WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/GEN/1 
4 March 2004 
 (04-0981) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
   
STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND  
ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.2 
 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
 
 Article 15.2 of the TBT Agreement provides that:   
"Each Member shall, promptly after the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force for it, inform the Committee of measures in existence or 
taken to ensure the implementation and administration of this Agreement.  
Any changes of such measures thereaft er shall also be notified to the 
Committee."   
 The following table contains a list of  Members having submitted a Statement on 
implementation and administration of the Agreem ent under Article 15.2 since 1995.  A total of 92 
Members have submitted at least one such statement. 
 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
Antigua and Barbuda G/TBT/2/Add.66 7 March 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.21  4 September 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.1 9 February 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.2 20 April 19999 Argentina 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.3 29 August 2003 
Armenia G/TBT/2/Add.75 6 August 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.8/Rev.1 and 
Suppl.1 31 May 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.8/Rev.1  29 May 2001 Australia 
G/TBT/2/Add.8/Rev.1/Suppl.1 21 June 2001 
Austria See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Bahrain G/TBT/2/Add.19 2 August 1999 
Barbados G/TBT/2/Add.48 24 September 1999 
Belgium See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.43  20 January 1998 Bolivia 
G/TBT/2/Add.43/Suppl.1 18 September 1998 
G/TBT/2/Add.26 29 October 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.1 28 October 2002 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Re v.1/Suppl.1 18 December 2002 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2 26 June 2003 Brazil 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2/Suppl.1 7 July 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.32 23 May 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.1 12 October 2001 Bulgaria 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.2 16 July 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.6 4 June 1996 Canada 
 
G/TBT/2/Add.6/Rev.1 9 September 2002 
G/TBT/2/Add.16  22 July 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Suppl.1 19 April 1999 Chile 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Suppl.2 24 November 2003  G/TBT/GEN/1 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
China, People's Republic of G/TBT/2/Add.65 29 January 2002 
Colombia G/TBT/2/Add.18 29 August 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.51  12 April 1999 Costa Rica 
G/TBT/2/Add.51/ Suppl.1 10 March 2003 
Croatia G/TBT/2/Add.73 24 January 2003 
Cuba G/TBT/2/Add.13 27 June 1996 
Cyprus G/TBT/2/Add.46 27 February 1998 
G/TBT/2  8 November 1995 Czech Republic 
G/TBT/2 /Suppl.1 21 June 2002 
Denmark See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Dominica G/TBT/2/Add.62 28 February 2001 
Dominican Republic G/TBT/2/Add.74 30 June 2003 
Egypt G/TBT/2/Add.34 22 July 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.58 16 March 2000 
G/TBT/2/Add.58/Rev.1 1 March 2001 Estonia 
G/TBT/2/Add.58/ Rev. 2 10 December 2001 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/ 27 June 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Suppl.1 4 March 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.1 1 July 1998 European Communities: 
Austria 
Belgium  
Denmark  Finland 
France 
Germany Greece 
Ireland 
Italy Luxembourg 
The Netherlands 
Portugal Spain 
Sweden 
United Kingdom  G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.2 5 November 1999 
Finland See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
France See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Germany See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Ghana G/TBT/2/Add.76 29 October 2003 G/TBT/GEN/1 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
Greece See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Grenada G/TBT/2/Add.67 12 March 2002 
Honduras G/TBT/2/Add.50 22 October 1998 
Hong Kong, China G/TBT/2/Add.1 29 January 2001 
Hungary G/TBT/2/Add.41 21 October 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.55  1 June 1999 Iceland 
G/TBT/2/Add.55/ Suppl.1 11 July 2000 
India G/TBT/2/Add.56 22 October 1999 
Indonesia G/TBT/2/Add.3 22 March 1996 
Ireland See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Israel G/TBT/2/Add.72 23 January 2001 
Italy See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Jamaica G/TBT/2/Add.57 22 July 1999 
Japan G/TBT/2/Add.10 11 June 1999 
Jordan G/TBT/2/Add.61 18 October 2000 
Korea G/TBT/2/Add.28 12. November 1996 
Kyrgyz Republic G/TBT/2/Add.59 16 March 2000 
Latvia G/TBT/2/Add.52 13 April 1999 
Liechtenstein G/TBT/2/Add.36 6 August 1997 
Lithuania G/TBT/2/Add.64 4 October 2001 
Luxembourg See "European Communitie s" See "European Communities" 
Macau, China G/TBT/2/Ad d.30 23 December 1996 
Malaysia G/TBT/2/Add.9 12 June 1996 
Mauritius G/TBT/2/Add.40 17 September 1997 
Mexico G/TBT/2/Add.14 19 July 1996 
Moldova G/TBT/2/Add.68 15 March 2002 
Mongolia G/TBT/2/Add.44 29 January 1998 
Morocco G/TBT/2/Add.39 6 August 1997 
Namibia G/TBT/2/Ad d.42 9 December 1997 
Netherlands See "European Communities" See "European Communities"  G/TBT/GEN/1 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
New Zealand G/TBT/2/Add.24 11 October 1996 
Nigeria G/TBT/2/Add.20 
 2 August 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.15 15 July 1996 Norway 
G/TBT/2/Add.15/Rev.1 26 June 1997 
Oman G/TBT/2/Add.63 12 April 2001 
Pakistan G/TBT/2/Add.45 12 February 1998 
G/TBT/2/Add.53  7 May 1999 Panama 
G/TBT/2/Add.53/ Corr.1 14 October 1999 
Peru G/TBT/2/Add.29 23 December 1996 
Philippines G/TBT/2/Add.11 11 June 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.31 18 February 1997 Poland 
G/TBT/2/Add.31/Rev.1 24 March 1997 
Portugal See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.17 2 August 1996 Romania 
G/TBT/2/Add.17/Corr.1 11 September 1996 
Saint Lucia G/TBT/2/Add.37 6 August 1997 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines G/TBT/2/Ad d.71 10 December 2002 
Singapore G/TBT/2/Add.25 29 October 1996 
Slovak Republic G/TBT/2/Add.4 26 March 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.5  28 March 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.5/ Suppl.1 18 August 1999 Slovenia 
G/TBT/2/Add.5/ Suppl.2 1 November 2001 
South Africa G/TBT/2/Add.60 14 July 2000 
Spain See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Sri Lanka G/TBT/2/Add.27 8 November 1996 
Swaziland G/TBT/2/Add.35 22 July 1997 
Sweden See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Switzerland G/TBT/2/Add.7 14 June 1996 
The Separate Customs Territory of 
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu G/TBT/2/Add.69 11 July 2002 G/TBT/GEN/1 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
Thailand G/TBT/2/Add.38 6 August 1997 
Trinidad and Tobago G/TBT/2/Add.47 13 July 1998 
Tunisia G/TBT/2/Add.22 26 November 1996 
Turkey G/TBT/2/Add.33 18 June 1997 
Uganda  G/TBT/2/Add.23 8 October 1996 
United Kingdom See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
United States G/TBT/2/Add.2 19 February 1996 
Uruguay G/TBT/2/Add.54 26 May 1999 
Venezuela G/TBT/2/Add.70 10 September 2002 
Zimbabwe G/TBT/2/Add.49 28 September 1998 
 
 
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