./.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/PSI/N/1/Add.10 
19 July 2004 
 (04-3075) 
  
  
 
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION 
 
Notifications under Article 5 of the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
 
 
Addendum  
 
 
 Article 5 of the Agreement on Preshipment Inspection provides that Members shall submit to the Secretariat copies of the laws and regulations by  which they put this Agreement into force, as well 
as copies of any other laws and regulations rela ting to preshipment inspection, when the WTO 
Agreement enters into force with respect to th e Member concerned.  Changes in the laws and 
regulations relating to preshipment inspection shall be notified to the Secretariat immediately after 
their publication.  The Secretariat shall inform Me mbers of the availability of this information. 
  Previous laws and regulations recei ved are listed in documents G/PSI/N/1, 
G/PSI/N/1/Add.1-Add.9.  Since March 2001, furthe r notifications have been received as follows
1: 
 
 
I. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PUTTING THE AGREEMENT ON PRESHIPMENT 
INSPECTION INTO FORCE 
 
Moldova: Article 12 of the Law on State Regulation of External Trade and 
Governmental Decision No. 1009 of 27 September 2001, implements the 
Agreement in the Republic of Moldova 
 
 
II. OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO PRESHIPMENT 
INSPECTION 
 
Bangladesh: Preshipment Inspection Order 1999 has been issued under Section 25A of 
Customs Act (Act IV9 of 1969), for a ppointment of preshipment inspection 
agencies and to provide for the func tions relating to the issuance of 
certificates by such agencies and other related matters. 
 Burundi: Contrat d'inspection avant expé dition avec la Société Générale de 
Surveillance (SGS) depuis 1970. 
 
EC: Council Regulation N° 3287/94 – List  of authorities responsible for 
preshipment inspection in the EC. 
 
                                                     
 
1 Available for consultation in the Secretariat (office 3128). G/PSI/N/1/Add.10 
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 Georgia: After concluding the contract with the existing company, there is no official 
entity authorized for the mandatory pr eshipment inspection, and pursuant to 
Article 176 of Customs Code of Georgia,  the submission of the certificate of 
the inspection for the customs cleara nce must not be considered as the 
compulsory. 
 
Guinea: La République de Guinée applique l' inspection avant expédition dans le cadre 
du programme de sécurisation des rece ttes douanières régie par les Décrêts 
96/095/PRG/SGG du 27 juin 1996 et D99/069/PRG/SGG du 30 juillet 1999. 
 
Papua New 
Guinea: The legislation is applicable to logging industry, which is specified in 
 Clause 134 of Forestry Act 1991, and  Clauses 233 and 234 of Forestry Regulation legislation. 
 
Separate Customs 
Territory of  Taiwan, Penghu Kinmen and  Matsu Foreign Trade Act amended to add Article 2001 in force on 1 January 1999. 
 Regulations on the Management and S upervision of Preshipment Inspection 
promulgated on 12 May 1999. 
 Venezuela Decreto No° 2.288 del 27.01.03, Reforma parcial del Reglamento sobre la 
inspección y verificación previa a la importaciones; 
 Providencia N° SNAT/2003/1.761 del 02.05.03, establece la obligación de 
empresas verificadoras de transmitir electrónicamente en un máximo de 24 
horas sus informes de verificación, tanto a los importadores, como a la Administración Aduanera; 
 Providencia N° SNAT/2003/1.743-746 del 14.04.03, Autorización para las 
varias empresas de Inspección previa a la expedición puedan prestar sus servicios.  
  
 
III. MEMBERS NOTIFYING THAT THEY HAVE NO LAWS OR REGULATIONS 
RELATING TO PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION 
Armenia  Mauritius 
 Estonia   Myanmar 
Gabon   Oman Grenada  Republic of Dominica Guatemala  Sri Lanka Guyana   Zambia  
IV. CHANGES IN LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO PRESHIPMENT 
INSPECTION 
 
Peru:  Decreto Supremo N°008-2002-EF, del 14 de enero de 2002, mediante el cual 
se amplió la lista de mercancías excluidas del sistema de supervisión  de 
importaciones establecido por el Decreto Legislativo N°659 y sus normal 
reglamentarias, complementarias y modificatorias. 
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