WORLD TRADE G/SPS/GEN/49
11February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0489)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
MEMBERSHIP INWTO AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARD-SETTING BODIES
Note bytheSecretariat
Thefollowing tableprovides information regarding themembership, asof5February 1998,
oftheWTO andofthethreestandard-setting bodies explicitly referred tointheSPSAgreement. The
entries ofcountries thataresimultaneously members oftheWTO, Codex Alimentarius, OIEandIPPC
(Convention of1991) areshaded.G/SPS/GEN/49
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Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX
Afghanistan X
Albania X X
Algeria X X X
Andorra X
Angola X X X
Antigua andBarbuda X X
Argentina X X X X
Armenia X X
Australia X X X X
Austria X X X X
Azerbaijan X
Bahamas X
Bahrain X X X X
Bangladesh X X X X
Barbados X X X
Belarus X
Belgium X X X X
Belize X X X
Benin X X X
Bhutan X X
Bolivia X X X X
Bosnia Herzegovina X
Botswana X X X
Brazil X X X X
Brunei Darussalam X X
Bulgaria X X X X
Burkina Faso X X X X
Burundi X X
Cambodia X X X
Cameroon X X X
Canada X X X X
Cape Verde X XG/SPS/GEN/49
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Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX
Central African Republic X X X
Chad X X X
Chile X X X X
China X X
Chinese Taipei X
Colombia X X X X
Comoros X
Congo, Democratic Republic of X X X
Congo, Republic of X X X
Costa Rica X X X X
Côted'Ivoire X X X
Croatia X X
Cuba X X X X
Cyprus X X X
Czech Republic X X X X
Democratic People 'sRepublic ofKorea X
Denmark X X X X
Djibouti X
Dominica X X
Dominican Republic X X X
Ecuador X X X X
Egypt X X X X
ElSalvador X X X X
Equatorial Guinea X X
Eritrea X X
Estonia X X
Ethiopia X X X
European Community X
Fiji X X
Finland X X X X
France X X X X
Gabon X X X
Gambia X XG/SPS/GEN/49
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Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX
Georgia X X
Germany X X X X
Ghana X X X X
Greece X X X X
Grenada X X X
Guatemala X X X
Guinea, Republic of X X X X
Guinea Bissau X X
Guyana X X X X
Haiti X X X X
Honduras X X X
Hong Kong, China X
Hungary X X X X
Iceland X X X
India X X X X
Indonesia X X X X
Iran X X X
Iraq X X X
Ireland X X X X
Israel X X X X
Italy X X X X
Jamaica X X X
Japan X X X X
Jordan X X X
Kazakhstan X
Kenya X X X X
Kiribati X
Korea, Republic of X X X X
Kuwait X X X
Kyrgyzstan X
Laos X X X
Latvia X X
Lebanon X X XG/SPS/GEN/49
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Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX
Lesotho X X X
Liberia X X
Libya X X X
Liechtenstein X
Lithuania X X
Luxembourg X X X X
Macau X
Macedonia X X
Madagascar X X X
Malawi X X X X
Malaysia X X X X
Maldives X
Mali X X X
Malta X X X X
Mauritania X X X
Mauritius X X X X
Mexico X X X X
Micronesia (Federal States of) X
Moldova X X
Mongolia X X X
Morocco X X X X
Mozambique X X X
Myanmar X X X
Namibia X X
Nepal X
Netherlands X X X X
NewCaledonia X
NewZealand X X X X
Nicaragua X X X
Niger X X X X
Nigeria X X X X
Norway X X X X
Oman X X XG/SPS/GEN/49
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Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX
Pakistan X X X X
Panama X X X X
Papua NewGuinea X X X
Paraguay X X X X
Peru X X X X
Philippines X X X X
Poland X X X X
Portugal X X X X
Qatar X X X
Romania X X X X
Russia X X X
Rwanda X X
Saint KittsandNevis X X X
Saint Lucia X X
Saint Vincent andtheGrenadines X
Samoa X
Saudi Arabia X X
Senegal X X X X
Seychelles X X
Sierra Leone X X X X
Singapore X X X
Slovak Republic X X X
Slovenia X X X
Solomon Islands X X
Somalia X
South Africa X X X X
Spain X X X X
SriLanka X X X X
Sudan X X X
Suriname X X X
Swaziland X X X
Sweden X X X X
Switzerland X X X XG/SPS/GEN/49
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Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX
Syria X X
Tajikistan X
Tanzania X X X
Thailand X X X X
Togo X X X X
Tonga X
Trinidad andTobago X X X
Tunisia X X X X
Turkey X X X X
Turkmenistan X
Uganda X X X
Ukraine X
United Arab Emirates X X X
United Kingdom X X X X
United States ofAmerica X X X X
Uruguay X X X X
Uzbekistan X
Vanuatu X X
Venezuela X X X X
Vietnam X X
Yemen X X
Yugoslavia X X X
Zambia X X X X
Zimbabwe X X X
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