G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
22 February 2017  
(17-1091) Page: 1/58 
Council for Trade in G oods    
 
UPDATING OF THE LIST ING OF NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS AND THE  
COMPLIANCE THEREWITH  AS SET OUT IN ANNEX  III OF THE  
REPORT OF THE WORKIN G GROUP ON NOTIFICAT ION 
OBLIGATIONS AND PROC EDURES  
Revision  
At its meeting on 15  October  1996, the Council for Trade in Good s (CTG) considered the report of 
the Working Group on Notification Obligations and Procedures (G/L/112) and decided, inter alia, 
that the listing of notification obligations and the compliance therewith, contained in its Annex  III, 
should be maintained on an on -going basis and circulated to all Members.  
Accordingly, Annex  III of document  G/L/112 has been repeatedly updated.1 The present document 
updates the information, including the explanatory notes, and the listing of notifications to include 
all notific ations of a regular or periodic nature up to 31  December  2016. However, in the case of 
the notifications made under the Agreement on Agriculture, the information reflected in the 
annexes has been extracted from the document "Compliance with Notification Ob ligations", 
considered at the November  2016 meeting of the Committee on Agriculture 
(G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.2 6, with a cut -off date of 28 October  2016). 
It should be noted that this listing does not address the qualitative aspects of these notifications, 
that is,  the extent to which the content of the submissions satisfies the informational requirements 
of the various obligations or affects the rights and obligations of Members.  
The present revision also incorporates the technical changes to the document which wer e 
circulated to Members for comment on 27  April 2004. As noted by the Chairman2, the suggested 
changes were purely of a technical nature, intended to take account of developments that had 
occurred since the notifications document was first circulated. This  understanding was formalized  
at the meeting of the CTG on 5  July 2004.  
                                                
1 Previous updates have been circulated in G/L/112/Add.1, G/L/112/Add.2; G/L/223 and 
G/L/223/Corr.1; G/L/223/Rev.1, G/L/223/Rev.2, G/L/223/Rev.3, G/L/223/Rev.4, G/L/223/Rev.5, 
G/L/223/Rev.6, G/L/223/Rev.7,  G/L/223/Rev.8, G/L/223/Rev.8/Corr.1, G /L/223/Rev.9, 
G/L/223/Rev.9/Corr.1, G/L/223/Rev.10, G/L/223/Rev.10/Corr.1, G/L/223/Rev.11, G/L/223/Rev.12, 
G/L/223/Rev.12.Corr.1, G/L/223/Rev.13, G/L/223/Rev.14, G/L/223/Rev.14/Corr.1, G/L/223/Rev.15, 
G/L/223/Rev.16, G/L/2 23/Rev.16/Corr.1 G/L/223/Rev.17, G /L/223/Rev.18, G/L/223/Rev.18/Corr.1, 
G/L/223/Rev.19, G/L/223/Rev.19/Corr.1, G/L/223/Rev.19/Corr.2, G/L/223/Rev.20 , G/L/223/Rev.21, 
G/L/223/Rev.21/Corr.1, G/L/223/Rev.21/Corr.2 , G/L/223/Rev.22 , and G/L/223/Rev.23 . 
2 In the cover note to the amended documen t, dated 27  April 2004, and in his statement to Members in 
the CTG  meeting of 27  April 2004 under Other Business (G/C/M/73).  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  1  EXPLANATORY NOTES  
1.1.  This table sets out notification obligations of a regular/periodic nature (i.e. semi -annual, 
annual, biennial or triennial) and notifications required on a "one -time only" basis. It does not 
include ad hoc notifications, that is, those which must be provided only if a certain action is taken. 
It also does not include those regular/periodic or "one -time" notification obligations listed in 
document  G/NOP/W/2/Rev.1, rela ting to Marks of Origin, Regional Arrangements, Balance of 
Payments and the Integrated Database.  
1.2.  The symbols used, in general, are as follows. There may be additional specifications provided 
in the notes pertaining to the specific agreements:  
a. "X" denotes t hat a notification has been received in the WTO. Subsequent addenda or 
corrections to notifications are not counted as additional notifications.  
b. A blank indicates that this is a requirement applicable to the Member concerned, but that 
no notification has b een received up to the cut -off date.  
c. "NA" indicates that the requirement is not applicable at all or that it was not applicable 
for this Member during the period covered by the Note.  
d. "0" indicates that no notification was received from the Member and that this is a 
requirement which is:  
i. applicable only to those Members maintaining the type of measure or taking the 
action in question, but for which it was not possible to determine whether the 
Member maintained that type of measure or took the action in quest ion; 
   or 
 
ii. permitting  certain Members to take advantage of special treatment.  
1.3.  The abbreviations for the Agreements and Understandings shown in the column headings and 
their full titles are as follows:  
Column Heading  Agreement/Understanding Title  
Agricult ure Agreement on Agriculture  
Anti-Dumping  Agreement on Implementation of Article  VI of the GATT  1994 
Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures  Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Safeguards  Agreement on Safeguards  
State Trading  Understanding  on the Interpretation of Article  XVII of the GATT  1994 
Customs Valuation  Agreement on Implementation of Article  VII of the GATT  1994 
Import Licensing  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures  
Rules of Origin  Agreement on Rules of Origin  
PSI Agreement o n Preshipment Inspection  
Quantitative Restrictions 
(QRs)  Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions (G/L/59 /Rev.1 ) 
SPS Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
TRIMs  Agreement on Trade -Related Investment  Measures  
TBT Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade  
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  1.4.  With respect to Members, the European Union3 and its 28 member States (EU) provide 
one notification for each of the respective requirements. However, the 10  member States4 that 
joined the EU on 1  May 2004, the two  member States that joined the EU on 1  January  2007, and 
the member State that joined the EU on 1 July 20135 are considered separately in certain tables in 
order to provide information on the period preceding the EU  enlargement . 
1.5.  More detaile d information on notifications relevant to specific CTG  subsidiary bodies can be 
found as follows:  
Committee on Agriculture:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1165) 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1158 and 
G/L/1158/Corr.1 ) 
Committee on Customs V aluation:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1160) 
Committee on Import Licensing:  Annual Report ( G/L/1162 ) 
Committee on Market Access:  Annual Report (G/ L/1154) 
Committee on Rules of Origin:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1159) 
Committee on Safeguards:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1155 and 
G/L/11 55/Corr. 1) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1164) 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1157, G/L/1157/Corr.1 
and G/L/1157/Corr.2 ) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade:  Annua l Report (G/L/ 1167) 
Committee on TRIMs:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1153) 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises:  Annual Report (G/L/ 1156) 
 
1.6.  Please note that , after these explanatory notes, the numbering of footnotes is specific to each 
agreement.  
1.7.  The followi ng notes apply to specific agreements:  
2  AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTUR E 
2.1.  The Members' compliance to the notification requirements are shown in seven  annexes 
referring to the distinct notification requirements (Annexes  1 to 7). The information reflected in 
these ann exes has been extracted from the document "Compliance with Notification Obligations", 
considered at the November  2016 meeting of the Committee on Agriculture 
(G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.2 6, with a cut -off date of 28 October  2016). The annexes show only those 
Members to whom the notification requirement applies.  
2.2.  There are a total of twelve  distinct notification requirements applicable in the domain of 
agriculture. These notifications, referred to as tables because of their format, cover 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 applica bility of a notification 
requirement to a Member is largely dependent on the specific commitments it has assumed under 
the Agreement on Agriculture. Indeed, there are relatively few annual notification requirements 
that apply to all WTO  Members (i.e.  Table s DS:1 and ES:1). In most cases, only a limited number 
of notification requirements will apply for a particular Member.  
2.3.  The notifying Members and the notification frequency vary depending on the specific 
notification requirement and are indicated below in respect of 'regular' or 'annual' notifications6: 
                                                
3 On 1 December  2009, the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty 
establishing the European Community  (done at Lisbon, 13  December  2007) entered into force. On 
29 November  2009, the WTO  received a Verbal Note (WT/L/779) from the Council of the European Union and 
the Commission of the European Communities stating that, by virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, as  of 
1 December  2009, the European Union replaces and succeeds the European Community.  
4 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia.  
5 Bulgaria and Romania  in January  2007, and Croatia in July 2013 . 
6 For additional details refer to document  G/AG/2.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  a. "Comprehensive one -off" Table  MA:1 notifications (Administration of tariff and other 
quota commitments; Article  18.2 – 30 days) were required to have been submitted by 
all Members with tariff and other quota  commitments, either in advance of, or within 
30 days of, the first  opening of the quotas concerned; any subsequent changes to the 
administration of quotas within 30  days. The "one -off" MA:1  notification requirement is 
shown in the "Tariff and Other Quota Commitments" Annex (Annex  1). Where the 
comprehensive Table  MA:1 notifications have been revised or supplemented, this is 
indicated by an asterisk (*) in the relevant column.  
b. Table  MA:2 notifications (Imports under tariff and other quotas; Article  18.2 – 60 days) 
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.  Members' compliance with this notification obligation is sho wn in 
Annex  1. 
c. Table  MA:5 notifications  (Special Safeguard; Articles  5.7 and 18.2 – 30 days)  are 
required to be submitted annually by Members having reserved the right to use the 
Special Safeguard provisions as indicated in Section  I-A of Part  I of their S chedules. 
Members' compliance with this notification obligation is shown in Annex  2. 
d. Table  DS:1 notifications (Domestic Support; Article  18.2 – 90 days or 120  days if the 
initial notification is provisional) 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 should submit an annual Table  DS:1 notification, provided that in the 
case of a developing country Member only Supporting Tables  DS:1 to DS:3 ma y be 
required to be submitted annually (see  G/AG/2, page  11). Least -developed country 
Members should submit Supporting Tables  DS:1 to DS:3 every other year only 
(indicated by the symbol (NA)). Members' compliance with this notification obligation is 
shown in Annex  3. 
e. Table  ES:1 notifications (Export Subsidies – Article  18.2 – 60 days or 120  days if the 
initial notification is provisional ) 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 a notification 
annually (30  days) in the form of a statement confirming that no export subsidies exist 
or, in the case of developing country Members using certain expo rt subsidies pursuant to 
Article  9.4, in the form of Supporting Table  ES:2. An "a" indicates that information 
concerning food aid (column  5 of Table  ES:1) has not been provided. Members' 
compliance with this notification obligation is shown in Annex  4. 
f. Table ES:2 notifications (Total exports in the context of Export Subsidies – Articles  10 
and 18.2 – 120 days) are required to be submitted by Members with export subsidy 
reduction commitments shown in Section  II of Part  IV of Schedules and "significant 
export ers" as set out in document  G/AG/2/Add.1. Members' compliance with this 
notification obligation is shown in Annex  5. 
g. Table  ES:3 notifications  (Total Volume of Food Aid in the context of Export Subsidies – 
Articles  10 and 18.2 – 120 days) are required to be  submitted annually by  all donor 
Members (unless this information must be notified under Table  ES:1 above).  No "nil 
return" is required from Members which do not provide food aid. Members' compliance 
with this notification obligation is shown in Annex  6. 
h. Table NF:1 notifications (Food and other aid in the context of the Decision – Article  16.2 
– 60 days) are required to be submitted annually by all donor Members in respect of 
actions taken within the framework of the Decision on Measures concerning the Poss ible 
Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on the Least -Developed and Net -Food 
Importing Developing Countries. No "nil return" is required from Members which do not 
provide food aid or other assistance to the countries concerned. Members' compliance 
with this notification obligation is shown in Annex  7. G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  2.4.  The last column on each table shows the percentage of compliance by Member for the 
corresponding notification requirement during this period. The tables contain information 
pertaining to the last 1 6 years  (2000 -2015). The time -limits for notifications covering the 
1995-2014 implementation years have now passed. The column concerning the 201 5 
implementation year is provided for information only and does not necessarily indicate that the 
notifications are no w due. A capital letter p ("P") denotes that the notification was being processed 
at the time the document  G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.26 was issued. The full time series (1995 -2015) of 
compliance information is available in the "Compliance with notification obligatio ns" section of the 
Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ). Due to their particular 
characteristics, the information on the submission of Tables  NF:1 and Tables  ES:3 notifications are 
shown as  positive listings only for the period 2005 -2015. Switzerland's notifications, except for 
Table  NF:1, are taken to cover Liechtenstein as these two  Members have a joint Schedule.  
3  AGREEMENT ON IMPLEME NTATION OF ARTICLE  VI OF THE GATT  1994 
(ANTI -DUMPING)  
3.1.  Each Member shall notify the Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices ("the Committee") which 
of its authorities are competent to initiate and conduct investigations and its domestic procedures 
governing the initiation and conduct of such investigations (Article  16.5). 
3.2.  Notifications regarding all ad hoc preliminary or final anti -dumping actions taken by Members 
must be submitted to the Committee without delay (Article  16.4). The Committee has adopted a 
revised minimum information format for that purpose in 2006, wh ich was subsequently revised in 
2009 and circulated in document  G/ADP/2/Rev.2 (21  October  2009). In addition, notifications 
pertaining to anti -dumping actions must be supplied semi -annually (Article  16.4). The Committee 
has adopted a revised format for suc h reports, in document  G/ADP/1/Rev.1 (27  October  2008), to 
replace the original format as of the reporting period January -June 2009. The report for the period 
January -June of any given year is due by mid -August of that year. The report for the period 
July-December of any given year is due by mid-February of the following year. The Secretariat 
circulates, in December  and June of each year, requests for the submission of these semi -annual 
reports, setting forth the applicable deadlines for reporting. Followin g such requests and shortly 
prior to such applicable deadlines, the Secretariat issues reminders to draw Members' attention to 
the approaching deadlines. It is to be noted that the Committee has also adopted a new 
notification format pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 of the Agreement, or what is known as the 
"one-time notification format" to be used by Members that never established an authority 
competent of initiating and conducting an investigation, never taken any anti -dumping actions in 
the past, and d o not intend to take such actions in the foreseeable future. This type of notification, 
once submitted by the Member concerned, would remain valid until further notice and such 
Member would not need to submit any other notifications pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 until 
such time when such circumstances change.  
3.3.  All Members must notify their laws, regulations and administrative procedures relevant to 
anti-dumping (Article  18.5). A decision of the Committee clarifies that Members should submit, in 
a workin g language of the WTO, the full text of such laws and regulations, and Members which 
have no such laws or regulations should notify the Committee of that fact (G/ADP/N/1, 
30 January  1995).  
3.4.  The Committee has also adopted a decision on 21  October  2009 indica ting that all Members 
shall submit all their anti -dumping notifications in an electronic form.  
4  AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDI ES AND COUNTERVAILIN G MEASURES  
4.1.  The annual notifications on subsidies are required not later than 30  June each year 
(Article  25.1). In May  2001, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures reached an 
understanding that new and full notifications would be submitted and reviewed every two  years, 
while de -emphasizing the review of updating notifications in the intervening years. Initiall y applied 
for a series of consecutive trial periods, in 2005 this understanding was extended indefinitely by 
the Committee. The Committee has adopted a revised format for subsidy notifications 
(G/SCM/6/Rev.1). Where a Member considers that there are no mea sures requiring such 
notification, a "nil" return is necessary (Article  25.6).  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  4.2.  Each Member shall notify the Committee of its authorities competent to initiate and conduct 
countervailing duty investigations and of its domestic procedures governing the initi ation and 
conduct of such investigations (Article  25.12).  
4.3.  Notifications of all ad hoc preliminary or final countervailing actions taken by Members must 
be submitted to the Committee without delay (Article  25.11). The Committee has adopted a 
revised format for the minimum information to be submitted in connection with such notifications 
(G/SCM/3/Rev.1, 2  November  2009).  
4.4.  In addition, notifications pertaining to countervailing duty actions taken must be made 
semi-annually pursuant to Article  25.11. The Committ ee has adopted a revised format for such 
reports (G/SCM/2/Rev.1, 2  November  2009). The report for the period January -June of any given 
year is generally due in late August of that year. The report for the period July -December of any 
given year is generally  due in late February of the following year. The Secretariat circulates, in 
December  and June of each year, requests for the submission of these semi -annual reports, 
setting forth the applicable deadlines for reporting.  
4.5.  The Committee has also adopted a one -time notification format pursuant to Articles  25.11 
and 25.12 of the Agreement for those Members that have not established an investigating 
authority, have not taken a countervailing action and do not anticipate taking one in the 
foreseeable future. The f ormat for such notifications is found in document  G/SCM/129. Members 
submitting a one -time notification would not need to submit notifications under Articles  25.11 and 
25.12 until circumstances justifying the use of the one -time notification change.  
4.6.  All Me mbers must notify their laws, regulations and administrative procedures relevant to the 
SCM Agreement (Article  32.6). A decision of the Committee clarifies that Members should submit, 
in a working language of the WTO, the full text of such laws or regulati ons, and Members which 
have no such laws or regulations should notify the Committee of that fact (G/SCM/N/1, 
30 January  1995).  
5  AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUA RDS7 
5.1.  All Members must notify their laws, regulations and administrative procedures (Article  12.6).  
5.2.  All Member s that take certain actions on safeguards must "immediately" notify such actions 
to the Committee (Article  12.1).  
6  GATT  1994 ARTICLE  XVII:4(A) AND THE UN DERSTANDING ON THE I NTERPRETATION 
OF THIS ARTICLE (STA TE TRADING)  
6.1.  Article  XVII:4 of GATT  1994, and parag raph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of 
Article  XVII of GATT  1994 (the Understanding) require all Members to notify their state trading 
enterprises to the Council for Trade in Goods. New and full notifications were first required in 1995 
and, subsequently, every third  year thereafter, while updating notifications were to be made in the 
intervening years. On 11  November  2003, the Working Party on State Trading Enterprises, 
recommended that the frequency of notifications be changed to new and ful l notifications on state 
trading every two  years instead of every three  years, and to eliminate the requirement for 
updating notifications. On 26  November  2003, the Council for Trade in Goods approved a four -year 
trial period for this change which was to t ake effect as of the year 2004. In 2008, the Working 
Party recommended that this trial period be extended two  more years; this was approved by the 
Council for Trade in Goods on 18  November  2008. In 2010 , the Working Party again recommended 
a two -year exten sion of the trial period which was agreed by the Council for Trade in Goods on 
5 July 2010. At its meeting on 23  June 2012, the Council for Trade in Goods approved the 
recommendation from the Working Party to maintain indefinitely that the frequency of new  and full 
notifications be every two  years.  
                                                
7 Since any measures referred to in Articles  10 and 11.1 of the Safeguards Agreement should have 
expired by 1  January  2000, information concerning these items is no longer reported in this document. The 
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  6.2.  Notifications of state trading enterprises are made in accordance with the format provided in 
the Questionnaire on State Trading (G/STR/3/Rev.1). Where a Member considers that there are no 
activities requiring su ch notification, a "nil" return is necessary.  
7  AGREEMENT ON THE IMP LEMENTATION OF ARTIC LE VII OF THE GATT  1994 (CUSTOMS 
VALUATION)  
7.1.  Members that have made notifications are shown with an "X". "NA" indicates that the 
requirement is not applicable to this WTO  Member.  
7.2.  As special and differential treatment, Article  20.1 permits some developing country Members 
to delay the application of this Agreement for up to five  years. In addition, Article  20.2 permits 
some developing country Members to delay application of c ertain provisions for a further 
three  years. Annex  III in its paragraphs  2, 3 and 4 provides developing countries with the 
possibility of notifying certain reservations.  
7.3.  The notification of laws and regulations under Article  22.1 and the Decision on Notifi cation 
and Circulation of National Legislation in Accordance with Article  22 of the Agreement (or a 
communication indicating that the legislation notified under the Tokyo Round Agreement on 
Customs Valuation remains valid under the WTO  Agreement on Customs  Valuation) and response 
to the checklist of issues are "one -time" requirements of all Members.  
7.4.  With regard to the notification requirement for the checklist of issues under the Agreement 
on Customs Valuation, Members who had notified the checklist under t he Tokyo Round Agreement 
must notify the WTO  Committee that this checklist is still valid.8 Members that have not done so 
will have a blank space under this column.  
7.5.  The Decisions on the treatment of interest charges in the customs value of imported goods 
and on the valuation of carrier media bearing software for data processing equipment are 
"one-time" notification obligations for those Members choosing to apply these Decisions.  
8  AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES  
8.1.  Those Members that have notified are s hown with an "X". "NA" indicates that the requirement 
is not applicable to this WTO  Member. More detailed information on notifications is contained in the 
latest annual report of the Committee on Import Licensing.  
8.2.  Certain developing country Members can def er the application of some provisions for not 
more than two  years from the date of WTO  Membership ( footnote  5 to Article  2.2). 
8.3.  All Members are required to provide replies to the questionnaire on import licensing 
procedures by 30  September each year (Articl e 7.3). The table indicates the years in which 
notifications have been received.  
8.4.  All Members are required to notify the names of publications in which rules and information 
concerning import licensing procedures are published and to submit copies of such p ublications. All 
Members are required to notify the full text of their relevant laws and regulations 
(Articles  1.4(a)/8.2(b)) and the legislation provided will be compiled in a new database that will be 
made available to the public.  
9  AGREEMENT ON RULES O F ORIGIN  
9.1.  There are two  "one-time" notification obligations in this Agreement, on existing or new 
non-preferential rules of origin (Article  5.1) and on existing or new preferential rules of origin 
(Annex  II, paragraph  4). "X" denotes that a notification has be en received.  
                                                
8 See document  G/VAL/5, p.6, B.3(ii) which refers to document  G/VAL/M/1, paragraphs  36-39. G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  10  AGREEMENT ON PRESHIP MENT INSPECTION  
10.1.   Pursuant to Article  5, Members are required to notify the laws and regulations by which they 
put the Agreement into force, as well as other laws and regulations on this topic.  
11  DECISION ON NOTIFICA TION PROCED URES FOR QUANTITATIV E RESTRICTIONS  
(QR DECISION)  
11.1.   On 1 December  1995, the Council for Trade in Goods agreed that "Members shall make 
complete notification of the quantitative restrictions which they maintain by 31  January  1996 and 
at two -yearly intervals th ereafter …" (G/L/59). With a view to improving notification compliance 
and to clarify the scope of the QR  Decision, Members agreed on new procedures for the notification 
of quantitative restrictions, which replaced those established in document  G/L/59. The  new 
procedures were adopted by the Council for Trade in Goods on 22  June 2012 and circulated in 
document  G/L/59/Rev.1.  
11.2.   Pursuant to the new QR  decision (G/L/59/Rev.1), "Members shall make complete 
notifications of all quantitative restrictions in force by 30 September  2012 and at two -yearly 
intervals thereafter. They should also notify changes to those quantitative restrictions as soon as 
possible, but not later than six  months from their entry into force."  
11.3.   The new QR  Decision calls for Members to notify qu antitative restrictions in accordance with 
the format in Annex  1 of G/L/59/Rev.1. The most common types of measures notified include 
prohibitions and non -automatic licensing requirements. Quantitative restrictions in force that have 
already been notified p ursuant to other WTO  provisions in other Committees shall be notified as 
provided for in section  2 of the notification format. All notifications submitted by Members are 
circulated in the document series G/MA/QR/N and the information provided will be compi led in a 
new database that will be made available to the public.  
11.4.   Under the new QR  Decision, Members are not required to notify the fact that they do not 
apply quantitative restrictions.  
12  AGREEMENT ON THE APP LICATION OF SANITARY  AND PHYTOSANITARY ME ASURES  
12.1.   Transparency obligations are contained in Article  7 and Annex  B of the SPS  Agreement. 
There are two  "one-time" notification obligations in the SPS  Agreement: (1)  Members are required 
to notify an "enquiry point" as provided in paragraph  3 of Annex  B; and (2)  a "national notification 
authority" as provided in paragraph  10 of Annex  B. An updated table of Members meeting these 
obligations is available through the SPS  Information Management System ( http://spsims.wto.org , 
click on Transparency table).  
12.2.   Additionally, there are two ad  hoc notification obligations under the SPS  Agreement:  
(1) Members are r equired, as provided in paragraph  5 of Annex  B, to notify other Members at an 
early stage of any proposed SPS  regulation wheneve r an international standard, guideline or 
recommendation does not exist or the content of the proposed SPS  regulation is different from 
international standards, and if the regulation may have a significant effect on trade of other 
Members; and (2)  Members are required, as provided in paragraph  6 of Annex  B, immediately to 
notify other Members of any SPS  regulation adopted in urgent circumstances.9 
13  AGREEMENT ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT M EASURES  
13.1.   Article  5.1 requires the notification of trade -related investmen t measures Members were 
applying that were not in conformity with the Agreement on a "one -time" basis within 90  days of 
the date of entry into force of the WTO  Agreement. An agreed standard format for the submission 
of these notifications appears in docume nt G/TRIMS/1. Pursuant to a decision adopted by the 
General Council in April  1995 (WT/L/64) , states and separate customs territories eligible to 
                                                
9 The Recommended Procedures for Implementing the Transparency Provisions of the SPS  Agreement, 
adopted by the SPS  Committee in 2008 (G/SPS/7/Rev.3), recommend that Members also notify measures 
which are based on the r elevant international standards. They also recommend that in case a Member has 
made a determination recognizing the equivalence of SPS measures of another Member, this Member notify the 
measure(s) recognized to be equivalent . G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  become original Members of the WTO that accepted the WTO  Agreement after 1  January  1995, 
had a period of 90  days after the date of their acceptance of the WTO  Agreement to make 
notifications under Article  5.1 of the TRIMs  Agreement.  
13.2.   While there is no obligation to do so, some Members have submitted notifications indicating 
that they do not apply any TRIM  inconsiste nt with the Agreement.  
13.3.   Article  5.5 requires the notification of the application of trade -related investment measures 
notified under Article  5.1 to new investments during the transition period provided for in 
Article  5.2. A standard format for such notifica tions has been developed (G/TRIMS/3) but no 
notifications have been received so far under this provision.  
13.4.   Article  6.2 requires the notification of publications in which TRIMs may be found. A decision 
has been adopted on the procedure for the implementation  of this requirement (G/TRIMS/5) and 
semi-annual reminders are being sent to Members to remind them of this notification obligation. 
The notifications received under this provision are listed in d ocument  G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.2 6. 
13.5.   Pursuant to the Ministerial Decl aration and Decision adopted on 18  December  2005 at the 
Sixth Session of the Ministerial Conference, Least -Developed Countries (LDCs) are allowed to 
maintain on a temporary basis existing measures that deviate from their obligations under the 
TRIMs  Agreeme nt. For this purpose, LDCs were required to notify the CTG of such measures within 
two years, starting 30  days after the date of this Declaration. The Decision also allows LDCs to 
introduce new measures that deviate from their obligations under the TRIMs  Agreement. These 
new TRIMs are required to be notified to the CTG no later than six  months after their adoption 
(WT/MIN(05)/DEC. Annex  F). No notifications have been received so far under this Decision.  
14  AGREEMENT ON TECHNIC AL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
14.1.   All Members a re required to notify on a "one -time" basis "measures in existence or taken to 
ensure the implementation and administration of this Agreement" (Article  15.2). Members that 
have accepted the Code of Good Practice (Annex  3 of the TBT  Agreement) should notify  this to the 
ISO/IEC Information Centre . Further information on how to notify Acceptance of the Code,  and 
information on Standards Bodies work programmes , can be found on the WTO ISO  Standards 
Information Gateway ( https://tbtcode.iso.org ) 
14.2.   The TBT Information Management System ( http://tbtims.wto.org ) contains all notifications 
submitted by Members to the WTO, including those under Articles  10.6, 15.2, 10.7 and Annex  3. 
The notifica tion alert system ( http://www.ePingalert.org ) allows Members and stakeholders to 
keep track of notifications of technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that may 
be of interest to their market.  
14.3.   Members' are encouraged to use the TBT  Notification Submission System (TBTNSS) when 
notifying draft technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures to the WTO. Further 
details can be obtained by email ( tbtsss@w to.org ). 
15  CENTRAL REGISTRY OF NOTIFICATIONS  
15.1.   The Central Registry of Notifications was established in 1995 under the Marrakesh 
Ministerial "Decision on Notification Procedures". Essentially an internal WTO  computer database, 
the CRN records all notification s received by the organization from Members  and provides 
descriptive information on each notification submitted.  The CRN  is also used to manage the annual 
calls for notifications from Members and to claim outstanding submissions  of regular  notifications 
for the current year (regular notifications are those for which the Secretariat is able to determine 
that an obligation exists to notify within a given period).  
15.2.   A specific procedure for the submission and processing of notifications has been established 
by the Secretariat and has been publicized  in WT/INF/25 – Central Registry of Notifications (CRN), 
dated  8 June 2000.  
15.3.   WTO notifications data on the Internet:  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  You can search for and consult all notifications  in the trilingual web document dissemination 
facility , Documents online.  Since notification documents are unrestricted, Members can use 
either the public version of Documents online  on the WTO  web site 
(http://docsonline.wto.org/ ) or the restricted version of the da tabase, available by password 
only, on the WTO  Members' site ( http://members.wto.org/members/ ). To facilitate the 
consultation of notification documents, a new search interface has been developed within 
Docum ents online  which permits the retrieval of documents by notification r equirement and 
trade coverage.  
 
A special Notifications section on the Members'  site provides detailed information on the 
operation of the CRN and also gathers together basic sources of information  on specific 
notification obligations and procedures 
(http://members.wto.org/WTO_resources/notifications/site_sources_e.htm ) 
 
The WTO  web site also provides ba sic information on notification procedures under the 
respective trade topics for the general public,  with the possibility of performing direct 
searches of Documents online  for specific notification documents.  
 
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- 11 - Annex  1. Agreement on Agricu lture. Tariff and Other Quota Commitments (Tables MA:1 and MA:2)  
  MA:1  
(Art.18.2)  MA:2  
(Art.18.2)  
One-off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)1 
1 Australia  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
2 Barbados  X* X                               30 
3 Brazil  X 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 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 Colombi a X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
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 X   100 
13 Guatemala  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
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 X   100 
19 Kazakhstan  X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 
20 Korea, Republic of  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
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 X X X 100 
23 Moldova, Republic of  X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X   100 
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 X 100 
26 Nicaragua  X 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 X 100 
28 Panama  X* 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 
                                                
1 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2014. Detailed information on all years (1995 -2015) is available in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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(Art.18.2)  MA:2  
(Art.18.2)  
One-off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)1 
30 Russian Federation  X* NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X 100 
31 South Africa  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
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 X 100 
34 Thailand  X* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
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 X X X 100 
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 X X X X X 63 
Annex  2. Agreement on Agriculture. Special Safeguard (Table  MA:5)  
 MA:5 (Art.  5.7/18.2)  
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)2 
1 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
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 X 100 
5 Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
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 X   100 
10 Guatem ala X 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       90 
14 Japan  X 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 X X 100 
                                                
2 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2014. Detailed information on all years (1995 -2015) is av ailable in the "Compliance with notification  
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org/ ).  
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- 13 -  MA:5 (Art.  5.7/18.2)  
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)2 
16 Malaysia  X 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 X X X 100 
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 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 X 100 
23 Panama  X 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 X X X X X X 100 
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 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 X X X X 100 
31 United States of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X P  100 
32 Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of                                  20 
Annex  3. Agreement on Agriculture. Domestic Support (Table  DS:1) 
 DS:1 (Art. 18.2)  
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)3 
1 Afghanistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA 
2 Albania  X X X X X X X X X X X     X     80 
3 Angola    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
4 Antigua and Barbuda                                  0 
5 Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
6 Armenia  NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X     92 
7 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
8 Bahra in, Kingdom of  X X X X X X X X X X X X   X     90 
9 Bangladesh    (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 62 
                                                
3 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2014. Detail ed information on all years (1995 -2015) is available 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 (%)3 
10 Barbados  X X X X X X X P  P  P  P  P   P       60 
11 Belize                                  0 
12 Benin  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   11 
13 Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X X X X X                     55 
14 Botswana  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
16 Brunei Darussalam                                  0 
17 Burkina Faso  (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   100 
18 Burundi  X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X X X X X (NA)   (NA) 92 
19 Cambodia  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   100 
20 Cameroon  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
21 Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
22 Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA                 0 
23 Central African Republic    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
24 Chad X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
25 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
26 China  X X X X X X X X X X X           75 
27 Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
28 Congo  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
29 Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
30 Côte d'Ivoire                            X     5 
31 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
33 Djibouti    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
34 Dominica                                  0 
35 Dominican Republic  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
36 Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
37 Egypt                                  20 
38 El Salvador  X X X                           40 
39 European Union  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
40 Fiji X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
41 Gabon  X X X X X X X X X X   X X       85 
42 The Gambia  (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   100  
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- 15 -  DS:1 (Art. 18.2)  
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)3 
43 Georgia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
44 Ghana                                  0 
45 Grenada                                  0 
46 Guatemala  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 95 
47 Guinea    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
48 Guinea -Bissau    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
49 Guyana  X X X X X                       50 
50 Haiti (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   22 
51 Honduras  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
52 Hong Kong, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
53 Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
54 India X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
55 Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
56 Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
57 Jamaica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
58 Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
59 Jordan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       87 
60 Kazakhstan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   NA 
61 Kenya                                  10 
62 Korea, Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
63 Kuwait, the State of                                  0 
64 Kyrgyz Republic                                  6 
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA) 0 
66 Lesotho    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 10 
67 Liberia  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 
68 Macao, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
69 Madagascar  X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 90 
70 Malawi  X (NA)   (NA)   X X X X X X X (NA) 
 (NA)   77 
71 Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
72 Maldives    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)             29 
73 Mali   (NA) X (NA) X X X X X X X X X X X X 87 
74 Mauritania    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
75 Mauritius                X           X X X  15  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)3 
76 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
77 Moldova, Republic of  NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
78 Mongolia                                  17 
79 Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA         0 
80 Morocco  X X X X X X X X                 65 
81 Mozambique    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
82 Myanmar  X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 62 
83 Namibia  X X X X X X X X X X             75 
84 Nepal  NA NA NA NA (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X X X (NA)   (NA)   83 
85 New Z ealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
86 Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
87 Niger    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
88 Nigeria  X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
89 Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
90 Oman  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     93 
91 Pakistan  X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
92 Panama  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
93 Papua New Guinea                                  0 
94 Paraguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   X 95 
95 Peru X X X X X X X X X X X           75 
96 Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
97 Qatar  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       84 
98 Russian Federation  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X   100 
99 Rwanda  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis                                  0 
101 Saint Lucia                                  0 
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
103 Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) X     50 
104 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X         67 
105 Senegal  X X X X X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 93 
106 Seychelles  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   NA 
107 Sierra Leone    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
108 Singapore  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)3 
109 Solomon Islands  (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   0 
110 South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
111 Sri Lanka  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
112 Suriname                                  0 
113 Swaziland                                  0 
114 Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
115 Chinese Taipei  NA NA X X X X X X X X X           69 
116 Tajikistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       0 
117 Tanzania    (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 0 
118 Thailand  X X X X X X X X X               70 
119 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  NA NA NA X X X X X                 42 
120 Togo X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA) 90 
121 Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X             38 
122 Trinidad and Tobago  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
123 Tunisia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
124 Turkey  X X                             35 
125 Uganda  X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA) 50 
126 Ukraine  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X         43 
127 United Arab Emirates  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
128 United States of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
129 Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
130 Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   (NA) X 0 
131 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of                                  20 
132 Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X     88 
133 Yemen  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)   NA 
134 Zambia    (NA)   (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA) X (NA)  P (NA) 70 
135 Zimbabwe                                  25  
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- 18 - Annex  4. Agreement on Agriculture. Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlays and Quantity Reduction Commi tments (Table  ES:1)  
  ES:1 (Art. 18.2)  
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)4 
1 Afghanistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA 
2 Albania  X X X X X X X X X X X           73 
3 Angola                                 0 
4 Antigua and Barbuda                                  0 
5 Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
6 Armenia  NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X     92 
7 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
8 Bahrain, Ki ngdom of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     90 
9 Bangladesh  X X X X X X X                   60 
10 Barbados  X X X X X X X                   60 
11 Belize                                  0 
12 Benin                                  0 
13 Bolivia, Plurinational  State of  X X X X X X                     55 
14 Botswana  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
15 Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
16 Brunei Darussalam                                  0 
17 Burkina Faso  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
18 Burundi X X X X X X X X X X X X X       90 
19 Cambodia  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X     91 
20 Cameroon  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
21 Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
22 Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X               14 
23 Centra l African Republic                                  0 
24 Chad X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   95 
25 Chile X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
26 China  NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
27 Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
28 Congo  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
29 Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
30 Côte d'Ivoire  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
                                                
4 The percentage of compliance ta kes into account the period 1995 -2014. Detailed information on all years (1995 -2015) is available 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 (%)4 
31 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo                                  0 
33 Djibouti                                 0 
34 Dominica                                  15 
35 Dominican Republic  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
36 Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
37 Egypt                                  20 
38 El Salvador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
39 European Union  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
40 Fiji X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
41 Gabon  X X X X X X X X X X   X X       85 
42 The Gambia  X X X X X X X X X X X           74 
43 Georgia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
44 Ghana  X                               30 
45 Grenada                                  0 
46 Guatemala  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
47 Guinea                                  0 
48 Guinea -Bissau                                  0 
49 Guyana  X X X X X                       50 
50 Haiti X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
51 Honduras  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
52 Hong Kong, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
53 Iceland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
54 India X X X X X X X X X X             75 
55 Indonesia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
56 Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
57 Jamaica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
58 Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
59 Jordan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       87 
60 Kazakhstan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA 
61 Kenya                                  15 
62 Korea, Republic of  X X X X X X X X X               70 
63 Kuwait, the State of  X X X X X X X X X X X           80  
  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)4 
64 Kyrgy z Republic                                  0 
65 Lao People's Democratic Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X     50 
66 Lesotho  X X X X X X X X X X X X X       85 
67 Liberia  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  
68 Macao, Chin a X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
69 Madagascar  X X X X X X X X X X X           80 
70 Malawi  X X X X X X X X X X X X X   X X 95 
71 Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
72 Maldives                                  20 
73 Mali X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
74 Mauritania                                  0 
75 Mauritius                X           X     10 
76 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
77 Moldova, Republic of  NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
78 Mongolia  X X X X X X X                   56 
79 Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X   100 
80 Morocco  X X X X X X X X X X X X         80 
81 Mozambique                                  0 
82 Myanmar  X X X X X                       50 
83 Namibia  X X X X X X X X X X             75 
84 Nepal  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X         73 
85 New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
86 Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
87 Niger                                  0 
88 Nigeria  X X X X X X X X X X X X         85 
89 Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
90 Oman      X X X X X X X X X X X X     80 
91 Pakistan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
92 Panama  X X X X                         39 
93 Papua New Guinea                                  0 
94 Paraguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
95 Peru X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
96 Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95  
  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)4 
97 Qatar  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
98 Russian Federation  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 100 
99 Rwand a                                 0 
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis                                  0 
101 Saint Lucia  X                               25 
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
103 Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X     67 
104 Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X       78 
105 Senegal  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
106 Seychelles  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    NA 
107 Sierra Leone                                  0 
108 Singapore  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
109 Solomon Islands                                  0 
110 South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
111 Sri Lanka  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
112 Suriname  X                               30 
113 Swaziland  X X X X X X X X X X X X         80 
114 Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
115 Chinese Taipei  NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
116 Tajikistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       0 
117 Tanzania                                  0 
118 Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
119 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  NA NA NA X X X X X                 42 
120 Togo X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
121 Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X               25 
122 Trinidad and Tobago  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
123 Tunisia  X X X P   P P   P P   P  P P  P  P  P P    40 
124 Turkey  Xa                               0 
125 Uganda  X X X X X                       50 
126 Ukraine  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X X X X X 86 
127 United Arab Emirates  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
128 United States of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X     95 
129 Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100  
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)4 
130 Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA         0 
131 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of                                  20 
132 Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X 100 
133 Yemen  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA     0 
134 Zambia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
135 Zimbabwe  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
Annex  5. Agreement on Agriculture. Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports (Table  ES:2)  
  ES:2 (Art. 10/18.2)  
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)5 
1 Argenti na X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
2 Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
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   100 
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 X         85 
7 Costa Rica  X 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 X   100 
10 Honduras  X 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 X X X X 100 
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 X 100 
15 Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
16 New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 100 
17 Norwa y X 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 X X X     95 
20 South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
21 Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X   100 
                                                
5 The percentage of compliance takes into account the period 1995 -2014. Detailed  information on all years (1995 -2015) is available in the "Compliance with notification 
obligations" section of the Agriculture Information Management System ( http://agims.wto.org ).  
  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Compliance (%)5 
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 X     95 
25 Uruguay  X 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 
Other Regular Notification Obligations Applicable Only Upon Maintenance of Specific Measures  
Annex  6. Agreement on Agriculture. Export Subsidies: Notification of the Total Volume of Food Aid (Table  ES:3), 2005 -2015 (Art.  10/18.2)  
 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  
Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Canada  X 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 X 
South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X -- 
Switzerland  x X X X X X X X X X -- 
Annex  7. Agreement on Agriculture. Notification under Article  16.2 of the Agreement 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 X -- -- 
Canada  X X 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 X -- 
Japan  X X X X X X X -- -- -- -- 
New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Russian Federation  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- X X 
South Africa  X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
Switzerland  X X X X X X X X X X -- 
United States of America  X X X X X X X X X -- -- 
 
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  Annex 8. Agreement on Implementation of Article  VI of the GATT  1994 ( Anti-Dumping 
Agreement ) 
 ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July- 
Dec 
11 Jan- 
June 
12 July- 
Dec 
12 Jan- 
June 
13 July-
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16  
Afghanistan1 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  
Albania  X X X  X  X    X 
Angola            X 
Antigua and 
Barbuda2 OTN X 
Argentina  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Armenia  X X X X X X X  X X X 
Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of      X    X X X 
Bangladesh            X 
Barbados2 OTN X 
Belize2 OTN X 
Benin2          OTN X 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of            X 
Botswana  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Brazil  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Brunei 
Darussalam2 OTN X 
Burkina Faso2 OTN X 
Burundi2 OTN X 
Cambodia            X 
Cameroon2 OTN X 
Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Cabo Verde2 OTN  
Central 
African  
Rep.2 OTN  
Chad2 OTN X 
Chile X X X X X X X X X X X 
China  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Colombia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Congo2 OTN X 
Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire2 OTN X 
Croatia3 X X X X 3 3 3 3 3 3 X 
Cuba2 OTN X 
                                                
1 Afghanistan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
2 This Member has submitted a "one -time notification" (OTN) in accordance with the format contained in 
document  G/ADP/19, adopted by the Commit tee on Anti -Dumping Practices on 21  October  2009. Please note 
that this notification, submitted pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 of the Agreement, is being submitted by 
Members that never established an authority competent of initiating and conducting an  investigation, never 
taken any anti -dumping actions in the past, and do not intend to take such actions in the foreseeable future. 
This type of notification, once submitted by the Member concerned, would remain valid until further notice and 
such Member w ould not need to submit any other notifications pursuant to Articles  16.4 and 16.5 until such 
time when these circumstances change.  
3 Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovak 
Republic, and Sloven ia are no longer listed separately. Upon their accession to the EU they were no longer 
subject to an individual notification obligation. Croatia acceded to the EU on 1  July 2013.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July- 
Dec 
11 Jan- 
June 
12 July- 
Dec 
12 Jan- 
June 
13 July-
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16  
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo             
Djibouti2 OTN  
Dominica2 OTN X 
Dominican 
Republic  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Egypt  X X X X X X X X X X X 
El Salvador  X X X X X X X X X X X 
EU3 X X X X X X X X X X X 
Fiji           X 
Gabon2 OTN X 
The Gambia2 OTN X 
Georgia2 OTN X 
Ghana2 OTN X 
Grenada2 OTN X 
Guatemala  X X X X  X X X  X X 
Guinea2 OTN X 
Guinea -
Bissau             
Guyana2 OTN X 
Haiti2 OTN X 
Honduras  X X X   X X X X X X 
Hong Kong, 
China2 OTN X 
Iceland  X        X  X 
India X X X X X X X X X X X 
Indonesia  X X  X X X X X X X X 
Israel  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jamaica  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jordan  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kazakhstan4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X 
Kenya2 OTN X 
Korea, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of  X X    X X X X X X 
Kyrgyz 
Republic  X X X X X X   X X X 
Lao, PDR  NA NA NA   OTN X 
Lesotho  X X X X X X X X X X  
Liberia5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  
Liechtenstein2 OTN X 
Macao, China2 OTN X 
Madagascar2 OTN X 
Malawi2 OTN X 
Malaysia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Maldives2 OTN X 
                                                
4 Kazakhstan became a Member of the WTO on 30  November  2015.  
5 Liberia became  a member of the WTO on 14  July 2016.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July- 
Dec 
11 Jan- 
June 
12 July- 
Dec 
12 Jan- 
June 
13 July-
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16  
Mali2 OTN X 
Mauritania             
Mauritius2 OTN X 
Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Moldova, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X   X 
Mongolia2 OTN X 
Montenegro  NA  X X X X X  X X X 
Morocco  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Mozambique2 OTN  
Myanmar            X 
Namibia  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Nepal2 OTN X 
New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Nicaragua  X X X X X X X X X  X 
Niger             
Nigeria  X X         X 
Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Oman  X X  X X X X X X X X 
Pakistan  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Panama  X X    X X    X 
Papua New 
Guinea2     X    OTN X 
Paraguay  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Peru X X X X X X X X X X X 
Philippines  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Qatar  X X X X X    X X X 
Russian 
Federation  NA X X X X X X X X X X 
Rwanda2 OTN  
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis2 OTN  
Saint Lucia2 OTN X 
Saint Vincent 
& the 
Grenadines  X           
Samoa  NA           
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of    X X X  X  X X X 
Senegal    X X X      X 
Seychelles6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X 
Sierra Leone             
Singapore  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Solomon 
Islands             
South Africa  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Sri Lanka2 OTN X 
Suriname2 OTN X 
Swaziland  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Switzerland2 OTN X 
                                                
6 Seychelles became a Member of the WTO on 26  April 2015.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   ANTI -DUMPING   
16.4 18.5 
Semi -annual  Legislative  
notifications  
July- 
Dec 
11 Jan- 
June 
12 July- 
Dec 
12 Jan- 
June 
13 July-
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July-
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July-
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16  
Chinese 
Taipei  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Tajikistan  NA NA NA         
Tanzania2 OTN  
Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X 
The former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia  X X         X 
Togo           X 
Tonga2 OTN X 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  X X X X X X X  X X X 
Tunisia            X 
Turkey  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uganda            X 
Ukraine  X X X X X X X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates    X X X  X X X X X 
United States 
of America  X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay  X X X X X X X X X  X 
Vanuatu2 NA NA       OTN X 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  X X    X     X 
Viet Nam  X X  X X X X X X X X 
Yemen  NA NA NA NA NA       
Zambia  X        X  X 
Zimbabwe  X X X X X X X X X X X 
 
 G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  Annex 9. Agreement on Subsidies and Coun tervailing Measures  (SCM)  
 SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/186  N/220  N/253  N/284  Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.09  
New and full, 
due 30.06.11  
New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
July 
Dec 
12 Jan-
June 
13 July 
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July 
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 
Afghanistan1 NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  
Albania  X X X X X  X  X    X 
Angola               
Antigua and 
Barbuda  X X X          X 
Argentina  X X   X X X X X X X X X 
Armenia  X X X X X X X X X   X X 
Australia  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of   X X    X     X X 
Bangladesh               
Barbados2 X X X  OTN X 
Belize2  X  X OTN  
Benin              X 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of              X 
Botswana  X X X  X X X X X  X X  
Brazil  X X X  X X X X X  X X X 
Brunei 
Darussalam              X 
Burkina Faso2 X X X  OTN X 
Burundi2  X X  OTN X 
Cambodia              X 
Cameroon2 X X X  OTN X 
Canada  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Cabo Verde               
Central 
African Rep.               
Chad             X 
Chile X X X X X  X  X X X X X 
China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Colombia  X X   X X X X X X X X X 
Congo2 X X X X OTN X 
Costa Rica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire2     OTN X 
Croatia3 X X   X X 3 3 3 3 3 3 X 
Cuba2 X X X X OTN X 
                                                
1 Afghanistan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
2 This Member has submitted a "one-time notification " ("OTN") of having no CVD investigating authority  
and of never having taken CVD action, in accordance with the format contained in document  G/SCM/129. A 
one-time notification remains valid until further notice and thus allows the Member concerned to maintain a 
"durable " nil notification under Article  25.11 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of no 
countervailing actions taken, in lieu of submitting nil notifications twice per year, unless and until the Member 
establishes a CVD  investigating authority . 
3 Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republ ic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovak 
Republic, and Slovenia are no longer listed separately. Upon their accession to the EU they were no longer 
subject to an individual notification obligation. Croatia acceded to the EU o n 1 July 2013.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/186  N/220  N/253  N/284  Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.09  
New and full, 
due 30.06.11  
New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
July 
Dec 
12 Jan-
June 
13 July 
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July 
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo               
Djibouti               
Dominica2   X X OTN X 
Dominican 
Republic  X X X X X  X X X X X X X 
Ecuador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Egypt      X X X X X X X X X 
El Salvador  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
EU3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Fiji             X 
Gabon  X4 X X          X 
The Gambia2     OTN X 
Georgia2 X X X  OTN X 
Ghana2     OTN X 
Grenada  X X X          X 
Guatemala  X X X  X       X X 
Guinea2     OTN X 
Guinea -Bissau               
Guyana2 X X X X OTN X 
Haiti2  X X  OTN X 
Honduras  X X X X     X X X X X 
Hong Kong, 
China2 X X X X OTN X 
Iceland            X  X 
India X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Indonesia      X X X  X X X X X 
Israel  X X X  X X X  X X X X X 
Jamaica  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Japan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jordan  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kazakhstan5 NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X 
Kenya2     OTN X 
Korea, 
Republic of  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of   X X  X X  X X X X X X 
Kyrgyz 
Republ ic X          X X X 
Lao, PDR  NA NA X  OTN  
Lesotho  X6 X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Liberia7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  
Liechtenstein2 X X X X OTN X 
Macao, China2 X X X X OTN X 
                                                
4 Notification in N/186 covers the period 2001 -2010.  
5 Kazakhstan became a Member of the WTO on 30  November  2015.  
6 Notification in N/186 covers the period 2008 -2010.  
7 Liberia became a member of the WTO on 14  July 2016.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/186  N/220  N/253  N/284  Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.09  
New and full, 
due 30.06.11  
New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
July 
Dec 
12 Jan-
June 
13 July 
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July 
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 
Madagascar2 X X X  OTN  
Malawi2 X    OTN X 
Malaysia  X X X  X X X X X X X X X 
Maldives              X 
Mali2  X X X OTN X 
Mauritania               
Mauritius2 X X  X OTN X 
Mexico  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Moldova, 
Republic of   X X X X X X X X X   X 
Mongolia2     OTN X 
Montenegro  NA NA  X  X X X X  X X X 
Morocco       X X  X X X X X 
Mozambique2     OTN  
Myanmar              X 
Namibia  X8    X X X X X X X X X 
Nepal2     OTN X 
New Zealand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Nicaragua   X   X X X X X X X  X 
Niger               
Nigeria  X            X 
Norway  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Oman  X X X   X X X X X X X X 
Pakistan      X X X X X X X X X 
Panama    X   X  X X    X 
Papua New 
Guinea2   X    X    OTN X 
Paraguay  X    X X X X X X X X X 
Peru X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Philippines      X X X X X X X X X 
Qatar  X X X X X X X     X X 
Russian 
Federation  NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X 
Rwanda               
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis2   X  OTN  
Saint Lucia2 X X X X OTN X 
Saint Vincent 
& the 
Grenadines  X  X X          
Samoa  NA NA            
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  X X X  X X X  X   X X 
Senegal2   X  OTN X 
Seychelles9 NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA  X X X 
Sierra Leone2     OTN  
                                                
8 Notification in N/ 186 covers the period 2002 -2009.  
9 Seychelles became a Member of the WTO on 26  April 2015.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
25.1 25.11  32.6 
N/186  N/220  N/253  N/284  Semi -annual  
Laws/  
Regs  New and full, 
due 30.06.09  
New and full, 
due 30.06.11  
New and full, 
due 30.06.13  
New and full, 
due 30.06.15  
July 
Dec 
12 Jan-
June 
13 July 
Dec 
13 Jan-
June 
14 July 
Dec 
14 Jan-
June 
15 July 
Dec 
15 Jan-
June 
16 
Singapore  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Solomon 
Islands               
South Africa      X X X X X X X X X 
Sri Lanka2     OTN X 
Suriname2 X    OTN X 
Swaziland  X X   X X X X X X X X  
Switzerland2 X X X X OTN X 
Chinese Taipei  X X X X X X X X X  X X X 
Tajikistan  NA NA   NA         
Tanzania               
Thailand  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
The former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia  X X           X 
Togo  X X          X 
Tonga  X           X 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  X    X X X X X  X X X 
Tunisia              X 
Turkey  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uganda2     OTN X 
Ukraine  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates     X X X X  X X X X X 
United States 
of America  X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay  X X X  X X X X X    X 
Vanuatu2 NA NA   OTN  
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of              X 
Viet Nam    X     X  X X X  
Yemen  NA NA NA  NA NA NA NA      
Zambia  X X X X         X 
Zimbabwe      X X X X X X X X X 
 
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  Annex 10. Agree ment on Safeguards  
 SAFEGUARDS   SAFEGUARDS  
12.6 12.1  12.6 12.1 
Laws/regs  Safeguard  
action1 Laws/regs  Safeguard 
action1 
Afghanistan2   Jordan  X X 
Albania  X   Kazakhstan  X X 
Angola      Kenya  X  
Antigua and 
Barbuda      Korea, Republic of  X X 
Argent ina X X Kuwait, the State of  X  X 
Armenia  X X Kyrgyz Republic  X X 
Australia  X X Lao, PDR  X  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X X Lesotho  X   
Bangladesh  X   Liberia3    
Barbados  X   Liechtenstein  X  
Belize  X   Macao, China  X   
Benin  X   Madagascar  X   
Bolivia, P lurinational 
State of  X   Malawi  X   
Botswana  X   Malaysia  X X 
Brazil  X X Maldives  X   
Brunei Darussalam  X   Mali X  
Burkina Faso  X   Mauritania      
Burundi  X  Mauritius  X   
Cambodia  X   Mexico  X X 
Cameroon  X   Moldova, Republic of  X X 
Canada  X X Mongolia  X   
Cabo Verde    Montenegro  X  
Central African Rep.     Morocco  X X 
Chad X   Mozambique    
Chile X X Myanmar  X   
China  X X Namibia  X   
Colombia  X X Nepal  X   
Congo  X   New Zealand  X   
Costa Rica  X X Nicaragua  X   
Côte d'Ivoire  X   Niger      
Cuba X   Nigeria  X   
Democratic Republic 
of the Congo    Norway  X   
Djibouti      Oman  X X 
Dominica  X   Pakistan  X X 
Dominican Republic  X X Panama  X X 
Ecuador  X X Papua New Guinea  X   
Egypt  X X Paraguay  X   
El Salvador  X X Peru X X 
European Union  X X Philippines  X X 
Fiji X  Qatar  X X 
Gabon  X  Russian Federation  X X 
The Gambia  X  Rwanda      
Georgia  X  Saint Kitts and Nevis      
Ghana  X  Saint Lucia  X   
Grenada     Saint Vincent & the 
Grenadines    
Guatemala  X   Samoa    
Guinea  X   Saudi Arabia, K ingdom of  X X 
Guinea -Bissau     Senegal  X  
Guyana  X   Seychelles  X   
Haiti X   Sierra Leone  X  
Honduras  X   Singapore  X   
Hong Kong, China  X   Solomon Islands      
Iceland  X   South Africa  X X 
India X X Sri Lanka  X  
Indonesia  X X Suriname  X   
                                                
1 In this column, "X" signifies that the Member has notified, between 1  January  1995 and 
31 December  2016, some action in accordance with Article  12.1 of the Agreeme nt on Safeguards. A blank  
means that no notification has been received. If a Member has not taken any safeguard action, a blank (i.e.  no 
notification) is fully consistent wit h the notification obligation.  
2 Afghanistan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
3 Liberia became a Member of the WTO on 14  July 2016.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   SAFEGUARDS   SAFEGUARDS  
12.6 12.1  12.6 12.1 
Laws/regs  Safeguard  
action1 Laws/regs  Safeguard 
action1 
Israel  X X Swaziland      
Jamaica  X X Switzerland  X   
Japan  X X Chinese Taipei  X X 
Tajikistan    Ukraine  X X 
Tanzania    United Arab Emirates  X X 
Thailand  X X United States of America  X X 
The former 
Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia  X  Uruguay  X   
Togo X   Vanuatu X  
Tonga      Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  X X 
Trinidad and Tobago  X   Viet Nam  X X 
Tunisia  X X Yemen    
Turkey  X X Zambia  X X 
Uganda  X   Zimbabwe  X  
 
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  Annex 11. Understanding on the Interpretation of Article  XVII of the GATT  1994  (State 
Trading Enterprises ) 
 STATE TRADING1 
N/11  
New and full 
notification  N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/06)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/ 14) State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  
Afghanistan2 NA NA NA NA NA X 
Albania  X X X X X  
Angola        
Antigua and 
Barbuda        
Argentina  X X X X X  
Armenia  X X X X   
Australia  X X X X X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of  X X X    
Bangladesh        
Barbados  X X     
Belize        
Benin        
Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of       
Botswana        
Brazil       X 
Brunei 
Darussalam        
Bulgaria   X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 
Burkina Faso  X X X X X  
Burundi        
Cambodia        
Cameroon        
Canada  X X X X X X 
Cabo Verde  NA NA X    
Central African 
Rep.       
Chad       
Chile X X X X X X 
China  X X X X X  
Colombia  X X X X X  
Congo        
Costa Rica  X X X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire        
Croatia  X X X X X3 X3 
Cuba       
                                                
1 The information for 1995 -2001 is not reflected here due to the large amount of data.  However, this 
can be found in document G/L/223 , G/L/223 /Rev.1, G/L/223 /Rev.2, G/L/223 /Rev.3, G/L/223 /Rev.4, 
G/L/223 /Rev.5, G/L/223 /Rev.6, G/L/223 /Rev.7, G/L/223 /Rev.8, G/L/223 /Rev.9, G/L/223 /Rev.10, 
G/L/223 /Rev.11, G/L/223 /Rev.12, G/L/223 /Rev.13, G/L/223 /Rev.14, and G/L/223 /Rev.15.  
2 Afghanistan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
3 The corresponding not ification was submitted by the European Union.  Please note that Cyprus, Czech 
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia a re no longer listed 
separately.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   STATE TRADING1 
N/11  
New and full 
notification  N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/06)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/ 14) State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo        
Djibouti        
Dominica        
Dominican 
Republic        
Ecuador  X X X X X  
Egypt    X  X X 
El Salvador  X X X X X X 
EU X X X X X X 
Fiji       
Gabon        
The Gambia        
Georgia  X X X X X  
Ghana        
Grenada    X    
Guatemala  X X X X   
Guinea        
Guinea -Bissau        
Guyana        
Haiti     X  
Honduras  X X X X X  
Hong Kong, China  X X X X X X 
Iceland        
India X X X X   
Indonesia  X X X X X X 
Israel        
Jamaica   X X X X X 
Japan  X X X X X X 
Jordan        
Kazakhstan4 NA NA NA NA NA X 
Kenya  X       
Korea, Republic of  X X X X X X 
Kuwait, the State 
of X X X X X  
Kyrgyz Republic  X X X X X  
Lao, PDR  NA NA NA NA X  
Lesotho        
Liberia5 NA NA NA NA NA NA 
Liechtenstein   X X X X X 
Macao, China  X X X X X X 
Madagascar        
Malawi  X X X X X  
Malaysia  X X X X X X 
Maldives        
Mali X X X X X X 
                                                
4 Kazakhstan became a Member of the WTO on 30  Novembe r 2015.  
5 Liberia became a member of the WTO on 14  July 2016.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   STATE TRADING1 
N/11  
New and full 
notification  N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/06)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/ 14) State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  
Mauritania        
Mauritius     X X X 
Mexico       X 
Moldova, Republic 
of X X X X X  
Mongolia        
Montenegro  NA NA NA  X X 
Morocco      X X 
Mozambique   X     
Myanmar        
Namibia  X X X    
Nepal        
New Zealand  X X X X X X 
Nicaragua  X X X X X  
Niger        
Nigeria  X X X X   
Norway  X X X X X X 
Oman  X X X X X  
Pakistan  X X X    
Panama  X X X X   
Papua New Guinea        
Paraguay        
Peru X X X X X  
Philippines        
Qatar  X X X X X  
Romania  X X3 X3 X3 X3 X3 
Russian 
Federation  NA NA NA    
Rwanda        
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis        
Saint Lucia        
Saint Vincent & 
the Grenadines        
Samoa  NA NA NA    
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  X X X    
Senegal  X X X X X  
Seychelles6 NA NA NA NA NA X 
Sierra Leone        
Singapore  X X X X X X 
Solomon Islands        
South Africa  X X X X X X 
Sri Lanka        
Suriname  X X     
Swaziland        
Switzerland  X X X X X X 
                                                
6 Seychelles became a Member of the WTO on 26  April 2015.  
 G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   STATE TRADING1 
N/11  
New and full 
notification  N/12  
New and full 
notification  N/13  
New and full 
notification  N/14  
New and full 
notification  N/15  
New and full 
notification  N/16  
New and full 
notification  
XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  XVII:4(a)  
State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/06)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/08)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/10)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/12)  State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/ 14) State trading 
activities 
(notif, due 
30/6/16)  
Chinese Taipei  X X X X X X 
Tajikistan  NA NA NA NA   
Tanzania        
Thailand  X X X X   
The former 
Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia  X X X X   
Togo X X X X X  
Tonga  NA      
Trinidad and 
Tobago  X X X    
Tunisia  X X X X X X 
Turkey  X X X X X X 
Uganda        
Ukraine  NA X X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates        
United States o f 
America  X X X X X X 
Uruguay  X X X X   
Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA   
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of        
Viet Nam  NA     X 
Yemen  NA NA NA NA   
Zambia  X X X X   
Zimbabwe  X X     
 
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  Annex 12. Agreement on Implementation of Article  VII of the GATT  1994 (Customs 
Valuation ) 
 CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 Annex 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III (2)  ANNEX 
III (3)  ANNEX 
III (4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Check list of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
Albania  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Angola  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Antigua and 
Barbuda  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Argentina  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Armenia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Australia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Bangladesh  NA NA NA NA X X     
Barbados  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Belize  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Benin  NA NA NA NA NA X     
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Botswana  NA NA NA NA  NA NA X    
Brazil  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Brunei 
Darussalam  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Burkina Faso  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Burundi  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Cambodia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Cameroon  NA NA NA NA X X     
Canada  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Central African 
Rep. NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Chad NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Chile NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
China  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Colombia  NA NA NA NA X X X X  X 
Congo  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Costa Rica  NA NA NA NA X X X X X  
Côte d'Ivoire  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Cuba NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Djibouti  NA NA NA NA X X     
Dominica  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Dominican 
Republic  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Ecuador  NA NA NA NA X X X X X  
Egypt  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
El Salvador  NA NA NA NA X X     
EU NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Fiji NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 Annex 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III (2)  ANNEX 
III (3)  ANNEX 
III (4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Check list of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
Gabon  NA NA NA NA X X X    
The Gambia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Georgia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Ghana  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Grenad a NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Guatemala  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Guinea  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Guinea -Bissau  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Guyana  NA NA NA NA X X     
Haiti NA NA NA NA X X     
Honduras  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Hong Kong, 
China  NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA X X 
Iceland  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
India NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Indonesia  NA NA NA NA X X X  X  
Israel  NA NA NA NA X X X  X X 
Jamaica  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Japan  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Jordan  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Kazakhstan         X   
Kenya  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Korea, Republic 
of NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Kuwait, the 
State of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Kyrgyz 
Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Lao, PDR  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Lesotho  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Liechtenstein  NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA   
Macao, China  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Madagascar  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Malawi  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Malaysia  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Maldives  NA NA NA NA X X     
Mali NA NA NA NA X X X    
Mauritania  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Mauritius  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Mexico  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Moldova, 
Republic of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Mongolia  NA  NA NA NA NA NA     
Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X  
Morocco  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Mozambique  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Myanmar  NA NA NA NA X X     
Namibia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 Annex 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III (2)  ANNEX 
III (3)  ANNEX 
III (4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Check list of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
Nepal  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
New Zealand  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Nicaragua  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Niger  NA NA NA NA X X     
Nigeria  NA NA NA NA NA X X X   
Norway  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Oman  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Pakistan  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Panama  NA NA NA NA X NA X X X X 
Papua New 
Guinea  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Paraguay  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Peru NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Philippines  NA  NA NA NA X X X X   
Qatar  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Russian 
Federatio n NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Rwanda  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Saint Lucia  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Saint Vincent & 
the Grenadines   NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Senegal  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Seychelles            
Sierra Leone  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Singapore  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Solomon 
Islands  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
South Africa  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Sri Lanka  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Suriname  NA NA NA NA NA NA X    
Swaziland  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Switzerland  NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA   
Chinese Taipei  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Tajikistan  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Tanzania  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Thailand  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
The former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Togo NA NA NA NA X X     
Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Trinidad and 
Tobago  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X   
Tunisia  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Turkey  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   CUSTOMS VALUATION  
20.1 20.2 Annex 
III(I)  ANNEX 
III (2)  ANNEX 
III (3)  ANNEX 
III (4)  22 DECISIONS  Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Deferred 
application  
Minimum 
values  
Reservations 
Art. 4  
Reservations 
Art.5.2  
Laws/  
Regs  
Check list of 
issues  
Interest 
charges  
Carrier media  
Uganda  NA NA NA NA X NA X    
Ukraine  
 NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
United Arab 
Emirates  NA NA NA NA X NA     
United States 
of America  NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X 
Uruguay  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  NA NA NA NA X X X X   
Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Yemen1 NA NA NA NA NA NA     
Zambia  NA NA NA NA X X X    
Zimbabwe  NA NA NA NA X X X X X X 
 
 
                                                
1 As a result of its Accession to the WTO, Yemen will start fully implementing the Agreement by 
31 December  2016. See paragraphs  108-115 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of Yemen to 
the WTO, document  WT/ACC/YEM/42.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  Annex 13. Agreement on Import Licensing  Procedures  
 IMPORT LICENSING  
7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1:  1.4(a)/
8.2(b)   
Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16  
Afghanistan                   X 
Albania      X           X X  X X X X   X 
Angola                            X 
Antigua and Barbuda    X X                      X 
Argentina      X       X X X X X X X X   X X 
Armenia  NA NA NA X X X X X X          X 
Australia      X       X        X X X X X  X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X                     X     X 
Bangladesh  X         X X X            X 
Barbados      X     X X X   X   X     X 
Belize                               
Benin                             X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X                          X 
Botswana                               
Brazil      X X X X X X X   X X   X  X X 
Brunei Darussalam                               
Burkina Faso  X                 X X X  X X   X 
Burundi    X                        X 
Cabo Verde  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  X  X  X     
Cambodia  NA NA NA NA NA           X  X X     
Cameroon          X     X   X    X  X X X 
Canada      X       X X X X X X X X X X  X 
Central African Rep.                      X        
Chad X X                    X    X 
Chile             X X   X X X  X X   X 
China  NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X X X X  X 
Colombia  X       X X X X X X X X  X  X  X 
Congo                    
Costa Rica  X         X X X X  X X X X  X 
Côte d'Ivoire      X         X        X    X 
Croatia  NA   X X   X       X X X X     X 
Cuba   X     X         X    X X X X X 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo              X              X 
Djibouti                               
Dominica    X         X              X 
Dominican Republic        X X         X X X X X  X X X 
Ecuador      X             X X       X 
Egypt                               
El Salvador                            X X 
EU X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Fiji                            X 
Gabon                             X 
The Gambia                X     X    X     
Georgia    X     X   X         X X    X 
Ghana    X     X         X        X 
Grenada              X X   X X       X 
Guatemal a X       X   X X            X 
Guinea                               
Guinea -Bissau                               
Guyana      X X                    X 
Haiti X           X X   X    X X X  X 
Honduras                X X X X X X X X  X X 
Hong Kong, China  X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Iceland  X       X                  X 
                                                
1 The information for 1995 -1999 is not reflected here due to the large amount of data. However, this 
can be found in document  G/L/223, G/L/223/Rev.4, G/L/223 /Rev.5, G/L/223/Rev.6, G/L/223/Rev.7, 
G/L/223/Rev.8, G/L/223/Rev.9, G/L/223/Rev.10, G/L/223/Rev.11, and G/L/223/Rev.12.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   IMPORT LICENSING  
7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1:  1.4(a)/
8.2(b)   
Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16  
India X   X X   X X X X   X X  X X X X X 
Indonesia        X     X       X X X X X X  X 
Israel              X         X X    X 
Jamaica  X   X       X   X       X  X X 
Japan      X   X X   X X X X X X X X X X X 
Jordan  X                        X X X 
Kazakhstan                  X  
Kenya        X                    X 
Korea, Republic of      X   X X X X X X X X    X  X 
Kuwait, the State of                      X X  X X X X X 
Kyrgyz Republic  X           X              X 
Lao, PDR               X    X 
Lesotho                  X   X     X  X 
Liechtenstein  X X X X               X X X  X X 
Macao, China    X X   X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 
Madagascar      X     X     X X X X      X 
Malawi      X       X        X    X  X 
Malaysia              X   X   X X  X X X X X 
Maldives      X                        
Mali   X                   X X X X X X 
Mauritania                               
Mauritius      X           X X     X X  X 
Mexico          X   X     X    X   X X 
Moldova, Republic of  NA   X                  X  X  X 
Mongolia        X                    X 
Montenegro  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    X  X 
Morocco        X X X X X X  X        X 
Mozambique                               
Myanmar                               
Namibia  X   X        X       X 
Nepal  NA NA NA NA               X   X    
New Zealand                        X X X X  X 
Nicaragua                    X X X X X X X X X 
Niger                             X 
Nigeria                X X X X  X     X 
Norway  X               X X X X X X    X 
Oman    X   X   X     X X  X X  X   X 
Pakistan                             X 
Panama          X             X X X X X X 
Papua New Guinea                               
Paraguay                        X X X X  X 
Peru           X X X     X X X X X X  X 
Philippines  X X   X       X   X  X  X X X X X 
Qatar            X X X X X X X X X X   X 
Russian Federation  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   X X X X 
Rwanda              X        X        
Saint Kitts and N evis                   X        X 
Saint Lucia      X   X X X   X      X    X 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines                           X    
Samoa  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA      X 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  NA NA NA NA NA NA X        X        
Senegal      X             X  X  X    X 
Seychelles                 X X X 
Sierra Leone                               
Singapore  X     X     X   X X   X X  X X X 
Solomon Islands                               
South Africa  X X X                 X    X   
Sri Lan ka       X                 X   X 
Suriname                    X        X 
Swaziland                             X 
Switzerland  X X X X             X X X X X X X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   IMPORT LICENSING  
7.3 
Replies to questionnaire received in1:  1.4(a)/
8.2(b)   
Publications/  
laws, 
regulations  
 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16  
Chinese Taipei  NA NA X X X         X  X X X X X X X 
Tajikistan                X   X 
Tanzania                      
Thailand                X   X X X X X    X 
The former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia  NA NA NA             X X X   X   X 
Togo       X              X      X 
Tonga  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA        X      X  
Trinidad and Tobago    X     X     X X X X  X X X   X 
Tunisia  X   X     X X X      X      X 
Turkey    X   X     X X X X X X X X  X X X 
Uganda  X         X                X 
Ukraine  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X 
United Arab Emirates  X                          X 
United State s of America  X           X   X  X X X X X X X X X 
Uruguay      X     X       X  X  X X X  X 
Vanuatu  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA       
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic 
of     X                      X 
Viet Nam  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA        X  X X   X 
Yemen                    
Zambia        X X                  X 
Zimbabwe  X X           X     X    X   X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  Annex 14. Agreement on Rules of Origin  
 RULES OF ORIGIN  
5.1 Annex II(4)  Non-
preferential 
rules  
Preferential 
rules  
Afghanistan  X X 
Albania  X X 
Angola   X 
Antigua and Barbuda   X 
Argentina  X X 
Armenia  X X 
Australia  X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of   X 
Bangladesh   X 
Barbados   X 
Belize  X X 
Benin  X X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X 
Botswana   X 
Brazil  X X 
Brunei Darussalam  X X 
Burkina Faso  X X 
Burundi  X X 
Cabo Verde   X 
Cambodia   X 
Cameroon  X X 
Canada  X X 
Central African Rep.   X 
Chad X X 
Chile X X 
China  X X 
Colombia  X X 
Congo  X X 
Costa Rica  X X 
Côte d'Ivoire  X X 
Croatia  N/A N/A 
Cuba X X 
Democratic Republic of the Congo   X 
Djibouti   X 
Dominica  X X 
Dominican Republic  X X 
Ecuador   X 
Egypt   X 
El Salvador  X X 
EU X X 
Fiji X X 
Gabon   X 
The Gambia  X X 
Georgia  X X 
Ghana  X X 
Grenada   X 
Guatemala  X X 
Guinea   X 
Guinea -Bissau   X 
Guyana  X X 
Haiti X X 
Honduras  X X 
Hong Kong, Chi na X X 
Iceland  X X 
India X X 
Indonesia  X X 
Israel  X X 
Jamaica  X X 
Japan  X X 
Jordan  X X 
Kazakhstan  X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   RULES OF ORIGIN  
5.1 Annex II(4)  Non-
preferential 
rules  
Preferential 
rules  
Kenya  X X 
Korea, Republic of  X X 
Kuwait, the State of  X X 
Kyrgyz Republic   X 
Lao, PDR  X X 
Lesotho  X X 
Liberia  X X 
Liechtenstein  X X 
Macao , China  X X 
Madagascar  X X 
Malawi   X 
Malaysia  X X 
Maldives  X X 
Mali X X 
Mauritania   X 
Mauritius  X X 
Mexico  X X 
Moldova, Republic of  X X 
Mongolia  X X 
Montenegro  X XX 
Morocco  X X 
Mozambique   X 
Myanmar   X 
Namibia  X X 
Nepal   X 
New Zealand  X X 
Nicaragua  X X 
Niger  X X 
Nigeria   X 
Norway  X X 
Oman  X X 
Pakistan  X X 
Panama  X X 
Papua New Guinea  X X 
Paraguay  X X 
Peru X X 
Philippines  X X 
Qatar  X X 
Russian Federation  X X 
Rwanda  X X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis   X 
Saint Lucia   X 
Saint Vincent and  the Grenadines   X 
Samoa  X X 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  X X 
Senegal  X X 
Sierra Leone   X 
Singapore  X X 
Solomon Islands   X 
South Africa  X X 
Sri Lanka   X 
Suriname  X X 
Swaziland  X X 
Switzerland  X X 
Chinese Taipei  X X 
Tajikistan   X 
Tanzania   X 
Thailand X X 
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  X X 
Togo X X 
Tonga   X 
Trinidad and Tobago  X X 
Tunisia  X X 
Turkey  X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   RULES OF ORIGIN  
5.1 Annex II(4)  Non-
preferential 
rules  
Preferential 
rules  
Uganda  X X 
Ukraine  X X 
United Arab Emirates  X X 
United States of America  X X 
Uruguay  X X 
Vanuatu   X 
Venezuela, Bolivarian R epublic of  X X 
Viet Nam  X X 
Yemen  X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe  X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  Annex 15. (a) Agreement on Preshipment Inspection ( PSI); and (b) The Decision on 
Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions (QR  Decision – G/L/59/Rev.1)  
 PSI QUANTITATIVE RESTRI CTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1) – 
Biennial notification1 
 ART.5 Laws/Regulations  2012 -2014  2014 -2016  2016 -2018  
Afghanistan    X  
Albania  X    
Angola       
Antigua and Barbuda       
Argentina  X    
Armenia  X    
Australia  X X X  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X    
Banglade sh X    
Barbados       
Brazil   X X  
Belize       
Benin  X    
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X    
Botswana       
Brazil  X    
Brunei Darussalam  X    
Burkina Faso  X    
Burundi  X    
Cambodia  X    
Cameroon       
Canada  X X X X 
Cabo Verde      
Central African Rep.  X    
Chad X    
Chile X    
China2  X X  
Colombia  X    
Congo  X    
Costa Rica  X X X  
Côte d'Ivoire  X  X  
Croatia  X NA3   
Cuba X X X X 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo  X    
Djibouti      
Dominica  X    
Dominican Republic  X    
Ecuador  X    
Egypt      
El Salvador  X    
European Union  X X X X 
Fiji X    
                                                
1 Decision  G/L/59 was replaced by a new Decision (G/L/59/Rev.1). Pursuant to the new procedures, the 
first complete  notification obligat ion was due 30  September  2012. The next notification will be due on 
30 September  2016. Notification compliance in accordance with the old procedures (G/L/59) can be found in 
G/L/223 and revisions  1-22. 
2 China has submitted annual notifications for 2012, 2 013, and 2014.  
3 Croatia became a Member of the European Union on 1  July 2013.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   PSI QUANTITATIVE RESTRI CTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1) – 
Biennial notification1 
 ART.5 Laws/Regulations  2012 -2014  2014 -2016  2016 -2018  
Gabon  X    
The Gambia  X    
Georgia  X  X  
Ghana  X    
Grenada  X    
Guatemala  X    
Guinea  X    
Guinea -Bissau  X    
Guyana  X    
Haiti X    
Honduras  X    
Hong Kong, China  X X X X 
Iceland  X    
India X X   
Indonesia  X    
Israel  X    
Jamaica  X    
Japan  X X X X 
Jordan  X    
Kenya      
Korea, Republic of  X X   
Kuwait, the State of  X    
Kyrgyz Republic  X    
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  X  X  
Lesotho  X    
Liechtenstein  X  X  
Macao, China  X X X X 
Madagascar  X    
Malawi  X    
Malaysia  X    
Maldives  X    
Mali X X   
Mauritania      
Mauritius  X X   
Mexico  X  X  
Moldova, Republic of  X    
Mongolia  X    
Montenegro      
Morocco      
Mozambique  X    
Myanmar  X    
Namibia  X    
Nepal       
New Zealand  X X X  
Nicaragua  X  X X 
Niger  X    
Nigeria  X    
Norway  X    
Oman  X    
Pakistan  X    G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   PSI QUANTITATIVE RESTRI CTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1) – 
Biennial notification1 
 ART.5 Laws/Regulations  2012 -2014  2014 -2016  2016 -2018  
Panama  X    
Papua New Guinea  X    
Paraguay  X    
Peru X X   
Philippines  X  X  
Qatar  X    
Romania  X    
Russian Federation  X X X X 
Rwanda     
Saint Kitts and Nevis  X    
Saint Lucia  X    
Saint Vincent & the 
Grenadines      
Samoa  X    
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  X    
Senegal  X    
Sierra Leone      
Singapore  X X X  
Solomon Islands      
South Africa  X    
Sri Lanka  X    
Suriname  X    
Swaziland      
Switzerland  X  X  
Chinese Taipei  X  X X 
Tanzania      
Thailand  X X   
The former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia      
Togo X    
Tonga      
Trinidad and Tobago  X    
Tunisia  X    
Turkey  X X   
Uganda  X    
Ukraine   X X  
United Arab Emirate s X    
United States of America  X X X X 
Uruguay  X  X X 
Vanuatu  X    
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  X    
Viet Nam      
Zambia  X    
Zimbabwe  X    
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  Annex 16. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  (SPS)  
WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Afghanistan  X  
Albania  X X 
Angola  X X 
Antigua and Barbuda  X X 
Argentina  X X 
Armenia  X X 
Australia  X X 
Austria  X EU 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X X 
Bangladesh  X X 
Barbados  X X 
Belgium  X EU 
Belize  X X 
Benin  X X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X 
Botswana  X X 
Brazil  X X 
Brunei Darussalam  X X 
Bulgaria  X EU 
Burkina Faso  X X 
Burundi  X X 
Cambodia    
Cameroon  X X 
Canada  X X 
Cabo Verde  X X 
Central African Republic  X X 
Chad  X  
Chile  X X 
China  X X 
Colombia  X X 
Congo  X X 
Costa Rica  X X 
Côte d'Ivoire  X X 
Croatia  X EU 
Cuba  X X 
Cyprus  X EU 
Czech Republic  X EU 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  X X 
Denmark  X EU 
Djibouti  X X 
Dominica  X X 
Dominican Republic  X X 
Ecuador  X X 
Egypt  X X 
El Salvador  X X 
Estonia  X EU 
European Union  X X 
Fiji X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Finland  X EU 
France  X EU 
Gabon  X X 
The Gambia  X X 
Georgia  X X 
Germany  X EU 
Ghana  X X 
Greece  X EU 
Grenada  X X 
Guatemala  X X 
Guinea  X X 
Guinea -Bissau    
Guyana  X X 
Haiti  X X 
Honduras  X X 
Hong Kong, China  X X 
Hungary  X EU 
Iceland  X X 
India  X X 
Indonesia  X X 
Ireland  X EU 
Israel  X X 
Italy  X EU 
Jamaica  X X 
Japan  X X 
Jordan  X X 
Kazakhstan  X X 
Kenya  X X 
Korea, Republic of  X X 
Kuwait, the State of  X  
Kyrgyz Republ ic X X 
Lao People's Democratic Republic  X X 
Latvia  X EU 
Lesotho  X X 
Liberia    
Liechtenstein  X X 
Lithuania  X EU 
Luxembourg  X EU 
Macao, China  X X 
Madagascar  X X 
Malawi  X X 
Malaysia  X X 
Maldives  X X 
Mali  X X 
Malta  X EU 
Mauritania  X X 
Mauritius  X X 
Mexico  X X 
Moldova, Republic of  X X 
Mongolia  X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Montenegro  X X 
Morocco  X X 
Mozambique  X X 
Myanmar  X X 
Namibia  X X 
Nepal  X X 
Netherlands  X EU 
New Zealand  X X 
Nicaragua  X X 
Niger  X  
Nigeria  X X 
Norway  X X 
Oman  X X 
Pakistan  X X 
Panama  X X 
Papua New Guinea  X X 
Paraguay  X X 
Peru  X X 
Philippines  X X 
Poland  X EU 
Portugal  X EU 
Qatar  X X 
Romania  X EU 
Russian Federation  X X 
Rwanda  X X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  X X 
Saint Lucia  X X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  X X 
Samoa  X X 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  X X 
Senegal  X X 
Seychelles    
Sierra Leone  X X 
Singapore  X X 
Slovak Republic  X EU 
Slovenia  X EU 
Solomon Islands  X X 
South Africa  X X 
Spain  X EU 
Sri Lanka  X X 
Suriname  X X 
Swaziland  X X 
Sweden  X EU 
Switzerland  X X 
Chinese Ta ipei  X X 
Tajikistan  X X 
Tanzania  X X 
Thailand  X X 
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  X X 
Togo  X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  WTO Member  SPS 
 
Annex B (3)  
Enquiry Point  Annex B (10)  
National  
Notification Authority  
Tonga  X  
Trinidad and Tobago  X X 
Tunisia  X X 
Turkey  X X 
Uganda  X X 
Ukraine  X X 
United Arab Emirates  X X 
United Kingdom  X EU 
United States  of America  X X 
Uruguay  X X 
Vanuatu    
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  X X 
Viet Nam  X X 
Yemen  X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe  X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 164  159 154 
 
 G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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  Annex 17. (a) Agreement on Trade -Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) ; and 
(b) Agreement on T echnical Barriers to Trade (TBT)  
 TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
 5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
Afghanistan2    X 
Albania  0 X X X 
Angola  0 X   
Antigua and Barbuda  0  X X 
Argentina  X X X X 
Armenia  0 X X X 
Australia  0 X X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  0 X X X 
Bangladesh  0  X X 
Barbados  X  X X 
Belize  0  X  
Benin  0   X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X X X 
Botswana  0 X X X 
Brazil  0 X X X 
Brunei Darussalam  0 X X X 
Burkina Faso  0 X  X 
Burundi 0 X X  
Cambodia  0    
Cameroon  0 X X  
Canada  0 X  X 
Cabo Verde  0  X X 
Central African Rep.  0    
Chad 0 X   
Chile X X X X 
China  0 X X X 
Colombia  X X X X 
Congo  0 X   
Costa Rica  X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire  0 X  X 
Cuba X X X X 
Democratic Republic o f the Congo  0  X X 
Djibouti  0  X  
Dominica  0 X   
Dominican Republic  X X X X 
Ecuador  X X X X 
Egypt  X  X X 
El Salvador  0 X X X 
European Union3 0 X X X 
                                                
1 This table indicates Members who have notified TRIMs under Article  5.1; it does not indicate Members 
which have notified that they do not apply any TRIM  inconsistent with the Agreement, as there is no obligation 
to submit such notifications. It should be noted that most notifications in this table were made in 1995 and that 
for original Members the transition periods for the elimination of notified measures expired at the end o f 1999 
and in some cases at the end of 2003. Thus, the list of notifications should not be interpreted as a list of 
measures in force.  
2 Afghanistan became a Member of the WTO on 29  July 2016.  
3 Bulgaria,  Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, 
Romania, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia are no longer listed separately. Upon their accession to the EU they 
were no longer subject to an individual notification obligation.  G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
 5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
Fiji 0 X X X 
Gabon  0 X X  
The Gambia  0 X   
Georgia  0 X  X 
Ghana  0 X X X 
Grenada  0  X X 
Guatem ala 0 X X X 
Guinea  0  X  
Guinea -Bissau  0  X X 
Guyana  0    
Haiti 0 X  X 
Honduras  0 X  X 
Hong Kong, China  0 X X X 
Iceland  0 X X X 
India X X X X 
Indonesia  X X X X 
Israel  0 X X X 
Jamaica  0 X X X 
Japan  0 X X X 
Jordan  0 X X X 
Kazakhstan  X X X X 
Kenya 0  X X 
Korea, Republic of  0 X X X 
Kuwait, the State of  0 X X X 
Kyrgyz Republic  0 X X X 
Lao People's Democratic Republic  0 X X X 
Lesotho  0 X X X 
Liberia4     
Liechtenstein  0 X X X 
Macao, China  0 X X  
Madagascar  0 X X  
Malawi  0  X  
Malaysia  X X X X 
Maldives  0 X X X 
Mali 0 X   
Mauritania  0  X  
Mauritius  0 X   
Mexico  X X X X 
Moldova, Republic of  0 X X X 
Mongolia  0 X X X 
Montenegro  0 X X X 
Morocco  0  X X 
Mozambique  0  X X 
Myanmar  0  X X 
Namibia  0 X  X 
Nepal  0  X X 
                                                
4 Liberia became a member of the WTO on 14  July 2016. G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
 5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
New Zealand  0 X   
Nicaragua  0 X X X 
Niger  0  X X 
Nigeria  X X X X 
Norway  0 X X X 
Oman  0 X X X 
Pakistan  X  X X 
Panama  0 X X X 
Papua New Guinea  0  X X 
Paraguay  0 X X X 
Peru X X X X 
Philippines  X X X X 
Qatar  0 X X X 
Russian Federation  X X X X 
Rwanda  0  X  
Saint Ki tts and Nevis  0  X X 
Saint Lucia  0    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0  X X 
Samoa  0  X X 
Seychelles   X   
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  0 X X  
Senegal  0 X X X 
Sierra Leone  0  X X 
Singapore  0 X X  
Solomon Islands  0  X X 
South Africa  X X   
Sri Lanka  0 X X X 
Suriname  0 X X X 
Swaziland  0    
Switzerland  0 X X X 
Chinese Taipei  0 X X X 
Tajikistan  0  X X 
Tanzania  0  X  
Thailand  X X X X 
The former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia  0  X X 
Togo 0  X X 
Tonga  0    
Trinidad and Tobago  0 X   
Tunisia  0 X X X 
Turkey  0 X X X 
Uganda  X X X X 
Ukraine  0 X X X 
United Arab Emirates  0 X X X 
United States of America  0 X X X 
Uruguay  X X X X 
Vanuatu  0  X X 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  X X X  
Viet Nam  0  X X 
Yemen    X X G/L/223/Rev.24  
 
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   TRIMS  TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE  
 5.11 6.2 15.2 Annex 3(c)  
Trade -Related  
Investment measures  Laws/Regs  Acceptance of 
Code  
Zambia  0 X X  
Zimbabwe  0 X X X 
 
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