only" basis. It does not 
include ad hoc notifications, th at is, those which must be provided only if a certain action is taken. 
It also does not include those regular/periodic or "one -time" notification obligations listed in 
document  G/NOP/W/2/Rev.1, relating to Marks of Origin, Regional Arrangements, Balance of  
Payments , and the Integrated Database.  
1.2.  The symbols used, in general, are as follows. There may be additional specifications provided 
in the notes pertaining to the specific agreements:  
a. "X" denotes that a notification has been received in the WTO. Subseque nt addenda or 
corrections to notifications are not counted as additional notifications.  
b. A blank indicates that this is a requirement applicable to the Member concerned, but that 
no notification has been received up to the cut -off date.  
c. "NA" indicates that the requirement is not applicable at all or that it was not applicable for 
this Member during the period covered by the Note.  
d. "0" indicates that no notification was received from the Member and that this is a 
requirement which is:  
i. applicable only to those Members maintaining the type of measure or taking the action 
in question, but for which it was not possible to determine whether the Member 
maintained that type of measure or took the action in question;  
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ii. permitting  certain Members to take advantage of special treatment.  
1.3.  The abbreviations for the Agreements and Understandings shown in the column headings and 
their full titles are as follows:  
Column Heading  Agreement/Understanding Title  
Agriculture  Agreement on Agric ulture  
Anti-Dumping  Agreement on Implementation of Article  VI of the GATT  1994 
Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures  Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Safeguards  Agreement on Safeguards  
State Trading  Understanding on the Interpretation of Article  XVII of the GATT  1994 
Customs Valuation  Agreement on Implementation of Article  VII of the GATT  1994 
Import Licensing  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures  
Rules of Origin  Agreement on Rules of Origin; Preferential Rules of O rigin for Least Developed 
Countries, Ministerial Decisions of 7  December  2013 (Bali) 
(document  WT/L/917) and 19  December  2015 (Nairobi) 
(document  WT/L/917/Add.1)  
PSI Agreement on Preshipment Inspection  
Quantitative Restrictions 
(QRs)  Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions 
(G/L/59/Rev.1)  
SPS Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
TRIMs  Agreement on Trade -Related Investment Measures  
TBT Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade  
TFA Agreement on Trade Facilitation  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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1.4.  With regard to Members, the European Union3 and its 28  member States (EU) provide 
one notification for each of the respective requirements. However, the 10  member States4 that 
joined the EU on 1  May 2004, the two  member States that joined the EU on 1  January  2007, and 
the member State that joined t he EU on 1  July 20135 are considered separately in certain tables in 
order to provide information on the period preceding the EU  enlargement.  
1.5.  Please recall  that the information pertinent to a Member's notification obligations is recorded 
on the basis of a Member's date of accession.  
1.6.  More detailed information on notifications relevant to specific CTG  subsidiary bodies can be 
found as follows:  
Committee on Agriculture:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1332) 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1344) 
Committee on Customs Valuation:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1333) 
Committee on Import Licensing:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1328) 
Committee on Market Access:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1338) 
Committee on Rules of Origin:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1331) 
Committee on Safeguards:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1346) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1336) 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1341) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1340) 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Annual Report (G/L/ 1329) 
Committee on TRIMs:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1337) 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1335) 
 
1.7.  Please note that, after these explanatory notes, the numbering of footnotes is specific to each 
agreement.  
1.8.  The following notes apply to specific agreements:  
2  AGREEMENT ON AGRICUL TURE  
2.1.  The Members' compliance to the notification requirements are shown in seven  annexes 
referring to the distinct notification requ irements (Annexes  1 to 7).  The information in these annexes 
reflects notifications issued as of 31  December  2019. The annexes show only those Members to  
whom the notification requirement applies.  
2.2.  There are twelve  distinct notification requirements applicable in the domain of agriculture. 
These notifications, referred to as tables because of their format, cover the following five  areas: 
(i) market access (Tables  MA:1 to MA:5) ; (ii) domestic support (Tables  DS:1 to DS:2) ; (iii) export 
subsidies (Tables  ES:1 to ES:3) ; (iv) export prohibitions or restrictions (Table  ER:1) ; and 
(v) follow-up to the Marrakesh NFIDC  Decision (Table  NF:1). The applicability of a notification 
requirement to a Member is largely depend ent on the specific commitments it has assumed under 
the Agreement on Agriculture. Indeed, there are relatively few annual notification requirements that 
apply to all WTO  Members (i.e.  Tables  DS:1 and ES:1). In most cases, only a limited number of 
notifica tion requirements will apply for a particular Member.  
2.3.  The notifying Members and the notification frequency vary depending on the specific 
notification requirement and are indicated below in respect of 'regular' or 'annual' notifications6: 
 
3 On 1 December  2009, the Treaty of Lisbon ame nding the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty 
establishing the European Community (done at Lisbon, 13  December  2007) entered into force. On 
29 November  2009, the WTO  received a Verbal Note (WT/L/779) from the Council of the European Union and 
the Commi ssion of the European Communities stating that, by virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, as of 
1 December  2009, the European Union replaces and succeeds the European Community.  
4 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia.  
5 Bulgaria and Romania  in January  2007, and Croatia in July  2013. 
6 For additional details refer to document  G/AG/2.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  a. "Comprehensive on e-off" Table  MA:1 notifications (Administration of tariff and other quota 
commitments; Article  18.2 – 30 days) were required to have been submitted by all 
Members with tariff and other quota commitments, either in advance of, or within 30  days 
of, the firs t opening of the quotas concerned; any subsequent changes to the 
administration of quotas are to be reported in ad hoc  Table MA:1  notifications normally 
prior to the change being implemented but no later than 30  days following the change. 
The compliance wi th the "one -off" MA:1  notification requirement is shown in Annex  1. 
Where the comprehensive Table  MA:1 notifications have been revised or supplemented, 
this is indicated by an asterisk (*) in the relevant column.  
b. Table  MA:2 notifications (Imports under tar iff and other quotas; Article  18.2 – 60 days) 
are required to be submitted annually by Members with tariff and other quota 
commitments specified in Section  I-B (or Section  I-A) of Part  I of their Schedules for the 
products concerned.  Members' compliance wi th this notification obligation is shown in 
Annex  1. 
c. Table  MA:5 notifications  (Special Safeguard; Articles  5.7 and 18.2 – 30 days)  are required 
to be submitted annually by Members having reserved the right to use the Special 
Safeguard provisions as indicat ed in Section  I-A of Part  I of their Schedules. Members' 
compliance with this notification obligation is shown in Annex  2. 
d. Table  DS:1 notifications (Domestic Support; Article  18.2 – 90 days or 120  days if the 
initial notification is provisional) are required to be submitted annually by Members with 
base and annual commitment levels specified in Section  I of Part  IV of their Schedules. All 
other Members should submit an annual Table  DS:1 notification, provided that in the case 
of a dev eloping country Member only Supporting Tables  DS:1 to DS:3 may be required to 
be submitted annually (see  document  G/AG/2, page  11). Least  developed country 
Members should submit Supporting Tables  DS:1 to DS:3 every other year only (indicated 
by the symbol (NA)). Members' compliance with this notification obligation is shown in 
Annex  3. 
e. Table  ES:1 notifications (Export Subsidies – Article  18.2 – 60 days or 120  days if the initial 
notification is provisional ) are required to be submitted annually by Members  with base 
and annual commitment levels specified in Section  II of Part  IV of their Schedules. 
Members with no such scheduled commitments are required to submit a notification 
annually (30  days) in the form of a statement confirming that no export subsidies exist 
or, in the case of developing country Members using certain export subsidies pursuant to 
Article  9.4, in the form of Supporting Table  ES:2. Members' compliance with this 
notification obligation is shown in Annex  4. 
f. Table  ES:2 notifications (Total exp orts in the context of Export Subsidies – Articles  10 
and 18.2 – 120 days) are required to be submitted by Members with export subsidy 
reduction commitments shown in Section  II of Part  IV of Schedules and "significant 
exporters" as set out in document  G/AG /2/Add.1. Members' compliance with this 
notification obligation is shown in Annex  5. 
g. Table  ES:3 notifications  (Total Volume of Food Aid in the context of Export Subsidies – 
Articles  10 and 18.2 – 120 days) are required to be submitted annually by  all donor  
Members (unless this information must be notified under Table  ES:1 above).  No "nil 
return" is required from Members which do not provide food aid. Members' compliance 
with this notification obligation is shown in Annex  6. 
h. Table  NF:1 notifications (Food an d other aid in the context of the Decision – Article  16.2 
– 60 days) are required to be submitted annually by all donor Members in respect of 
actions taken within the framework of the Decision on Measures concerning the Possible 
Negative Effects of the Ref orm Programme on the Least -Developed and Net -Food 
Importing Developing Countries. No "nil return" is required from Members which do not 
provide food aid or other assistance to the countries concerned. Members' compliance with 
this notification obligation i s shown in Annex  7. G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  2.4.  The last column on each table shows the percentage of compliance by Member for the 
corresponding notification requirement as of 31  December  2019. The time -limits for notifications  
covering the 1995 -2017 implementation years have now pas sed. The column concerning the 
2018 implementation year is provided for information only and does not necessarily indicate that 
the notifications are now due. The tables contain information pertaining to the last 18  years 
(2001 -2018). The full time series (1995 -2018) of compliance information is available in the  
"Compliance with notification obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management 
System ( https://agims.wto.org/ ). Due to their particular character istics, the information on the 
submission of Tables  NF:1 and Tables  ES:3 notifications are shown as positive listings only for the 
period 2006 -2018. Switzerland's notifications, except for Table  NF:1, are taken to cover 
Liechtenstein as these two  Members h ave a joint Schedule.  
3  AGREEMENT ON IMPLEME NTATION OF ARTICLE  VI OF THE GATT  1994 
(ANTI -DUMPING)  
3.1.  Each Member shall notify the Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices ("the Committee") which 
of its authorities are competent to initiate and conduct investigations  and its domestic procedures 
governing the initiation and conduct of such investigations (Article  16.5).  
3.2.  Notifications regarding all ad hoc preliminary or final anti -dumping actions taken by Members 
must be submitted to the Committee without delay (Article  16.4). The Committee has adopted a 
revised minimum information format for that purpose in 2006, which was subsequently revised in 
2009 and circulated in document  G/ADP/2/Rev.2 (21  October  2009). In addition, notifications 
pertaining to anti -dumping action s must be supplied semi -annually (Article  16.4). The Committee 
has adopted a revised format for such reports, in document  G/ADP/1/Rev.1 (27  October  2008), to 
replace the original format as of the reporting period January -June 2009. The report for the perio d 
January -June of any given year is due by mid -August of that year. The report for the period 
July-December of any given year is due by mid -February of the following year. The Secretariat 
circulates, in December and June of each year, requests for the subm ission of these semi -annual 
reports, setting forth the applicable deadlines for reporting. Following such requests and shortly prior 
to such applicable deadlines, the Secretariat issues reminders to draw Members' attention to the 
approaching deadlines. It is to be noted that the Committee has also adopted a new notification 
format pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 of the Agreement, or what is known as the "one -time 
notification format" to be used by Members that have never established an authority competent of 
initiating and conducting an investigation, have never taken any anti -dumping actions in the past, 
and that do not intend to take such actions in the foreseeable future. This type of notification, once 
submitted by the Member concerned, would remain valid until further notice and such Member would 
not need to submit any other notifications pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 until such time when 
such circumstances change.  
3.3.  All Members must notify their laws, regulat ions and administrative procedures relevant to 
anti-dumping (Article  18.5). A decision of the Committee clarifies that Members should submit, in a 
working language of the WTO, the full text of such laws and regulations, and Members which have 
no such laws or regulations should notify the Committee of that fact (G/ADP/N/1, 30  January  1995).  
3.4.  The Committee has also adopted a decision on 21  October  2009 indicating that all Members 
shall submit all their anti -dumping notifications in an electronic form.  
4  AGREEMEN T ON SUBSIDIES AND C OUNTERVAILING MEASUR ES 
4.1.  The annual notifications on subsidies are required not later than 30  June each year 
(Article  25.1). In May  2001, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures reached an 
understanding that new and full no tifications would be submitted and reviewed every two  years, 
while de -emphasizing the review of updating notifications in the intervening years. Initially applied 
for a series of consecutive trial periods, in 2005 this understanding was extended indefinite ly by the 
Committee. The Committee has adopted a revised format for subsidy notifications (G/SCM/6/Rev.1). 
Where a Member considers that there are no measures requiring such notification, a "nil" return is 
necessary (Article  25.6).  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  4.2.  Each Member shall notify  the Committee of its authorities competent to initiate and conduct 
countervailing duty investigations and of its domestic procedures governing the initiation and 
conduct of such investigations (Article  25.12).  
4.3.  Notifications of all ad hoc preliminary or fi nal countervailing actions taken by Members must 
be submitted to the Committee without delay (Article  25.11). The Committee has adopted a revised 
format for the minimum information to be submitted in connection with such notifications 
(G/SCM/3/Rev.1, 2  November  2009).  
4.4.  In addition, notifications pertaining to countervailing duty actions taken must be made 
semi-annually pursuant to Article  25.11. The Committee has adopted a revised format for such 
reports (G/SCM/2/Rev.1, 2  November  2009). The report for the p eriod January -June of any given 
year is generally due in late August of that year. The report for the period July -December of any 
given year is generally due in late February of the following year. The Secretariat circulates, in 
December and June of each y ear, requests for the submission of these semi -annual reports, setting 
forth the applicable deadlines for reporting.  
4.5.  The Committee has also adopted a one -time notification format pursuant to Articles  25.11 and 
25.12 of the Agreement for those Members that have not established an investigating authority, 
have not taken a countervailing action and that do not anticipate taking one in the foreseeable 
future. The format for such notifications is found in document  G/SCM/129. Members submitting a 
one-time notific ation would not need to submit notifications under Articles  25.11 and 25.12 until 
circumstances justifying the use of the one -time notification change.  
4.6.  All Members must notify their laws, regulations and administrative procedures relevant to the 
SCM Agreement (Article  32.6). A decision of the Committee clarifies that Members should submit, 
in a working language of the WTO, the full text of such laws or re gulations, and Members which have 
no such laws or regulations should notify the Committee of that fact (G/SCM/N/1, 30  January  1995).  
5  AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUA RDS7 
5.1.  All Members must notify their laws, regulations and administrative procedures (Article  12.6).  
5.2.  All Members that take certain actions on safeguards must "immediately" notify such actions to 
the Committee (Article  12.1).  
6  GATT  1994 ARTICLE  XVII:4(A) AND THE UNDE RSTANDING ON THE INT ERPRETATION 
OF THIS ARTICLE (STA TE TRADING)  
6.1.  Article  XVII:4 of GATT  1994, and  paragraph  1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of 
Article  XVII of GATT  1994 (the Understanding) require all Members to notify their state trading 
enterprises to the Council for Trade in Goods. As recommended by the Working Party (G/STR/8) and 
agreed by the Council for Trade in Goods on 22  June 2012, new and full notifications are presented 
every two  years.  
6.2.  Notifications of state trading enterprises are made in accordance with the format provided in 
the Questionnaire on State Trading (G/STR/3/Rev.1) . Where a Member considers that there are no 
activities requiring such notification, a "nil" return is necessary.  
7  AGREEMENT ON THE IMP LEMENTATION OF ARTIC LE VII OF THE GATT  1994 (CUSTOMS 
VALUATION)  
7.1.  As special and differential treatment, Article  20.1 permit s some developing country Members 
to delay the application of this Agreement for up to five  years. In addition, Article  20.2 permits some 
developing country Members to delay application of certain provisions for a further three  years. 
 
7 Since any measures referred to in Articles  10 and 11.1 of the Safeguards Agreement should have 
expired by 1  January  2000, information concerning these items is no longer reported in this document. The 
relevant information was last recorded in document  G/L/223/Rev.5.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  Annex  III in its para graphs  2, 3, and 4 provides developing countries with the possibility of notifying 
certain reservations.  
7.2.  The notification of laws and regulations under Article  22.1 and the Decision on Notification and 
Circulation of National Legislation in Accordance with  Article  22 of the Agreement (or a 
communication indicating that the legislation notified under the Tokyo Round Agreement on Customs 
Valuation remains valid under the WTO  Agreement on Customs Valuation) and response to the 
checklist of issues are "one -time" requirements of all Members.  
7.3.  With regard to the notification requirement for the checklist of issues under the Agreement on 
Customs Valuation, Members that had notified the checklist under the Tokyo Round Agreement must 
notify the WTO  Committee that this  checklist is still valid.8 Members that have not done so will have 
a blank space under this column.  
7.4.  The Decisions on the treatment of interest charges in the customs value of imported goods and 
on the valuation of carrier media bearing software for data p rocessing equipment are "one -time" 
notification obligations for those Members choosing to apply these Decisions.  
8  AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
8.1.  Certain developing country Members can defer the application of some provisions for not more 
than two  years from the date of WTO  Membership (footnote  5 to Article  2.2). 
8.2.  All Members are required to provide replies to the questionnaire on import licensing procedures 
by 30  September each year (Article  7.3). The table indicates the years in which notifications  have 
been received.  
8.3.  All Members are required to notify the names of publications in which rules and information 
concerning import licensing procedures are published and to submit copies of such publications. All 
Members are required to notify the full tex t of their relevant laws and regulations 
(Articles  1.4(a)/8.2(b)) and the legislation provided will be compiled in a new database that will be 
made available to the public.  
9  AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
9.1.  There are two  "one-time" notification obligations in t he Agreement on Rules of Origin: on 
existing or new non -preferential rules of origin (Article  5.1); and on existing or new preferential rules 
of origin (Annex  II, paragraph  4). 
9.2.  In relation to preferential rules of origin applied in the context of regional trade agreements, 
the Committee decided, in 2012, that notifications made to the CTD or the CRTA could also suffice 
to discharge Members' notification obligations under the Agre ement on Rules of Origin (G/RO/M/59). 
As a result, the Committee agreed that notifications that had initially been received by the CRTA or 
the CTD should also be circulated by the Secretariat to the CRO. All Members have notified that they 
apply preferenti al origin requirements under at least one  regional trade agreement.  
9.3.  In addition, the Ministerial Decisions of 7  December  2013 (Bali) (document  WT/L/917) and 
19 December  2015 (Nairobi) (document  WT/L/917/Add.1) on Preferential Rules of Origin for Least 
Developed Countries require WTO  Members implementing non -reciprocal trade preferences for LDCs 
to notify such preferential trade arrangements using a template adopted by the Committee in 2017 
(document  G/RO/84). The Decisions also reaffirm preference -granting Members' commitment to 
notify preferential imports from LDCs and preferential tariffs to the Secretariat.  
10  AGREEMENT ON PRESHIP MENT INSPECTION  
10.1.   Pursuant to Article  5, Members are required to notify the laws and regulations by which they 
put the Agreement int o force, as well as other laws and regulations on this topic.  
 
8 See document  G/VAL/5, p .6, B.3(ii) which refers to document  G/VAL/M/1, paragraphs  36-39. G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  11  DECISION ON NOTIFICA TION PROCEDURES FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRIC TIONS 
(QR DECISION)  
11.1.   On 1  December  1995, the Council for Trade in Goods agreed that "Members shall make 
complete notification of the qu antitative restrictions which they maintain by 31  January  1996 and at 
two-yearly intervals thereafter …" (G/L/59). With a view to improving notification compliance and to 
clarify ing the scope of the QR  Decision, Members agreed on new procedures for the not ification of 
quantitative restrictions, which replaced those established in document  G/L/59. The new procedures 
were adopted by the Council for Trade in Goods on 22  June 2012 and circulated in 
document  G/L/59/Rev.1.  
11.2.   Pursuant to the new QR  decision (G/L/59/ Rev.1), "Members shall make complete notifications 
of all quantitative restrictions in force by 30  September  2012 and at two -yearly intervals thereafter. 
They should also notify changes to those quantitative restrictions as soon as possible, but not later 
than six  months from their entry into force."  
11.3.   The new QR  Decision calls for Members to notify quantitative restrictions in accordance with 
the format in Annex  1 of document  G/L/59/Rev.1. The most common types of measures notified 
include prohibitions and n on-automatic licensing requirements. Quantitative restrictions in force that 
have already been notified pursuant to other WTO  provisions in other Committees shall be notified 
as provided for in section  2 of the notification format. All notifications submit ted by Members are 
circulated in the document series G/MA/QR/N and the information provided will be compiled in a 
new database that will be made available to the public.  
11.4.   Under the new QR  Decision, Members are not required to notify the fact that they do no t 
apply quantitative restrictions.  
12  AGREEMENT ON THE APP LICATION OF SANITARY  AND PHYTOSANITARY M EASURES  
12.1.   Transparency obligations are contained in Article  7 and Annex  B of the SPS  Agreement. There 
are two  "one-time" notification obligations in the SPS  Agreement: (1)  Members are required to notify 
an "enquiry point" as provided in paragraph  3 of Annex  B; and ( 2) a "national notification authority" 
as provided in paragraph  10 of Annex  B. An updated table of Members meeting these obligations is 
available through the SPS  Information Management System ( http://spsims.wto.org , click on 
Transparency table).  
12.2.   Additionally, there are two  ad hoc notification obligations under the SPS  Agreement:  
(1) Members are r equired, as provided in paragraph  5 of Annex  B, to notify other Members at an 
early stage of any proposed SPS  regulation whene ver an international standard, guideline or 
recommendation does not exist or the content of the proposed SPS  regulation is different from 
international standards, and if the regulation may have a significant effect on trade of other 
Members; and (2)  Member s are required, as provided in paragraph  6 of Annex  B, immediately to 
notify other Members of any SPS  regulation adopted in urgent circumstances.9 
13  AGREEMENT ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT ME ASURES  
13.1.   Article  5.1 requires the notification of trade -related investment measures Members were 
applying that were not in conformity with the Agreement on a "one -time" basis within 90  days of 
the date of entry into force of the WTO  Agreement. An agreed standard format for the submission 
of these notifications appears in document  G/TRIMS/1. Pursuant to a decision adopted by the 
General Council in April  1995 (WT/L/64), states and separate customs territories eligible to become 
original Members of the WTO that accepted the WTO  Agreement after 1  January  1995, had a period 
 
9 The Recommended Procedures for Implementing the Transparency Provisions of the SPS  Agreement, 
updated in 2018 (G/SPS/7/Rev.4), recommend that Members also notify measures which are based on the  
relevant international standards. They also recommend that: (i)  in case a Member has made a determination 
recognizing the equivalence of SPS measures of another Member, this Member notify the measure(s) 
recognized to be equivalent ; and (ii)  when an importing Member decides on whether and how special and 
differential tre atment may be provided in response to a specific request, that Member should inform the 
SPS Committee through an addendum to the original notification and/or at any meeting of the SPS  Committee.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  of 90  days after the date of their acceptance of the WTO  Agreement to make notifications under 
Article  5.1 of the TRIMs  Agreement.  
13.2.   While there is no obligation to do so, some Members have submitted notifications indicating 
that they do not apply any TRIM  inconsistent with the Agreement.  
13.3.   Article  5.5 requires the notification of the application of trade -related investment measures 
notified under Article  5.1 to new investments during the transition period provided for in Article  5.2. 
A standard format for such  notifications has been developed (G/TRIMS/3) but no notifications have 
been received so far under this provision.  
13.4.   Article  6.2 requires the notification of publications in which TRIMs may be found. A decision 
has been adopted on the procedure for the imple mentation of this requirement (G/TRIMS/5) and 
semi-annual reminders are being sent to Members to remind them of this notification obligation. The 
notifications received under this provision are listed in document  G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.2 8. 
13.5.   Pursuant to the Ministe rial Declaration and Decision adopted on 18  December  2005 at the 
Sixth Session of the Ministerial Conference, Least  Developed Countries (LDCs) are allowed to 
maintain on a temporary basis existing measures that deviate from their obligations under the 
TRIMs Agreement. For this purpose, LDCs were required to notify the CTG of such measures within 
two years, starting 30  days after the date of this Declaration. The Decision also allows LDCs to 
introduce new measures that deviate from their obligations under th e TRIMs  Agreement. These new 
TRIMs are required to be notified to the CTG no later than six  months after their adoption 
(WT/MIN(05)/DEC. Annex  F). No notifications have been received so far under this Decision.  
14  AGREEMENT ON TECHNIC AL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
14.1.   All Members are required to notify on a "one -time" basis "measures in existence or taken to 
ensure the implementation and administration of this Agreement" (Article  15.2). Members that have 
accepted the Code of Good Practice (Annex  C of the TBT  Agreement) shou ld notify this to the WTO 
through the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO). Notifications of acceptance  and 
information on Standards Bodies work programmes can be found on the WTO  ISO Standards 
Information Gateway ( https://tbtcode.iso.org ). 
14.2.   The TBT  Information Management System ( http://tbtims.wto.org ) contains all notifications 
submitted by Members to the WTO, including those under  Articles  10.6, 15.2, 10.7 and Ann ex 3. 
The notification alert system ( http://www.ePingalert.org ) allows Members and stakeholders to keep 
track of notifications of technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that may be of 
interest t o their market.  
14.3.   Members are encouraged to use the TBT  Notification Submission System (TBTNSS) when 
notifying draft technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures to the WTO. Further 
details can be obtained by email ( tbtnss@wto.org ). 
15  AGREEMENT ON TRADE F ACILITATION (TFA)  
15.1.   The Agreement on Trade Facilitation contains a series of notification requirements, which 
differ in nature and scope (and which are also different, in some respects, from the notification 
requirements set out in other Annex  1A Agreements).  
15.2.   A first  set requires the provision of information in relation to particular provisions of Section  I 
of the TFA (frequently referred to as "transparency notifications"): Article  1.4 (Publication and 
Availability of Information); Article  10.4.3 (Single Window); Article  10.6.2 (Customs Brokers); and 
Article  12.2.2 (Customs Cooperation). It is the only group of notification requirements that applies 
to all WTO  Members. Based on the discussions at the ope n-ended informal CTG  consultations on 
4 March  2019, they are also the only group of notifications that have been included in this version 
of the document.  
15.3.   A second  set of notification requirements applies to developing countries and LDCs – and only 
those " that choose to use" the related flexibilities. If these Members wish to benefit from the special 
and differential treatment provisions set out in Section  II of the TFA, they are obliged to submit a G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  series of notifications in which they indicate when they w ill expect to consider themselves to be in a 
position to implement Section  I of the TFA and if they require capacity -building support. These 
so-called "category  ABC notifications" are due at different times, depending on the commitment 
category and the Mem ber's level of development. They are mostly designed as one -time notifications 
(one-time per element to be notified), although follow -up notifications can also be submitted, in 
certain situations. In addition, the TF  Agreement provides for notifications in  case a particular action 
is requested (such as category shifting, invoking of an early warning mechanism, or requests for 
additional notification time).  
15.4.   A third  set of notification requirements applies to "donor Members" (without that term being 
defined f urther). It has different layers and comes with specific notification deadlines (Article  22:1 
and 22:2 of the TFA). There is also a notification requirement for recipients of support. Article  22:3 
of the TFA states that developing countries and LDCs "inten ding to avail themselves of trade 
facilitation -related assistance and support for capacity building shall submit to the Committee 
information on contact point(s) of the office(s) responsible for coordinating and prioritizing such 
assistance and support."  
15.5.   Complete information and details concerning the above -mentioned notifications can be found 
in the notification document prepared under the framework of the Trade Facilitation Committee 
(https: //www.tfadatabase.org/notifications -matrix ). 
16  CENTRAL REGISTRY OF NOTIFICATIONS  
16.1.   The Central Registry of Notifications was established in 1995 under the Marrakesh Ministerial 
"Decision on Notification Procedures". Essentially an internal WTO  computer databas e, the 
CRN records all notifications received by the organization from Members  and provides descriptive 
information on each notification submitted. The CRN is also used to manage the annual calls for 
notifications from Members and to claim outstanding subm issions of regular  notifications for the 
current year (regular notifications are those for which the Secretariat is able to determine that an 
obligation exists to notify within a given period).  
16.2.   A specific procedure for the submission and processing of notifications has been established 
by the Secretariat and has been publicized in WT/INF/25 – Central Registry of Notifications (CRN), 
dated  8 June 2000.  
16.3.   WTO notifications data on the Internet:  
You can search for and consult all notifications in the trilingual web document dissemination 
facility, Documents online.  Since notification documents are unrestricted, Members can use 
either the public version of Documents online  on the WTO  website 
(http://docs online.wto.org/ ) or the restricted version of the database, available by password 
only, on the WTO  Members' site ( http://members.wto.org/members/ ). To facilitate the 
consultation of notification documents, a new search interface has been developed within 
Documents online  which permits the retrieval of documents by notification requirement and 
trade coverage.  
 
A special Notifications section on the Members'  site provides detailed information on the 
operation of  the CRN and also gathers together basic sources of information on specific 
notification obligations and procedures  
(http://members.wto.org/WTO_resources/notifications/si te_sources_e.htm ). 
 
The WTO  web site also provides basic information on notification procedures under the 
respective trade topics for the general public, with the possibility of performing direct searches 
of Documents online  for specific notification documents.  
 
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  MA:1  MA:2  
(Art. 18.2)  
One-off 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)1 
1 Australia  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
2 Barbados  X*                                     26 
3 Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
4 Canada  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
5 Chile X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
6 China  X* NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  100 
7 Colombia  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
8 Costa Rica  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
9 Dominican Republic  X X X X X X X X X X X X X             74 
10 Ecuador  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
11 El Salvador  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
12 European Union  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
13 Guatemala  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
14 Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
15 India X* NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
16 Indonesia  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
17 Israel  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
18 Japan  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
19 Kazakhstan  X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X 100 
20 Korea, Republic of  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  X  X  100 
21 Malaysia  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
22 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
23 Moldova, Republic of  X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X     89 
24 Morocco  X X X X X X X X X X X X      X           78 
25 New Zealand  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
26 Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
27 North Macedonia  X NA NA   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 93 
28 Norway  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
29 Panama  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
30 Philippines  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
31 Russian Federation  X* NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 100 
 
1 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995-2017. Detailed information on all years (1995 -2018) is available in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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(Art. 18.2)  
One-off 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)1 
32 South Africa  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
33 Switzerland  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
34 Chinese Taipei  X* NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
35 Thailand  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
36 Tunisia  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
37 Ukraine  X* NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X X X X X X X X 90 
38 United States of America  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
39 Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  X* X       X X X X         X      X  X   61 
40 Viet Nam  X NA NA NA NA NA NA       X X X X X X       55 
 
Annex  2. Agreement on Agriculture. Special Safeguard (Table  MA:5)  
  MA:5 (Art.  5.7/18.2)  
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)2 
1 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
2 Barbados  X X X X X X X X X       X X X X     83 
3 Botswana  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
4 Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
5 Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
6 Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
7 Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
8 El Salvador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
9 Eswatini                                      0 
10 European 
Union  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
11 Guatemala  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
12 Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
13 Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
14 Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
16 Korea, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
 
2 The percentage  of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2017. Detailed information on all years (1995 -2018) is available in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)2 
17 Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
18 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
19 Morocco  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
20 Namibia  X X X X X X X X X                   65 
21 New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
22 Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
23 Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
24 Panama  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
25 Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
26 South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X         87 
27 Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
28 Chinese 
Taipei  NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
29 Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
30 Tunisia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
31 United States 
of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
32 Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
33 Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of                                      17 
 
Annex  3. Agreement on Agriculture. Domestic Support (Table  DS:1)  
  DS:1 (Art. 18.2)  
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)3 
1 Afghanistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA) 0 
2 Albania  X X X X X X X X X X     X       X   72 
3 Angola  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
4 Antigua and 
Barbuda                                      0 
5 Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
6 Armenia  NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X         80 
7 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
 
3 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2017. Detailed information on all years (1995 -2018) is available in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)3 
8 Bahrain, Kingdom 
of X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
9 Bangladesh  (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   57 
10 Barbados  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
11 Belize                                      0 
12 Benin    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 9 
13 Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
100 
14 Botswana  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
16 Brunei Darussalam                                      0 
17 Burkina Faso  X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 82 
18 Burundi  (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X X X X X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   92 
19 Cambodia  NA NA NA X X X X X X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) 100 
20 Cameroon  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
21 Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
22 Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA                       0 
23 Central African 
Republic  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
24 Chad X X X X X X X X X X X X X X (NA)   (NA)   95 
25 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
26 China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
27 Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
28 Congo  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
29 Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
30 Côte d'Ivoire  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 78 
31 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
32 Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   
0 
33 Djibouti  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
34 Dominica                                      0 
35 Dominican 
Republic  X X X X X X X X X X X X             78 
36 Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
37 Egypt          X X X X X X X X X X X X     70  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)3 
38 El Salvador  X X                                 35 
39 Eswatini                                      0 
40 European Union  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
41 Fiji X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
42 Gabon  X X X X X X X X X   X X X X X X     91 
43 The Gambia  X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 82 
44 Georgia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       89 
45 Ghana                                      0 
46 Grenada                                      0 
47 Guatemala  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   96 
48 Guinea  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
49 Guinea -Bissau  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
50 Guyana  X X X X                             43 
51 Haiti   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 18 
52 Honduras  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
53 Hong Kong, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
54 Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
55 India X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
56 Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
57 Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
58 Jamaica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
59 Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
60 Jordan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X         83 
61 Kazakhstan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       0 
62 Kenya                                      9 
63 Korea, Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
64 Kuwait, the State 
of                                     0 
65 Kyrgyz Republic                        X     X X X   25 
66 Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   X   (NA)   
33 
67 Lesotho  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   9 
68 Liberia  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA) 0 
69 Macao, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
70 Madagascar  (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   82  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)3 
71 Malawi  (NA)   (NA)   X X X X X X X (NA)  (NA) X X (NA)   80 
72 Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X         87 
73 Maldives  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)                   24 
74 Mali (NA) X (NA) X X X X X X X X X X X X X     89 
75 Mauritania  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
76 Mauritius              X           X X X X X X 26 
77 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
78 Moldova, Republic 
of X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     94 
79 Mongolia                            X X       24 
80 Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X           17 
81 Morocco  X X X X X X X                       57 
82 Mozambique  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
83 Myanmar  (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   57 
84 Namibia  X X X X X X X X X                   65 
85 Nepal  NA NA NA (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X X X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 63 
86 New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
87 Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
88 Niger  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
89 Nigeria  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
90 North Macedonia  NA NA X X X X X                       33 
91 Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
92 Oman  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
93 Pakistan  X X X X X X X X X X X               74 
94 Panama  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
95 Papua New Guinea                          X X   X X   18 
96 Paraguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
97 Peru X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
98 Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
99 Qatar  X X X X X X X X X X X X             73 
100 Russian Federation  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X   100 
101 Rwanda    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
102 Saint Kitts and 
Nevis                                      0 
103 Saint Lucia                                      0  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)3 
104 Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   
100 
105 Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) X X X X     80 
106 Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X               50 
107 Senegal  X X X X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   94 
108 Seychelles  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X     67 
109 Sierra Leone  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
110 Singapore  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
111 Solomon Islands    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
112 South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X         87 
113 Sri Lanka  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
114 Suriname                                      0 
115 Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
116 Chinese Taipei  NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     94 
117 Tajikistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 100 
118 Tanzania  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
119 Thailand  X X X X X X X X           X X X     74 
120 Togo (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   100 
121 Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X                   27 
122 Trinidad and 
Tobago  X X X X X X X X X X X X X           83 
123 Tunisia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
124 Turkey  X X X X X X X X X X X X X           83 
125 Uganda  (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   45 
126 Ukraine  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X X             40 
127 United Arab 
Emirates  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
128 United States of 
America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
129 Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
130 Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA) X (NA) X (NA) 67 
131 Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Republic 
of                                     
17 
132 Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X           64 
133 Yemen  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)3 
134 Zambia  (NA)   (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   73 
135 Zimbabwe                                      22 
 
Annex  4. Agreement on Agriculture. Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlays and Quantity Reduction Commitments (Table  ES:1)  
  ES:1 (Art. 18.2)  
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)4 
1 Afghanistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X 100 
2 Albania  X X X X X X X X X X                 61 
3 Angola                                      0 
4 Antigua and Barbuda                                      0 
5 Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
6 Armenia  NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     93 
7 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
8 Bahrain, Kingdom of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 96 
9 Bangladesh  X X X X X X                         52 
10 Barbados  X X X X X X                 X X     61 
11 Belize                                      0 
12 Benin                                      0 
13 Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
14 Botswana  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
16 Brunei Darussalam                                      0 
17 Burkina Faso  X X X X X X X X X X X X X           82 
18 Burundi  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
19 Cambodia  NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
20 Cameroon  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
21 Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
22 Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X                     10 
23 Central African Republic                                      0 
24 Chad X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     91 
25 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
 
4 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2017. Detailed information on all years (1995 -2018) is available in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)4 
26 China  NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
27 Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
28 Congo  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
29 Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
30 Côte d'Ivoire  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
31 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
32 Democratic Republic of 
the Congo                                      
0 
33 Djibouti                                      0 
34 Dominica                                      13 
35 Dominican Republic  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X         87 
36 Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
37 Egypt                                      17 
38 El Salvador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
39 Eswatini  X X X X X X X X X X X               70 
40 European Union  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
41 Fiji X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
42 Gabon  X X X X X X X X X   X X X X X X     91 
43 The Gambia  X X X X X X X X X X                 64 
44 Georgia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       89 
45 Ghana                                      26 
46 Grenada                                      0 
47 Guatemala  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
48 Guinea                                      0 
49 Guinea -Bissau                                      0 
50 Guyana  X X X X                             43 
51 Haiti X X X X X X X X X X X X X X         86 
52 Honduras  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
53 Hong Kong, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
54 Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
55 India X X X X X X X X X                   65 
56 Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
57 Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
58 Jamaica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
59 Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
60 Jordan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X         83  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)4 
61 Kazakhstan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X     50 
62 Kenya                                      13 
63 Korea, Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
64 Kuwait, the State of  X X X X X X X X X X         X       74 
65 Kyrgyz Republic                                      0 
66 Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X           
20 
67 Lesotho  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 96 
68 Liberia  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       0 
69 Macao, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
70 Madagascar  X X X X X X X X X X                 70 
71 Malawi  X X X X X X X X X X X X   X X X     91 
72 Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
73 Maldives                                      17 
74 Mali X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
75 Mauritania                                      0 
76 Mauritius              X           X X X X X X 26 
77 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
78 Moldova, Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
79 Mongolia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
80 Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X 100 
81 Morocco  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   96 
82 Mozambique                                      0 
83 Myanmar  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
84 Namibia  X X X X X X X X X                   65 
85 Nepal  NA NA NA X X X X X X X X               57 
86 New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
87 Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
88 Niger                                      0 
89 Nigeria  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
90 North Macedonia  NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
91 Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
92 Oman  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
93 Pakistan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X           83 
94 Panama  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
95 Papua New Guinea                                      0  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)4 
96 Paraguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
97 Peru X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
98 Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
99 Qatar  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
100 Russian Federation  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X 100 
101 Rwanda                                      0 
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis                                      0 
103 Saint Lucia                                      22 
104 Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   
100 
105 Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X     83 
106 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X     X X X   83 
107 Senegal  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
108 Seychelles  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X     67 
109 Sierra Leone                                      0 
110 Singapore  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
111 Solomon Islands                                      0 
112 South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
113 Sri Lanka  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
114 Suriname                                      26 
115 Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
116 Chinese Taipei  NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
117 Tajikistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 100 
118 Tanzania                                      0 
119 Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
120 Togo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
121 Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X                     18 
122 Trinidad and Tobago  X X X X X X X X X X X X X           83 
123 Tunisia  X X                                 35 
124 Turkey  X X X X X X X X X X X X X           76 
125 Uganda  X X X X                             43 
126 Ukraine  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X X X X X X X X 90 
127 United Arab Emirates  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
128 United States of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       91 
129 Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
130 Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X 100  
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)4 
131 Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of                                      
17 
132 Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X       82 
133 Yemen  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           0 
134 Zambia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
135 Zimbabwe  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
 
Annex  5. Agreement on Agriculture. Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports (Table  ES:2)  
  ES:2 (Art. 10/18.2)  
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)5 
1 Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  X X  X  X  100 
2 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  100 
3 Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
4 Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
5 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
6 China6             X X X X X X  N/A 
7 Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  X  X  100 
8 Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
9 Cuba7 X X X X X X X X X X X               100 
10 European Union  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
11 Honduras  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
12 Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
13 Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  100 
14 Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X  100 
15 Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
16 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
17 New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
 
5 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2017. Detailed information on all years (199 5-2018) is available in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ). 
6 China and Ukraine made "Notification of Total Exports" ( Table E S:2) on a voluntary basis based  on the report by the Chairperson on the review of the list of significant 
exporters (G/AG/W/123).  
7 Cuba notified the Committee on Agriculture that "Pursuant to the discussions at the March  2014 meeting of the Committee on A griculture (paragraph  2.6 of 
document  G/AG/R/74), the Republic of Cuba hereby advises that, as of 2011, it will no longer be submitting Table ES:2  figures given that it has ceased to be a major sugar 
exporter, which was the rationale for this type of notif ication" (G/AG/N/CUB/52).   
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Compliance (%)5 
18 Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
19 Pakistan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X           83 
20 Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
21 South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
22 Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
23 Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
24 Turkey  X X X X X X X X X                   65 
25 Ukraine12               X X X  N/A 
26 United States of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X      96 
27 Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     96 
28 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic 
of                                     17 
29 Zimbabwe  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
 
Other Regular Notification Obligations Applicable Only Upon Maintenance of Specific Measures  
Annex  6. Agreement on Agriculture. Export Subsidies: Notification of the Total Volume of Food Aid (Table  ES:3), 2006 -2018 (Art.  10/18.2)  
2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Brazil  Cuba  Australia  
Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Cuba European 
Union  Cuba 
Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Cuba Japan  Switzerland   
Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Japan  Norway    
European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union    
    Japan  Japan  Japan  Japan  Japan  Norway  Switzerland    
Japan  Japan  Japan  Japan  Korea, 
Republic of  Korea, 
Republic of  Korea, 
Republic of  Korea, 
Republic of  Norway  Switzerland  United States 
of America    
Korea, 
Republic  of Korea, 
Republic of  Korea, 
Republic of  Korea, 
Republic of  Norway  Norway  Norway  Norway  South Africa      
Norway  Norway  South Africa  South Africa  South Africa  South Africa  South Africa  South Africa       
South Africa  South  Africa  Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland       
  
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2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  
Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  Australia  European 
Union  
Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Canada  Cuba Canada  Canada  Cuba Cuba Canada  Indonesia  
Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba Cuba European 
Union  Cuba Cuba European 
Union  European 
Union  Cuba New 
Zealand  
European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  European 
Union  Japan  European 
Union  European 
Union  Indonesia  Indonesia  European 
Union  Norway  
Japan  Japan  Japan  Japan  Japan  Japan  New Zealand  Indonesia  Indonesia  Japan  Japan  New Zealand  Russian 
Federation  
New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  New Zealand  Norway  Japan  Japan  New Zealand  New Zealand  Norway  Switzerland  
Norway  Norway  Norway  Norway  Norway  Norway  South Africa  New Zealand  New Zealand  Norway  Norway  Russian 
Federation   
South Africa  South Africa  South Africa  South Africa  South Africa  South Africa  Switzerland  Norway  Norway  Russian 
Federation  Russian 
Federation  Switzerland   
Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland  Switzerland  United States 
of America  South Africa  Russian 
Federation  Switzerland  Switzerland  United 
States of 
America   
United States 
of America  United States 
of America  United States 
of America  United States 
of America  United States 
of America  United States 
of America   
Switzerland  South Africa  United States 
of America  United States 
of America   
 
       
United States 
of America  Switzerland     
 
        
United States 
of America     
 
 
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- 25 - 
 
  Annex 8. Agreement on Implementation of Article  VI of the GATT  1994 (Anti -Dumping 
Agreement)  
 ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July-
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July-
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19  
Afghanistan1, 2 NA NA NA NA OTN X 
Albania  X     X X  X  X 
Angola            X 
Antigua and 
Barbuda2 OTN X 
Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Armenia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of    X X X X X X X X X 
Bangladesh            X 
Barbados2 OTN X 
Belize2 OTN X 
Benin2 OTN X 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Botswana  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Brunei 
Darussalam2 OTN X 
Burkina 
Faso2 OTN X 
Burundi2 OTN X 
Cabo Verde2 OTN  
Cambodia         X X  X 
Cameroon2 OTN X 
Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Central 
African  
Rep.2 OTN  
Chad2 OTN X 
Chile X X X X X X X X X X X 
China  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Congo2 OTN X 
Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Côte 
d'Ivoire2 OTN X 
Cuba2 OTN X 
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo             
 
1 Afghanistan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
2 This Member has submitted a "one -time notification" (OTN) in accordance with the format contained in 
document  G/ADP/19, adopted by the Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  on 21  October  2009. Please note 
that this notification, submitted pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 of the Agreement, is being submitted by 
Members that never established an authority competent of initiating and conducting an investigation, never 
taken a ny anti -dumping actions in the past, and do not intend to take such actions in the foreseeable future. 
This type of notification, once submitted by the Member concerned, would remain valid until further notice and 
such Member would not need to submit any o ther notifications pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 until such 
time when these circumstances change.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
- 26 - 
 
   ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July-
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July-
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19  
Djibouti2 OTN  
Dominica2 OTN X 
Dominican 
Republic  X X X X  X X X X X X 
Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Egypt  X X X X X X X X X X X 
El Salvador  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Eswatini  X X X X X X X X X X X 
EU X X X X X X X X X X X 
Fiji           X 
Gabon2 OTN X 
The Gambia2 OTN X 
Georgia2 OTN X 
Ghana2 OTN X 
Grenada2 OTN X 
Guatemala  X X  X    X   X 
Guinea2 OTN X 
Guinea -
Bissau             
Guyana2 OTN X 
Haiti2 OTN X 
Honduras  X X X X X X X X   X 
Hong Kong, 
China2 OTN X 
Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X 
India X X X X X X X X X X X 
Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jamaica  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jordan  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kazakhstan3 NA NA X X X X X X X X X 
Kenya2 OTN X 
Korea, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kyrgyz 
Republic    X X X X X X X X X 
Lao, PDR2 OTN X 
Lesotho  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Liberia4 NA NA NA NA       X 
Liechtenstein2 OTN X 
Macao, 
China2 OTN X 
Madagascar2 OTN X5 X X X X X 
Malawi2 OTN X 
Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Maldives2 OTN X 
 
3 Kazakhstan became a Member of the WTO on 30  November  2015. 
4 Liberia became a member of the WTO on 14  July 2016.  
5 On 10  April 2017 Madagascar notified  the establishment of a competent authority.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
- 27 - 
 
   ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July-
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July-
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19  
Mali2 OTN X 
Mauritania             
Mauritius2 OTN X 
Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Moldova, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Mongolia2 OTN X 
Montenegro  X  X X X X X X X X X 
Morocco  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Mozambique2 OTN  
Myanmar  OTN X 
Namibia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Nepal2 OTN X 
New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Niger             
Nigeria            X 
North 
Macedonia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Oman  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Pakistan  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Panama  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Papua New 
Guinea2 OTN X 
Paraguay  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Peru X X X X X X X X X X X 
Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Qatar   X X X X X X X X X X 
Russian 
Federation  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Rwanda2 OTN  
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis2 OTN  
Saint Lucia2 OTN X 
Saint Vincent 
& the 
Grenadines             
Samoa             
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  X  X X X X X X X X X 
Senegal  X X X X X X X    X 
Seychelles2,6 NA OTN X 
Sierra Leone             
Singapore  X X X X X X X X X  X 
Solomon 
Islands             
South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Sri Lanka2 OTN X 
Suriname2 OTN X 
Switzerland2 OTN X 
 
6 Seychelles became a Member of the WTO on 26  April 2015.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
- 28 - 
 
   ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July-
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July-
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19  
Chinese 
Taipei  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Tajikistan             
Tanzania2 OTN  
Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Togo           X 
Tonga2 OTN X 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Tunisia       X X    X 
Turkey  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uganda            X 
Ukraine  X X X X X X X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates  X X X X X X X X X X X 
United States 
of America  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay  X X X      X X X 
Vanuatu2 OTN X 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of            X 
Viet Nam  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Yemen7            
Zambia2 OTN X 
Zimbabwe  X X X X X X X    X 
 
 
 
7 Yemen became a Member of the WTO on 26  June 2014.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
- 29 - 
 
  Annex 9. Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)  
 SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/253  N/284  N/315 N/343 Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 7 
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 9 
July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July 
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July 
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19 
Afghanistan1, 2 NA X X  NA NA OTN X 
Albania  X X      X X X X  X 
Angola              X 
Antigua and 
Barbuda  X X X          X 
Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Armenia  X X    X X X X X X X X 
Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  X X X   X X X X X X X X 
Bangladesh               
Barbados2 X    OTN X 
Belize2  X X  OTN  
Benin2     OTN X 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of              X 
Botswana  X X X  X X X X X X X X  
Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Brunei 
Darussalam     X         X 
Burkina Faso2 X    OTN X 
Burundi2 X X X  OTN X 
Cabo Verde               
Cambodia              X 
Cameroon2 X    OTN X 
Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Central 
African Rep.               
Chad             X 
Chile X X X X X X X X X X X  X 
China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Colombia      X X X X X X X  X 
Congo2 X X   OTN X 
Costa Rica  X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire2     OTN X 
Croatia3 X X X X         X 
Cuba2 X X X X OTN X 
 
1 Afghanistan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
2 This Member has submitted a "one-time notification " ("OTN") of having no CVD investigating authority 
and of never having taken CVD  action, in accordance with the format contained in document  G/SCM/129. A 
one-time notification remains valid until further no tice and thus allows the Member concerned to maintain a 
"durable " nil notification under Article  25.11 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of no 
countervailing actions taken, in lieu of submitting nil notifications twice per year, unl ess and until the Member 
establishes a CVD  investigating authority . 
3 Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, 
Slovak  Republic, and Slovenia are no longer listed separately. Upon their accession to the EU they were no 
longer subject to an individual notification obligation. Croatia acceded to the EU on 1  July 2013.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/253  N/284  N/315 N/343 Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 7 
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 9 
July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July 
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July 
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19 
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo               
Djibouti               
Dominica2 X X X  OTN X 
Dominican 
Republic  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Ecuador  X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Egypt      X X X X X X X X X 
El Salvador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Eswatini      X X X X X X X X  
EU3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Fiji             X 
Gabon2 X X X  OTN X 
The Gambia2     OTN X 
Georgia2 X X X X OTN X 
Ghana2     OTN X 
Grenada  X X X          X 
Guatemala  X X X   X    X   X 
Guinea2     OTN X 
Guinea -Bissau               
Guyana2 X X   OTN X 
Haiti2 X    OTN X 
Honduras  X X X X X X X X X X X  X 
Hong Kong, 
China2 X X X X OTN X 
Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
India X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Israel  X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Jamaica  X X   X X X X X X X X X 
Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jordan  X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Kazakhstan4 NA X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kenya2     OTN X 
Korea, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of  X    X X X X X X X X X 
Kyrgyz 
Republic      X X X X X X X X X 
Lao, PDR2 X    OTN X 
Lesotho  X X   X X X X X X X X X 
Liberia5 NA NA   NA NA       X 
Liechtenstein2 X X X  OTN X 
Macao, China2 X X X X OTN X 
 
4 Kazakhstan became a Member of the WTO on 30  November  2015.  
5 Liberia became a member of the WTO on 14  July 2016.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/253  N/284  N/315 N/343 Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 7 
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 9 
July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July 
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July 
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19 
Madagascar2 X X X  OTN X6 X X X X X 
Malawi2 X X X  OTN X 
Malaysia  X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Maldives2     OTN X 
Mali2 X X X  OTN X 
Mauritania               
Mauritius2  X  X OTN X 
Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Moldova, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Mongolia2     OTN X 
Montenegro   X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Morocco     X X X X X X X X  X 
Mozambique2     OTN  
Myanmar2     OTN X 
Namibia      X X X X X X X X X 
Nepal2     OTN X 
New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Nicaragua      X X X X X X X X X 
Niger               
Nigeria              X 
North 
Macedonia    X X X X X X X X X X X 
Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Oman  X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Pakistan      X X X X X X X X X 
Panama  X    X X X X X X X X X 
Papua New 
Guinea2 X X X  OTN X 
Paraguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Peru X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Qatar  X X   X X X X X X X X X 
Russian 
Federation  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Rwanda               
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis2 X X X  OTN  
Saint Lucia2 X X X X OTN X 
Saint Vincent 
& the 
Grenadines  X X            
Samoa               
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  X X X   X X X X X X X X 
Senegal2 X    OTN X 
Seychelles7 NA X   X X X X X X X X X 
 
6 On 10  April 2017 Madagas car notified the establishment of a competent authority.  
7 Seychelles became a Member of the WTO on 26  April 2015.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/253  N/284  N/315 N/343 Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 7 
New and full, 
due 30.06.1 9 
July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 July 
Dec 
16 Jan-
June 
17 July 
Dec 
17 Jan-
June 
18 July-
Dec 
18 Jan-
June 
19 
Sierra Leone2     OTN  
Singapore  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Solomon 
Islands               
South Africa      X X X X X X X X X 
Sri Lanka2     OTN X 
Suriname2     OTN X 
Switzerland2 X X X X OTN X 
Chinese Taipei  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Tajikistan  X X X X          
Tanzania               
Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Togo X X X X         X 
Tonga              X 
Trinidad and 
Tobago      X X X X X X X X X 
Tunisia  X X      X X    X 
Turkey  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uganda2     OTN X 
Ukraine  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates   X   X X X X X X X X X 
United States 
of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay  X          X X X 
Vanuatu2     OTN X 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of              X 
Viet Nam  X    X X X X X X X X X 
Yemen  NA             
Zambia2 X X X  OTN X 
Zimbabwe      X X X X X    X 
 
 G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  Annex 10. Agreement on Safeguards  
 SAFEGUARDS   SAFEGUARDS  
12.6 12.1  12.6 12.1 
Laws/regs  Safeguard  
action1 Laws/regs  Safeguard action1 
Afghanistan  X  Japan  X X 
Albania  X   Jordan  X X 
Angola  X   Kazakhstan  X X 
Antigua and Barbuda      Kenya  X  
Argentina  X X Korea, Republic of  X X 
Armenia  X X Kuwait, the State of  X  X 
Australia  X X Kyrgyz Republic  X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X X Lao, PDR X  
Bangladesh  X   Lesotho  X   
Barbados  X   Liberia  X   
Belize  X   Liechtenstein  X  
Benin  X   Macao, China  X   
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of  X   Madagascar  X X 
Botswana  X   Malawi  X   
Brazil  X X Malaysia  X X 
Brunei Darussalam  X   Maldives  X   
Burkina Faso  X   Mali X  
Burundi  X  Mauritania      
Cabo Verde     Mauritius  X   
Cambodia  X  Mexico  X X 
Cameroon  X   Moldova, Republic of  X X 
Canada  X X Mongolia  X   
Central African Rep.     Montenegro  X  
Chad X   Morocco  X X 
Chile X X Mozambique    
China  X X Myanmar  X   
Colombia  X X Namibia  X   
Congo  X   Nepal  X   
Costa Rica  X X New Zealand  X   
Côte d'Ivoire  X   Nicaragua  X   
Cuba X   Niger      
Democratic Republic 
of the Congo    Nigeria  X   
Djibouti      North Macedonia  X  
Dominica  X   Norway  X   
Dominican Republic  X X Oman  X X 
Ecuador  X X Pakistan  X X 
Egypt  X X Panama  X X 
El Salvador  X X Papua New Guinea  X   
Eswatini    Paraguay  X   
European Union  X X Peru X X 
Fiji X  Philippines  X X 
Gabon  X  Qatar  X X 
The Gambia  X  Russian Federation  X X 
Georgia  X  Rwanda      
Ghana  X  Saint Kitts and Nevis      
Grenada     Saint Lucia  X   
Guatemala  X X Saint Vincent & the 
Grenadines    
Guinea  X   Samoa    
Guinea -Bissau     Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of X X 
Guyana  X   Senegal  X  
Haiti X   Seychelles  X   
Honduras  X   Sierra Leone  X  
Hong Kong, China  X   Singapore  X   
Iceland  X   Solomon Islands      
India X X South Africa  X X 
Indonesia  X X Sri Lanka  X  
Israel  X X Suriname  X   
Jamaica  X X Switzerland  X   
 
1 In this column, "X" signifies that the Member has notified, between 1  January  1995 and 
31 December  2019, some action in accordance with Article  12.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards. A blank  means 
that no notification has been received. If a Member has not taken any safeguard action, a blank (i.e.  no 
notification) is fully consistent wit h the notification obligation.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   SAFEGUARDS   SAFEGUARDS  
12.6 12.1  12.6 12.1 
Laws/regs  Safeguard  
action1 Laws/regs  Safeguard action1 
Chinese Taipei  X X Ukraine  X X 
Tajikistan    United Arab Emirates  X X 
Tanzania    United States of America  X X 
Thailand  X X Uruguay  X   
Togo X   Vanuatu  X  
Tonga      Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  X X 
Trinidad and Tobago  X   Viet Nam  X X 
Tunisia  X X Yemen    
Turkey  X X Zambia  X X 
Uganda  X   Zimbabwe  X  
 
 G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  Annex 11. Understanding on the Interpretation of Article  XVII of the GATT  1994 (State 
Trading Enterprises)  
 STATE TRADING  
N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  N/17  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/14)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/18)  
Afghanistan1 NA NA NA NA X  
Albania  X X X X   
Angola        
Antigua and 
Barbuda        
Argentina  X X X X X X 
Armenia  X X X    
Australia  X X X X X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of  X X     
Bangladesh        
Barbados  X X X X X  
Belize        
Benin        
Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of       
Botswana        
Brazil      X X 
Brunei Darussalam        
Bulgaria  X2 X2 X2 X2 X2 X2 
Burkina Faso  X X X X   
Burundi      X X 
Cabo Verde  NA X     
Cambodia        
Cameroon        
Canada  X X X X X X 
Central African 
Rep.       
Chad       
Chile X X X X X X 
China  X X X X X X 
Colombia  X X X X X  
Congo        
Costa Rica  X X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire        
Croatia  X X X X2 X2 X2 
Cuba       
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo        
Djibouti        
Dominica        
Dominican Republic        
 
1 Afghan istan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
2 The corresponding notification was submitted by the European Union.  Please note that Cyprus, Czech 
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia a re no longer  listed 
separately. Croatia acceded to the European Union  on 1 July 2013.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   STATE TRADING  
N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  N/17  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/14)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/18)  
Ecuador  X X X X X  
Egypt   X  X X  
El Salvador  X X X X X X 
Eswatini        
EU X X X X X X 
Fiji       
Gabon        
The Gambia        
Georgia  X X X X X X 
Ghana        
Grenada   X     
Guatemala  X X X    
Guinea        
Guinea -Bissau        
Guyana        
Haiti    X   
Honduras  X X X X X X 
Hong Kong, China  X X X X X X 
Iceland  X X X X X X 
India X X X X X X 
Indonesia  X X X X X X 
Israel      X  
Jamaica  X X X X X  
Japan  X X X X X X 
Jordan        
Kazakhstan3 NA NA NA NA X X 
Kenya        
Korea, Republic of  X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the State 
of X X X X   
Kyrgyz Republic  X X X X   
Lao, PDR  NA NA NA X   
Lesotho        
Liberia4 NA NA NA NA NA  
Liechtenstein  X X X X X X 
Macao, China  X X X X X X 
Madagascar        
Malawi  X X X X X  
Malaysia  X X X X X  
Maldives        
Mali X X X X X X 
Mauritania        
Mauritius    X X X X 
Mexico      X  
Moldova, Republic 
of X X X X X X 
 
3 Kazakhstan became a Member of the WTO on 30  November  2015.  
4 Liberia became a member of the WTO on 14  July 2016.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   STATE TRADING  
N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  N/17  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/14)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/18)  
Mongolia        
Montenegro  NA NA  X X X 
Morocco     X X  
Mozambique  X      
Myanmar        
Namibia  X X     
Nepal        
New Zealand  X X X X X X 
Nicaragua  X X X X X X 
Niger        
Nigeria  X X X    
North Macedonia  X X X X X X 
Norway  X X X X X X 
Oman  X X X X   
Pakistan  X X X X X  
Panama  X X X    
Papua New Guinea        
Paraguay        
Peru X X X X X X 
Philippines  X X X X X  
Qatar  X X X X X  
Romania  X2 X2 X2 X2 X2 X2 
Russian Federation  NA NA NA    
Rwanda        
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis        
Saint Lucia        
Saint Vincent & the 
Grenadines        
Samoa  NA NA X X X X 
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  X X   X X 
Senegal  X X X X   
Seychelles5 NA NA NA NA X X 
Sierra Leone        
Singapore  X X X X X X 
Solomon Islands        
South Africa  X X X X X X 
Sri Lanka        
Suriname  X      
Switzerland  X X X X X X 
Chinese Taipei  X X X X X X 
Tajikistan  NA NA NA    
Tanzania        
Thailand  X X X X   
Togo X X X X X  
Tonga        
 
5 Seychelles became a Member of the WTO on 26  April 2015.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   STATE TRADING  
N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  N/17  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/14)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/18)  
Trinidad and 
Tobago  X X     
Tunisia  X X X X X  
Turkey  X X X X X  
Uganda        
Ukraine  X X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates        
United States of 
America  X X X X X X 
Uruguay  X X X    
Vanuatu  NA NA NA X X X 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Republic 
of        
Viet Nam  NA   X X  
Yemen  NA NA NA NA   
Zambia  X X X X X X 
Zimbabwe  X      
 
 G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  Annex 12. Agreement on Implementation of Article  VII of the GATT  1994 (Customs 
Valuation)  
 CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 ANNEX 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III(2)  ANNEX 
III(3)  ANNEX 
III(4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Checklist of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
Afghanistan            
Albania  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Angola  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Antigua and 
Barbuda  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Argentina  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Armenia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Australia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA X X X X  
X 
Bangladesh  NA NA NA NA X X     
Barbados  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Belize  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Benin  NA NA NA NA NA X     
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Botswana  NA NA NA NA  NA NA X    
Brazil  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Brunei 
Darussalam  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Burkina Faso  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Burundi  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Cambodia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Cameroon  NA NA NA NA X X     
Canada  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Central African 
Rep. NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Chad NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Chile NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
China  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Colombia  NA NA NA NA X X X X  
X 
Congo  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Costa Rica  NA NA NA NA X X X X X NA 
Côte d'Ivoire  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Cuba NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Djibouti  NA NA NA NA X X     
Dominica  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Dominican 
Republic  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Ecuador  NA NA NA NA X X X X X NA 
Egypt  NA NA NA NA X X X X  NA 
El Salvador  NA NA NA NA X X     
Eswatini  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 ANNEX 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III(2)  ANNEX 
III(3)  ANNEX 
III(4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Checklist of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
EU NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Fiji NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Gabon  NA NA NA NA X X X X  NA 
The Gambia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Georgia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Ghana  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Grenada  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Guatemala  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Guinea  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Guinea -Bissau  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Guyana  NA NA NA NA X X     
Haiti NA NA NA NA X X     
Honduras  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Hong Kong, 
China  NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA 
Iceland  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
India NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Indonesia  NA NA NA NA X X X  X  
Israel  NA NA NA NA X X X  X X 
Jamaica  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Japan  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Jordan  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Kazakhstan  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Kenya  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Korea, 
Republic of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Kyrgyz 
Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Lao, PDR  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Lesotho  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Liberia            
Liechtenstein  NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA 
Macao, China  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Madagascar  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Malawi  NA NA NA NA X X X X X NA 
Malaysia  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Maldives  NA NA NA NA X X     
Mali NA NA NA NA X X X    
Mauritania  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Mauritius  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X  NA 
Mexico  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Moldova, 
Republic of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Mongolia  NA  NA NA NA NA NA     
Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Morocco  NA NA NA NA X X X X   G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 ANNEX 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III(2)  ANNEX 
III(3)  ANNEX 
III(4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Checklist of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
Mozambique  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Myanmar  NA NA NA NA X X X X  NA 
Namibia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Nepal  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
New Zealand  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Nicaragua  NA NA NA NA X X X X X   
Niger  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Nigeria  NA NA NA NA NA X X X   
North 
Macedonia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Norway  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Oman  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Pakistan  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Panama  NA NA NA NA X NA X X X X 
Papua New 
Guinea  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Paraguay  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Peru NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Philippines  NA  NA NA NA X X X X   
Qatar  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Russian 
Federation  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Rwanda  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Saint Lucia  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Saint Vincent & 
the Grenadines   NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Senegal  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Seychelles            
Sierra Leone  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Singapore  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Solomon 
Islands  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
South Africa  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Sri Lanka  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Suriname  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Switzerland  NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA  
Chinese Taipei  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Tajikistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Tanzania  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Thailand  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Togo NA NA NA NA X X X    
Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Trinidad and 
Tobago  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Tunisia  NA NA NA NA X X X    G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 ANNEX 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III(2)  ANNEX 
III(3)  ANNEX 
III(4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Checklist of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
Turkey  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Uganda  NA NA NA NA X NA X    
Ukraine  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates  NA NA NA NA X NA     
United States 
of America  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Uruguay  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Yemen  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Zambia  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Zimbabwe  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
 
  
  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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IMPORT LICENSING  
 7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1: 1.4(a)/8.2(b)  Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19  
Afghanistan                      X 
Albania      X           X X  X X X X     X X 
Angola                               X 
Antigua and 
Barbuda    X X                         X 
Argentina      X       X X X X X X X X   X X X X X 
Armenia  NA NA NA X X X X X X             X 
Australia      X       X        X X X X X X   X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  X                     X       X X 
Bangladesh  X         X X X               X 
Barbados      X     X X X   X   X        X 
Belize                                  
Benin                                X 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  X                             X 
Botswana                                X 
Brazil      X X X X X X X   X X   X  X    X 
Brunei 
Darussalam                                X 
Burkina Faso  X                 X X X  X X      X 
Burundi    X                        X X  X 
Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  X  X  X        
Cambodia  NA NA NA NA NA           X  X X       X 
Cameroon          X     X   X    X  X X X  X X 
Canada      X       X X X X X X X X X X X    X 
Central African 
Rep.                     X           
 
1 The information for 1995 -1999 is not reflected here due to the large amount of data ; however, this information can be found in document  G/L/223, G/L/223/Rev.4, 
G/L/223/Rev.5, G/L/223/Rev.6, G/L/223/Rev.7, G/L/223/Rev.8, G/L/223/Rev.9, G/L/223/Rev.10, G/L/223/R ev.11, and G/L/223/Rev.12.   
  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
- 44 - IMPORT LICENSING  
 7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1: 1.4(a)/8.2(b)  Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19  
Chad X X                    X       X 
Chile             X X   X X X  X X      X 
China  NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   X X 
Colombia  X       X X X X X X X X  X  X     X 
Congo            
           
Costa Rica  X     
    X X X X  X X X X X X X  X 
Côte d'Ivoire      X         X        X       X 
Cuba   X     X         X    X X X X  X X X 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo              X                 X 
Djibouti                                  
Dominica    X         X                 X 
Dominican 
Republic        X X         X X X X X  X X    X 
Ecuador      X             X X          X 
Egypt                                  
El Salvador                            X  X  X 
Eswatini                                X 
EU X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Fiji                               X 
Gabon                             X   X 
The Gambia                X     X    X        
Georgia    X     X   X         X X    X X  X 
Ghana    X     X         X           X 
Grenada              X X   X X          X 
Guatemala  X       X   X X               X 
Guinea                                  
Guinea -Bissau                                  
Guyana      X X                       X 
Haiti X           X X   X    X X X     X 
Honduras                X X X X X X X X  X    X  
  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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 7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1: 1.4(a)/8.2(b)  Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19  
Hong Kong, 
China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Iceland  X       X                     X 
India X   X X   X X X X   X X  X X X X  X X X 
Indonesia        X     X       X X X X X X     X 
Israel              X         X X     X  X 
Jamaica  X   X       X   X       X  X    X 
Japan      X   X X   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jordan  X                        X X    X 
Kazakhstan                  X X  X X 
Kenya        X                       X 
Korea, Republic 
of      X   X X X X X X X X    X    X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of                      X X  X X X X    X 
Kyrgyz Republic  X           X                 X 
Lao, PDR               X       X 
Lesotho                  X   X     X     X 
Liberia                       
Liechtenstein  X X X X               X X X  X   X X 
Macao, China    X X   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Madagascar      X     X     X X X X         X 
Malawi      X       X        X    X X    X 
Malaysia              X   X   X X  X X X X    X 
Maldives      X                           
Mali   X                   X X X X X X   X 
Mauritania                                  
Mauritius      X           X X     X X X X X X X 
Mexico          X   X     X    X   X   X X 
Moldova, 
Republic of  NA   X                  X  X     X 
Mongolia        X                       X 
Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    X   X X X  
  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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 7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1: 1.4(a)/8.2(b)  Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19  
Morocco        X X X X X X  X           X 
Mozambique                                  
Myanmar                                X  
Namibia  X   X        X          X 
Nepal  NA NA NA NA               X   X       
New Zealand                        X X X X    X X 
Nicaragua                    X X X X X X X X X X  X 
Niger                                X 
Nigeria                X X X X  X        X 
North 
Macedonia  NA NA NA             X X X   X  X X   X 
Norway  X               X X X X X X    X   X 
Oman    X   X   X     X X  X X  X      X 
Pakistan                                X 
Panama          X             X X X X X X  X X 
Papua New 
Guinea                                  
Paraguay                        X X X X     X 
Peru           X X X     X X X X X X     X 
Philippines  X X   X       X   X  X  X X X X   X X 
Qatar            X X X X X X X X X X      X 
Russian 
Federation  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X   X X 
Rwanda              X        X           
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis                    X           X 
Saint Lucia      X   X X X   X      X   X    X 
Saint Vincent 
and the 
Grenadines                           X       
Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA         X 
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X        X            
  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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 7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1: 1.4(a)/8.2(b)  Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19  
Senegal      X             X  X  X       X 
Seychelles                 X X    X 
Sierra Leone                                  
Singapore  X     X     X   X X   X X  X X X X  X 
Solomon Islands                                  
South Africa  X X X                 X    X  X X X 
Sri Lanka        X                 X      X 
Suriname                    X           X 
Switzerland  X X X X       
X X X X X X X X X X X 
Chinese Taipei  NA NA X X X         X  X X X X X X X X X X 
Tajikistan                X      X 
Tanzania            
            
Thailand                X   X X X X X       X 
Togo       X              X      X   X 
Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA        X         X 
Trinidad and 
Tobago    X     X     X X X X  X X X      X 
Tunisia  X   X     X X X      X         X 
Turkey    X   X     X X X X X X X X  X X    X 
Uganda  X         X                   X 
Ukraine  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates  X                             X 
United States of 
America  X           X   X  X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay      X     X       X  X  X X X   X X X 
Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA          
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of      X                         X 
Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA        X  X X      X 
Yemen                       
Zambia        X X                     X  
  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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 7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1: 1.4(a)/8.2(b)  Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19  
Zimbabwe  X X           X     X    X      X G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  Annex 14. Agreement on Rules of Origin  
 
RULES OF ORIGIN  
Article  5.1 of the 
Agreement on Rules 
of Origin ( Non-
Preferential Rules of 
Origin)  Annex  II(4) of the 
Agreement and 
paragraph  4.3 of the 
2015  Ministerial 
Decision on Preferential 
Rules of Origin for LDCs 
(WT/L/917/Add.1)  Non-
preferential 
rules  
Preferential 
rules for LDCs  
Afghanistan  X N/A 
Albania  X N/A 
Angola  X N/A 
Antigua and Barbuda   N/A 
Argentina  X N/A 
Armenia  X  
Australia  X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of   N/A 
Bangladesh   N/A 
Barbados   N/A 
Belize  X N/A 
Benin  X N/A 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X N/A 
Botswana   N/A 
Brazil  X N/A 
Brunei Darussalam  X N/A 
Burkina Faso  X N/A 
Burundi  X N/A 
Cabo Verde   N/A 
Cambodia   N/A 
Cameroon  X N/A 
Canada  X X 
Central African Rep.   N/A 
Chad X N/A 
Chile X X 
China  X X 
Colombia  X N/A 
Congo  X N/A 
Costa Rica  X N/A 
Côte d'Ivoire  X N/A 
Croatia  N/A N/A 
Cuba X N/A 
Democratic Republic of the Congo   N/A 
Djibouti   N/A 
Dominica  X N/A 
Dominican Republic  X N/A 
Ecuador   N/A 
Egypt   N/A 
El Salvador  X N/A 
Eswatini  X N/A 
EU X X 
Fiji X N/A 
Gabon   N/A 
The Gambia  X N/A 
Georgia  X N/A 
Ghana  X N/A 
Grenada   N/A 
Guatemala  X N/A 
Guinea   N/A 
Guinea -Bissau   N/A 
Guyana  X N/A 
Haiti X N/A 
Honduras  X N/A 
Hong Kong, China  X N/A 
Iceland  X  
India X X G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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RULES OF ORIGIN  
Article  5.1 of the 
Agreement on Rules 
of Origin ( Non-
Preferential Rules of 
Origin)  Annex  II(4) of the 
Agreement and 
paragraph  4.3 of the 
2015  Ministerial 
Decision on Preferential 
Rules of Origin for LDCs 
(WT/L/917/Add.1)  Non-
preferential 
rules  
Preferential 
rules for LDCs  
Indonesia  X N/A 
Israel  X N/A 
Jamaica  X N/A 
Japan  X X 
Jordan  X N/A 
Kazakhstan  X X 
Kenya  X N/A 
Korea, Republic of  X X 
Kuwait, the State of  X N/A 
Kyrgyz Republic  X X 
Lao, PDR  X N/A 
Lesotho  X N/A 
Liberia  X N/A 
Liechtenstein  X N/A 
Macao, China  X N/A 
Madagascar  X N/A 
Malawi  X N/A 
Malaysia  X N/A 
Maldives  X N/A 
Mali X N/A 
Mauritania   N/A 
Mauritius  X N/A 
Mexico  X N/A 
Moldova, Republic of  X N/A 
Mongolia  X N/A 
Montenegro  X X 
Morocco  X N/A 
Mozambique   N/A 
Myanmar  X N/A 
Namibia  X N/A 
Nepal  X N/A 
New Zealand  X X 
Nicaragua  X N/A 
Niger  X N/A 
Nigeria   N/A 
North Macedonia  X N/A 
Norway  X X 
Oman  X N/A 
Pakistan  X N/A 
Panama  X N/A 
Papua New Guinea  X N/A 
Paraguay  X N/A 
Peru X N/A 
Philippines  X N/A 
Qatar  X N/A 
Russian Federation  X X 
Rwanda  X N/A 
Saint Kitts and Nevis   N/A 
Saint Lucia   N/A 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   N/A 
Samoa  X N/A 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  X N/A 
Senegal  X N/A 
Seychelles  X N/A 
Sierra Leone   N/A 
Singapore  X N/A 
Solomon Islands   N/A 
South Africa  X N/A G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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RULES OF ORIGIN  
Article  5.1 of the 
Agreement on Rules 
of Origin ( Non-
Preferential Rules of 
Origin)  Annex  II(4) of the 
Agreement and 
paragraph  4.3 of the 
2015  Ministerial 
Decision on Preferential 
Rules of Origin for LDCs 
(WT/L/917/Add.1)  Non-
preferential 
rules  
Preferential 
rules for LDCs  
Sri Lanka  X N/A 
Suriname  X N/A 
Switzerland  X X 
Chinese Taipei  X X 
Tajikistan   X 
Tanzania   N/A 
Thailand  X X 
Togo X N/A 
Tonga   N/A 
Trinidad and Tobago  X N/A 
Tunisia  X N/A 
Turkey  X X 
Uganda  X N/A 
Ukraine  X N/A 
United Arab Emirates  X N/A 
United States of America  X X 
Uruguay  X N/A 
Vanuatu  X N/A 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  X N/A 
Viet Nam  X N/A 
Yemen  X N/A 
Zambia  X N/A 
Zimbabwe  X N/A 
 
 G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  Annex 15. (a)  Agreement on Preshipment Inspection (PSI); and (b)  The Decision on  
Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions (QR Decision – G/L/59/Rev.1)  
 PSI QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1)  
– Biennial notification1 
 ART.5 
Laws/Regulations  2012 -2014  2014 -2016  2016 -2018  2018 -2020  
Afghanistan  X  X X X 
Albania  X    X 
Angola   X     
Antigua and 
Barbuda        
Argentina  X   X  
Armenia  X     
Australia  X X X X  
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  X     
Bangladesh  X     
Barbados        
Belize        
Benin  X     
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  X     
Botswana        
Brazil  X X X X  
Brunei 
Darussalam  X     
Burkina Faso  X     
Burundi  X     
Cabo Verde   
    
Cambodia  X     
Cameroon        
Canada  X X X X  
Central African 
Rep. X     
Chad X     
Chile X     
China2  
X X X X 
Colombia  X     
Congo  X     
Costa Rica  X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire  X  X   
Croatia3 X NA  NA  
Cuba X X X X X 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo  X     
Djibouti   
    
Dominica  X     
Dominican 
Republic  X     
Ecuador  X     
Egypt  X     
El Salvador  X     
 
1 Decision  G/L/59 was replaced by a new Decision (G/L/59/Rev.1). Pursuant to the new procedures, the 
first complete  notification obligation was due 30  September  2012. Notification compliance in accordance with 
the old procedures (G/L/59) can be found in G/L/223 and revisions  1-22. 
2 China has submitted annual notifications for 2012, 2013, and 2014.  
3 Croatia acceded to  the European Union on 1  July 2013.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   PSI QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1)  
– Biennial notification1 
 ART.5 
Laws/Regulations  2012 -2014  2014 -2016  2016 -2018  2018 -2020  
Eswatini       
European Union  X X X X X 
Fiji X     
Gabon  X     
The Gambia  X     
Georgia  X  X   
Ghana  X     
Grenada  X     
Guatemala  X     
Guinea  X     
Guinea -Bissau   
    
Guyana  X     
Haiti X     
Honduras  X     
Hong Kong, 
China  X X X X X 
Iceland  X     
India X X X X X 
Indonesia  X     
Israel  X     
Jamaica  X     
Japan  X X X X X 
Jordan  X     
Kazakhstan  X   X X 
Kenya   
    
Korea, Republic 
of X X   X 
Kuwait, the 
State of  X     
Kyrgyz Republic  X    X 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  X  X   
Lesotho  X     
Liberia       
Liechtenstein4 X  X X  
Macao, China  X X X X X 
Madagascar  X     
Malawi  X     
Malaysia  X     
Maldives  X  X X X 
Mali X X    
Mauritania   
    
Mauritius  X X X X X 
Mexico  X  X   
Moldova, 
Republic of  X     
Mongolia  X     
Montenegro       
Morocco   
    
 
4 In communicati ons dated 26  May 2014 and 18  December  2017, Liechtenstein informed the Committee 
that, in light of the customs union between Liechtenstein and Switzerland, the notification of Switzerland under 
Decision  G/L/59/Rev.1 should be taken to cover also Liechtenst ein (documents  G/MA/QR/N/LIE/1 and 
G/MA/QR/N/LIE/2).  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   PSI QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1)  
– Biennial notification1 
 ART.5 
Laws/Regulations  2012 -2014  2014 -2016  2016 -2018  2018 -2020  
Mozambique  X     
Myanmar  X     
Namibia  X     
Nepal        
New Zealand  X X X X X 
Nicaragua  X  X X X 
Niger  X     
Nigeria  X     
North 
Macedonia       
Norway  X    X 
Oman  X     
Pakistan  X     
Panama  X     
Papua New 
Guinea  X     
Paraguay  X     
Peru X X    
Philippines  X  X   
Qatar  X     
Russian 
Federation  X X X X X 
Rwanda   
    
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis  X     
Saint Lucia  X     
Saint Vincent & 
the Grenadines   
    
Samoa  X     
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  X     
Senegal  X     
Seychelles     X  
Sierra Leone   
    
Singapore  X X X X X 
Solomon 
Islands   
    
South Africa  X     
Sri Lanka  X     
Suriname  X     
Switzerland  X  X X  
Chinese Taipei  X  X X X 
Tajikistan       
Tanzania   
    
Thailand  X X X X X 
Togo X     
Tonga   
    
Trinidad and 
Tobago  X     
Tunisia  X     
Turkey  X X   X 
Uganda  X     
Ukraine   
X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates  X     G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   PSI QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1)  
– Biennial notification1 
 ART.5 
Laws/Regulations  2012 -2014  2014 -2016  2016 -2018  2018 -2020  
United States 
of America  X X X X X 
Uruguay  X  X X X 
Vanuatu  X     
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  X     
Viet Nam   
    
Yemen       
Zambia  X     
Zimbabwe  X     
 G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  Annex 16. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)  
WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Afghanistan  X  
Albania  X X 
Angola  X X 
Antigua and Barbuda  X X 
Argentina  X X 
Armenia  X X 
Australia  X X 
Austria  X NA 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X X 
Bangladesh  X X 
Barbados  X X 
Belgium  X NA 
Belize  X X 
Benin  X X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X 
Botswana  X X 
Brazil  X X 
Brunei Darussalam  X X 
Bulgaria  X NA 
Burkina Faso  X X 
Burundi  X X 
Cabo Verde  X X 
Cambodia   
X 
Cameroon  X X 
Canada  X X 
Central African Republic  X X 
Chad  X  
Chile  X X 
China  X X 
Colombia  X X 
Congo  X X 
Costa Rica  X X 
Côte d'Ivoire  X X 
Croatia  X NA 
Cuba  X X 
Cyprus  X NA 
Czech Republic  X NA 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  X X 
Denmark  X NA 
Djibouti  X X 
Dominica  X X 
Dominican Republic  X X 
Ecuador  X X 
Egypt  X X 
El Salvador  X X 
Estonia  X NA 
Eswatini  X X 
European Union  X X G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Fiji X X 
Finland  X NA 
France  X NA 
Gabon  X X 
The Gambia  X X 
Georgia  X X 
Germany  X NA 
Ghana  X X 
Greece  X NA 
Grenada  X X 
Guatemala  X X 
Guinea  X X 
Guinea -Bissau    
Guyana  X X 
Haiti  X X 
Honduras  X X 
Hong Kong, China  X X 
Hungary  X NA 
Iceland  X X 
India  X X 
Indonesia  X X 
Ireland  X NA 
Israel  X X 
Italy  X NA 
Jamaica  X X 
Japan  X X 
Jordan  X X 
Kazakhstan  X X 
Kenya  X X 
Korea, Republic of  X X 
Kuwait, the State of  X X 
Kyrgyz Republic  X X 
Lao People's Democratic Republic  X X 
Latvia  X NA 
Lesotho  X X 
Liberia  X X 
Liechtenstein  X X 
Lithuania  X NA 
Luxembourg  X NA 
Macao, China  X X 
Madagascar  X X 
Malawi  X X 
Malaysia  X X 
Maldives  X X 
Mali  X X 
Malta  X NA 
Mauritania  X X 
Mauritius  X X 
Mexico  X X 
Moldova, Republic of  X X G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Mongolia  X X 
Montenegro  X X 
Morocco  X X 
Mozambique  X X 
Myanmar  X X 
Namibia  X X 
Nepal  X X 
Netherlands  X NA 
New Zealand  X X 
Nicaragua  X X 
Niger  X  
Nigeria  X X 
North Macedonia  X X 
Norway  X X 
Oman  X X 
Pakistan  X X 
Panama  X X 
Papua New Guinea  X X 
Paraguay  X X 
Peru  X X 
Philippines  X X 
Poland  X NA 
Portugal  X NA 
Qatar  X X 
Romania  X NA 
Russian Federation  X X 
Rwanda  X X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  X X 
Saint Lucia  X X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  X X 
Samoa  X X 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  X X 
Senegal  X X 
Seychelles  X X 
Sierra Leone  X X 
Singapore  X X 
Slovak Republic  X NA 
Slovenia  X NA 
Solomon Islands  X X 
South Africa  X X 
Spain  X NA 
Sri Lanka  X X 
Suriname  X X 
Sweden  X NA 
Switzerland  X X 
Chinese Taipei  X X 
Tajikistan  X X 
Tanzania  X X 
Thailand  X X 
Togo  X X G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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  WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Tonga  X X 
Trinidad and Tobago  X X 
Tunisia  X X 
Turkey  X X 
Uganda  X X 
Ukraine  X X 
United Arab Emirates  X X 
United Kingdom  X NA 
United States of America  X X 
Uruguay  X X 
Vanuatu    
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  X X 
Viet Nam  X X 
Yemen  X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe  X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 164  161 159 
 
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  Annex 17. (a)  Agreement on Trade -Related Investment Measures (TRIMs); and  
(b) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)  
 TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
Afghanistan  0 X X X 
Albania  0 X X X 
Angola  0 X  X 
Antigua and Barbuda  0  X X 
Argentina  X X X X 
Armenia  0 X X X 
Australia  0 X X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  0 X X X 
Bangladesh  0  X X 
Barbados  X  X X 
Belize  0  X X 
Benin  0   X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X X X 
Botswana  0 X X X 
Brazil  0 X X X 
Brunei Darussalam  0 X X X 
Burkina Faso  0 X  X 
Burundi  0 X X  
Cabo Verde  0  X X 
Cambodia  0 X X X 
Cameroon  0 X X X 
Canada  0 X X X 
Central African Rep.  0    
Chad 0 X   
Chile X X X X 
China  0 X X X 
Colombia  X X X X 
Congo  0 X   
Costa Rica  X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire  0 X  X 
Cuba X X X X 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  0  X X 
Djibouti  0  X  
Dominica  0 X X X 
Dominican Republic  X X X X 
Ecuador  X X X X 
Egypt  X  X X 
El Salvador  0 X X X 
Eswatini  0  X X 
 
1 This table indicates Members who have notified TRIMs under Article  5.1; it does not indicate Members 
which have notified that they do not apply any TRIM  inconsistent with the Agreement, as there is no obligation 
to submit such notifications. It should be noted that most notifications in this table were made in 1995 and that 
for original Members the transition periods for the elimination of notified measures expired at the end of 1999 
and in some cases a t the end of 2003. Thus, the list of notifications should not be interpreted as a list of 
measures in force.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
European Union2 0 X X X 
Fiji 0 X X X 
Gabon  0 X X X 
The Gambia  0 X  X 
Georgia  0 X X X 
Ghana  0 X X X 
Grenada  0  X X 
Guatemala  0 X X X 
Guinea  0    
Guinea -Bissau  0  X X 
Guyana  0   X 
Haiti 0 X  X 
Honduras  0 X X X 
Hong Kong, China  0 X X X 
Iceland  0 X X X 
India X X X X 
Indonesia  X X X X 
Israel  0 X X X 
Jamaica  0 X X X 
Japan  0 X X X 
Jordan  0 X X X 
Kazakhstan  X X X X 
Kenya  0  X X 
Korea, Republic of  0 X X X 
Kuwait, the State of  0 X X X 
Kyrgyz Republic  0 X X X 
Lao People's Democratic Republic  0 X X X 
Lesotho  0 X X X 
Liberia  0 X X  
Liechtenstein  0 X X X 
Macao, China  0 X X  
Madagascar  0 X X  
Malawi  0 X X X 
Malaysia  X X X X 
Maldives  0 X  X 
Mali 0 X X X 
Mauritania  0    
Mauritius  0 X X X 
Mexico  X X X X 
Moldova, Republic of  0 X X X 
Mongolia  0 X X X 
Montenegro  0 X X X 
Morocco  0  X X 
Mozambique  0  X X 
Myanmar  0   X 
Namibia  0 X X X 
Nepal  0  X X 
 
2 Bulgaria,  Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, 
Romania, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia are no long er listed separately. Upon their accession to the EU they 
were no longer subject to an individual notification obligation.  G/L/223/Rev.27  
 
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   TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
New Zealand  0 X X X 
Nicaragua  0 X X X 
Niger  0  X X 
Nigeria  X X X X 
North Macedonia  0  X X 
Norway  0 X X X 
Oman  0 X X X 
Pakistan  X  X X 
Panama  0 X X X 
Papua New Guinea  0  X X 
Paraguay  0 X X X 
Peru X X X X 
Philippines  X X X X 
Qatar  0 X X X 
Russian Federation  X X X X 
Rwanda  0  X X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0  X X 
Saint Lucia  0  X X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0  X X 
Samoa  0 X X X 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  0 X X X 
Senegal  0 X X X 
Seychelles  0 X X  
Sierra Leone  0  X  
Singapore  0 X X X 
Solomon Islands  0  X X 
South Africa  X X X X 
Sri Lanka  0 X X X 
Suriname  0 X X X 
Switzerland  0 X X X 
Chinese Taipei  0 X X X 
Tajikistan  0  X X 
Tanzania  0  X X 
Thailand  X X X X 
Togo 0 X X X 
Tonga  0    
Trinidad and Tobago  0 X X X 
Tunisia  0 X X X 
Turkey  0 X X X 
Uganda  X X X X 
Ukraine  0 X X X 
United Arab Emirates  0 X X X 
United States of America  0 X X X 
Uruguay  X X X X 
Vanuatu  0 X X X 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  X X X X 
Viet Nam  0  X X 
Yemen  O  X X 
Zambia  0 X X X 
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   TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
Zimbabwe  0 X X X 
  
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The following table lists all notifications WTO  Members submitted under Articles  1.4, 10.4.3 , 10.6.2 , and 12.2.2 of the TFA ( "transparency notifications").  
 
 2014-2018 2019 
Member  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  
Afghanistan  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Albania   0   X 0 X X 
Angola  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Antigua and Barbuda  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Argentina  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Armenia  0 0   0 0  X 
Australia  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Austria  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Bahrain, Kingdom of   0   X 0 X X 
Bangladesh  0 0  0 0 0 X 0 
Barbados  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Belgium  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Belize  X 0 X X NA 0 NA NA 
Benin  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of   0    0   
Botswana  0 0  0 0 0 X X 
Brazil  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Brunei Darussalam          
Bulgaria  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Burkina Faso  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Burundi   0    0   
Cabo Verde  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Cambodia  0 0   0 0   
Cameroon  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Canada  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Central African Republic  0   0 0   0 
Chad  0    0   
Chile X X X X NA NA NA NA 
China  X 0 X 0 NA  NA  
Colombia      X X X X 
Congo  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Costa Rica  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Cote d'Ivoire  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Croatia  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Cuba 0 0  0 0 0  0 
Cyprus  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Czech Republic  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  0 0   0 0   
Denmark  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Djibouti  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Dominica   0  0  0  0 
Dominican Republic      X X X X  
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Member  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  
Ecuador  0 0  0 X 0 X 0 
Egypt  0 0  0 0 0 X 0 
El Salvador   0  0 X X X X 
Estonia  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Eswatini, Kingdom of  0 0  0 0 0 X 0 
European Union  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Fiji  0    0   
Finland  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
France  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Gabon  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Gambia, The  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Georgia  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Germany  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Ghana  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Greece  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Grenada  0 0   0 0  X 
Guatemala      X    
Guinea  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Guinea -Bissau  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Guyana  X 0 X X NA 0 NA NA 
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Honduras   0  0  0  0 
Hong Kong, China  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Hungary  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Iceland  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
India 0 0   X X X X 
Indonesia      X X X X 
Ireland  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Israel      X X X X 
Italy X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Jamaica  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Japan  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Jordan   0    0   
Kazakhstan  X X X 0 NA NA NA 0 
Kenya   0  0  0  0 
Korea, Republic of  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Kuwait, the State of   0  0  0  0 
Kyrgyz Republic  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Lao People's Democratic Republic     0 X X X 0 
Latvia  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Lesotho  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Liberia   0  0  0  0 
Liechtenstein  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Lithuania  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Luxembourg  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Macao, China  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Madagascar  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
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Member  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  
Malawi  X 0   NA X X X 
Malaysia          
Maldives   0  0 X 0 X X 
Mali 0 0 0  0 0 0  
Malta  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Mauritania  0 0   0 0   
Mauritius   0  0 X X X X 
Mexico  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Moldova, Republic of  X 0 X X NA 0 NA NA 
Mongolia   0 0 0 X 0 X X 
Montenegro   0   X 0 X X 
Morocco   0   X X X X 
Mozambique  0 0   X 0   
Myanmar  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Namibia   0 0   0 0  
Nepal  0 0  0 0 0 X 0 
Netherlands, The  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
New Zealand  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Nicaragua   0   X 0 X X 
Niger   0 0 0  0 0 0 
Nigeria  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
North Macedonia  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Norway  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Oman      X X X X 
Pakistan  X 0 X 0 NA 0 NA X 
Panama  0 0   0 0 X X 
Papua New Guinea  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Paraguay  0    0 X X X 
Peru X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Philippines  X 0 X X NA 0 NA NA 
Poland  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Portugal  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Qatar          
Romania  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Russian Federation      X X X X 
Rwanda   0 0 0  0 0 0 
Saint Kitts and Nevis   0   X 0 X X 
Saint Lucia  X 0 X  NA 0 NA X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0 0   0 0 X X 
Samoa  0 0   0 0   
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of          
Senegal  0    0    
Seychelles   0    0   
Sierra Leone  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Singapore  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Slovak Republic  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Slovenia  X X X X NA NA NA NA  
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Member  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  Art. 1.4  Art. 10.4.3  Art. 10.6.2  Art. 12.2.2  
Solomon Islands   0    0   
South Africa   0    0   
Spain  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Sri Lanka  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Suriname  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Sweden  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Switzerland  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Chinese Taipei  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Tajikistan  0 0  0 0 0   
Tanzania   0  0  0  0 
Thailand     0 X X X 0 
Togo  0 0   0 0  
Tonga  0 0  0 0 0  0 
Trinidad and Tobago  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Tunisia   0    0 X  
Turkey      X X X X 
Uganda   0  0  0  0 
Ukraine   0 0  X 0 X X 
United Arab Emirates   0    0   
United Kingdom  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
United States of America  X X X X NA NA NA NA 
Uruguay      X X X X 
Vanuatu  0 0   0 0   
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Viet Nam   0  0 X X X X 
Yemen  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Zambia  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Zimbabwe  0 0   0 0   
 
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