WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.4
5 March 1999
(99-0889)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS
AS OF 1 MARCH 1999
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 SPSAgreement and (2) identified their national notification authority as provided in paragraph 10 of
Annex B of the Agreement as of 1 March 1999.  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*
Angola1
Antigua and Barbuda X X
Argentina X X
Australia X X
Austria X EC
Bahrain
Bangaladesh1X
Barbados
Belgium X EC
Belize X X
Benin1
Bolivia X X
Botswana X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.4
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Brazil X X
Brunei Darussalam X X
Bulgaria X X
Burkina Faso1X
Burundi1
Cameroon
Canada X X
Central African (Rep.)1
Chad1
Chile X X
China2X
Colombia X X
Congo
Congo, Democratic Rep. of1
Costa Rica X X
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba X  X
Cyprus X X
Czech Republic X X
Denmark X EC
Djibouti1X
Dominica X X
Dominican Republic X X
Ecuador X X
Egypt  X X
El Salvador X X
European Communities X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.4
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Estonia2X
Fiji X X
Finland X EC
France X EC
Gabon X
Gambia1
Germany  X EC
Ghana X
Greece X EC
Grenada
Guatemala X X
Guinea, Rep. of1
Guinea Bissau1
Guyana X X
Haiti1X
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 X
Japan X X
Kenya X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.4
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Korea X X
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia
Lesotho1
Liechtenstein X X
Luxembourg X EC
Macau X X
Madagascar1X
Malawi1X
Malaysia X X
Maldives1
Mali1
Malta X X
Mauritania1
Mauritius X X
Mexico  X X
Mongolia
Morocco X X
Mozambique1
Myanmar1XX
Namibia
Netherlands X EC
New Zealand X X
Nicaragua X X
Niger1
NigeriaG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.4
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Norway 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
Romania X X
Rwanda1
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia X X
Saint Vincent & Gren.
Senegal X X
Sierra Leone1
Singapore X X
Slovak Republic X X
Slovenia X X
Solomon Islands1
South Africa X X
Spain X EC
Sri Lanka X X
Suriname
Swaziland X X
Sweden X ECG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.4
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Switzerland X X
Chinese Taipei2XX
Tanzania1X
Thailand X X
Togo1
Trinidad and Tobago X X
Tunisia  X X
Turkey X X
Uganda1XX
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom X EC
United States X X
Uruguay X X
Venezuela X X
Zambia1X
Zimbabwe X X
TOTAL MEMBERS = 134 100 91
of which LLDCs:  29 84
*Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC Commission
("EC").
1Least-developed countries:  obligations under the SPS Agreement apply as of 1 January 2000.
2Observer status
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