G/TBT/55  
 
21 March 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade    
 
  
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING ARTICLE 15.2 NOTIFICATIONS  
DECISION  
Adopted at the meeting of 13-15 March 2024  
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The WTO Committee  on Technical Barriers to Trade (the TBT Committee) adopted  the following 
guidelines1 and corresponding online format2 for submitting Article 15.2 notifications , building on  its 
previous decisions and recommendations relating to Article 15.2 . 
 
Guidelines for submitting Article 15.2 notifications  
Heading  Description  
1. Implementing 
action s The statement should cover the legislative, regulatory and 
administrative actions  taken to implement  the TBT Agreement . If the 
Agreement itself has been incorporated into domestic law, the 
statement should indicate how this has been done. In other cases, 
the statement should describe the content of the relevant laws, 
regulations, administrative orders, etc. All necessary references 
should also be provided.  
Members are encouraged to notify their National Quality 
Infrastructure laws and/or regulations  and any subsequent changes . 
2. Publication of a 
notice  The statement should specify the names and websites of the 
publications  used to announce that work is proceeding on draft 
technical regulation s, standards, and conformity  assessment 
procedures  under Articles 2.9.1; 3.1 (in relation to 2.9.1); 5.6.1; 7.1, 
8.1 and 9.2 (in relation to 5.6.1); and paragraphs J  and L of Annex 
3 of the Agreement.  
The statement should also specify measures and arrangements to 
ensure that central government and local government bodies 
preparing new technical regulations or conformity assessment 
procedures, or substantial amendments to existing ones, provide 
early information on their proposals in order to enable the Member 
in question to fu lfil its obligations on notifications under Articles 2.9, 
2.10, 3.2, 5.6, 5.7 and 7.2 of the Agreement.  
 
1 In the Ninth Triennial Review, the TBT Committee agreed "to request the Secretariat to develop a 
notification format under Article 15.2 that allows Members to notify information that underpins or assists in the 
implementation of the TBT Agreement ( G/TBT/46 , para.6.29.h(i)).   
2 The format  is available in the notification submission dashboard in ePing . G/TBT/55  
 
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  Heading  Description  
3. Comment s  The statement should  specify the expected length of time allowed for 
presentation of comments in writing on technical regulations, 
standar ds, and conformity assessment procedures  under Articles 
2.9.4 and 2.10.3; 3.1 (in relation to 2.9.4 and 2.10.3); 5.6.4 and 
5.7.3; 7.1, 8.1 and 9.2 (in relation to 5.6.4 and 5.7.3); and 
paragraph L of Annex 3 of the Agreement.  
Members are encouraged to noti fy information on where comments 
on draft technical regulations can be submitted, such as online 
consultation platforms.  
4. Publication of final 
texts   The statement should specify the names and websites of the 
publications in which the texts of adopted technical regulations, 
standards, and conformity assessment procedures are published 
under Article 2.11; 3.1 (in relation to 2.11); 5.8; 7.1, 8.1 and 9.2 (in 
relation to 5.8); and paragraph O of Annex 3 of the Agreement.  
If available, website infor mation providing an overview of a Member's 
relevant technical regulations should be provided.  
5. Contact information3  
(i) Enquiry Point(s)  
 The statement should specify the role and contact details  of the 
enquiry point(s) foreseen in Articles 10.1 , 10.2,  and 10.3 of the 
Agreement with an indication as to whether it is/they are fully 
operational; if for legal or administrative reasons more than one 
enquiry point is established, complete and unambiguo us information 
on the scope of responsibilities of each of them  should be specified . 
(ii) Notification 
Authority  The statement should specify the role and contact details of the 
central government authority which  is, as foreseen in Article 10.10,  
responsible for the implementation on the national level of the 
provisions concerning notification procedures . If, for legal or 
administrative reasons the responsibility for notification  procedures  
is divided among two or more central government authoriti es, 
unambiguous information on the scope of responsibility of each of 
these authorities  should be provided .  
(iii) Other Agencies  The statement should specify the role and contact details  of any other 
agencies that have specific functions under the Agreement  
6. Additional 
information  This field can be used to submit any information that is not covered 
by the fields above. If this is a revision to an earlier Article 15.2 
notification , key changes compared to the original statement could 
be highlight ed here.  
Should Members wish to announce the availability of a comment 
period for certain implementing actions, for example on national 
quality infrastructure, they can do so by issuing an Addendum to their 
Article 15.2 notification.  
 
 
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3 The latest information provided by Members is available in ePing .