WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.13 
21 June 2004 
 (04-2666) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS 
AS OF 18 JUNE 2004 
 
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 notific ation authority as provided in paragraph 10 of 
Annex B of the Agreement as of 18 June 2004.  Governments with observer status which have 
notified a national enquiry point and/or a national noti fication authority are also included in this table. 
Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Albania  X X 
Angola  X X 
Antigua and Barbuda X X 
Argentina X X 
Armenia X X 
Australia X X 
Austria X EC 
Bahrain X X 
Bangladesh  X X 
Barbados X X 
Belgium X EC 
Belize X X 
Benin  X X 
Bolivia X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.13 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
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 
China  X X 
Colombia X X 
Congo  
Costa Rica X X 
Côte d'Ivoire X  
Croatia X X 
Cuba X X 
Cyprus X EC 
Czech Republic X EC 
Democratic Rep. of the Congo    
Denmark X EC 
Djibouti  X X 
Dominica X X 
Dominican Republic X X 
Ecuador X X 
Egypt X X 
El Salvador X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.13 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Estonia  X EC 
European Communities X X 
Fiji X X 
Finland X EC 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia X  
France X EC 
Gabon X X 
The Gambia  X X 
Georgia  X 
Germany X EC 
Ghana X  
Greece X EC 
Grenada X X 
Guatemala X X 
Guinea   
Guinea Bissau   
Guyana X X 
Haiti  X X 
Honduras X X 
Hong Kong, China X X 
Hungary  X EC 
Iceland X X 
India X X 
Indonesia X X 
Ireland X EC 
Israel X X 
Italy X EC 
Jamaica X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.13 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Japan X X 
Jordan X X 
Kenya X X 
Korea, Republic of X X 
Kuwait X  
Kyrgyz Republic X X 
Latvia X EC 
Lesotho   
Liechtenstein X X 
Lithuania X EC 
Luxembourg X EC 
Macao, China X X 
Madagascar  X X 
Malawi  X X 
Malaysia X X 
Maldives  X  
Mali  X X 
Malta X EC 
Mauritania  X X 
Mauritius X X 
Mexico X X 
Moldova X X 
Mongolia X X 
Morocco X X 
Mozambique  X X 
Myanmar  X X 
Namibia X  
Nepal  X   G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.13 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Netherlands X EC 
New Zealand X X 
Nicaragua X X 
Niger1 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 EC 
Portugal X EC 
Qatar X X 
Romania X X 
Rwanda    
Saint Kitts and Nevis X X 
Saint Lucia X X 
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines X X 
Senegal X X 
Sierra Leone    
Singapore X X 
Slovak Republic  X EC 
Slovenia X EC 
Solomon Islands  X X 
South Africa X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.13 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Spain X EC 
Sri Lanka X X 
Suriname   
Swaziland X X 
Sweden X EC 
Switzerland X X 
Chinese Taipei 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 X 
United Kingdom X EC 
United States of America X X 
Uruguay X X 
Venezuela X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 147 136 127 
 *Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC 
Commission ("EC"). 
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