G/L/1363  
G/TRIMS/10  
 
30 September 2020  
(20-6649) Page: 1/6 
  
 
REPORT (20 20) OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES  
(ADOPTED 15 SEPTEMBER 2020)  
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 Goods. The Report covers 
the period 14 November 2019 – 15 September 2015 . 
1.2.  The Committee met formally on 15 Sept ember 20201. The meeting was chaired by Ms Tiziana 
ZUGLIANO (Italy) . The minutes of th is meeting may be  found in documents G/TRIMS/M/ 48. The 
meeting was  open to all Members, governments with observer status in the WTO and international 
intergovernmental o rganizations to which the Committee 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, Members 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 eliminat ion 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 t hat 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 r eference to the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement.2 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 TRIM 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 notifications. Since the last report, notifications 
were received from Vanuatu  and Myanmar . As agreed by the Committee at its meeting on 
20 May 2009, the Secretariat has circulated a reminder3 containing guidance regarding the 
requirem ents of Article  6.2 and its related decision. The reminder also requests all Members that 
have never notified such publications to do so without delay and that all Members that previously 
 
1 Due to the COVID -19 pandemic, the spring meeting of the Committee, which was scheduled to be held 
on 27 May 2020, did not take place. A communication to this effect was sent to Members on 6 May 2020. The 
Chair of the Committee, Ms Tiziana Zugliano, consult ed with Members to explore possibilities for conducting 
work remotely/and or through a written question and answer procedure on at least some of the agenda items 
that should have been discussed at the spring Regular meeting, but no consensus could be reach ed. A second 
communication regarding the date of the September meeting was sent to Members on 30 June 2020.  
2 WT/L/64.  
3 The reminder for 2020 was circulated in document G/TRIMS/W/ 168. G/L/1363 • G/TRIMS/10  
 
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  notified to update their notifications, if appropriate, without dela y. The latest updated list of 
notifications has been circulated in document G/TRIMS/N/2/ Rev.29. 
3  COMMUNICATIONS BY MEMBERS AND RELATED DISCUSSIONS  
3.1.  During this reporting period, the Committee held discussions on two (2)  issues already  
discussed in previous r eporting periods.  
3.2.  Issues raised in previous meetings of the Committee : (i) Indonesia – Comprehensive Review 
of Localization Measures, item requested by the United States, the European Union and Japan; 
(ii) Russian Federation – Measures implementing Russia 's import substitution policy , item requested 
by the United States and the European Union.4 
4  ELECTION OF OFFICERS  
4.1.  At its meeting of 15 September 2020, the Committee elected Mr Manuel Chacón (Colombia) as 
Chair for the period 2020 - 2021. At the same meeting, Mr Robert Cook  (United Kingdom) was 
elected as Vice-Chair for the same period.  
 
4 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, G/TRIMS/ Q/RUS/10.  G/L/1363 • G/TRIMS/10  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5.1  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES  
 
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 of1 G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1  24 June 1998  
Chile2 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  
Colombia3 G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2  31 July 1995  
Colombia  G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2/Corr.1  30 September 1996  
Costa Rica4 G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1  30 March 1995  
Cuba5 G/TRIMS/N/1/CUB/1  18 July 1995  
Cyprus6 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  
Mexico7 G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1/Rev.18 31 March 1995  
Nigeria9 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  
Poland10 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  
 
1 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).  
2 Chile subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1/Add.1).  
3 Colombia subsequently submitted a notification indica ting 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). 
4 Costa Rica subsequently submitted a notification indic ating that it intended 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).  
5 Cuba subsequently informed the Committee that the measures notified by Cuba under Article  5.1 are 
no long er in force (G/TRIMS/M/3, paragraph  5). 
6 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).  
7 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).  
8 In English only.  
9 Nigeria subsequently submitted a notification indicating  that the Nigerian 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).  
10 Poland subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated me asures notified under 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1/Add.1).  G/L/1363 • G/TRIMS/10  
 
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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 INDICATING THAT NO TRIMS INCONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT  
ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT 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.11 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  
 
 
1 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/1363 • G/TRIMS/10  
 
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  ANNEX 3  
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT 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  Myanmar  
Canada  Namibia  
Chad New Zealand  
Chile Nicaragua  
China  Nigeria  
Colombia  Norway  
Congo  Oman  
Costa Rica  Panama  
Côte d'Ivoire  Paraguay  
Cuba Peru 
Dominica  Philippines  
Dominican Republic  Qatar  
Ecuador  Russian Federation  
El Salvador  Samoa  
European Union (including the member States)  Senegal  
Fiji  Seychelles  
Gabon  Singapore  
The Gambia  South Africa  
Georgia  Sri Lanka  
Ghana  Suriname  
Guatemala  Switzerland  
Haiti Chinese Taipei  
Honduras  Thailand  
Hong Kong, China  Togo 
Iceland  Trinidad and Tobago  
India Tunisia  
Indonesia  Turkey  
Israel  Uganda  
Jamaica  Ukraine  
Japan  United Arab Emirates  
Jordan  United States of America  
Kazakhstan  Uruguay  
Korea, Republic of  Vanuatu  
Kuwait, the State of  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
Kyrgyz Republic  Zambia  
Lao People's Democratic Republic  Zimbabwe  
  
  
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