. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/124
22 December 1999
(99-5548)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTIC LE 10.6 OF THE AGREEMENT
ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Note by the Secretariat
Article 10.6 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade states that "The Secretariat shall,
when it receives notifications in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, circulate copies of
the notifications to all Members … and draw the attention of developing country Members to any
notifications relating to products of particular inte rest to them."  Consider ing the possible human and
financial resources involved, and following the discussions in the Committee on 1 October 1999
(G/TBT/M/17, page 7), the Secretariat will unde rtake the following actions to further the
implementation of Article 10.6, and especially to draw  the attention of developing country Members to
notifications relating to products of  particular interest to them.
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1. Developing country Members are requested to pr ovide the Secretariat with a list of products of
particular interest to them (as indicated by HS numbers containing  two digits, e.g. wood and articles of
wood;  wood charcoal would be indicated by HS 44).  There is a total of 97 chapters in the Harmonized
System, i.e., the HS numbers provided will be from 01 to 97.
2. Developing country Members are also each requested to provide the Secretariat with the
electronic mail address/es of an authority/authorities designated to receive the notifications relating toproducts of particular interest to them.
3. Members when notifying draft technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures
under Articles 2.9.2, 2.10.1, 5.6.2 and 5.7.1 are requested to provide, under item 4 of the notification
form (documents G/TBT/Notif.--), HS numbers of the products covered, where applicable.
4. Based on the information provided by the developing country and notifying Members, the
Secretariat will transmit the relevant notifications (in the original language received) by electronic
mail to the designated authorities of developing country Members concerned.
5. All Members' permanent missions to the WTO will continue to receive paper copies of all
TBT notifications.  TBT documents, including notifications, are normally circulated to Members in
English, and subsequently in any other WTO working language of their choice.  Members are also
reminded that TBT notifications are available electronically through the WTO home page
(www.wto.org).
6. Developing country Members are invited to fill in the table (Annex 1), and return it to the
Secretariat (fax.: 739 5620) by 29 February 2000.  There will be possibilities to update the relevant
information when needed.G/TBT/W/124
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ANNEX 1
1. Name of developing country Member:
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2. Products of particular interest to them (indicated by an X next to the HS number):
HS Numbers
01 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91
02 12 22 32 42 52 62 72 82 92
03 13 23 33 43 53 63 73 83 93
04 14 24 34 44 54 64 74 84 94
05 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 95
06 16 26 36 46 56 66 76 86 96
07 17 27 37 47 57 67 77 87 97
08 18 28 38 48 58 68 78 88
09 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 89
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
3. Electronic mail address/es of an authority/authorities designated to receive the notifications:
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