RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TRIMS/W/19
6 September 2000
(00-3465)
Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures
REPORT (2000) OF THE COMMITTEE ON
TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES
Draft
I. GENERAL
1. This report is submitted pursuant to Article 7.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related
Investment Measures, which requires the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures to report
annually to the Council for Trade in Goods.  The Report covers the period October 1999-September 2000.
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2. The Committee met on 19 September 2000 under the chairmanship of Mr. Oscar Hernández
(Venezuela).  Minutes of that meeting may be found in document [G/TRIMS/M/12].  The meeting
was open to Members, governments with observer status in the WTO and international
intergovernmental organizations to which the Committee has accorded regular observer status (IMF,OECD, UN, UNCTAD and World Bank).  Decisions on requests for observer status from several
other international organizations are pending.
II. IMPLEMENTATION
3. Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures requires Members to
notify any trade-related investment measure ("TRIM") inconsistent with the Agreement within
90 days after the entry into force of the WTO Agr eement.  Article 5.2 of the Agreement gives the
benefit of transition periods for the elimination of measures notified under Article 5.1 and which werein existence at least 180 days preceding the entry into force of the WTO Agreement.  Pursuant to a
decision adopted by the General Council in April 1995, governments eligible to become original
WTO Members that accepted the WTO Agreement after 1 January 1995 had a period of 90 days after
the date of their acceptance of the WTO Agreement to  make the notifications foreseen in Article 5.1,
with the period for the elimination of TRIMs notified under Article 5.1 being governed by referenceto the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement itself.
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4. Annex 1 contains a list of all notifications of measures under Article 5.1.3  In the case of some
Members, notifications have been submitted later than the 90-day period foreseen.
                                                     
1 The previous annual report is contained in document G/L/319 of 16 September 1999.
2 WT/L/64.
3 Notifications under Article 5.1 circulated in 1995 have been derestricted since 28 May 1996.
Following the decision taken by the General Council on 18 July 1996 on derestriction and circulation of WTOdocuments, documents containing notifications under Articles 5.1, 5.5 and 6.2 are issued unrestricted.  Members
may, however, at the time of the submission of a document, indicate to the Secretariat that the document should
be issued as restricted if they so wish.G/TRIMS/W/19
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5. While there is no obligation to do so, some Members have notified the Committee that they
do not apply any TRIM inconsistent with the Agreement.  During the period under review, such
notifications were made by Costa Rica, Cyprus, Jordan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.  Annex 2 lists all
Members which have made such notifications.
6. Article 5.5 deals with the conditions under which, during the transition periods stipulated in
Article 5.2, Members may apply TRIMs notified under  Article 5.1 to new investments.  While a
standard format for the submission of notifications under this provision has been adopted by the
Committee (G/TRIMS/3), no such notifications have been made.
7. A number of Members have submitted notifications as required under Article 6.2, which
provides for notification to the Secretariat of publications in which information on TRIMs can be
found.  A list of these notifications has been circ ulated in G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.8.  Annex 3 lists the
Members which have submitted such notifications.
8. During the period covered by this report, the Committee was informed of the initiation of one
proceeding under the Dispute Settlement Understanding which referred, inter alia , to the TRIMs
Agreement, as reflected in G/TRIMS/D/16.G/TRIMS/W/19
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ANNEX 1
Members which have Submitted Notifications under Article 5.1
of the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
Member Document Symbol Date of Communication
Argentina G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1 30 March 1995
Argentina G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1/Add.1 21 March 1997Barbados G/TRIMS/N/1/ BRB/1 31 March 1995
Bolivia
4G/TRIMS/N/1/BO L/1 24 June 1998
Chile G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1 14 December 1995
Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1 31 March 1995Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1/Add.1 4 June 1995Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2 31 July 1995Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2/Corr.1 30 September 1996
Costa Rica
5G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1 30 March 1995
Cuba6G/TRIMS/N/1/CUB/1 18 July 1995
Cyprus7G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2 30 October 1995
Dominican Republic G/TRIMS/N/1/DOM/1 26 April 1995Ecuador G/TRIMS/N/1/ECU/1 20 March 1996Egypt G/TRIMS/N/1/EGY/1 29 September 1995
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1 31 March 1995
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1 22 December 1995
                                                     
4 Bolivia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it does not apply any trade-related
investment measures that are not in conformity with the Agreement (G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1).
5 Costa Rica subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it intended to eliminate measures
notified under Article 5.1 in advance of the expiry  of the transition period (G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1).
6 Cuba subsequently informed the Committee that th e measures notified by Cuba under Article 5.1 are
no longer in force (G/TRIMS/M/3, paragraph 5).
7 This notification superseded Cyprus' previous one (G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/1) of 29 June 1995; Cyprus
subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under Article 5.1
(G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1).G/TRIMS/W/19
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Member Document Symbol Date of Communication
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1/Corr.1 18 March 1996
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.2 11 April 1996
Indonesia G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1 23 May 1995Indonesia G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1/Add.1 28 October 1996Malaysia G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1 31 March 1995Malaysia G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1/Rev.1 14 March 1996Mexico G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1 31 March 1995
Mexico G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1/Rev.1
831 March 1995
Nigeria9G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1 17 July 1996
Pakistan G/TRIMS/N/1/ PAK/1 30 March 1995
Peru G/TRIMS/N/1/PER/1 3 March 1995Philippines G/TRIMS/N/1/PHL/1 31 March 1995
Poland
10G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1 28 September 1995
Romania G/TRIMS/N/1/ROM/1 31 March 1995South Africa G/TRIMS/N/ 1/ZAF/1 19 April 1995
Thailand G/TRIMS/N/1/THA/1 30  March 1995Uganda G/TRIMS/N/1/UGA/1 17 June 1997Uruguay G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1 31 March 1995
Uruguay G/TRIMS/N/1/URY /1/Add.1 30 August 1995
Venezuela G/TRIMS/N/1/VEN/1 31 March 1995
                                                     
8 English only.
9 Nigeria subsequently submitted a notification indi cating that the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act
of 1989 has been repealed and replaced with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Decree 1995(G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1/Add.1).
10 Poland subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified
under Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1/Add.1).G/TRIMS/W/19
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ANNEX 2
Notifications Indicating that No TRIMs Inconsistent with the Agreement
on Trade-Related Investment Measures are Maintained
Member Document Symbol Date of Communication
Bolivia G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1 4 March 1999
Costa Rica  G/TRIMS/N/1/ CRI/1/Add.11116 September 1999
Cyprus G/TRIMS/N/1/ CYP/2/Add.1 26 May 2000
Haiti G/TRIMS/N/1/HTI/1 27 February 1998Honduras G/TRIMS/N/1/HND/1 7 July 1995Israel G/TRIMS/N/1/ISR/1 24 October 1996Jamaica G/TRIMS/N/1/JAM/1 9 June 1998
Jordan G/TRIMS/N/1/JOR/1 22 May 2000
Maldives G/TRIMS/N/1/MLV/1 30 September 1999Mali G/TRIMS/N/1/MLI/1 27 May 1997Mauritius G/TRIMS/N/1/MUS/1 27 March 1995New Zealand G/TRIMS/N/1/NZL/1 20 May 1999Nicaragua G/TRIMS/N/ 1/NIC/1 18 July 1996
Saint Lucia G/TRIMS/N/1/LCA/1 14 February 1996
Singapore G/TRIMS/N/1/SGP/1 9 October 1996Slovenia G/TRIMS/N/1/SVN/1 27 March 1995Sri Lanka G/TRIMS/N/ 1/LKA/1 14 March 2000
Switzerland G/TRIMS/N/ 1/CHE/1 8 August 1995
Trinidad & Tobago G/TRIMS/N/1/TTO/1 1 April 1996
Zambia G/TRIMS/N/1/ZMB/1 13 April 1995
                                                     
11 A Corrigendum to the English version was issued in G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1/Corr.1, dated
26 October 1999.G/TRIMS/W/19
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ANNEX 3
Members which have Submitted Notifications under Article 6.2 of
the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
ChadChile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic
EcuadorEstonia
European Community (including the member States)
Fiji Islands, Rep. of the
Ghana
HaitiHong Kong, China
Iceland
India
Indonesia
IsraelJamaica
Japan
Korea
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Macau, China
MadagascarMaldives
Mauritius
Mongolia
Namibia
New ZealandNicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
PeruPhilippines
Poland
Qatar
Romania
SingaporeSlovenia
Sri Lanka
Suriname
SwitzerlandG/TRIMS/W/19
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Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Uganda
United StatesUruguay
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of
Zimbabwe
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