G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.12  
 
18 February 2013  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade    
 
 STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION  
OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.2 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision 
 
 
 
Article 15.2 of the TBT Agreement provides that:   
"Each Member shall, promptly after the date  on which the WTO Agreement enters into 
force for it, inform the Committee of measures in existence or taken to ensure the 
implementation and administration of this Agreement.  Any changes of such measures 
thereafter shall also be notified to the Committee."   
The following table contains a list of Members having submitted a Statement on 
implementation and administration of the Agreem ent under Article 15.2 since 1995.  During the 
reporting period, Namibia and the Russian Federation submitted their statements. To date, a total 
of 126 Members have submitted at least one such Statement. 
                                               
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretar iat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT DATE 
Albania G/TBT/2/Add.99 15 May 2008 
Antigua and Barbuda G/TBT/2/Add.66 7 March 2002 
Argentina G/TBT/2/Add.21 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.3 4 September 1996 
11 February 1999 
20 April 1999 
29 August 2003 
Armenia G/TBT/2/Add.75 
G/TBT/2/Add.75/Rev.1 6 August 2003 
10 August 2004 
Australia G/TBT/2/Add.8 
G/TBT/2/Add.8/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.8/Rev.1/Suppl.1 31 May 1996 
29 May 2001 
21 June 2001 
Austria See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Bahrain G/TBT/2/Add.19 2 August 1996 
Bangladesh G/TBT/2/Add.88 19 May 2006 
Barbados G/TBT/2/Add.48 24 September 1998 
Belgium See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Belize G/TBT/2/Add.104 20 August 2010 
Bolivia, Plurinational  State 
of  G/TBT/2/Add.43 
G/TBT/2/Add.43/Suppl.1 20 January 1998 
18 September 1998 
Botswana G/TBT/2/Add.97 30 October 2007 
Brazil G/TBT/2/Add.26 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.1/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2/Suppl.2 29 October 1996 
28 October 2002 
18 December 2002 
26 June 2003 
7 July 2003 
6 November 2006 
Bulgaria G/TBT/2/Add.32 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.3 23 May 1997 
12 October 2000 
16 July 2003 
15 December 2006 
Cambodia G/TBT/2/Add.103 12 July 2010 
Canada G/TBT/2/Add.6 
G/TBT/2/Add.6/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.6/Rev.2 4 June 1996 
9 September 2002 
4 July 2007 
Chile G/TBT/2/Add.16 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Suppl.2 22 July 1996 
16 March 2006 
19 April 1999 
24 November 2003 
China G/TBT/2/Add.65 29 January 2002 
Colombia G/TBT/2/Add.18 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.2/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.2/Suppl.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.3 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.1/Suppl.1 29 August 1996 
5 July 2005 
10 May 2007 
13 March 2008 
18 September 2008 
30 October 2009 
9 January 2012 
Costa Rica G/TBT/2/Add.51 
G/TBT/2/Add.51/Suppl.1 12 April 1999 
10 March 2003 
Croatia G/TBT/2/Add.73 
G/TBT/2/Add.73/Rev.1 24 January 2003 
10 May 2011 
Cuba G/TBT/2/Add.13 
G/TBT/2/Add.13/Rev.1 27 June 1996 
14 March 2011 G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.12 
 
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  MEMBERS DOCUMENT DATE 
Cyprus G/TBT/2/Add.46 27 February 1998 
Czech Republic G/TBT/2 
G/TBT/2/Suppl.1 8 November 1995 
21 June 2001 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo G/TBT/2/Add.79 15 July 2004 
Denmark See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Dominica G/TBT/2/Add.62 28 February 2001 
Dominican Republic G/TBT/2/Add.74 30 June 2003 
Ecuador G/TBT/2/Add.101 22 June 2009 
Egypt G/TBT/2/Add.34/Rev.1 8 October 2009 
El Salvador G/TBT/2/Add.78 
G/TBT/2/Add.78/Suppl.1 22 March 2004 
8 December 2008 
Estonia G/TBT/2/Add.58 
G/TBT/2/Add.58/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.58/Rev.2 16 March 2000 
1 March 2001 
10 December 2001 
European Union: 
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 
Cyprus, Czech Republic, 
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, 
France, Germany, Greece, 
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, 
Latvia, Lithuania, 
Luxembourg, Malta, The 
Netherlands, Poland, 
Portugal, Romania, Slovak 
Republic, Slovenia, Spain, 
Sweden, United Kingdom G/TBT/2/Add.12 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.3 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.3/Suppl.1 
 27 June 1996 
4 March 1997 
1 July 1998 
5 November 1999 
18 October 2005 
22 November 2006 
 
Fiji G/TBT/2/Add.90 12 September 2006 
Finland See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia G/TBT/2/Add.84 
G/TBT/2/Add.84/Rev.1 22 February 2005 
9 November 2012 
France See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Georgia G/TBT/2/Add.81 
G/TBT/2/Add.81/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.81/Rev.2 15 October 2004 
28 September 2011 
8 October 2012 
Germany See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Ghana G/TBT/2/Add.76 
G/TBT/2/Add.76/Rev.1 29 October 2003 
2 June 2008 
Greece See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Grenada G/TBT/2/Add.67 12 March 2002 
Guatemala G/TBT/2/Add.102 24 February 2010 
Guinea Bissau G/TBT/2/Add.92 24 November 2006 
Honduras G/TBT/2/Add.50 22 October 1998 
Hong Kong, China G/TBT/2/Add.1 29 January 1996 
Hungary G/TBT/2/Add.41 21 October 1997 
Iceland G/TBT/2/Add.55 
G/TBT/2/Add.55/Suppl.1 1 June 1999 
11 July 2000 
India G/TBT/2/Add.56 22 October 1999 G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.12 
 
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  MEMBERS DOCUMENT DATE 
Indonesia G/TBT/2/Add.3 
G/TBT/2/Add.3/Rev.1 G/TBT/2/Add.3/Rev.2 G/TBT/2/Add.3/Rev.3 
G/TBT/2/Add.3/Rev.4 22 March 1996 
18 May 2004 15 May 2008 
12 November 2009 
20 August 2010 
Ireland See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Israel G/TBT/2/Add.72 
G/TBT/2/Add.72/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.72/Suppl.2 23 January 2003 
18 January 2008 
3 December 2010 
Italy See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Jamaica G/TBT/2/Add.57 22 July 1999 
Japan G/TBT/2/Add.10 11 June 1996 
Jordan G/TBT/2/Add.61 18 October 2000 
Kenya G/TBT/2/Add.86 
G/TBT/2/Add.86/Suppl.1 28 April 2005 
2 June 2005 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia G/TBT/2/Add.89 19 May 2006 
Korea, Republic of G/TBT/2/Add.28 12 November 1996 
Kuwait G/TBT/2/Add.105 6 April 2011 
Kyrgyz Republic G/TBT/2/Add.59 16 March 2000 
Latvia G/TBT/2/Add.52 13 April 1999 
Liechtenstein G/TBT/2/Add.36 6 August 1997 
Lithuania G/TBT/2/Add.64 4 October 2001 
Luxembourg See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Macao, China G/TBT/2/Add.30 23 December 1996 
Madagascar G/TBT/2/Add.80 3 August 2004 
Malawi G/TBT/2/Add.93 2 August 2007 
Malaysia G/TBT/2/Add.9 
G/TBT/2/Add.9/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.9/Rev.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.9/Rev.3 12 June 1996 
29 October 2004 
8 July 2010 
5 June 2012 
Malta See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Mauritius G/TBT/2/Add.40 17 September 1997 
Mexico G/TBT/2/Add.14 
G/TBT/2/Add.14/Suppl.1 19 July 1996 
28 October 2008 
Moldova, Republic of  G/TBT/2/Add.68 
G/TBT/2/Add.68/Suppl.1 15 March 2002 
10 October 2006 
Mongolia G/TBT/2/Add.44 
G/TBT/2/Add.44/Rev.1 29 January 1998 
21 December 2007 
Morocco G/TBT/2/Add.39 6 August 1997 
Mozambique G/TBT/2/Add.107 22 July 2011 
Namibia G/TBT/2/Add.108 16 March 2012 
Netherlands See "European Union" See "European Union" 
New Zealand G/TBT/2/Add.24 11 October 1996 
Nicaragua G/TBT/2/Add.82 25 October 2004 
Niger G/TBT/2/Add.95 10 September 2007 
Nigeria G/TBT/2/Add.20 2 August 1996 
Norway G/TBT/2/Add.15 
G/TBT/2/Add.15/Rev.1 15 July 1996 
26 June 1997 
Oman G/TBT/2/Add.63 12 April 2001 G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.12 
 
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  MEMBERS DOCUMENT DATE 
Pakistan G/TBT/2/Add.45 12 February 1998 
Panama G/TBT/2/Add.53 
G/TBT/2/Add.53/Corr.1 7 May 1999 
14 October 1999 
Papua New Guinea G/TBT/2/Add.77 
G/TBT/2/Add.77/Rev.1 5 March 2004 
27 October 2006 
Paraguay G/TBT/2/Add.91 
G/TBT/2/Add.91/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.91/Rev.2 29 September 2006 
1 July 2008 
1 April 2010 
Peru G/TBT/2/Add.29 
G/TBT/2/Add.29/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.29/Rev.2 
G/TBT/2/Add.29/Suppl.1 23 December 1996 
1 October 2007 
3 December 2008 
14 September 2007 
Philippines G/TBT/2/Add.11 11 June 1996 
Poland G/TBT/2/Add.31 
G/TBT/2/Add.31/Rev.1 18 February 1997 
24 March 1997 
Portugal See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Qatar G/TBT/2/Add.87 27 February 2006 
Romania G/TBT/2/Add.17 
G/TBT/2/Add.17/Corr.1 2 August 1996 
11 September 1996 
Russian Federation G/TBT/2/Add.109 11 October 2012 
Rwanda G/TBT/2/Add.85 24 February 2005 
Saint Lucia G/TBT/2/Add.37 6 August 1997 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines G/TBT/2/Add.71 10 December 2002 
Sierra Leone G/TBT/2/Add.83 16 December 2004 
Singapore G/TBT/2/Add.25 
G/TBT/2/Add.25/Rev.1 29 October 1996 
27 August 2007 
Slovak Republic G/TBT/2/Add.4 26 March 1996 
Slovenia G/TBT/2/Add.5 
G/TBT/2/Add.5/Suppl.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.5/Suppl.2 28 March 1996 
18 August 1999 
1 November 2001 
South Africa G/TBT/2/Add.60 
G/TBT/2/Add.60/Rev.1 14 July 2000 
14 March 2012 
Spain See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Sri Lanka G/TBT/2/Add.27 8 November 1996 
Swaziland G/TBT/2/Add.35 22 July 1997 
Sweden See "European Union" See "European Union" 
Switzerland G/TBT/2/Add.7 
G/TBT/2/Add.7/Rev.1 14 June 1996 
14 February 2008 
Chinese Taipei G/TBT/2/Add.69 11 July 2002 
Tanzania G/TBT/2/Add.94 
G/TBT/2/Add.94/Rev.1 31 August 2007 
28 October 2010 
Thailand G/TBT/2/Add.38 6 August 1997 
Trinidad and Tobago G/TBT/2/Add.47 13 July 1998 
Tunisia G/TBT/2/Add.22 26 November 1996 
Turkey G/TBT/2/Add.33 
G/TBT/2/Add.33/Rev.1 18 June 1997 
9 November 2011 
Uganda G/TBT/2/Add.23 
G/TBT/2/Add.23/Suppl.1 8 October 1996 
12 April 2006 
Ukraine G/TBT/2/Add.100 
G/TBT/2/Add.100/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.100/Rev.2 30 May 2008 
10 May 2011 
20 April 2012 
United Arab Emirates G/TBT/2/Add.96 11 September 2007 G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.12 
 
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  MEMBERS DOCUMENT DATE 
United Kingdom See "European Union" See "European Union" 
United States G/TBT/2/Add.2 19 February 1996 
Uruguay G/TBT/2/Add.54 26 May 1999 
Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela G/TBT/2/Add.70 10 September 2002 
Viet Nam G/TBT/2/Add.98 
G/TBT/2/Add.98/Rev.1 
G/TBT/2/Add.98/Rev.2 6 November 2007 
20 February 2009 
12 September 2012 
Zambia G/TBT/2/Add.106 28 June 2011 
Zimbabwe G/TBT/2/Add.49 28 September 1998 
 
 
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