G/TRIMS/W/163  
 
29 September 2015  
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Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures    
 
 COMMITTEE ON TRADE-RELATE D INVESTMENT MEASURES 
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT 
Reminder 
1  Article 6.2 of the Trade-Related Investment Measures ("TRIMs Agreement") provides:   
Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which TRIMs may be 
found, including those applied by regional  and local governments and authorities 
within their territories.  
2  This provision does not envisage notifications of particular laws, regulations or measures but of 
publications. It applies to all WTO Members, covers all levels of government and refers to any TRIM, whether or not in conformity with Articles III and XI of the GATT 1994.  
3  At its meeting on 30 September 1996, the Committee on TRIMs adopted the Decision contained in document G/TRIMS/5 (attached) pertaining to th e procedures for notifications to be submitted 
by all Members pursuant to Article 6.2 of the TRIM s Agreement. The attached Decision specifies, in 
its paragraphs 3 and 4, the information which should be contained in such notifications and 
indicates that these notifications would be withou t prejudice to the legal consistency of any TRIMs 
which may be found in these publications notified. The Secretariat consolidates all notifications 
received pursuant to this Article in one single document, the latest of which was circulated in 
G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.25 dated 25 September 2015.  
4  Members that have never submitted the required notifications are reminded to do so without 
delay.   
5  Members that have submitted the required notifications and have not updated them, as 
necessary, to reflect any changes that may have occurred, are reminded to update such notifications without delay.   
6  Members that have submitted nil notifications indicating that they have no TRIMs inconsistent 
with the TRIMs Agreement, are also reminded that the obligation to notify names and publications where TRIMs may be found pertains to any TRIM without prejudice to its legal consistency. 
Members that have submitted such nil notificati ons are also reminded to submit the required 
notifications without delay.   
7  All Members are requested to include in their notifications any websites where relevant 
information could be found. G/TRIMS/W/163 
 
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WORLD TRADE  G/TRIMS/5  
 30 October 1996 
ORGANIZATION  
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Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures  
 
   NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT 
 
 Decision of the Committee of 30 September 1996 
  1) Article 6.2 of the TRIMs Agreement provides: 
 
 Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which TRIMs may be 
found, including those  applied by regional and local governments and authorities within 
their territories. 
 2) This provision does not envisage notifications of particular laws, regulations or measures but of publications.  It applies to all WTO Members, covers  all levels of government and refers to any TRIM, 
whether or not in conformity with Articles III and XI of the GATT 1994.  
3) The Committee decides that each Member implement Article 6.2 by providing the Secretariat with 
the name(s) of publication(s) in which TRIMs may be found, where such publications exist, including those applied by regional and local governments and au thorities within their territories, and the addresses 
from which copies can be obtained.  Members are not expected to submit copies of such publications.  The notification would be without prejudice to the le gal consistency of any TRIMs which may be found in 
these publications notified.  4) The "publications", notification of which is envi saged under Article 6.2, ar e official sources which 
would contain relevant laws, regulations or measures  o f  m o r e  s p e c i f i c  c h a r a c t e r .   S u c h  s o u r c e s  m a y  
include official gazettes, but it might be more helpful if Members included references to specific 
publications of relevant agencies (e .g. bulletins or periodicals of a rele vant ministry or foreign investment 
board).  5) Members are invited to submit lists of such pu blications by 1 February 1997 and to update these 
lists as appropriate.  The Secretariat will consolidate notifications under Article 6.2 in a single document 
which will be updated as the need arises. 
 
 
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