WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
DRAFT REPORT (2001)
Attached is a draft of the Report of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade to be
submitted to the Council for Trade in Goods for its consideration at its meeting scheduled for
5 October 2001.
Delegations are invited to submit any comments to the Secretariat (Ms. Vivien Liu,
tel:  739 54.55) by  28 September 2001 .
01-4143RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/SPEC/19
29 August 2001
(01-4143)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
DRAFT
REPORT (2001) OF THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
1. The Committee held its twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth meetings on 30 March,
29 June and 9 October (G/TBT/M/23-25) respectively, and Mr. Joshua Phoho Setipa (Lesotho) was
Chairman.  At those meetings, the Committee heard statements on the implementation and
administration of the Agreement.  A number of Members informed the Committee of measures taken
to ensure the implementation and administration of the Agreement.  Several measures were brought to
the attention of the Committee by Members who raised concerns about the potential adverse tradeeffects or inconsistency with the Agreement of those measures.
2. At its twenty-fourth meeting, the Committee carried out its Sixth Annual Review of the
Implementation and Operation of the Agreement under Article 15.3 as well as its Sixth Annual
Review of the Code of Good Practice for the Pr eparation, Adoption and Application of Standards
(Annex 3 of the Agreement) based on background documents G/TBT/10, WTO TBT Standards Code
Directory (Sixth Edition), G/TBT/CS/1/Add.5 and G/TBT/CS/2/Rev.7.
3. In order to give Members the opportunity to discuss the activities and problems relating to
information exchange and to review periodically  how well notification procedures work, a Special
Meeting on Procedures for Information Exchange was held on 28 June.  It was participated by persons
responsible for information exchange, including persons responsible for enquiry points andnotifications.  At the meeting, a number of proposals were made for the consideration of the
Committee.
4. Following the Second Triennial Review of the Operation and Implementation of the
Agreement under Article 15.4 (G/TBT/9), the Committee continued discussions on a number ofelements taken up during that Review.  It started to develop a demand-driven Technical Cooperation
programme by first designing a survey to assist developing country Members to identify and prioritise
their specific needs in the TBT field.  A number of Members submitted information on the technical
assistance activities they needed or provided.  At the twenty-fifth meeting, the Secretariat was
requested to compile these submissions and to prepare a draft survey questionnaire to assist needsidentification for the consideration of the Committee at its twenty-sixth meeting.
5. IEC, ISO, ITC, OIML, UNIDO, WHO/F AO Codex Alimentarius Commission and the
World Bank were invited to update the Committee on their activities and provide information on the
ways they sought to ensure effective participation of Members, and particularly of developing countryMembers, in their activities.
6. Representatives of the ACP, ALADI, EFTA, FAO, IEC, IMF, ISO, ITC, OECD, OIE, OIML,
UNCTAD, UN/ECE, UNIDO, WHO, WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission and the
World Bank attended meetings of the Committee in an observer capacity.
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