WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.6
15 June 2000
(00-2383)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS
AS OF 14 JUNE 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 14 June 2000.  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*
Albania2
Angola1
Antigua and Barbuda X X
Argentina X X
Australia X X
Austria X EC
Bahrain
Bangladesh1X
Barbados X X
Belgium X EC
Belize X X
Benin1
Bolivia X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.6
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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 Faso1X
Burundi1
Cameroon
Canada X X
Central African (Rep.)1
Chad1
Chile X X
China2X
Colombia X X
Congo, Republic of
Costa Rica X X
Côte d'Ivoire X
Cuba X X
Cyprus X X
Czech Republic X X
Democratic Rep. of Congo1
Denmark X EC
Djibouti1XX
Dominica X X
Dominican Republic X X
Ecuador X X
Egypt X X
El Salvador X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.6
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Estonia X X
European Communities X X
Fiji X X
Finland X EC
France X EC
Gabon X
Gambia1
Georgia X
Germany X EC
Ghana X
Greece X EC
Grenada X X
Guatemala X X
Guinea Bissau1
Guinea, Rep. of1
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 XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.6
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Japan X X
Jordan
Kenya X X
Korea X X
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic XX
Latvia XX
Lesotho1
Liechtenstein X X
Luxembourg X EC
Macau, China X X
Madagascar1X X
Malawi1XX
Malaysia X X
Maldives1
Mali1
Malta X X
Mauritania1
Mauritius X X
Mexico X X
Mongolia X X
Morocco X X
Mozambique1
Myanmar1XX
Namibia X X
Netherlands X EC
New Zealand X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.6
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Nicaragua X X
Niger1X
Nigeria X
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 & Grenadines
Senegal X X
Sierra Leone1
Singapore X X
Slovak Republic  X X
Slovenia X X
Solomon Islands1XX
South Africa X X
Spain X EC
Sri Lanka X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.6
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Suriname
Swaziland X X
Sweden X EC
Switzerland X X
Chinese Taipei2XX
Tanzania1XX
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
Zambia1 XX
Zimbabwe X X
TOTAL MEMBERS = 137 112 103
*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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