G/TRIMS/W/168  
9 September  2020 
(20-6115) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade -Related Investment Measures   
 
  
COMMITTEE ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES  
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT  
Reminder  
1.  Article 6.2 of the Trade -Related Investment Measures  ("TRIMs Agreement") provides:  
Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which TRIMs may be 
found, including those applied by regional and local governments and authori ties within 
their territories.  
2.  This provision does not envisage notifications of particular laws, regulations or measures but of 
publications. It applies to all WTO Members, covers all levels of government and refers to any TRIM, 
whether or not  in conformity with Articles III and XI of the GATT  1994.  
3.  At its meeting on 30 September 1996, the Committee on TRIMs adopted the Decision contained 
in document G/TRIMS/5 (attached) pertaining to the procedures for notifications to be submitted by 
all Members pursuant to Article 6.2 of the TRIMs Agreement. The attached Decision specifies, in its 
paragraphs 3 and 4, the information wh ich should be contained in such notifications and indicates 
that these notifications would be without prejudice to the legal consistency of any TRIMs  which may 
be found in these p ublications notified. The Secretariat consolidates all notifications received  
pursuant to this Article in one single document, the latest of which was  circulated in 
G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.2 9 dated 8 September  2020. 
4.  Members that have never submitted the required notifications are re minded to do so without 
delay.  
5.  Members that have s ubmitted the required notifications and have not updated them, as 
necessary, to reflect any changes that may have occurred, are reminded to update suc h notifications 
without delay.  
6.  Members that have submitted notifications indicating that they have no TRIMs inconsistent with 
the TRIMs Agreement, are also reminded that the obligation to notify names and publications where 
TRIMs may be found pertains to any TRIM without prejudice to it s legal consistency . Members that 
have submitted such nil notifications are also reminded to submit the require d notifications without 
delay.  
7.  All Members are requested to include in their notifications any websites where relevant 
information could be f ound.  G/TRIMS/W/168  
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WORLD TRADE  G/TRIMS/5  
 30 October 1996  
ORGANIZATION  
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Committee on Trade -Related Investment Measures  
 
 
 
 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT  
 
 Decision of the Committee of 30 September  1996  
 
 
1) Article 6.2 of the TRIMs Agreement provides:  
 
 Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which TRIMs  may be 
found, including those applied by regional and local governments and authorities within 
their territories.  
 
2) This provision does not envisage notifications of particular laws, regulations or measures but of 
publications.  It applies to all WTO Members, covers all levels of government and refers to any TRIM, 
whether or not in conformity with Articles III and XI  of the GATT 1994.  
 
3) The Committee decides that each Member implement Article 6.2 by providing the Secretariat with 
the name(s) of publication(s) in which TRIMs may be found, where such publications exist, including those 
applied by regional and local governments and authorities within their territories, and the addresses from 
which copies can be obtained.  Members are not expected to submit copies of such publication s.  The 
notification would be without prejudice to the legal consistency of any TRIMs which may be found in these 
publications notified.  
 
4) The "publications", notification of which is envisaged under Article 6.2, are official sour ces which 
would contain relevant laws, regulations or measures of more specific character.  Such sources may include 
official gazettes, but it might be more helpful if Members included references to specific publications of 
relevant agencies (e.g. bulletin s or periodicals of a relevant ministry or foreign investment board).  
 
5) Members are invited to submit lists of such publications by 1 February 1997  and to update these lists 
as appropriate.  The Secretariat will consolidate notifi cations under Article 6.2 in a single document which 
will be updated as the need arises.  
 
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