WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.12 
12 March 2004 
 (04-1086) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
  
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS 
AS OF 10 MARCH 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 10 March 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 
Angola1 X X 
Antigua and Barbuda X X 
Argentina X X 
Armenia X X 
Australia X X 
Austria X EC 
Bahrain X X 
Bangladesh1 X X 
Barbados X X 
Belarus2 X X 
Belgium X EC 
Belize X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.12 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Benin1 X X 
Bolivia X X 
Botswana X X 
Brazil X X 
Brunei Darussalam X X 
Bulgaria X X 
Burkina Faso1 X  
Burundi1  
Cameroon X X 
Canada X X 
Central African Rep.1  
Chad1  
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 X 
Czech Republic X X 
Democratic Rep. of the Congo1   
Denmark X EC 
Djibouti1 X X 
Dominica X X 
Dominican Republic X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.12 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Ecuador X X 
Egypt X X 
El Salvador X X 
Estonia  X X 
European Communities X X 
Fiji X X 
Finland X EC 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia X  
France X EC 
Gabon X X 
The Gambia1 X X 
Georgia  X 
Germany X EC 
Ghana X  
Greece X EC 
Grenada X X 
Guatemala X X 
Guinea1  
Guinea Bissau1  
Guyana X X 
Haiti1 X X 
Honduras X X 
Hong Kong, China X X 
Hungary  X X 
Iceland X X 
India X X 
Indonesia X X 
Ireland X EC G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.12 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Israel X X 
Italy X EC 
Jamaica X X 
Japan X X 
Jordan X X 
Kenya X X 
Korea, Republic of X X 
Kuwait X  
Kyrgyz Republic X X 
Latvia X X 
Lesotho1  
Liechtenstein X X 
Lithuania X X 
Luxembourg X EC 
Macao, China X X 
Madagascar1 X X 
Malawi1 X X 
Malaysia X X 
Maldives1 X  
Mali1 X X 
Malta X X 
Mauritania1 X X 
Mauritius X X 
Mexico X X 
Moldova X X 
Mongolia X X 
Morocco X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.12 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Mozambique1 X X 
Myanmar1 X X 
Namibia X  
Nepal2
 X  
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 X 
Portugal X EC 
Qatar X X 
Romania X X 
Rwanda1   
Saint Kitts and Nevis X X 
Saint Lucia X X 
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines X X 
Senegal1 X X 
Sierra Leone1   
Singapore X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.12 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Slovak Republic  X X 
Slovenia X X 
Solomon Islands1 X X 
South Africa X X 
Spain X EC 
Sri Lanka X X 
Suriname   
Swaziland X X 
Sweden X EC 
Switzerland X X 
Chinese Taipei X X 
Tanzania 1 X X 
Thailand X X 
Togo1  
Trinidad and Tobago X X 
Tunisia X X 
Turkey X X 
Uganda1 X X 
United Arab Emirates X X 
United Kingdom X EC 
United States X X 
Uruguay X X 
Venezuela X X 
Viet Nam2
 X   G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.12 
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 Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Zambia1 X X 
Zimbabwe X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 146 136 127 
 *Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC 
Commission ("EC"). 
 1Observer status 
 2Observer status.  Full membership pending ratification. 
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