WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.8
8 March 2001
(01-1130)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS
AS OF 7 MARCH 2001
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 7 March 2001.  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
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda X X
Argentina X X
Australia X X
Austria X EC
Bahrain X X
Bangladesh X
Barbados X X
Belgium X EC
Belize X X
Benin1 XX
Bolivia X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.8
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
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 (Rep.)
Chad
Chile X X
China1 X
Colombia X X
Congo, Republic of
Costa Rica X X
Côte d'Ivoire X
Croatia
Cuba X X
Cyprus X X
Czech Republic X X
Democratic Rep. of Congo
Denmark X EC
Djibouti X X
Dominica X X
Dominican Republic X X
Ecuador X X
Egypt X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.8
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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
Georgia X
Germany X EC
Ghana X
Greece X EC
Grenada X X
Guatemala X X
Guinea Bissau
Guinea, Rep. of
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 ECG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.8
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Jamaica X X
Japan X X
Jordan X X
Kenya X X
Korea X X
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic XX
Latvia XX
Lesotho
Liechtenstein X X
Luxembourg X EC
Macau, China X X
Madagascar X X
Malawi X X
Malaysia X X
Maldives
Mali XX
Malta X X
Mauritania XX
Mauritius X X
Mexico X X
Mongolia X X
Morocco X X
Mozambique
Myanmar X X
Namibia X X
Netherlands X ECG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.8
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
New Zealand X X
Nicaragua X X
Niger X
Nigeria
Norway X X
Oman 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
Sierra Leone
Singapore X X
Slovak Republic  X X
Slovenia X X
Solomon Islands XX
South Africa X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.8
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Spain X EC
Sri Lanka X X
Suriname
Swaziland X X
Sweden X EC
Switzerland X X
Chinese Taipei1 XX
Tanzania X X
Thailand X X
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago X X
Tunisia X X
Turkey X X
Uganda X X
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom X EC
United States X X
Uruguay X X
Venezuela X X
Zambia  X X
Zimbabwe X X
TOTAL MEMBERS = 140 118 110
*Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC
Commission ("EC").
1Observer status
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