G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.12  
 
20 January 2015  
(15-0383)  Page: 1/7  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
 
 MEMBERSHIP IN WTO AND INTERNAT IONAL STANDARD-SETTING BODIES 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision 
The following table provides information regardin g the membership, as of 20 January 2015, of the 
WTO and of the three standard-setting bodies ex plicitly referred to in the SPS Agreement. The 
entries of countries that are simultaneously me mbers of the WTO, Codex Alimentarius, OIE and 
IPPC (Convention of 1991) are shaded. 
 
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Country/Member WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Afghanistan  X X X 
Albania X X X X 
Algeria  X X X 
Andorra  X   
Angola X X  X 
Antigua and Barbuda X  X X 
Argentina X X X X 
Armenia X X X X 
Australia X X X X 
Austria X X X X 
Azerbaijan  X X X 
Bahamas  X X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of X X X X 
Bangladesh X X X X 
Barbados X X X X 
Belarus  X X X 
Belgium X X X X 
                                               
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. G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.12 
 
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  Country/Member WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Belize X X X X 
Benin X X X X 
Bhutan  X X X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of X X X X 
Bosnia and Herzegovina  X X X 
Botswana X X X X 
Brazil X X X X 
Brunei Darussalam X X  X 
Bulgaria X X X X 
Burkina Faso X X X X 
Burundi X X X X 
Cabo Verde X X X X 
Cambodia X X X X 
Cameroon X X X X 
Canada X X X X 
Central African Republic X X X X 
Chad X X X X 
Chile X X X X 
China X X X X 
Colombia X X X X 
Comoros  X X X 
Congo X X X X 
Cook Islands   X X 
Costa Rica X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire X X X X 
Croatia X X X X 
Cuba X X X X 
Cyprus X X X X 
Czech Republic X X X X 
Democratic Republic of the Congo X X  X 
Denmark X X X X 
Djibouti X X X X G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.12 
 
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  Country/Member WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Dominica X  X X 
Dominican Republic X X X X 
Ecuador X X X X 
Egypt X X X X 
El Salvador X X X X 
Equatorial Guinea  X X X 
Eritrea  X X X 
Estonia X X X X 
Ethiopia  X X X 
European Union X  X X 
Fiji X X X X 
Finland X X X X 
France X X X X 
Gabon X X X X 
The Gambia X X  X 
Georgia X X X X 
Germany X X X X 
Ghana X X X X 
Greece X X X X 
Grenada X  X X 
Guatemala X X X X 
Guinea X X X X 
Guinea-Bissau X X X X 
Guyana X X X X 
Haiti X X X X 
Honduras X X X X 
Hong Kong, China X    
Hungary X X X X 
Iceland X X X X 
India X X X X 
Indonesia X X X X 
Iran  X X X G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.12 
 
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  Country/Member WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Iraq  X X X 
Ireland X X X X 
Israel X X X X 
Italy X X X X 
Jamaica X X X X 
Japan X X X X 
Jordan X X X X 
Kazakhstan  X X X 
Kenya X X X X 
Kiribati    X 
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of  X X X 
Korea, Republic of X X X X 
Kuwait, the State of X X X X 
Kyrgyz Republic X X X X 
Lao People's Democratic Republic X X X X 
Latvia X X X X 
Lebanese Republic  X X X 
Lesotho X X X X 
Liberia, Republic of  X X X 
Libya  X X X 
Liechtenstein X X   
Lithuania X X X X 
Luxembourg X X X X 
Macao, China X    
Madagascar X X X X 
Malawi X X X X 
Malaysia X X X X 
Maldives X X X X 
Mali X X X X 
Malta X X X X 
Mauritania X X X X 
Mauritius X X X X G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.12 
 
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  Country/Member WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Mexico X X X X 
Micronesia, Federated States of  X X X 
Moldova, Republic of X X X X 
Mongolia X X X X 
Montenegro X X X X 
Morocco X X X X 
Mozambique X X X X 
Myanmar X X X X 
Namibia X X X X 
Nauru    X 
Nepal X X X X 
Netherlands X X X X 
New Caledonia  X   
New Zealand X X X X 
Nicaragua X X X X 
Niger X X X X 
Nigeria X X X X 
Niue   X  
Norway X X X X 
Oman X X X X 
Pakistan X X X X 
Palau   X  
Panama X X X X 
Papua New Guinea X X X X 
Paraguay X X X X 
Peru X X X X 
Philippines X X X X 
Poland X X X X 
Portugal X X X X 
Qatar X X X X 
Romania X X X X 
Russian Federation X X X X G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.12 
 
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  Country/Member WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Rwanda X X X X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis X  X X 
Saint Lucia X  X X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines X  X X 
Samoa X  X X 
San Marino  X   
Sao Tomé and Principe  X X X 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of X X X X 
Senegal X X X X 
Serbia  X X X 
Seychelles2  X X X 
Sierra Leone X X X X 
Singapore X X X X 
Slovak Republic X X X X 
Slovenia X X X X 
Solomon Islands X  X X 
Somalia  X  X 
South Africa X X X X 
South Sudan, Republic of  X X  
Spain X X X X 
Sri Lanka X X X X 
Sudan  X X X 
Suriname X X X X 
Swaziland X X X X 
Sweden X X X X 
Switzerland X X X X 
Syrian Arab Republic  X X X 
Chinese Taipei X X   
Tajikistan X X X X 
Tanzania X X X X 
                                               
2 Seychelles completed its accession negotiations on 17 October 2014 and the General Council approved 
the accession on 10 December 2014. Seychelles will become a WTO Member after formally notifying the WTO that it has ratified its Accession Protocol. G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.12 
 
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  Country/Member WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Thailand X X X X 
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia X X X X 
Timor-Leste  X   
Togo X X X X 
Tonga X  X X 
Trinidad and Tobago X X X X 
Tunisia X X X X 
Turkey X X X X 
Turkmenistan  X  X 
Tuvalu   X  
Uganda X X X X 
Ukraine X X X X 
United Arab Emirates X X X X 
United Kingdom X X X X 
United States of America X X X X 
Uruguay X X X X 
Uzbekistan  X  X 
Vanuatu X X X X 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of X X X X 
Viet Nam X X X X 
Yemen X X X X 
Zambia X X X X 
Zimbabwe X X X X 
Total Members 160 180 181 186 
 
 
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