G/L/1197  
G/TRIMS/7  
 
8 November 2017  
(17-6074) Page: 1/6 
    
 
 REPORT (2017) OF THE  COMMITTEE ON  
TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT M EASURES  
1  GENERAL  
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 Investmen t 
Measures (the "Committee") to report annually to the Council for Trade in Goods. The Report 
covers the period 18 October 2016 – 6 November 2017.  
2.  The Committee met formally on 12 May and 6 November 2017. The first meeting was chaired 
by Ms Marine Willemet z (Switzerland) and the second meeting was chaired by Mr Ali Alwaleed 
Al-Thani (Qatar). The minutes of these meetings may be found in documents G/TRIMS/M/42 and 
G/TRIMS/M/43, respectively. Both meetings were open to all Members, governments with observer 
status in the WTO and international intergovernmental organizations 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 organizatio ns are pending.  
2  NOTIFICATIONS  
3.  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. Arti cle 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 
elimina tion 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 t he 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.  
4.  Article  6.2 provides for notification of publications in which information o n TRIMs can be found. 
Annex  3 lists the Members that have submitted such notifications. Since the last report, 
notifications were received from Kazakhstan and Seychelles. As agreed by the Committee at its 
meeting on 20 May 2009, the Secretariat has circula ted a reminder2 containing guidance regarding 
the requirements 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 notified t o update their notifications, if appropriate, without delay. The latest updated 
list of notifications has been circulated in document G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.27.  
3  COMMUNICATIONS BY ME MBERS AND RELATED DI SCUSSIONS  
5.  Three issues were raised for the first time during t his reporting period, while discussions also 
continued on eight issues previously raised in the Committee.  
                                                
1 WT/L/64.  
2 The remi nder for 2017 was circulated in document G/TRIMS/W/166.  G/L/1197 • G/TR IMS/7  
 
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  6.  The three new issues considered by the Committee for the first time during this reporting 
period were: (i) Indonesia – Local content requirements for  dairy importation and distribution, 
item requested by the United States; (ii) Nigeria – Guidelines on Nigerian content in information 
communications technology (ICT), item requested by Canada and the United States3; (ii) and 
(iii) Turkey – Forced localisa tion policy in the pharmaceutical sector, item requested by the 
European Union and the United States.  
7.   In addition, the Committee, per requests from delegations, continued consideration of five 
issues that had first been discussed in previous reporting per iods. These issues were: (i) China – 
Provisions on insurance system informatization, item requested by the United States4; 
(ii) Indonesia – Local content requirements for 4G LTE mobile devices, item requested by the 
European Union, Japan, and the United St ates5; (iii) Indonesia – Certain local content provisions in 
the energy sector (mining, oil and gas), item requested by Canada, the European Union, Japan, 
and the United States6; (iv) Indonesia –Industry Law and Trade law, item requested by the 
European Un ion and Japan7; (v) Indonesia – Minimum local product requirement for modern retail 
sector, item requested by the European Union and Japan8; (vi) Indonesia – Certain measures 
addressing local content in investment in the telecommunications sector, item req uested by 
Japan9; (vii) Russian Federation – Measures implementing Russia's import substitution policy, item 
requested by the European Union and the United States10; and (viii) Argentina – Act 27,263 on the 
development and strengthening regime of the Argent ine autopartism, item requested by Mexico.11 
4  ELECTION OF OFFICERS  
8.  At its meeting of 12 May 2017, the Committee elected Mr Ali Alwaleed Al -Thani (Qatar) as 
Chair for the period 2016 -2017. Mr Henning Envall (Sweden) was subsequently elected as 
Vice-Chair for the same period.  
                                                
3 G/TRIMS/Q/NGA/1.  
4 G/TRIMS/Q/CHN/1.  
5 G/TRIMS/W/148, G/TRIMS/W/162.  
6 G/TRIMS/W/70, G/TRIMS/W/74, G/TRIMS/W/79, G/TRIMS/W/88, G/TRIMS/W/100, G/TRIMS/W/108, 
G/TRIMS/W/123, G/TRIMS/W/128, G/TRIMS/W/13 7, G/TRIMS/W/137/Corr.1.  
7 G/TRIMS/W/138, G/TRIMS/W/140, G/TRIMS/W/157, G/TRIMS/W/158.  
8 G/TRIMS/W/139, G/TRIMS/W/141, G/TRIMS/W/159, G/TRIMS/W/161.  
9 G/TRIMS/W/61, G/TRIMS/W/63, G/TRIMS/W/71, G/TRIMS/W/75, G/TRIMS/W/78, G/TRIMS/W/80, 
G/TRIMS/W/86, G/TRIMS /W/96, G/TRIMS/W/104, G/TRIMS/131, G/TRIMS/W/154, G/TRIMS/W/160, 
G/TRIMS/Q/IDN/1.  
10 G/TRIMS/Q/RUS/4, G/TRIMS/RUS/5, G/TRIMS/RUS/6.  
11 G/TRIMS/Q/ARG/1, G/TRIMS/ARG/2, G/TRIMS/ARG/3.  G/L/1197 • G/TRIMS/7  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SU BMITTED NOTIFICATION S UNDER ARTICLE 5.1  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT M EASURES  
 
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 1 995 
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/TRI MS/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 19 96 
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 Federation  G/TRIMS/N/1/RUS/1/Add.1  11 February 2013  
                                                
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 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/COL/3 ). 
4 Costa Rica subsequently submitted a notification indicating 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 longer 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 su bmitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1/Add.1).  G/L/1197 • G/TR IMS/7  
 
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  Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Romania  G/TRIMS/N/1/ROM/1  31 March 1995  
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, Bolivarian Republic of  G/TRIMS/N/1/VEN/1  31 March 1995  
 
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  ANNEX 2  
NOTIFICATIONS IN DICATING THAT NO TRI MS INCONSISTENT WITH  THE AGREEMENT ON TRA DE-
RELATED INVESTMENT M EASURES ARE MAINTAIN ED 
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  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/1197 • G/TR IMS/7  
 
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  ANNEX 3  
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SU BMITTED NOTIFICATION S UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT M EASURES  
Albania  Lesotho  
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  Montenegro  
Cameroon  Mongolia  
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  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
European Union (including the member States)  Seychelles  
Fiji  Senegal  
Gabon  Singapore  
The Gambia  South Africa  
Ghana  Sri Lanka  
Guatemala  Suriname  
Haiti Switzerland  
Honduras  Chinese Taipei  
Hong Kong, China  Thailand  
Iceland  Togo 
India Trinidad and Tobago  
Indonesia  Tunisia  
Israel  Turkey  
Jamaica  Uganda  
Japan  Ukraine  
Jordan  United Arab Emirates  
Kazakhstan  United States of America  
Korea, Republic of  Uruguay  
Kuwait, the State of  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
Kyrgyz Republic  Zambia  
Lao People's Democratic Republic  Zimbabwe  
  
 
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