WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.10
25 March 2003
(03-1707)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS
AS OF 24 MARCH 2003
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
The following table indicates the information available to the Secretariat regarding which
WTO Members have (1) notified an enquiry point as provided in paragraph 3 of Annex B of the SPS
Agreement and (2) identified their national notification authority as provided in paragraph 10 ofAnnex B of the Agreement as of 24 March 2003.  Governments with observer status which have
notified a national enquiry point and/or a national notification authority are also included in this table.
Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Albania XX
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda X X
Armenia
Argentina X X
Australia X X
Austria X EC
Bahrain X X
Bangladesh X
Barbados X X
Belarus1XX
Belgium X EC
Belize X X
Benin XXG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.10
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Bolivia X X
Botswana X X
Brazil X X
Brunei Darussalam X X
Bulgaria X X
Burkina Faso X
Burundi
Cameroon X X
Canada X X
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile X X
China, People's Republic of X
Colombia X X
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Republic of
Costa Rica X X
Côte d'Ivoire X
Croatia X X
Cuba X X
Cyprus X X
Czech Republic X X
Denmark X EC
Djibouti X X
Dominica X X
Dominican Republic X X
Ecuador X X
Egypt X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.10
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
El Salvador X X
Estonia X X
European Communities X X
Fiji X X
Finland X EC
France X EC
Gabon X
Gambia XX
Georgia X X
Germany X EC
Ghana X
Greece X EC
Grenada X X
Guatemala X X
Guinea, Rep. of
Guinea Bissau
Guyana X X
Haiti X
Honduras X X
Hong Kong, China X X
Hungary  X X
Iceland X X
India X X
Indonesia X X
Ireland X EC
Israel X X
Italy X EC
Jamaica X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.10
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Japan X X
Jordan X X
Kenya X X
Korea, Republic of X X
Kuwait X
Kyrgyz, Republic of XX
Latvia XX
Lesotho
Liechtenstein X X
Lithuania X X
Luxembourg X EC
Macao, China X X
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Rep. of1X
Madagascar X X
Malawi X X
Malaysia X X
Maldives X
Mali XX
Malta X X
Mauritania XX
Mauritius X X
Mexico X X
Moldova
Mongolia X X
Morocco X X
Mozambique
Myanmar X X
Namibia X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.10
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Netherlands X EC
New Zealand X X
Nicaragua X X
Niger X
Nigeria 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 X
Portugal X EC
Qatar X X
Romania X X
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia X X
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Senegal X X
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen and MatsuXX
Sierra Leone
Singapore X X
Slovak Republic  X X
Slovenia X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.10
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Solomon Islands XX
South Africa X X
Spain X EC
Sri Lanka X X
Suriname
Swaziland X X
Sweden X EC
Switzerland X X
Tanzania X X
Thailand X X
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago X X
Tunisia X X
Turkey X X
Uganda X X
United Arab Emirates X
United Kingdom X EC
United States X X
Uruguay X X
Venezuela X X
Zambia X X
Zimbabwe X X
TOTAL MEMBERS = 145 128 118
*Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC
Commission ("EC").
1Observer status
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