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G/AG/W/112  
 
13 September 2013  
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
IMPROVEMENT OF THE SUBMISSION OF NOTIFICATIONS 
DOCUMENTATION GUIDE 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
1  INTRODUCTION 
1.1.   At its meeting on 13 June, the Committee on  Agriculture (CoA) agreed that the Secretariat 
prepare a Documentation Guide  to assist Members in taking stock of the situation related to the 
submission of notifications. This documentation guide lists documents that include content related 
to work on this topic and does not summarize the contents of these documents. The guide includes 
documents that have been circulated formally or informally in written communications by Members, the Chairperson or the Secretariat since 1995. 
1.2.  The tables in this guide are grouped by document category:  
 Member submissions 
 Reports to other WTO bodies 
 Notes by the Chairman 
 Summary reports of the Committee on Agriculture 
 Notes by the Secretariat 
 Other documents 
1.3.  The Documentation Guide  includes documents circulated before 13 September 2013. 
Documents that were restricted at the time of circulation of the Documentation Guide are indicated by "*". All unrestricted documents are available through the WTO document search facility 
(docs.wto.org).
2 WTO Members may also access restricted documents through this search facility 
by signing on for member access. From the WTO docu ment search system it is possible to open an 
HTML version of documents containing links to  all WTO document referenced within those 
documents. 
                                               
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO. 
2 See WT/L/452 for a description of WTO procedures for the circulation and derestriction of documents. G/AG/W/112 
 
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  2  MEMBER SUBMISSIONS 
Symbol Submitted by Title Date of circulation  
Market access 
G/AG/W/43  Canada Issues regarding market access 
notifications 12 March 1999 
Domestic support 
G/AG/W/34 New Zealand Implementation issues regarding 
domestic support 11 June 1998 
G/AG/W/35 United States Equivalent measurement of support 22 June 1998 
G/AG/W/39 United States Implementation issues regarding 
domestic support notifications. 
Notification of "Green Box" measures 13 November 1998 
G/AG/W/44 Canada Implementation issues regarding 
domestic support. Treatment of 
negative components in AMS and total AMS 12 March 1999 
G/AG/W/97 United States Committee's review of domestic 
support notifications 31 August 2012 
G/AG/W/105 United States Review of domestic support 
notifications, policy evolution - An 
assessment of transparency and 
consistency 5 November 2012 
Export competition 
G/AG/W/37 Australia Issues regarding export subsidy 
notifications 12 November 1998 
G/AG/W/85 Cuba Request for exemption 29 June 2011 
G/AG/W/99 Australia, United 
States  Format suggestions for significant 
exporters discussion 19 September 2012 
RD/AG/4* China, India, 
Pakistan, 
Philippines, Turkey Review of the list of "Significant 
Exporters" 13 June 2012 
RD/AG/6* India, China, 
Pakistan, Turkey, 
Philippines Review of the list of "Significant 
Exporters" 19 June 2012 
RD/AG/11* Canada Review of the "List of Significant 
Exporters" 8 October 2012 
G/AG/W/101 China, India, 
Pakistan, 
Philippines, Turkey Developing guidelines for reviewing 
the list of "Significant Exporters" 9 October 2012 
RD/AG/13* Norway G/AG/W/101 – Developing guidelines 
for reviewing the list of "Significant 
Exporters". Questions from Norway to China, India, Pakistan, Philippines, 
and Turkey 24 October 2012 
RD/AG/14* Norway G/AG/W/101 – Developing guidelines 
for reviewing the list of "Significant Exporters". Questions from Norway 
to China, India, Pakistan, Philippines, 
and Turkey 13 November 2012 G/AG/W/112 
 
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  Symbol Submitted by Title Date of circulation  
Export prohibitions and restrictions  
RD/AG/2* Japan For the implem entation of notification 
requirements on export restrictions 18 June 2012 
RD/AG/5* United States Article 12 of the AoA: Assessing ER:1 
notification implementation, understanding ER:1 notification 
issues & concerns 19 June 2012 
G/AG/W/107 Japan Work on improving the 
implementation of notifications 
(Article 12 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture) 7 March 2013 
General 
G/AG/W/33 United States Comp liance with notification 
obligations. "Overdue notifications" 11 June 1998 
RD/AG/15* United States Reflection and exchange of views 11 March 2013 
RD/AG/16* Argentina Continuation of work on the 
improvement of the situation related 
to the submission of notifications 15 March 2013 
RD/AG/17* Argentina Continuation of work on the 
improvement of the situation related 
to the submission of notification 5 June 2013 
 
3  REPORTS TO OTHER WTO BODIES  
Symbol Title Date of 
circulation 
G/L/41 Committee on Agriculture. Report by the Chairman 22 November 1995 
G/L/131 Report of the Committee on Agriculture  7 November 1996 
G/L/211 Committee on Agriculture:  General Council Overview of 
WTO Activities (1997) Report by the Chairman 24 November 1997 
G/L/276 Committee on Agriculture:  General Council Overview of 
WTO Activities (1998) Report by the Chairman 20 November 1998 
G/L/322 Committee on Agriculture:  General Council Overview of 
WTO Activities (1999) Report by the Chairman 6 October 1999 
G/L/417 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General 
Council Overview of WTO Activities (2000) Report by the 
Chairman 20 November 2000 
G/L/483 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General 
Council Overview of WTO Activities (2001) Report by the 
Chairman 28 September 2001  
G/AG/11 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings) 
Implementation-related issues. Report to the General 
Council by the Vice-Chairman 28 September 2001  
G/L/594 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General 
Council Overview of WTO Activities (2002) Report by the 
Chairman 21 November 2002 
G/AG/16 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings) 
Implementation-related issues. Report by the 
Committee on Agriculture to the General Council 4 July 2003 G/AG/W/112 
 
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  Symbol Title Date of 
circulation 
G/L/662 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General 
Council Overview of WTO Activities (2003) Report by the 
Chairman 21 November 2003 
G/L/719 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General 
Council Overview of WTO Activities (2004) Report by the 
Chairman 19 November 2004 
G/L/746 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General 
Council Overview of WTO Activities (2005) Report by the 
Chairman 26 September 2005  
G/AG/16/Add.1 Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings) 
Implementation-related issues. Report by the 
Committee on Agriculture to the General Council. 
Addendum 13 June 2006 
G/L/796 Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General 
Council overview of WTO activities (2006) Report by the 
Chairman 6 November 2006 
G/L/828 Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General 
Council overview of WTO activities (2007) Report by the 
Chairman 5 October 2007 
G/L/856 Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General 
Council overview of WTO activities (2008) Report by the 
Chairman 23 September 2008  
G/L/856/Corr.1 Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General 
Council overview of WTO activities (2008) Report by the Chairman. Corrigendum 29 January 2009 
G/L/894 Report (2009) on the activities of the Committee on 
Agriculture (Regular Session). Report by the 
Chairperson 9 October 2009 
G/L/929 Report (2010) on the activities of the Committee on 
Agriculture (Regular Session). Report by the 
Chairperson 15 October 2010 
G/L/965 Report (2011) on the activities of the Committee on 
Agriculture (Regular Session). Report by the 
Chairperson 11 October 2011 
G/L/965/Add.1 Report (2011) on the activities of the Committee on 
Agriculture (Regular Session). Report by the 
Chairperson. Addendum 17 November 2011 
G/L/999 Report (2012) on the activities of the Committee on 
Agriculture (Regular Session). Report by the 
Chairperson 24 October 2012 
 
4  NOTES BY THE CHAIRMAN 
Symbol Title Date of 
circulation 
G/AG/W/9 List of "Significant Exporters" for the purposes of the 
notification requirements in respect of export subsidy 
commitments. Note by the Chairman 20 September 1995  
G/AG/W/82/Rev.1 List of "Significant Exporters" for the purposes of the 
notification requirements in respect of export subsidy 
commitments. Note by the Chairman 17 June 2011 G/AG/W/112 
 
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  5  REPORTS OF FORMAL MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (BY THE 
SECRETARIAT)3 
Symbol Title Date of 
circulation 
G/AG/R/1 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 27-28 
March 1995, paras. 5-9 2 May 1995 
G/AG/R/5 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 28-29 
March 1996, paras. 42-43 5 July 1996 
G/AG/R/10 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 13-14 
March 1997, para. 10 23 April 1997 
G/AG/R/15 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 25-26 June 
1998, paras. 57-58 3 August 1998 
G/AG/R/17 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 17-18 
November 1998, para. 25 25 January 1999 
G/AG/R/19 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 24-25 June 
1999, para. 22 25 August 1999 
G/AG/R/20 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 29-30 
September 1999, para. 14 22 October 1999 
G/AG/R/22 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 22-23 
March 2000, paras. 33-35 25 April 2000 
G/AG/R/26 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 29-30 
March 2001, paras. 35-37 31 May 2001 
G/AG/R/28 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 27 
September 2001, paras. 14-15 26 October 2001 
G/AG/R/30 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 25 March 
2002, paras. 31-33 17 June 2002 
G/AG/R/46 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 12 May 
2006, paras. 38-48 11 July 2006 
G/AG/R/54 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 12 March 
2009, paras. 72-73 25 May 2009 
G/AG/R/55 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 2 July 
2009, paras. 42-55, annex 5 and 6 15 September 2009  
G/AG/R/56 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 24 
September 2009, paras. 41-56 10 November 2009 
G/AG/R/57 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 19 
November 2009, paras. 36-48 and annex 5 20 January 2010 
G/AG/R/58 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 10 March 
2010, paras. 28-38 and annex 5 20 April 2010 
G/AG/R/59 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 23 
September 2010, paras. 25-40 4 November 2010 
G/AG/R/61 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 31 March 
2011, paras. 37-43 20 May 2011 
G/AG/R/62 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 23 June 
2011, paras. 45-52 and annex 1 12 September 2011  
G/AG/R/67/Rev.1 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 20 June 
2012, paras. 19-24 and annex 1 3 September 2012 
                                               
3 The Committee reports identified here include reports of meetings in which the Committee discussed 
systemic issues related to the submission of notifications. The list therefore represents a subset of the full list 
of Committee Reports. A complete li st of Committee reports is availabl e through the WTO document search 
facility ( https://docs.wto.org ) by searching for documents with the symbol "G/AG/R*". G/AG/W/112 
 
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  Symbol Title Date of 
circulation 
G/AG/R/69 Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 14 
November 2012, paras 2.17-2.22 12 February 2013 
G/AG/R/70 Summary report of the meeting held on 26 March 2013, 
paras. 2.8-2.11 24 May 2013 
G/AG/R/71* Summary report of the meeting held on 13 June 2013, 
paras. 2.7-2.8 7 August 2013 
 
6  NOTES BY THE SECRETARIAT 
Symbol Title Date of circulation  
G/AG/W/45 Notification issues 18 June 1999 
G/AG/GEN/83 Questionnaire. Improvement of timeliness and 
completeness of notifications under existing 
procedures 2 April 2009 
G/AG/GEN/85 Results of the survey on the improvement of 
timeliness and completeness of notifications 
under existing procedures 15 June 2009 
G/AG/GEN/91 Report of the workshop on agriculture 
notifications 11 February 2010 
G/AG/W/76 Background statistical data to facilitate 
consultations on the list of "Significant 
Exporters" 16 August 2010 
G/AG/W/73/Rev.2 and 
G/AG/W/73/Rev.2/Add.1 Improvement of timeliness and completeness of 
notifications under existing procedures: 
Members' suggestions of "best practices" 6 September 2010 
RD/AG/9* Review of the list of "Significant Exporters" for 
the purposes of the Table ES:2 notification 
requirement 14 September 2012 
G/AG/W/42/Rev.16 Implementation of the decision on measures 
concerning the possible negative effects of the 
reform programme on least-developed and net food-importing developing countries Expected circulation 
16 September 2013 
G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.15 Compliance with notification obligations Expected circulation 
13 September 2013 
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  7  OTHER DOCUMENTS 
Symbol Title Date of 
circulation 
G/AG/2 Notification requirements and formats 30 June 1995 
G/AG/2/Add.1 List of "Significant Exporters" for purposes of the 
notification requirements in respect of export subsidy commitments 16 October 1995 
WT/TC/NOTIF/AG/1 Technical Cooperation Handbook on Notification 
Requirements - Agreement on Agriculture 9 September 1996 
--- Handbook on Notification Requirements under the 
Agreement on Agriculture4 May 2010 
G/AG/5/Rev.10 WTO list of Net Food-Importing Developing 
Countries for the Purposes of the Marrakesh 
Ministerial Decision on measures concerning the 
possible negative effects of the reform programme on Least developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries ("The Decision"). 
Revision 23 March 2012 
 
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 Available in Spanish at http://www.wto.org/spanish/trat op_s/agric_s/ag_notif_s.pdf .