G/L/1337  
G/TRIMS/9  
 
14 November  2019 
(15-7798) Page: 1/6 
    
 
 
REPORT (201 9) OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
TRADE -RELATED INVEST MENT MEASURES  
(ADOPTED 1 3 NOVEMBER 2019)  
1  GENERAL  
1.1.  This report is submitted pursuant to Article  7.3 of the Agreement on Trade -Related Investment 
Measures ("TRIMs Agreement"), which requires the Committee on Trade -Related Investment 
Measures (the "Committee") to report annually to the Council for Trade in G oods. The Report covers 
the period 18 October 2018 – 13 November 2019 . 
1.2.  The Committee met formally on 6  June and 13 November 2019. The first meeting was chaired 
by Ms Carrie WU (Chinese  Taipei) and the second meeting was chaired by Ms Tiziana ZUGLIANO 
(Italy). The minutes of these meetings may be  found in documents G/TRIMS/M/46 and 
G/TRIMS/M/47 , respectively. Both meetings were open to all Members, governments with observer 
status in the WTO and international intergovernmental organizations to which the Comm ittee has 
accorded regular observer status (IMF, OECD, UN, UNCTAD and World  Bank). Decisions on requests 
for observer status made by several other international organizations are pending.  
2  NOTIFICATIONS  
2.1.  Pursuant to Article 5.1 of the TRIMs Agreement, Member s were required to notify any trade -
related investment measure ("TRIM") inconsistent with the Agreement within 90  days after the entry 
into force of the WTO Agreement. Article  5.2 allows for transition periods for the elimination of 
measures notified under  Article  5.1 and which were in existence at least 180  days preceding the 
entry into force of the WTO Agreement. Pursuant to a decision of the General  Council in April  1995, 
governments eligible to become original WTO Members that accepted the WTO  Agreement  after 
1 January  1995 had 90  days after the date of their acceptance of the WTO Agreement to make the 
notifications foreseen in Article  5.1, with the period for the elimination of TRIMs notified under 
Article  5.1 governed by reference to the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement.1 Annex  1 
lists all notifications of measures under Article  5.1. In the case of some Members, notifications have 
been submitted later than the 90 -day period foreseen. Some Members have notified that they do 
not apply any TRI M inconsistent with the Agreement. Annex  2 lists all Members that have made such 
notifications.  
2.2.  Article  6.2 provides for notification of publications in which information on TRIMs can be found. 
Annex  3 lists the Members that have submitted such notificatio ns. Since the last report, notifications 
were received from Afghanistan and Samoa. As agreed by the Committee at its meeting on 
20 May 2009, the Secretariat has circulated a reminder2 containing guidance regarding the 
requirements of Article  6.2 and its re lated decision. The reminder also requests all Members that 
have never notified such publications to do so without delay and that all Members that previously 
notified to update their notifications, if appropriate, without delay. The latest updated list of 
notifications has been circulated in document G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.28.  
                                                
1 WT/L/64.  
2 The reminder for 2018  was circulated in do cument G/TRIMS/W/167.  G/L/1337 • G/TRIMS/9  
 
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  3  COMMUNICATIONS BY ME MBERS AND RELATED DI SCUSSIONS  
3.1.  During this reporting period, the Committee held discussions on five (5)  issues already  
discussed in previous reporting periods  and one (1) new issue .  
3.2.  Issues raised in previous meetings of the Committee : (i) China – Cybersecurity measures,  
including p rovisions on insurance system informatization , item requested by the United  States;3 
(ii) Indonesia – Comprehensive Review of Localization Measu res, item requested by the United 
States, the European Union and Japan; (iii) Indonesia – Local content requirements for 
pharmaceutical products and medical devices , item requested by the United States and the European 
Union ;4 (iv) Russian Federation – Measures implementing Russia's import substitution policy , item 
requested by the United States5; (v) Argentina – Act 27,263 on the development and strengthening 
regime of the Argentine autopartism , item requested by Mexico6. 
3.3.  A new item  was also considered by the Committee: Russian Federation – Measures to support  
the automotive industry to replace the automotive investment incentive programs , item requested 
by the United States.  
4  ELECTION OF OFFICERS  
4.1.  At its meeting of 6 June 2019, the C ommittee elected Ms Tiziana ZUGLIANO (Italy) as Chair 
for the period 2019 -2020. At the same meeting, Mrs Azuwiza DARUS (Malaysia) was elected as 
Vice-Chair for the same period.  
  
                                                
3 G/TRIMS/Q/CHN/1.  
4 G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/3, G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/4; G/TR IMS/Q/IDN/5.  
5 G/TRIMS/Q/RUS/4, G/TRIMS//Q/RUS/5, G/TRIMS/Q/RUS/6, G/TRIMS/Q/RUS/7, G/TRIMS/Q/RUS/8, 
G/TRIMS/Q/RUS/9.  
6 G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/1, G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/2, G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/3, G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/4, G/TRIMS/Q /ARG/5, 
G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/6, G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/7, G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/8 and G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/9 and G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/10.  G/L/1337 • G/TRIMS/9  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SU BMITTED NOTIFICATION S UNDER ARTICLE 5.1  
OF THE AG REEMENT ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT MEAS URES  
 
Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Argentina  G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1  30 March 1995  
Argentina  G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1/Add.1  21 March 1997  
Barbados  G/TRIMS/N/1/BRB/1  31 March 1995  
Bolivia, Plurinational State of7 G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1  24 June 1998  
Chile8 G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1  14 December 1995  
Colombia  G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1  31 March 1995  
Colombia  G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1/Add.1  4 June 1995  
Colombia9 G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2  31 July 1995  
Colombia  G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2/Corr.1  30 September 1996  
Costa Rica10 G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1  30 March 1995  
Cuba11 G/TRIMS/N/1/CUB/1  18 July 1995  
Cyprus12 G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2  30 October 1995  
Dominican Republic  G/TRIMS/N/1/DOM/1  26 April 1995  
Ecuador  G/TRIMS/N/1/ECU/1  20 March 1996  
Egypt  G/TRIMS/N/1/EGY/1  29 September 1995  
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1  31 March 1995  
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1  22 December 1995  
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1/Corr.1  18 March 1996  
India G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.2  11 April 1996  
Indonesia  G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1  23 May 1995  
Indonesia  G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1/Add.1  28 October 1996  
Kazakhstan  G/TRIMS/N/1/KAZ/1  21 April 2016  
Malaysia  G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1  31 March 1995  
Malaysia  G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1/Rev.1  14 March 1996  
Mexico  G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1  31 March 1995  
Mexico13 G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1/Rev.114 31 March 1995  
Nigeria15 G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1  17 July 1996  
Pakistan  G/TRIMS/N/1/PAK/1  30 March 1995  
Peru G/TRIMS/N/1/PER/1  3 March 1995  
Philippines  G/TRIMS/N/1/PHL/1  31 March 1995  
Poland16 G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1  28 September 1995  
Russian Federation  G/TRIMS/N/1/RUS/1  23 January 2013  
Russian Fed eration  G/TRIMS/N/1/RUS/1/Add.1  11 February 2013  
Romania  G/TRIMS/N/1/ROM/1  31 March 1995  
                                                
7 Bolivia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it does not apply any trade -related 
investment measures that are not in conformity with the Agreement (G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1).  
8 Chile subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1/Add.1).  
9 Colombia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it had issued Decree No. 1473 of 
10 May 2004, whereby Decree No. 2439 of 1994 establishing import control mechanisms for certain 
agricultural products had been repealed (G/TRIMS/N/1/CO L/3). 
10 Costa Rica subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it int ended to eliminate measures 
notified under Article 5.1 in advance of the expiry of the transition period (G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1).  
11 Cuba subsequently informed the Committee that the measures notified by Cuba under Article  5.1 are 
no longer in force (G/TR IMS/M/3, paragraph  5). 
12 This notification superseded Cyprus' previous one (G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/1) of 29 June 1995; Cyprus 
subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under Article 5.1 
(G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1).  
13 Mexico subsequently submitted a notification indicating that all provisions under the Automotive 
Decree had ceased to be operative as of 1 January 2004 (G/C/42).  
14 In English only.  
15 Nigeria subsequently submitted a notification indicating that the Nigeria n Enterprises Promotion Act 
of 1989 has been repealed and replaced with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Decree 1995 
(G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1/Add.1).  
16 Poland subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified u nder 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1/Add.1).  G/L/1337 • G/TRIMS/9  
 
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  Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
South Africa  G/TRIMS/N/1/ZAF/1  19 April 1995  
Thailand  G/TRIMS/N/1/THA/1  30 March 1995  
Uganda  G/TRIMS/N/1/UGA/1  17 June 1997  
Uruguay  G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1  31 March 1995  
Uruguay  G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1/Add.1  30 August 1995  
Venezuela, Bolivaria n Republic of  G/TRIMS/N/1/VEN/1  31 March 1995  
 
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  ANNEX 2  
NOTIFICATIONS INDICA TING THAT NO TRIMS I NCONSISTENT WITH THE  AGREEMENT  
ON TRADE -RELATED INV ESTMENT MEASURES ARE  MAINTAINED  
Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1  4 March 1999  
Costa Rica  G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.117 16 September 1999  
Cyprus  G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1  26 May 2000  
El Salvador  G/TRIMS/N/1/SLV/1  5 November 2003  
Haiti G/TRIMS/N/1/HTI/1  27 February 1998  
Honduras  G/TRIMS/N/1/HND/1  7 July 1995  
Israel  G/TRIMS/N/1/ISR/1  24 October 1996  
Jamaica  G/TRIMS/N/1/JAM/1  9 June 1998  
Jordan  G/TRIMS/N/1/JOR/1  22 May 2000  
Kuwait , the State of  G/TRIMS/N/1/KWT/1  10 November 2015  
Maldives  G/TRIMS/N/1/MLV/1  30 September 1999  
Mali G/TRIMS/N/1/MLI/1  27 May 1997  
Mauritius  G/TRIMS/N/1/MUS/1  27 March 1995  
New Zealand  G/TRIMS/N/1/NZL/1  20 May 1999  
Nicaragua  G/TRIMS/N/1/NIC/1  18 July 1996  
Oman  G/TRIMS/N/1/OMN/1  20 December 2000  
Saint Lucia  G/TRIMS/N/1/LCA/1  14 February 1996  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  G/TRIMS/N/1/SAU/1  3 October 2006  
Singapore  G/TRIMS/N/1/SGP/1  9 October 1996  
Slovenia  G/TRIMS/N/1/SVN/1  27 March 1995  
Sri Lanka  G/TRIMS/N/1/LKA/1  14 March 2000  
Switzerland  G/TRIMS/N/1/CHE/1  8 August 1995  
Chinese Taipei  G/TRIMS/N/1/TPKM/1  27 May 2002  
Trinidad & Tobago  G/TRIMS/N/1/TTO/1  1 April 1996  
Zambia  G/TRIMS/N/1/ZMB/1  13 April 1995  
 
  
                                                
17 A Corrigendum to the English version was issued in G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1/Corr.1, dated 
26 October  1999.  G/L/1337 • G/TRIMS/9  
 
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  ANNEX 3  
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SU BMITTED NOTIFICATION S UNDER ARTICLE 6.2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE -RELATED INVEST MENT MEASURES  
Afghanistan  Lesotho  
Albania  Liberia  
Angola  Liechtenstein  
Argentina  Macao, China  
Armenia  Madagascar  
Australia  Malawi  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  Malaysia  
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  Maldives  
Botswana  Mali 
Brazil  Mauritius  
Brunei Darussalam  Mexico  
Burkina Faso  Moldova, Republic of  
Burundi  Mongolia  
Cambodia  Montenegro  
Cameroon  Namibia  
Canada  New Zealand  
Chad Nicaragua  
Chile Nigeria  
China  Norway  
Colombia  Oman  
Congo  Panama  
Costa Rica  Paraguay  
Côte d'Ivoire  Peru 
Cuba Philippines  
Dominica  Qatar  
Dominican Republic  Russian Federation  
Ecuador  Samoa  
El Salvador  Senegal  
European Union (including the member States)  Seychelles  
Fiji  Singapore  
Gabon  South Africa  
The Gambia  Sri Lanka  
Georgia  Suriname  
Ghana  Switzerland  
Guatemala  Chinese Taipei  
Haiti Thailand  
Honduras  Togo 
Hong Kong, China  Trinidad and Tobago  
Iceland  Tunisia  
India Turkey  
Indonesia  Uganda  
Israel  Ukraine  
Jamaica  United Arab Emirates  
Japan  United States of America  
Jordan  Uruguay  
Kazakhstan  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
Korea, Republic of  Zambia  
Kuwait, the State of  Zimbabwe  
Kyrgyz Republic   
Lao People's Democratic Republic   
  
  
 
 
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