G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.23  
 
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
COMPLIANCE WITH NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision 
The present document has been prepared to assi st the consideration of agenda item "overdue 
notifications" during the March 2016 meeting of the Committee on Agriculture. It reflects Members' compliance with their regular notification obligations as of 22 February 2016.
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In preparing this overview, the Secretariat ha s largely relied on the Agriculture Information 
Management System (AG-IMS).3 
 
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to thei r rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 G/AG/2 and G/AG/2/Add.1 refer. This document therefore does not reflect the status of ad hoc 
notification requirements, i.e. those relating to: (i) the triggering of the special safeguard provisions (Tables MA:3 and MA:4); (ii) the introduction or mo dification of domestic support measures for which 
exemption from reduction commitments is claimed (T able DS:2); and (iii) export prohibitions and 
restrictions (Table ER:1). 
3 Available on-line at http://agims.wto.org . G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.23 
 
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  Table of Contents 
1   NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................. 3  
1.1   Annual Notifica tion Obligations .................................................................................... 5  
1.1.1   Table MA:1 notifications, comprehe nsive one-off (Implementation of tariff and 
other quota commitments; Ar ticle 18.2 – 30 days) ................................................................ 5  
1.1.2   Table MA:2 notifications (Imports under tariff and other quotas; Article 18.2 – 
60 days) .......................................................................................................................... 5  
1.1.3   Table MA:5 notifications (Special Sa feguard; Articles 5.7 and 18.2 – 30 days) ................. 6  
1.1.4   Table DS:1 notifications (Domestic support; Article 18.2 – 90 days or 120 days 
if the initial notification is provisional) .................................................................................. 7 
1.1.5   Table ES:1 notifications (Export subsidies; Article 18.2 – 60 days or 120 days 
if the initial notification is provisional) .................................................................................. 7 
1.1.6   Table ES:2 notifications (Total exports; Articles 10 and 18.2 – 120 days) ........................ 8  
1.2   Other Regular Notification Obligations Applicable only upon Maintenance of Specific 
Measures ......................................................................................................................... 9  
1.2.1   Table ES:3 notifications (Food aid volumes; Articles 10 and 18.2 – 120 days) .................. 9  
1.2.2   Table NF:1 notifications (Food and other aid in the context of the 
Marrakesh Decision; Arti cle 16.2 – 60 days) ......................................................................... 9  
1.3   Symbols and Abbreviations ......................................................................................... 9  
2   COMPLIANCE WITH ANNUAL NOTIFICATION OB LIGATIONS ..................................... 10  
2.1   Tariff and Other Quota Co mmitments (Tables MA:1 and MA:2) ........................................ 10 
2.2   Special Safeguard (Table MA:5) .................................................................................. 11 
2.3   Domestic Suppo rt (Table DS:1) .................................................................................. 12 
2.4   Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outl ays and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
(Table ES:1) .................................................................................................................. . 17 
2.5   Export Subsidies: Notificati on of Total Export s (Table ES:2) ............................................ 21 
3   OTHER REGULAR NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS APPLICABLE ONLY UPON 
MAINTENANCE OF SPEC IFIC MEASURES ........................................................................ 23  
3.1   Export Subsidies: Notification of the Total Volume of Food Aid (Table ES:3), 
2005-2015 ...................................................................................................................... 23 
3.2   Notification under Article 16.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture (Table NF:1), 
2005-2015 ...................................................................................................................... 23 
ANNEX 1 ....................................................................................................................... . 24 
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  1  NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
1.1.  There are a total of twelve distinct noti fication requirements applicable in the domain 
of agriculture covering the following five areas: (i) Market access (Tables MA:1 to MA:5), (ii) Domestic support (Tables DS:1 to DS:2), (iii) Export subsidies (Tables ES:1 to ES:3), 
(iv) Export prohibitions or restrictions (Table ER:1), and (v) Follow-up to the Marrakesh NFIDC 
Decision (Table NF:1). The applicability of a no tification requirement to a Member is largely 
dependent on the specific commitments it has assumed under the Agreement on Agriculture. 
In many cases a limited number of notification requirements will apply for a particular Member. 
Simultaneously, there are a few notification requir ements especially in the area of agricultural 
subsidization (i.e. Tables DS:1 and ES:1) that apply to all WTO Members. 
1.2.  Out of the twelve notification requirements, there are five "regular" or "annual" notification 
requirements, namely: Table MA:2, Table MA:5, Table DS:1, Table ES:1 and Table ES:2. 
Annual notifications are required to be submitted no later than a certain number of days following 
the end of the year in question. The deadlines for submission of notifications vary per type 
of notification and are indicated below. For additional details refer to document G/AG/2. 
1.3.  As of 22 February 2016 a total of 3,747 agriculture notifications (including addenda, 
corrigenda and revision) have been submitted to the WTO. The number of notifications submitted 
to the WTO experienced a sharp decrease from  2002 to 2007, from the year 2008 onwards the 
number of submitted notifications increased reaching similar levels to those in the years previous to 2002, with 2013 and 2015 being the exception (figure 1). 
Figure 1: Notifications submitted to the WTO (1995-2016*) 
050100150200250300No. of Notifications
 
* until 22 February 2016. 
 
1.4.  The number of submitted notifications do es not necessarily equal the number of years 
reported. Notifications covering multiple reporting periods have been increasingly received during 
the recent years. Since 2009 onwards, the average number of years reported per notification has 
been close to three (Figure 2). 
Figure 2: Number of years reported in regular notifications (1995-2016*) 
 
* until 22 February 2016. G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.23 
 
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  1.5.  For the period 1995-2014, there are a total of 1,778 outstanding regular notifications.4 
Out of the five annual notification requirements, Domestic Support (Table DS:1) and Export Subsidy (Table ES:1) notifications have the highest number of outstanding notifications with 37% (769 notifications) and 35% (805 notifications) of notifications pending, respectively. 
Figure 3: Total outstanding no tifications per type of notifi cation requirement (1995-2014) 
Submitted 
(4,483*)MA:2 (71)
MA:5 (75)
DS:1 (769)
ES:1 (805)
ES:2 (58)Outstanding 
(1,778)
 
* This number represents repo rted years and does not necessarily matc h the number of notifications submitted 
on the same period since some notifications covered more than one year. 
 
1.6.  Figure 4 below shows the number of outsta nding notifications according to the category 
of Members (i.e. developed country, developing country and least developed country Members -LDC-). Out of the 162 WTO Members, nine are developed country Members
5 with 
44 annual notification requirements, whereas the remaining 125 Member are developing country 
Members (including LDCs) with 333 annual notification requirements. 
Figure 4: Number of outstanding notifi cations per type of member (1995-2014) 
0100200300
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Developed Country Developing Country LDC 
 
                                               
4 "Ad hoc " notification obligations applicable only upon maintenance of a specific measure 
(e.g. Table ER:1 required upon the application of export restrictions) as well as th e annual notifications where 
it was not possible to determine a priori whether the concerned notification requir ement would be applicable 
(e.g. Table NF:1 applicable to donor Members only) are excluded. 
5 The European Union and its member States were counted as one Member. G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.23 
 
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  1.1  Annual Notification Obligations 
1.7.  The time limits for notifications covering the 1995-2014 implementation years have now 
passed. The seven tables contained in part 2 of this document (Compliance with annual notification obligations) show the Members' compliance with th eir notification requirements. The tables show 
only those Members to whom the notification requ irement applies. The last column on each table 
shows the percentage of compliance by Member fo r the corresponding notification requirement. 
The tables contain information pertaining to the last 16 years (2000-2015). The column concerning 
the 2015 implementation year is provided for information only and does not necessarily indicate 
that the notifications are now due. The full ti me series (1995-2015) of compliance information 
is available in the "Compliance with notification obligations" section of the Agriculture Information 
Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ). 
1.8.  Members' compliance with their notification obligations varies greatly and compliance also 
varies by type of notification.6 Few Members are 100% compliant with all their notification 
requirements and there is an important percentage of Members whose compliance with some 
of their notification obligations is 0% (30 Members in DS:1 and 25 Members in ES:1) (Table 1). 
Table 1: Compliance with notifi cations per tiers (1995-2014) 
Per Cent 
Compliance MA:2  MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2 
Members % Members % Members % Members % Members % 
100% 12 31 15 45 19 15 29 22 9 33  
≥50% but <100%  25 64 16 48 63 48 62 47 16 59  
>0% but <50% 2 5 1 3 18 14 15 11 2 7  
0% 0 0 1 3 30 23 25 19 0 0  
Total 39 100 33 100 130 100 131 100 27 100  
Note: Compliance is based on notifications as of 22 February 2016. It does not take into account timeliness or 
qualitative aspects of the notifications.  
1.1.1  Table MA:1 notifications, comprehe nsive one-off (Implementation of tariff and 
other quota commitments; Article 18.2 – 30 days) 
1.9.  Table MA:1 notifications are required to ha ve been submitted by all Members with tariff and 
other quota commitments, either in advance or within 30 days of the first opening of the 
tariff quotas concerned. Subsequent changes to the administration of tariff and other quotas are 
included in ad-hoc Table MA:1 notifications to  be made within 30 days following the change. 
1.1.2  Table MA:2 notifications (Imports under tariff and other quotas; Article 18.2 – 
60 days) 
1.10.  Table MA:2 notifications are required to be submitted annually by Members with tariff and 
other quota commitments specified in Section I-B (or Section I-A) of Part I of their Schedules for the products concerned. 
1.11.  For the period 1995-2014 there are 71 Table MA:2 notifications outstanding which represent 
10% of the total MA:2 notifications expected for this period. Out of the 39 Members with this 
notification obligation, 12 (31%) are completely up to date with their notifications, whereas 25 
Members (64%) have compliance rates between 50% and 99%, and only two Members are below 
the 50% threshold (figure 5). 
                                               
6 Compliance is calculated as the number of years covered in the notifications as a percentage of the 
total number of years for which a notification is due. G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.23 
 
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  Figure 5: Compliance with MA:2 notifi cations,1995-2014 (Number of Members) 
12
252
100%
≥50% and <100% 
>0% and <50%
0%
 
 
 
1.1.3  Table MA:5 notifications (Special Sa feguard; Articles 5.7 and 18.2 – 30 days) 
1.12.  Table MA:5 notifications are required to  be submitted annually by Members that have 
reserved the right to have recourse to the Special Safeguard provisions as indicated in Section I-A 
of Part I of their Schedules. 
1.13.  For the period 1995-2014 there are 75 Table MA:5 notifications outstanding which 
represents 12% of the total MA:5 notifications expected for this period. Compliance with 
Table MA:5 notifications is the highest, 15 Members (45%) are completely up to date with their 
obligations for the reported period. 16 Members (48%) have a compliance rate between 50% and 
99%, one Member (3%) has a compliance rate between 1% and 49%, while one Member has a 
zero compliance rate (Figure 6). 
Figure 6: Compliance with MA:5 notifi cations,1995-2014 (Number of Members) 
15
1611
100%
≥50% and <100% 
>0% and <50%
0%
 
 
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  1.1.4  Table DS:1 notifications (Domestic support; Article 18.2 – 90 days or 120 days 
if the initial notification is provisional) 
1.14.  Table DS:1 notifications are required to be submitted annually by Members with base and 
annual commitment levels specified in Section I of Part IV of their Schedules. All other Members, 
except Least-Developed Country (LDC) Member s, should submit an annual Table DS:1 
notification.7 LDC Members are required to submit Supporting Tables DS:1 to DS:3 every other 
year (indicated by the symbol "(NA)"). 
1.15.  For the period 1995-2014 there are 769 Table DS:1 notifications outstanding, the highest 
percentage of outstanding notifications from the group, which represents 37% of the total 
DS:1 notifications expected for this period. The compliance rates for Table DS:1 vary greatly. There are 19 Members (15%) with 100% compliance, and 30 Members (23%) with compliance 
rates at 0% (Figure 7). 
Figure 7: Compliance with DS:1 notifica tions, 1995-2014 (Number of Members) 
19
631830100%
≥50% and <100% 
>0% and <50%
0%
 
 
 1.1.5  Table ES:1 notifications (Export subs idies; Article 18.2 – 60 days or 120 days 
if the initial notification is provisional) 
1.16.  Table ES:1 notifications are required to be submitted annually by Members with base and 
annual commitment levels specified in Section II of Part IV of their Schedules. Members with 
no such scheduled commitments are required to submit an annual notification (within 30 days 
following the end of the year in question) in the form of a statement confirming that no export 
subsidies exist or, in the case of developing country Members using certain export subsidies 
pursuant to Article 9.4, in the form of Supporting Table ES:2. 
1.17.  For the period 1995-2014 there are 805 Table ES:1 notifications outstanding which 
represents 35% of the total ES:1 notifications expected for this period. Like Table DS:1 compliance, Table ES:1 compliance rates vary greatly. A total of 25 Members (19%) have a 
0% compliance rate, whereas 29 Members (22%) have submitted all their corresponding 
notifications (Figure 8). 
                                               
7 As provided for in G/AG/2 and at the request of a developing country Member, the Committee may set 
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  Figure 8: Compliance with ES:1 notifica tions, 1995-2014 (Number of Members) 
29
621525
100%
≥50% and <100% 
>0% and <50%
0%
 
 
 
1.1.6  Table ES:2 notifications (Total exports; Articles 10 and 18.2 – 120 days) 
1.18.  Table ES:2 notifications are required to  be submitted annually by Members with export 
subsidy commitments specified in Section II of Part IV of their Schedules and by "significant 
exporters" as listed in G/AG/2/Add.1. 
1.19.  For the period 1995-2014 there are 58 Table ES:2 notifications outstanding which 
represents 11% of the total ES:2 notifications expected for this period. A total of nine Members 
(33%) have submitted all of their corresponding Table ES:2 notifications. Additionally, 16 Members 
(59%) have a compliance rate between 50% and 99%. The remaining two Members (7%) have a compliance rate between 1% and 49% (Figure 9). 
Figure 9: Compliance with ES:2 notifica tions, 1995-2014 (Number of Members) 
9
162
100%
≥50% and <100% 
>0%  and <50%
0%
 
 
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  1.2  Other Regular Notification Obligations A pplicable only upon Maintenance of Specific 
Measures 
1.2.1  Table ES:3 notifications (Food aid volumes; Articles 10 and 18.2 – 120 days) 
1.20.  Table ES:3 notifications are required to be submitted annually by all food donor Members 
for all donated products (except for those products in respect of which this information must be 
notified under Table ES:1). No "nil return" is required from Members that do not provide food aid. From 1995 to 22 February 2016, a total of 190 Table ES:3 notifications have been submitted to 
the WTO. 
1.2.2  Table NF:1 notifications (Food and other aid in the context of the 
Marrakesh Decision; Article 16.2 – 60 days) 
1.21.  Table NF:1 notifications are required by all donor Members in respect of actions taken within 
the framework of the Decision on Measures Concer ning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform 
Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importi ng Developing Countries. No "nil return" is 
required from Members that do not provide fo od aid or other assistance to the countries 
concerned. From 1995 to 22 February 2016, a total of 169 Table NF:1 notifications have been 
submitted to the WTO. 
1.3  Symbols and Abbreviations 
A blank space (" ") indicates that the notification is outstanding. 
A hyphen ("--") indicates for Table NF:1 and Table ES:3 notifications that no notification was 
submitted. 
A capital "x" (" X") indicates that a notification has been issued. No assessment on the content or 
quality of the notification with respect to requirements is made or implied. 
A capital "x" followed by a superscripted star (" X*") indicates that the one-off Table MA:1 
notification has been revised or supplemented. 
A capital "p" (" P") indicates that a notification has been received and is either being processed or 
pending for want of feedback from the notifying Me mber. A pending notification will be marked as 
"P" for a maximum period of six months. 
An a (" a") indicates that information concerning food aid (column 5 of Table ES:1) has not been 
provided. 
A capital "n" and a capital "a" (" NA") indicates that the requirement was not applicable during the 
period covered either because there were no relevant commitments (e.g. tariff quotas) or because 
the Member concerned was not yet a WTO Member. 
A capital "n" and a capital "a" in brackets (" (NA) ") indicates that domestic support notifications 
are required every second year from LDC Members. 
Shaded cells indicate that the Member concerne d has a scheduled domestic support and/or an 
export subsidy reduction commitment. 
EU refers to the European Union as follows: EU-15 from 1995, EU-25 from 2004, EU-27 from 2007 
and EU-28 from 2013. Outstanding notifications for EU member States are presented in an Annex 
to Section I. 
Switzerland  in all tables refers to Switzerland-Liechtenstein, except in NF:1 notifications. 
 
  
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2.1  Tariff and Other Quota Commitments (Tables MA:1 and MA:2) 
  MA:1 MA:2 
One-
off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)8 
1 Australia X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
2 Barbados X* X                               30 
3 Brazil X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
4 Canada X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
5 Chile X* NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X     93 
6 China X* NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
7 Colombia X* X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
8 Costa Rica X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
9 Dominican Republic X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       88 
10 Ecuador X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
11 El Salvador X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
12 European Union X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
13 Guatemala X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
14 Iceland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
15 India X* NA NA NA X X X X X X X             58 
16 Indonesia X* X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
17 Israel X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
18 Japan X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
19 Kazakhstan   NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA N/A 
20 Korea, Republic of X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
21 Malaysia X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
22 Mexico X X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
23 Moldova, Republic of X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X     83 
24 Morocco X X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
25 New Zealand X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
26 Nicaragua X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
27 Norway X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
                                               
8 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995-2014. Detailed information on all years (1995-2015) is availab le in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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One-
off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)8 
28 Panama X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
29 Philippines X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
30 Russian Federation X* NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   100 
31 South Africa X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
32 Switzerland X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
33 Chinese Taipei X* NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
34 Thailand X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
35 The former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia X NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X         75 
36 Tunisia X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
37 Ukraine X* NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X X X X X 86 
38 United States of America X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
39 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of X* X X       X X X X         X     60 
40 Viet Nam X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       X           13 
 
2.2  Special Safeguard (Table MA:5) 
  MA:5 
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)9 
1 Australia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
2 Barbados X X X X X X X X X X             75 
3 Botswana X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
4 Canada X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
5 Colombia X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
6 Costa Rica X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
7 Ecuador X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
8 El Salvador X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
9 European Union X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
10 Guatemala X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
11 Iceland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
                                               
9 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995-2014. Detailed information on all years (1995-2015) is availab le in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)9 
12 Indonesia X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
13 Israel X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
14 Japan X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Korea, Republic of X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
16 Malaysia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
17 Mexico X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
18 Morocco X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
19 Namibia X X X X X X X X X X             75 
20 New Zealand X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
21 Nicaragua X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
22 Norway X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
23 Panama X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
24 Philippines X X X X X X X X X X             75 
25 South Africa X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
26 Swaziland                                 0 
27 Switzerland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
28 Chinese Taipei NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
29 Thailand X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
30 Tunisia X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
31 United States of America X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
32 Uruguay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of                                 20 
 
 
2.3  Domestic Support (Table DS:1) 
  DS:1 
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)10 
1 Albania X X X X X X X X X X X     X     80 
2 Angola   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
                                               
10 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995- 2014. Detailed information on all years (1995-2015) is availab le in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)10 
3 Antigua and Barbuda                                 0 
4 Argentina X X X X X X X X X               70 
5 Armenia NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X     92 
6 Australia X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of X X X X X X X X X X X X   X     90 
8 Bangladesh   (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 62 
9 Barbados X X X X X X X                   60 
10 Belize                                 0 
11 Benin (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   11 
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of X X X X X X                     55 
13 Botswana X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
14 Brazil X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Brunei Darussalam                                 0 
16 Burkina Faso (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   100 
17 Burundi X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X X X X X (NA)   (NA) 92 
18 Cambodia NA NA NA NA X X X X X X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   100 
19 Cameroon X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
20 Canada X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
21 Cabo Verde NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA                 0 
22 Central African Republic   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
23 Chad X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
24 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
25 China X X X X X X X X X X X           75 
26 Colombia X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
27 Congo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
28 Costa Rica X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
29 Côte d'Ivoire                           X     5 
30 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
32 Djibouti   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
33 Dominica                                 0 
34 Dominican Republic X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
35 Ecuador X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)10 
36 Egypt                                 20 
37 El Salvador X X X                           40 
38 European Union X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
39 Fiji X X X X X X X X X X             74 
40 Gabon X X X X X X X X X X   X X       85 
41 The Gambia (NA) X (NA) X (NA)  X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   100 
42 Georgia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
43 Ghana                                 0 
44 Grenada                                 0 
45 Guatemala X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   95 
46 Guinea   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
47 Guinea-Bissau   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
48 Guyana X X X X X                       50 
49 Haiti (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   22 
50 Honduras X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
51 Hong Kong, China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
52 Iceland X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
53 India X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
54 Indonesia X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
55 Israel X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
56 Jamaica X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
57 Japan X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
58 Jordan X X X X X X X X X X X X X       87 
59 Kazakhstan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA N/A  
60 Kenya                                 10 
61 Korea, Republic of X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
62 Kuwait, the State of                                 0 
63 Kyrgyz Republic                         P        6 
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA) 0 
65 Lesotho   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (N A)   (NA)   (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 10 
66 Macao, China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
67 Madagascar X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 90 
68 Malawi X (NA)   (NA)   X X X X X X X (NA) P P   77  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)10 
69 Malaysia X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
70 Maldives   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)             29 
71 Mali   (NA) X (NA) X X X X X X X X X X     80 
72 Mauritania   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
73 Mauritius               X           X X   15 
74 Mexico X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
75 Moldova, Republic of NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X     93 
76 Mongolia                              P   17 
77 Montenegro NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA         0 
78 Morocco X X X X X X X X                 65 
79 Mozambique   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
80 Myanmar X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 62 
81 Namibia X X X X X X X X X X             75 
82 Nepal NA NA NA NA (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X X X (NA)   (NA)   83 
83 New Zealand X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
84 Nicaragua X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
85 Niger   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
86 Nigeria X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
87 Norway X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
88 Oman X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     93 
89 Pakistan X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
90 Panama X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
91 Papua New Guinea                                 0 
92 Paraguay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
93 Peru X X X X X X X X X X X           75 
94 Philippines X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
95 Qatar X X X X X X X X X X X X X       84 
96 Russian Federation NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X     67 
97 Rwanda (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis                                 0 
99 Saint Lucia                                 0 
100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
101 Samoa NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) X     50  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)10 
102 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X         67 
103 Senegal X X X X X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 93 
104 Seychelles  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    N/A 
105 Sierra Leone   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
106 Singapore X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
107 Solomon Islands (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
108 South Africa X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
109 Sri Lanka X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
110 Suriname                                 0 
111 Swaziland                                 0 
112 Switzerland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
113 Chinese Taipei NA NA X X X X X X X X X           69 
114 Tajikistan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       0 
115 Tanzania   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
116 Thailand X X X X X X X X X               70 
117 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia NA NA NA X X X X X                 42 
118 Togo X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 90 
119 Tonga NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X             38 
120 Trinidad and Tobago X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
121 Tunisia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
122 Turkey X X                             35 
123 Uganda X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 50 
124 Ukraine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X         43 
125 United Arab Emirates X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
126 United States of America X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
127 Uruguay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
128 Vanuatu NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA)   0 
129 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of                                 20 
130 Viet Nam NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X               25 
131 Yemen NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)    N/A 
132 Zambia   (NA)   (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 70 
133 Zimbabwe                                 25 
 
  
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  ES:1 
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)11 
1 Albania X X X X X X X X X X X           73 
2 Angola                                 0 
3 Antigua and Barbuda                                 0 
4 Argentina X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
5 Armenia NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X     92 
6 Australia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
7 Bahrain, Kingdom of X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     90 
8 Bangladesh X X X X X X X                   60 
9 Barbados X X X X X X X                   60 
10 Belize                                 0 
11 Benin                                 0 
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of X X X X X X                     55 
13 Botswana X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
14 Brazil X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Brunei Darussalam                                 0 
16 Burkina Faso X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
17 Burundi X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
18 Cambodia NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X     91 
19 Cameroon X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
20 Canada X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
21 Cabo Verde NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X               14 
22 Central African Republic                                 0 
23 Chad X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   95 
24 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
25 China NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
26 Colombia X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
27 Congo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
28 Costa Rica X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
29 Côte d'Ivoire X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
                                               
11 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2014. Detailed information on all years (1995-2015) is availab le in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)11 
30 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo                                 0 
32 Djibouti                                 0 
33 Dominica                                 15 
34 Dominican Republic X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
35 Ecuador X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
36 Egypt                                 20 
37 El Salvador X X X                           40 
38 European Union X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
39 Fiji X X X X X X X X X X X X         84 
40 Gabon X X X X X X X X X X   X X       85 
41 The Gambia X X X X X X X X X X X           74 
42 Georgia X X X X X X X X X X X X X       87 
43 Ghana X                               30 
44 Grenada                                 0 
45 Guatemala X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
46 Guinea                                 0 
47 Guinea-Bissau                                 0 
48 Guyana X X X X X                       50 
49 Haiti X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
50 Honduras X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
51 Hong Kong, China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
52 Iceland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
53 India X X X X X X X X X X             75 
54 Indonesia X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
55 Israel X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
56 Jamaica X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
57 Japan X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
58 Jordan X X X X X X X X X X X X X       87 
59 Kazakhstan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  N/A 
60 Kenya                                 15 
61 Korea, Republic of X X X X X X X X X               70 
62 Kuwait, the State of X X X X X X X X X X X           80  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)11 
63 Kyrgyz Republic                                 0 
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X     50 
65 Lesotho X X X X X X X X X X X X X       85 
66 Macao, China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
67 Madagascar X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
68 Malawi X X X X X X X X X X X X X   X   95 
69 Malaysia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
70 Maldives                                 20 
71 Mali X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
72 Mauritania                                 0 
73 Mauritius               X           X     10 
74 Mexico X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
75 Moldova, Republic of NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
76 Mongolia X X X X X X X                   56 
77 Montenegro NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X   100 
78 Morocco X X X X X X X X X X X X         80 
79 Mozambique                                 0 
80 Myanmar X X X X X                       50 
81 Namibia X X X X X X X X X X             75 
82 Nepal NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X         73 
83 New Zealand X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
84 Nicaragua X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
85 Niger                                 0 
86 Nigeria X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
87 Norway X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
88 Oman     X X X X X X X X X X X X     80 
89 Pakistan X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
90 Panama X X X X                         39 
91 Papua New Guinea                                 0 
92 Paraguay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
93 Peru X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
94 Philippines X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
95 Qatar X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)11 
96 Russian Federation NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 100 
97 Rwanda                                 0 
98 Saint Kitts and Nevis                                 0 
99 Saint Lucia X                               25 
100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
101 Samoa NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X     67 
102 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X       78 
103 Senegal X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
104 Seychelles  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    N/A 
105 Sierra Leone                                 0 
106 Singapore X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
107 Solomon Islands                                 0 
108 South Africa X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
109 Sri Lanka X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
110 Suriname X                               30 
111 Swaziland X X X X X X X X X X X X         80 
112 Switzerland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
113 Chinese Taipei NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
114 Tajikistan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       0 
115 Tanzania                                 0 
116 Thailand X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
117 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia NA NA NA X X X X X                 42 
118 Togo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
119 Tonga NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X               25 
120 Trinidad and Tobago X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
121 Tunisia X X X                           40 
122 Turkey Xa                               0 
123 Uganda X X X X X                       50 
124 Ukraine NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X X X X X 86 
125 United Arab Emirates X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
126 United States of America X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
127 Uruguay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
128 Vanuatu NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA         0  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)11 
129 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of                                 20 
130 Viet Nam NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X       75 
131 Yemen NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA     0 
132 Zambia X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
133 Zimbabwe X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
 
2.5  Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports (Table ES:2) 
 
  ES:2 
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)12 
1 Argentina X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
2 Australia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
3 Brazil X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
4 Canada X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
5 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
6 Colombia X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
7 Costa Rica X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
8 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
9 European Union X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
10 Honduras X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
11 Iceland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
12 Indonesia X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
13 Israel X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
14 Malaysia X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Mexico X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
16 New Zealand X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
17 Norway X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
18 Pakistan X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
19 Philippines X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
                                               
12 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2014. Detailed information on all years (1995-2015) is availab le in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)12 
20 South Africa X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
21 Switzerland X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
22 Thailand X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
23 Turkey X                               30 
24 United States of America X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
25 Uruguay X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
26 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of                                 20 
27 Zimbabwe X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
 
  
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- 23 - 3  OTHER REGULAR NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS APPLICABLE ONLY UPON MAINTENANCE OF SPECIFIC MEASURES 
3.1  Export Subsidies: Notification of the To tal Volume of Food Aid (Table ES:3), 2005-2015 
 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
Australia X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
Brazil X X X X X X X X X X -- 
Canada X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
Cuba X X X X X X X -- -- -- -- 
European Union X X X X X -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Japan X X X X X X X X -- -- -- 
Korea, Republic of X X X X -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
Norway X X X -- -- X X X X X -- 
South Africa X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
Switzerland x X X X X X X X X -- -- 
3.2  Notification under Article 16.2 of the Agr eement on Agriculture (Table NF:1), 2005-2015 
 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 
Australia X X X X X X X X -- -- -- 
Canada X X X X X X X -- -- -- -- 
Cuba X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
European Union X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
Japan X X X X X X X -- -- -- -- 
New Zealand X X X X X X X X -- -- -- 
Norway X X X X X X X X X X -- 
Russian Federation -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- X -- 
South Africa X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
Switzerland X X X X X X X -- -- -- -- 
United States of America X X X X X X X X X -- -- G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.23 
 
- 24 - 
 
  ANNEX 1 
OUTSTANDING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FROM  
EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES 
a. Croatia: Table DS:1 (2008-2012). 
Note: Croatia will be included in the European Union's annual domestic support noti fication covering spending 
in the marketing year 2012/2013. 
 
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