WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.9
14 March 2002
(02-1347)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS
AS OF 11 MARCH 2002
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 notification authority as provided in paragraph 10 ofAnnex B of the Agreement as of 11 March 2002.  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*
Albania
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda X X
Argentina X X
Australia X X
Austria X EC
Bahrain X X
Bangladesh X
Barbados X X
Belarus1XX
Belgium X EC
Belize X X
Benin XX
Bolivia X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.9
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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 Faso X
Burundi
Cameroon X X
Canada X X
Central African (Rep.)
Chad
Chile X X
China, People's Republic of X
Colombia X X
Congo, Republic of
Costa Rica X X
Côte d'Ivoire X
Croatia
Cuba X X
Cyprus X X
Czech Republic X X
Democratic Rep. of Congo
Denmark X EC
Djibouti X X
Dominica X X
Dominican Republic X X
Ecuador X X
Egypt X X
El Salvador X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.9
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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
Gambia
Georgia X X
Germany X EC
Ghana X
Greece X EC
Grenada X X
Guatemala X X
Guinea Bissau
Guinea, Rep. of
Guyana X X
Haiti X
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 X
Japan X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.9
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Jordan X X
Kenya X X
Korea X X
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic XX
Latvia XX
Lesotho
Liechtenstein X X
Lithuania X X
Luxembourg X EC
Macao, China X X
Madagascar X X
Malawi X X
Malaysia X X
Maldives
Mali XX
Malta X X
Mauritania XX
Mauritius X X
Mexico X X
Moldova
Mongolia X X
Morocco X X
Mozambique
Myanmar X X
Namibia X X
Netherlands X EC
New Zealand X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.9
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Nicaragua X X
Niger 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
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia X X
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Senegal X X
Sierra Leone
Singapore X X
Slovak Republic  X X
Slovenia X X
Solomon Islands XX
South Africa X X
Spain X EC
Sri Lanka X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.9
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Suriname
Swaziland X X
Sweden X EC
Switzerland X X
Chinese Taipei X X
Tanzania X X
Thailand X X
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago X X
Tunisia X X
Turkey X X
Uganda X X
United Arab Emirates X
United Kingdom X EC
United States X X
Uruguay X X
Venezuela X X
Zambia X X
Zimbabwe X X
TOTAL MEMBERS = 144 122 115
*Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC
Commission ("EC").
1Observer status
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