WT/CTE/EDB/10  
 
15 April 2013  
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Committee on Trade and Environment   
 
 
   
   ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE FOR 2010 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT
1 
The WTO Environmental Database (EDB) for 2010 covers information on: (i) national environment-
related measures notified under WTO Agreements, (section I); (ii) environment-related provisions 
of notified Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs), (S ection II); and (iii) national environment-related 
measures or programmes, mentioned in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs) carried out in 2010 (Section III).
2   
In order to facilitate usage of EDB information, the EDB is being circulated in two parts: this 
document, which contains a brief description and overall analysis of the environment-related notifications and TPRs; and document WT/CTE/EDB/ 10/Add.1, exclusively circulated electronically, 
provides the underlying data used for the analysis.
3   
The electronic data in WT/CTE/EDB/10/Add. 1 enables users to search through all EDB 
environment-related information according to specific criteria, for instance by Member, Agreement, 
type of measure, product, activity, or environmenta l objective.  The electronic file is divided into 
two main worksheets:  "Notifications", listing all the environment-related notifications; and "TPRs", providing the environment-related information mentioned in TPRs.  In addition, a third worksheet entitled "Summary" is included to allow users to retrieve pre-defined summary tables and graphs.  
 
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 To recall, the EDB is prepared in response to a recommendation in the 1996 Report of the Committee 
on Trade and Environment (CTE) to the Singapore Minist erial Conference for the Se cretariat to compile and 
update annually all environment-related notifications to the WTO (see WT/CTE/1) and was initiated in 1998 
(see WT/CTE/3).  The list of search words is contained in Annex I to this document; the list of abbreviations is 
contained in Annex V.  See also the following do cuments containing information on search words: 
WT/CTE/W/46, WT/CTE/W/78 and WT/CTE/W/102. 
Previous Environmental Databases have been circulated in the following documents: EDB 1996 in 
WT/CTE/W/46, EDB 1997 in WT/CTE/W/77, EDB 1998 in  WT/CTE/W/118, EDB 1999 in WT/CTE/W/143, EDB 
2000 in WT/CTE/W/195, EDB 2001 in WT/CTE/EDB/1, EDB 2002 in WT/CTE/EDB/2, EDB 2003 in 
WT/CTE/EDB/3, EDB 2004 in WT/CTE/EDB/4, EDB 2005 in WT/CTE/EDB/5, EDB 2006 in WT/CTE/EDB/6, EDB 
2007 in WT/CTE/EDB/7, EDB 2008 in WT/CTE/EDB/8 and EDB 2009 in WT/CTE/EDB/9.   
3 Annex VI provides the electronic EDB user's guide. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1   NOTIFICATIONS OF NATIONAL MEASURES ................................................................. 4  
1.1   Regulatory Measures .................................................................................................. 7  
1.1.1   Quantitative Restri ctions Provisio ns (QRs) .................................................................. 7  
1.1.2   Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (ILP) ........................................................ 9  
1.1.3   Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) ......................................................... 11 
1.1.4   Agreement on the Application of Sa nitary and Phytosanit ary Measures (SPS) ................. 13 
1.2   Support Measures ..................................................................................................... 16 
1.2.1   Agreement on Subsidies an d Countervailing Me asures (SCM) ....................................... 16 
1.2.2   Agreement on Agricu lture ....................................................................................... 18 
1.2.3   Plurilateral Agreement on  Government Proc urement (GPA) .......................................... 20 
1.3   Other Measures ........................................................................................................ 21 
1.3.1   General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ........................................................ 21 
1.3.2   Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) ................... 21 
1.3.3   Agreement on State Trading .................................................................................... 22 
2   NOTIFICATIONS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS ................................................................. 23  
2.1   Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) including the Understanding on the 
Interpretation of Articl e XXIV of the GATT 1994.................................................................... 23 
3   INFORMATION CONTAINED IN  TRADE POLICY  REVIEWS .......................................... 23  
4   ANNEXES ................................................................................................................... 26  
Annex I: Environment-related Search Words as Agreed by  Members in 1999 ............................ 26 
Annex II: Number of Environment-related Notifications (2000-2010) ....................................... 27 
Annex III: Search Word Freque ncy in Notifica tions in  2010 .................................................... 28 
Annex IV: Search Words Freq uency in TPRs  in 2010 ............................................................. 29 
Annex V: Abbr eviations .................................................................................................... 30 
Annex VI: Electronic EDB User's Guide ................................................................................ 31 
What information is availabl e in the Electronic EDB? ............................................................. 31 
"Notifications " worksheet .................................................................................................. 31 
"TPRs" wo rksheet ............................................................................................................ 31 
"Summary" worksheet ...................................................................................................... 32 
How to use the electronic EDB? .......................................................................................... 32 
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  TABLE OF CHARTS 
Chart 1.1: Environment-relate d Notifications (1997 – 2010)  ................................................... 4  
Chart 1.2: Environment-related Notification s in Selected Agreem ents (1997-2 010) .................... 5  
Chart 1.3: Environment-related Noti fications by Agre ement (2010) .......................................... 6  
Chart 1.4: Environment-related Notifications in Selected Agreements (2010) ............................. 6  
Chart 1.5: Environment-related QR s Notifications (1997 – 2 010) ............................................. 7  
Chart 1.6: Types of Environment-re lated QRs Notifica tions ( 2010) ........................................... 8  
Chart 1.7: Environment-related IL P Notifications (1997 – 20 10) .............................................. 9  
Chart 1.8: Types of Environment- related ILP Notifi cations (2010)  ........................................... 10 
Chart 1.9: Environment-related TBT Notifications (1991-2010) ............................................... 11 
Chart 1.10:  Types of Environment-related TBT Notifications (2010) ........................................ 12 
Chart 1.11:  Environment-related SPS Notification s (1997-2009) ............................................ 14 
Chart 1.12:  Types of Environment-related SPS Notifications (2010)  ....................................... 15 
Chart 1.13:  Environment-related SCM Notification s (1997 -2 010) .......................................... 16 
Chart 1.14:  Types of Environment-related SCM Notifications (2010) ....................................... 17 
Chart 1.15:  Environment-related Agri culture Notification s (1997 -2010) ................................. 18 
Chart 1.16:  Types of Environment-rela ted Agriculture Noti fications (2010)  .............................. 19 
Chart 1.17:  Environment-related GPA Notifications (1997-2010) ............................................ 20 
Chart 1.18:  Environment-related GATS Notification s (1997 – 2010) ....................................... 21 
Chart 1.19:  Environment-related TRIPS Notifications (1997 – 2010) ....................................... 22 
Chart 1.20:  Environment-related Stat e Trading Notificati ons (1997 – 2010) ............................ 22 
Chart 2.1:  Environment-related RTAs Notification s (1997-2010) ............................................ 23 
Chart 3.1:  Environment-related Measures, Pr ovisions or Programmes in TPRs (2010) ............... 24 
Chart 3.2:  Type of Environment-relate d Measures Mentioned in TPRs (2010) ........................... 25 
Chart 3.3:   Sectors Covered by Environment- related Measures Mentioned in TPRs (2010) ......... 25 
Chart 4.1 Search  function ................................................................................................. 33 
 
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  1  NOTIFICATIONS OF NATIONAL MEASURES 
1.1.  This document provides an overall description and analysis of the notifications under relevant 
WTO Agreements of measures whose objective is related to the environment.  These notifications were compiled as the result of a search on 3,441 documents submitted by Members in 2010 under 
the following WTO Agreements:  Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT); Agreement on 
the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitar y Measures (SPS); Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures (SCM); Agreement on Agriculture; Agreement on Anti-Dumping; 
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (I LP); Agreement on Safeguards; Agreement on 
Customs Valuation;  GATT Article XVII on State Trading Enterprises;  Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs), including the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994;  Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellec tual Property Rights (TRIPS);  the General 
Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative 
Restrictions (QRs);  Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs);  Understanding on the Balance-of-Payments Provisions of the GATT 1994 (BoP);  Agreement on Preshipment 
Inspection;  Agreement on Rules of Origin;  Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA);  
Information Technology Agreement (ITA);  and other notifications such as measures to the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD).   
1.2.  Environment-related notifications can be broadly grouped into two categories.  The first 
consists of notifications that list environmental pr otection as the principal objective of the notified 
measure. The second category includes notificati ons that are not primarily aimed at environmental 
protection, but contain environment-related elements.  For instance, support programmes notified 
may include a specific environmental provision.  In such cases, reference is made only to the 
environmental objective of the provision.  The notifications may, and generally do, contain other objectives. In addition, a single notification may refer to several measures.  It is also important to 
note the difference between notifications made for every measure (such as under the TBT and SPS 
Agreements) and notifications made concerning various measures in a report type document (such as the SCM and Agriculture Agreements).  
Chart 1.1: Environment-related Notifications (1997 – 2010) 
8%11%9%11%8%11%10% 11% 11%15%14% 13% 14% 13%165211
182245
186281
247 244311357 353395474
453
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Share of environment-related notifications Total environment-related notifications 
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  1.3.  In 2010, of the 3,441 notifications submitted4, 13.2% were environment-related 
(453 environment-related notifications covering a total of 685 environment-related measures).  Although there has been a substantial increase in the number of notifications of environment-
related measures to the WTO in recent years (from 165 notifications in 1997 to 453 notifications in 
2010), the figures for 2010 decreased slightly comp ared to 2009, but remained higher than in 
2008.  Yet, their share has remained relatively stable over the last four years (11 to 13%).  The average for 1997-2010 is 11.4% and 293 notifications (see Annex I). 
 
Chart 1.2: Environment-related Notificati ons in Selected Agreements (1997-2010) 
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010TBT SPS SCM Agriculture ILP 
 
 
1.4.  The search words with the highest freque ncy associated with the 453 environment-related 
notifications are:  "environment" (found in 61% of all environment-related notifications), "energy" 
(27%), "bio" (19%) and "conserv(ation)" (19%) (See Annex III on the search word frequency in 
notifications). 
1.5.  As in previous years, the TBT and SPS Agreements had the highest number of environment-
related notifications (270 and 83 notifications respectively), accounting for 60% and 18% 
respectively of all WTO environment-related notifications in 2010.   
                                               
4 This number includes regular noti fications, as well as addenda, corri genda and revisions, except in the 
case of TBT and SPS (regular) notifications. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  Chart 1.3: Environment-related Notifications by Agreement (2010) 
TBT, 270, 59.6%
Quantitative 
Restrictions, 1, 
0.2%SPS, 83, 18.3%RTAs, 4, 0.9%SCM, 8, 1.8%ILP, 21, 4.6%TRIPS, 8, 1.8%GPA, 3, 0.7%Agriculture, 49, 
10.8%GATS, 2, 0.4%State Trading, 4, 
0.9%
 
 
1.6.  In 2010, environment-related notifications were predominantly submitted under the Agreement on Agriculture (25%) and the TBT Agreement (19%). 
Chart 1.4: Environment-related Notifica tions in Selected Agreements (2010) 
270
83 849
214
8 31143
980 109146
14322
89 29
19%
8% 7%25%
13%15%
8% 9%81%
92% 93%75%
87%85%
92% 91%
TBT SPS SCM Agriculture ILP RTAs TRIPS GPA
Environment-related notifications Non environment-related notifications
 
 
1.7.  Seventy-one Members made notifications of  environment-related measures in 2010, with the 
United States (69 notifications), the European Union (37), Colombia (24), Canada (22), 
Uganda (16) and Kenya (15) leading the way.  WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  1.1  Regulatory Measures 
1.1.1  Quantitative Restrictions Provisions (QRs) 1.8.  In 2010, of the six notifications submitted purs uant to the Decision of the Council for Trade in 
Goods on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions, one contained environment-related 
issues (17%), covering 11 environment-related measures.   
Chart 1.5: Environment-related QRs Notifications (1997 – 2010) 
33%
27%
15%28%
20%29%
25%70%
17%25%50%
33%
25%
17%5
3
25
24
27
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Share of environment-related QRs notifications
Number of environment-related QRs notifications 
 
 1.9.  Animals and animal products and vegetable products as well as chemicals were included in 36% of all environment-related measures described in the QRs notifications.  Other products 
covered by the environment-related QRs measures included wood and wood products (27%), 
mineral products (18%) and waste (9%). 
1.10.  Import licenses were mentioned in 55% of all the 2010 environment-related QRs measures.  
Other types of measures included export licenses (36%), ban/prohibition (27%), technical, risk 
analysis and labelling specification (9%) as well as movement control (9%). 
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  Chart 1.6: Types of Environment-related QRs Notifications (2010)5 
9%9%18%18%27%36%36%45%64%9%9%9%9%27%36%55%9%18%27%36%36%36%
1122344571111346123444
Air pollution reductionOzone layer protectionChemical, toxic and hazardous substances
managementWaste management and recyclingEnvironmental protection from pests and
diseasesAnimal protectionBiodiversity and ecosystemPlant protectionMEAs implementation and complianceLabelling/packaging/marking specificationMovement controlRisk analysis and toxicological evaluation
procedureTechnical/quality specificationBan/ProhibitionExport licenses/permits/certificatesImport licenses/permits/certificatesWasteMineral productsWood and wood productsChemicalsVegetable productsAnimal and animal productsType of Objective Type of Measure Type of Product
 
                                               
5 Since more than one product/measure/objective can be mentioned in a notification, the total number 
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  1.11.  Compliance with obligations under Multila teral Environmental Agreem ents (MEAs), such as 
the Convention on International Trade in Endang ered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), 
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol), Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (S tockholm Convention), Rotterdam Convention on 
the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in 
International Trade (Rotterdam Convention) and Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (Basel Convention), were 
mentioned in 64% of all environment-related notified QRs measures.  Other environmental 
objectives included plant protection (45%), biod iversity conservation (36%), animal protection 
(36%), environmental protection from pests and diseases (27%), waste management (18%), chemical management (18%), ozone layer protection (9%) and air pollution reduction (9%). 
1.1.2  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (ILP) 
1.12.  In 2010, of the 72 notifications
6 submitted by Members under the ILP Agreement, 21 (29%) 
were environment-related.  These 21 notifications referred to 49 environment-related measures.7  
Chart 1.7: Environment-related ILP Notifications (1997 – 2010) 
32%37%
15%24%
14% 15%32%35%41%
32%
20%40%
28% 29%1520
1017
71316
121519
132023
21
Share of environment-related ILP notifications
Number of environment-related ILP notifications 
 
 
 
 
                                               
6 This number includes regula r notifications as well as adde nda, corrigenda and revisions. 
7 Most ILP notifications contain more than one measure. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  Chart 1.8: Types of Environment-related ILP Notifications (2010)8 
6%24%24%31%31%43%45%55%6%94%2%4%20%31%37%45%49%
3121216162223283121016192325
Environmental protection from pests and
diseasesOzone layer protectionWaste management and recyclingChemical, toxic and hazardous substances
managementAnimal protectionBiodiversity and ecosystemPlant protectionMEAs implementation and complianceBan/ProhibitionImport licenses/permits/certificatesMotor vehiclesMachinery and electricalWasteAnimal and animal productsVegetable productsWood and wood productsChemicalsType of ObjectiveType of
Measure Type of Product
 
 
                                               
8 Since more than one product/measure/objective can be mentioned in a notification, the total number 
may exceed 100 per cent. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  1.13.  Chemicals, such as ozone depleting substa nces were mentioned in 49% of all environment-
related measures described in the ILP notifications.  Other products covered by the environment-related ILP measures included wood and wood products (45%), vegetable products (37%), animal and animal products (31%), waste (20%), machinery (4%) and motor vehicles (2%). 
1.14.  Ninety-four of the 2010 environment-relate d ILP measures related to permits, automatic 
and non-automatic import licenses.  The remaining six per cent of these notified measures related to bans and prohibitions. 
1.15.  Compliance with obligations under MEAs, such as CITES, Montreal Protocol, Stockholm 
Convention, Rotterdam Convention, Basel Convention, and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), was stated as the environmen tal objective of 55% of the environment-related 
ILP measures.  Other environment-related objectives included the protection of plants (48%), 
conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem (43%),  animal protection (31%), chemical, toxic and 
hazardous substances management (31%), waste management (24%) and ozone layer protection (24%).  
1.16.  Developing countries notified 76% of the environment-related ILP notifications, while 29% 
were made by developed countries, and five  per cent by least-developed countries. 
1.1.3  Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) 
1.17.  In 2010, among the 1,413 regular notifications
9 submitted by Members under Articles 2 and 
5 of the TBT Agreement, 270 (19.1%) cited environm ent as an objective of the notified technical 
regulation or conformity assessment procedure.  
Chart 1.9: Environment-related TBT Notifications (1991-2010)10 
10% 9% 9% 7% 6% 5%11%15%12%16%12%20%
13%17% 16% 18% 16%19% 18% 19%35 364235
25258998
8397
67114
100107121155 168238274270
Share of environment-re lated TBT notifications
Number of environment-related TBT notifications 
                                               
9 This number only includes regular notifications bu t excludes addenda, corrige nda and revisions, which 
are procedural documents not providing ad ditional substantive information.   
10 Any discrepancy with figures from previous EDBs are due to the fact that addenda, corrigenda and 
revisions are not included here. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  Chart 1.10:  Types of Environment-related TBT Notifications (2010)11 
7%8%8%10%10%10%28%34%7%8%14%23%33%34%44%8%8%10%23%42%
202122262828769320213961909112021212661113
Air pollution reductionAlternative and renewable energyClimate change mitigationWaste management and recyclingBiodiversity and ecosystemWater managementChemical, toxic and hazardous substances
managementEnergy conservation and efficiencyRegistration requirementBan/ProhibitionHarmonization specificationLabelling/packaging/marking specificationConformity assessment procedurePerformance/efficiency specificationTechnical/quality specificationMotor vehiclesAnimal and animal productsVegetable productsChemicalsMachinery and electricalType of Objective Type of Measure Type of Product
 
                                               
11 Since more than one product/measure/objective can be mentioned in a notification, the total number 
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1.18.  The number of environment-related TBT noti fications in 2010 broke the uprising trend (from 
35 notifications in 1991 to 270 in 2010, and from 9.8% in 1991 to 19% in 2010), although the 
share of environment-related TBT notifications in 2010 remains higher than the average for the 
1991-2010 period (17%).   
1.19.  Ninety per cent of the 2010 environment-related TBT notifications were notified as technical 
regulation under Article 2 of the TBT Agreement, wh ile four per cent were notified as conformity 
assessment procedure under Article 5.  The remaining five per cent were simultaneously notified 
as both technical regulation and conformity assessment procedure and one per cent were related to other transparency provisions. 
1.20.  The products that were most frequently associated with the 2010 environment-related TBT 
notifications were machinery and electrical apparatu s (for example, refrigerators, air-conditioners, 
washing machines, ovens, heaters and boilers).  They were found in 49% of the 2010 environment-related notifications, and were follow ed by chemical products including detergents 
and toxic substances (21%);  motor vehicles (7%);  mineral products including fuels (6%);  and 
other products such as metals (5%).   
1.21.  These environment-related TBT measures were mainly technical/quality specifications 
(found in 41% of the environment-related TBT noti fications), performance/efficiency specifications 
(40%), evaluations of conformity and certification procedures (37%), and labelling/packaging/marking specifications (23%).  Other measures included harmonization specifications (12%), ban/prohibition (9%) and registration requirements (7%). 
1.22.  Energy conservation and efficiency were mentioned in 44% of the environment-related 
notifications, and the management of chemical, toxic and hazardous substances in 27%.  Other 
environmental objectives included water (11%) and waste management (10%), climate change 
mitigation (10%) and the promotion of alternativ e and renewable energy (9%) and air pollution 
reduction (8%).   
1.23.  These 2010 environment-related TBT noti fications were made by both developing and 
developed countries (50% each), with the United  States (70 notifications), the European Union 
(33), Mexico (19), Uganda (16), Canada (13) and Kenya (12) leading the way.  
1.1.4  Agreement on the Application of Sa nitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) 
1.24.  In 2010, out of the 1,051 regular notifications
12 made under the SPS Agreement, 8% (83 
notifications) were environment-related.13    
1.25.  Vegetable products (for example, nursery stocks of plant species, fruits, seeds and living 
modified organisms) were mentioned in 40% of the 2010 environment-related SPS notifications.  
Other products included animal and animal products (including eggs and live fish) found in 28% of 
the notifications, wood and wood products (17%), chemicals (16%) and foodstuffs (11%). 
1.26.  These environment-related SPS measures were mainly risk analysis and toxicological 
evaluation procedures (found in 45% of the environment-related SPS notifications), 
labelling/packaging/marking requirements (38%), technical/quality specification (19%) and movement control (19%).  Other forms of SPS me asures included conformity assessment (14%), 
registration requirements (13%), handling/transportation/storage specification (12%), 
ban/prohibition (11%), import licenses (11%) and derogation (8%).  
                                               
12 This number only includes regular notifications bu t excludes addenda, corrige nda and revisions, which 
are procedural documents not providing ad ditional substantive information.   
13 Although SPS measures deal with the safety and protection of human, animal and plant health, not all 
of them have been included in this document.  For instance, notifications of measures dealing with pests 
pertinent to the protection of agricultural crops or farm animals have been excluded; yet they have been 
included if they pertain to the prot ection of "territory" or the wild-e nvironment or plants in general. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  Chart 1.11:  Environment-related SPS Notifications (1997-2009)14 
3% 7% 3% 6% 4% 8% 7% 9% 8%16%12% 9% 11%8%821
1226 25475057105140
98
848183
Share of environment-re lated SPS notifications
Number of environment-related SPS notifications 
 
1.27.  Plant protection and compliance with MEAs , such as the International Plant Protection 
Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Bios afety, were mentioned in 60% and 53% of the 
environment-related SPS notifications, respective ly.  Other environmental objectives included 
animal protection (found in 33% of the notifications), environmental protection from pests and 
diseases (19%), biodiversity conservation (17%), chemical, toxic and hazardous substances 
management (14%) and soil and water management (13%). 
1.28.  Out of the 83 SPS environment-related notifications made in 2010, 60% were made by 
developing countries.  The United States (11 notifications), Chinese Taipei (9), Colombia (7), 
Australia (7) and New Zealand (5) were the countries which made the most environment-related 
SPS notifications. 
                                               
14 Any discrepancy with figures from previous EDBs are due to the fact that addenda, corrigenda and 
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  Chart 1.12:  Types of Environment-related SPS Notifications (2010) 15 
13%13%14%17%19%33%53%60%8%11%11%12%13%14%19%19%31%45%11%16%17%28%49%
111112141627445079910111216162637913142341
Water managementSoil managementChemical, toxic and hazardous substances
managementBiodiversity and ecosystemEnvironmental protection from pests and
diseasesAnimal protectionMEAs implementation and compliancePlant protectionDerogation/WithdrawImport licenses/permits/certificatesBan/ProhibitionHandling/transportation/storage/distribution
specificationRegistration requirementConformity assessment procedureMovement controlTechnical/quality specificationLabelling/packaging/marking specificationRisk analysis and toxicological evaluation
procedureFoodstuffsChemicalsWood and wood productsAnimal and animal productsVegetable productsType of Objective Type of Measure Type of Product
 
 
                                               
15 Since more than one product/measure/objective can be mentioned in a notification, the total number 
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  1.2  Support Measures 
1.2.1  Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) 1.29.  In 2010, of the 117 notifications
16 submitted by Members under the SCM Agreement, 
eight (approximately 7%) were environment-related (covering a total of 78 environment-related 
measures).17  During 1997-2010, the number of environment-related SCM notifications varied, 
ranging from five to 40 notifications, with an average of 24 notifications per year, representing 16.6% of all SCM notifications. 
Chart 1.13:  Environment-related SCM Notifications (1997 -2010) 
16%27%21% 20%
13%16%19%
11%16%
8%20%
5%22%
7%2236
2732
212933
1327
833
540
8
Share of environment-related SCM notifications
Number of environment-related SCM notifications 
 
1.30.  In 2010, 40% of all the measures mentione d in the environment-related SCM notifications 
concerned the energy sector.  Other specific activities identified included research and 
development (R&D) (19%), manufacturing (17%), public administration (8%), forestry (6%), 
transportation (6%), waste (6%), mining (5%) and fisheries and aquaculture (5%).  
1.31.  The notified measures predominantly took the form of tax concessions payments (found in 
47% of all the environment-related SCM measures).  Other forms of support included grants and 
direct payments (28%), loans (27%) and non-monetary support (9%).  
1.32.  The promotion of alternative and renewable energy was frequently mentioned in the 
2010 environment-related SCM notifications (44% of all the environment-related SCM measures).  
Other environment-related objectives cited included waste (22%) and water management (21%), air pollution reduction (19%), soil management (13%), energy conservation (12%), chemical management (6%), as well as sustainable forestry and fisheries (5%) and climate change 
mitigation (5%).  
1.33.  In 2010, 88% of the environment-related SCM notifications were made by developing 
countries, with 13% made by developed countries. 
                                               
16 This number includes regula r notifications as well as adde nda, corrigenda and revisions. 
17 Most SCM notifications contain more than one measure. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  Chart 1.14:  Types of Environment-related SCM Notifications (2010)18 
5%5%5%6%6%12%13%19%21%22%44%8%27%28%47%5%5%6%6%6%8%17%19%22%40%
4445591015161734621223744555613151731
Climate change mitigationSustainable forestry managementSustainable fisheries managementChemical, toxic and hazardous substances
managementGeneral environmental protectionEnergy conservation and efficiencySoil managementAir pollution reductionWater managementWaste management and recyclingAlternative and renewable energyNon-monetary supportLoansGrants and direct paymentsTax concessionsFisheries and aquacultureMiningWasteTransportationForestry and loggingPublic administrationManufacturingResearch and developmentAll economic activitiesEnergyType of Objective Type of Measure Type of Activity
 
 
                                               
18 Since more than one product/measure/objective can be mentioned in a notification, the total number 
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  1.2.2  Agreement on Agriculture 
1.34.  In 2010, of the 195 notifications19 submitted by Members under the Agreement on 
Agriculture, 49 (25%) were environment-re lated and covered 168 environment-related 
measures.20 
1.35.  Eighty-seven per cent of the environment-related measures were notified as Green Box 
measures, while 7.7% were notified pursuant to Article 18.3 on new domestic support measures or modification of an existing measure.  The rema ining 5.4% and 0.6% of the environment-related 
agriculture measures were notified under Article 15 on Special and Differential Treatment and 
under Article 16 on bilateral assistance projects for Least-Developed Net Food-Importing Countries, respectively.   
Chart 1.15:  Environment-related Agriculture Notifications (1997 -2010) 
8% 10%14%18% 17% 16%20% 18% 17% 19%29%
18% 17%25%20222840 40
3234
29
252434
243649
Share of environment-related Agriculture notifications
Number of environment-related Agriculture notifications 
 
 
 
                                               
19 This number includes regula r notifications as well as adde nda, corrigenda and revisions. 
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  Chart 1.16:  Types of Environment-re lated Agriculture Notifications (2010)21 
4%4%5%5%7%12%17%39%40%46%4%11%21%67%1%7%11%97%
77991220296567776193611221119163
Unspecified environmental objectiveClimate change mitigationAnimal protectionSustainable forestry managementEnvironmental protection from pests and diseasesNatural resources conservationBiodiversity and ecosystemSoil managementWater managementSustainable agriculture managementLoansNon-monetary supportGrants and direct paymentsUnspecified measuresEnergyForestry and loggingResearch and developmentAgricultureType of Objective Type of Measure Type of Activity
 
                                               
21 Since more than one product/measure/objective can be mentioned in a notification, the total number 
may exceed 100 per cent. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  1.36.  In addition to the agriculture sector, found in 97% of all the environment-related 
notifications, a number of other activities, including forestry (4%) and fisheries (1%), were also referred to. 
1.37.  Non-monetary support, such as research, infrastructural services, training and advisory 
services, was found in 21% of these environmen t-related measures.  Other types of domestic 
support included grants and direct payments (21%) and loans (4%). 
1.38.  Sustainable agriculture management was mentioned in 46% of all environment-related 
measures notified under the Agreement on Agriculture in 2010.  Other objectives included the 
conservation of water (40%) and soil (39%), promotion of biodiversity and ecosystem (17%), conservation of natural resources (12%), protec tion of the environment from diseases (7%), 
promotion of sustainable forestry management (5%), the protection of animals (5%) and climate 
change mitigation (4%). 
1.39.  In 2010, developed countries made 47% of the environment-related notifications under the 
Agreement on Agriculture, while 53% were made by developing countries.  Canada made the most 
environmental-related notifications under the Agreem ent on Agriculture (11 notifications), followed 
by Colombia (7), Australia (3) and Costa Rica (3).  
1.2.3  Plurilateral Agreement on  Government Procurement (GPA) 
1.40.  In 2010, of the 32 notifications
22 submitted under the Agreement on Government 
Procurement, three (9%) were environment-related relating to public procurement statistics on environmental goods and services and to legisl ation promoting contracts for the reduction of 
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.   
Chart 1.17:  Environment-related GPA Notifications (1997-2010) 
29%14%43%
9%45% 40% 38%57% 62%
9%2
00029
015
4
3818
3
Share of environment-related GPA notifications
Number of environment-related GPA notifications 
 
                                               
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  1.3  Other Measures 
1.3.1  General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 
1.41.  In 2010, of the 45 notifications submi tted under the GATS, two contained environment-
related issues (4%), namely the co-operation provisions of a regional trade agreement in the field 
of energy conservation and alternative fuels as well as technical requirements regarding 
information and communication technologies. 
Chart 1.18:  Environment-related GATS Notifications (1997 – 2010) 
4%16%
8%
2%3%4%
01
00 07
04
1 1
0002
Share of environment-related GATS notifications
Number of environment-related GATS notifications 
 
1.3.2  Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 
1.42.  In 2010, of the ninety-two notification s submitted by Members under Article 63.2 of the 
TRIPS Agreement, eight (9%) contained environment-related provisions, covering nine 
environment-related measures.23  
1.43.  Seventy-eight per cent of the 2010 environment-related TRIPS measures were related to 
legislation on patents and non-patentability of pl ant and animal varieties for the production of 
plants or animals or chemicals.  These measures were aimed at protecting animal, plant and biodiversity and ensuring chemical and waste management.  The remaining environment-related 
provisions were related to labelling and marking specifications (11%) and prohibition (11%). 
 
                                               
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  Chart 1.19:  Environment-related TRIPS Notifications (1997 – 2010) 
1% 4% 2% 2%7%
3% 3% 3%5% 4% 5%2%8%
0135 516
57
2 237
28
Share of environment-related TRIPS notifications
Number of environment-related TRIPS notifications 
 
1.3.3  Agreement on State Trading 
1.44.  In 2010, of the seventy-seven notifications submitted under the Agreement on State 
Trading, four (5%) were environment-related, name ly tariff quota to foster forestry resources, 
export rights to conserve exhaustible natural resources (mineral and ores) and quantitative 
restrictions regarding the production of electrical  energy to enhance fish and wildlife population. 
Chart 1.20:  Environment-related Stat e Trading Notifications (1997 – 2010) 
3% 2% 3% 8% 8% 3% 4% 5% 01
00123
011
01
04
Share of environment-related State Trading notifications
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  2  NOTIFICATIONS OF TRADE AGREEMENTS 
2.1  Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs)  including the Understanding on the 
Interpretation of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 
2.1.  In 2010, of the twenty-six notifications24 submitted under the RTAs Agreement, four (22%) 
mentioned an environment-related topic.25   
2.2.  The sectors most frequently mentioned in the 2010 environment-related RTA notifications are 
fisheries (75%) and energy sector (25%).  
2.3.  Out of the four environment-related noti fied RTAs, one involved developing countries, 
another developed countries and the remaining two involved both developed and developing countries. 
Chart 2.1:  Environment-relate d RTAs Notifications (1997-2010) 
11%15% 17%14% 16%11%13% 15%61113
810
0 00000444
Share of environment-related RTA notifications
Number of environment-related RTA notifications 
 
3  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN TRADE POLICY REVIEWS 
3.1.  The EDB contains information concerning environment-related measures, provisions or 
programmes contained in both Secretariat and government Trade Policy Reviews (TPR) Reports.  The information has been summarized under the following three headings:  trade policy 
frameworks;  trade policies and practices; and trade policies by selected sector.  In general, trade 
policy frameworks include government environmental policies, plans, programmes and investment policies.  Environment-related trade policies and practices include quantitative restrictions (e.g. bans and prohibitions, import/export restrictions, quotas, controls, licenses and permits); 
technical requirements (e.g. standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment 
procedures); taxes, levies, subsidies and other government support.  The environment-related sectors include agriculture, industry, services, en ergy, fisheries, forestry, transport, mining and 
tourism.   
                                               
24 This number includes regula r notifications as well as adde nda, corrigenda and revisions. 
25 The statistics only reflects keywords used in the text  of the notification.  Therefore, it is not excluded 
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  3.2.  In 2010, nineteen TPRs were carried out.26  All included environment-related measures or 
programmes, representing 304 entries.27  The most frequently found search words were:  
environment (23% of the 155 entries), energy (11%), sustainable (10%) and renewable (5%) 
(see Annex IV on TPR search word frequency).  
Chart 3.1:  Environment-related Measures, Provisions or Programmes in TPRs (2010) 
7
2 311
618
119
59
559
47156
11
37
135
11
5
428
3213
694
2
7117
3
48
42
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15
13 1319 1940
22
17
1319
415
3822
131632
Measures Sectors Trade Policy Framework 
 
 
3.3.  The most frequently reported environment-related measures were import prohibitions, licensing and restrictions (30% of all environment-related measures entries), export prohibitions, licensing and restrictions (20%), technical regulations and standards (8%), sanitary and 
phytosanitary (8%) tax systems (8%), tax incent ives (8%) and government support measures 
(8%). 
                                               
26 TPRs of Albania; Armenia, Belize; Benin; Burkina Faso and Mali; China; Croa tia; Democratic Republic 
of Congo; El Salvador; Gambia; Honduras; Hong Kong, China; Jamaica; China; Malawi; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Sri Lanka; Chinese Taipei (The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu);  
and the United States. 
27 The number of environment-related Trade Policy Re views entries corresponds to the number of times 
environment-related measures or programmes are mentio ned in the Secretariat and government TPR Reports. WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  Chart 3.2:  Type of Environment-rela ted Measures Mentioned in TPRs (2010) 
Export prohibitions, 
quotas and 
licensing, 20, 17%
Export taxes, 5, 
4%
Government 
procurement, 3,  
2%
Government 
support, 9, 8%
Import 
prohibitions, 
licensing and 
restrictions, 36, 
30%Intellectual 
property rights, 3, 
2%Other duties and 
charges affecting 
imports, 2, 2%Others, 3, 3%Sanitary and 
phytosanitary, 9, 
8%Tax incentives, 9, 
8%Tax systems, 9, 8%Technical 
regulations and 
standards, 10, 8%
 
 
3.4.  Regarding environment-related trade policies by sectors, the most frequently mentioned 
sectors are energy (35% of the environment-rela ted sectors entries), followed by agriculture 
(25%), fisheries (9%) and forestry (7%).  
Chart 3.3:   Sectors Covered by Environmen t-related Measures Mentioned in TPRs (2010) 
Agriculture, 27, 
25%
Energy, 35, 32%Fisheries, 10, 9%Forestry, 8, 7%Management of 
Natural Resources, 
1, 1%Manufacturing, 5, 
4%Mining, 6, 5%Services, 4, 4%Tourism, 5, 5%Transport, 7, 6%Water, 2, 2%
 
 
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  4  ANNEXES 
Annex I: Environment-related Search Words as Agreed by Members in 199928 
 
Basel Convention HCFCs  
Bio Indigenous  
Carbon Kyoto Protocol 
Cartagena  Modified organism  
CFCs  Marking 
CITES  Montreal Protocol 
Clean Natural resources 
Climate Novel  
Conserv(ation) Organic  
Desertification Ozone 
Diversity Package(ing) 
Eco-label  Pollution 
Ecology Preservation 
Emissions Preserve 
Endangered Recycle 
Energy Renewable 
Environment Saving  
Extinct   (Soil) erosion 
Fauna Species 
Fish  Sustainable 
Flora Toxic 
Forest Tree 
Genetic  Waste 
GHGs  Wildlife  
Green (house) Wood 
Hazardous  
 
  
                                               
28 See also the following documents containing information on search words: WT/CTE/W/46, 
WT/CTE/W/78 and WT/CTE/W/102  
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WTO Agreements 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 
TBT  97(610) 67(539) 114(582) 100(794) 107(638) 121(771) 155(874) 168(1032) 238(1265) 274(1490) 270(1413) 
SPS  26(402) 25(621) 47(610) 50(687) 57(612) 105(1298) 140(901) 98(849) 84(889) 81(737) 83(1051) 
SCM  38(160) 24(159) 31(177) 34(171) 13(122) 27(168) 8(97) 33(164) 5(99) 40(181) 8(117) 
Agriculture 40(228) 40(242) 32(197) 34(173) 29(157) 25(148) 24(126) 32(119) 24(137) 36(210) 49(195) 
Anti-Dumping 0(127) 0(134) 1(166) 2(155) 3(134) 0(127) 0(112) 0(118) 0(134) 0(157) 0(164) 
ILP 21(77) 7(55) 13(96) 16(57) 12(40) 20(45) 19(62) 13(65) 20(51) 23(82) 21(72) 
Safeguards 1(110) 1(137) 1(170) 1(147) 3(75) 1(80) 0(86) 0(59) 0(73) 0(171) 0(106) 
Customs Valuation 3(36) 1(41) 1(41) 0(11) 0(17) 1(13) 0(1) (9) 0(12) 0(6) 0(4) 
State Trading 0(50) 1(56) 5(58) 3(38) 0(43) 1(12) 1(37) 0(20) 1(24) 0(29) 4(77) 
RTAs  8(56) 10(64) 0(41) 0(56) 0(70) 0(63) 0(30) 0(25) 4(37) 4(30) 4(26) 
TRIPS 5(333) 6(236) 16(225) 5(147) 7(251) 2(59) 2(38) 3(72) 7(139) 2(84) 8(97) 
GATS 0(25) 0(46) 7(43) 0(41) 4(52) 1(53) 1(29) 0(41) 0(49) 0(68) 2(45) 
QRs 5(18) 2(10) 4(14) 2(8) 7(10) 1(6) 2(8) 3(6) 4(12) 2(8) 1(6) 
TRIMs  0(10) 0(2) 0(29) 0(13) 0(12) 0(14) 0(14) 0(13) 0(9) 0(21) 0(18) 
BoP Provisions  0(9) 0(7) 0(4) 0(0) 0(1) 0(1) 0(0) 0(1) 0(0) 0(9) 0(6) 
Preship. Inspection 0(0) 0(1) 0(0) 0(0) 0(1) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(1) 0(0) 0(2) 
Rules of Origin 0(4) 0(6) 0(4) 0(4) 0(3) 0(2) 0(1) 0(7) 0(4) 0(5) 0(4) 
GPA 0(19) 2(14) 9(21) 0(8) 1(11) 5(11) 4(10) 3(8) 8(14) 18(29) 3(32) 
Info. Technology  0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 
Other notifications 1(8) 0(6) 0(4) 0(3) 1(7) 1(3) 1(2) 0(5) 0(8) 0(4) 0(6) 
Total environment-
related notifications 245(2282) 186(2376) 281(2482) 247(2513) 244(2256) 311(2874) 357(2428) 353(2613) 395(2957) 481(3321) 453(3441) 
Share of environment-
related notifications  10.7 7.8 11.3 9.8 10.8 10.8 14.7 13.5 13.4 14.5 13.2 
                                               
29 The total number of notifications, including addenda, corrige nda and revisions (except for TBT and SPS notifications), made un der each relevant WTO Agreement is 
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  Annex III: Search Word Frequen cy in Notifications in 2010 
23831724273826168111416571824113123391129629356281423142127712216346348616271915133884
Wood (5.0%)Wildlife (1.7%)Waste (6.8%)Tree (1.5%)Toxic (5.3%)Sustainable (6%)Species (8.3%)(Soil) erosion (5.6%)Saving (3.5%)Renewable (1.7%)Recycle (2.4%)Preserv(ation) (3.0%)Pollution (3.5%)Package(ing) (12.6%)Ozone (4%)Organic (5.3%)Novel (0.2%)Natural resources (2.9%)Montreal Protocol (2.5%)Modified organism (7.3%)Marking (2%)Kyoto Protocol (0.2%)Indigenous (0.2%)Hazardous (6.4%)HCFCs (1.2%)Green (house) (6.4%)Genetic (7.6%)GHGs (1.2%)Forest (6.1%)Flora (3.0%)Fish (5.0%)Fauna (3.0%)Extinct (0.4%)Erosion (0.2%)Environment (61.0%)Energy (26.8%)Endangered (3.5%)Emissions (7.5%)Ecolog(y) (1.2%)Diversity (7.5%)Conserv(ation) (19%)Climate (3.5%)Clean (6%)Cartagena (4.1%)Carbon (3.2%)CITES (2.9%)CFCs (0.6%)Bio (19.3%)Basel Convention (0.8%)
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  Annex IV: Search Words Frequency in TPRs in 2010 
831814669210344712112827561278166246115572510663313815105302
Wood (1.2%)Wildlife (0.4%)Waste (2.7%)Tree (0.1%)Toxic (0.6%)Sustainable (9.8%)Species (1.2%)(Soil) erosion (0.3%)Saving (1.5%)Renewable (5.0%)Recycle (0.6%)Preserv(ation) (1%)Pollution (1.7%)Package(ing) (0.1%)Ozone (1.7%)Organic (1.2%)Natural resources (4%)Montreal Protocol (0.6%)Modified organism (0.8%)Hazardous (1.7%)Green (house) (1%)Genetic (1.2%)Forest (2.4%)Flora (0.8%)Fish (3.5%)Fauna (0.8%)Extinct (0.1%)Environment (23.2%)Energy (10.8%)Endangered (0.6%)Emissions (1.5%)Ecolog(y) (0.8%)Diversity (0.8%)Desertification (0.4%)Conserv(ation) (4.5%)Climate (0.4%)Clean (1.2%)Cartagena (0.1%)Carbon (0.6%)CITES (1.5%)CFCs (0.6%)Bio (4.5%)Basel Convention (0.3%)
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Annex V: Abbreviations 
Basel Convention Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of 
Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal 
Cartagena Protocol Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological 
Diversity 
CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons 
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
Fauna and Flora 
GHG Greenhouse Gas 
HCFCs Hydro Chloro Fluoro Carbons 
IPPC International Plant Protection Convention 
Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on 
Climate Change 
MEAs Multilateral environmental agreements 
Montreal Protocol Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 
R&D Research and development 
Stockholm 
Convention Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 
SPS Sanitary and phytosanitary 
Rotterdam 
Convention Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for 
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 
TBT Technical Barriers to Trade 
TPR Trade Policy Review 
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  Annex VI: Electronic EDB User's Guide 
What information is available in the Electronic EDB? 1. The electronic EDB compiles all environment-related notifications made under the various WTO 
Agreements and environment-related measures/activities reported in the TPRs in an Excel 
Workbook.  It allows users to search through the EDB environment-related information 
according to specific criteria, for instance by Member, agreement, type of measure, product, activity, or environmental objective.   
2. The Excel Workbook is divided into two main worksheets:  "Notifications", listing all the 
environment-related notifications; and "TPRs", providing the environment-related information mentioned in TPRs.  In addition, a third worksheet entitled "Summary" is included to allow users to retrieve pre-defined summary tables and graphs. 
"Notifications" worksheet 
3. The "Notifications" worksheet displays the following information: 
 Agreement:  the WTO Agreement being notified; 
 Document symbol:  the symbol of the notification document (when available); 
 Document link:  the Web link to the notification document through WTO Documents 
Online website ( http://docsonline.wto.org/ );   
 Notifying Member:  the Member notifying the environment-related measure; 
 Region group:  the region of the notifying Member; 
 Development status:  the development status of the notifying Member; 
 Year:  the year of notification; 
 Notification pursuant to:  the provisions of the relevant Agreement under which the 
notification is made; 
 Measure description:  a description of the measure as indicated in the notification; 
 Type of measure:  the type of me asure stated in the notification; 
 Subject to the measure:  products/activities subject to the notified measure; 
 ICS - HS code:  ICS or HS classification of the relevant products (when available); 
 Implementation period:  the implementation peri od or date of the entry into force of the 
notified measure; 
 Environment-related objective:  the environment-related objective of the measure;  and  
 Keywords:  the environment-related keyword search included in the notification (see 
Annex II). 
4. Three harmonized categories have also been created to facilitate research: 
 Category of environment-related objectives;  
 Category of measures; and 
 Category of products/activities. 
"TPRs" worksheet 
5. The "TPRs" worksheet displays the following information: 
 Type of TPR:  TPR reports prepared by either the Secretariat (S) or the Member (M); 
 Document symbol:  the symbol of the TPR document; WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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   Document link:  the web link to the TPR document through WTO Documents Online 
website ( http://docsonline.wto.org/ );   
 Document reference:  the reference made to the paragraph number "§" of the original 
TPR document; 
 Member:  the Member subject to the TPR; 
 Region group:  the region of the Member; 
 Development status:  the development status of the Member; 
 Year: the year of publication of the TPR; 
 Type of information:  the type of enviro nment-related information found in the TPR; 
 Type of measures or sectors:  the measure or sector associated with the environment-
related information; 
 Relevant information:  a description of the environment-related measure, provision or 
programme; and 
 Keywords:  the keyword search included in the TPR reports (See Annex II). 
 
"Summary" worksheet 
6. The "Summary" worksheet provides pre-defined information and graphs on environment-
related notifications to each WTO Agreement and measures mentioned in TPRs.   
How to use the electronic EDB? 7. The Excel Workbook allows searches through all the variables mentioned above by using the 
filter function.  Users can, by clicking on the right-bottom arrow icon of the heading of the selected 
variable, either select the information on a drop -down list (see left Chart 4.1) or type in the 
relevant information (see right Chart 4.1). 
8. Multiple criteria search is also possible, for instance, to search all notifications made by a 
given country or region/development status group with a specific environment-related objective or 
a specific type of measure.  
9. For example, retrieving all TBT notifications that contain performance/efficiency specification 
measures to promote energy conservation and efficiency, can be done as follows:  
a. select the "Notifications" spreadsheet; 
b. select the TBT Agreement in the column "A greement" by clicking on the bottom-right 
arrow icon and typing "TBT" in the search box; 
c. select the type of measure in the column "Category of type of measure" by clicking on 
the bottom-right arrow icon of the head ing and typing "performance/efficiency 
specification" in the search box; 
d. select the type of measure in the column "Category of environment-related objective" by 
clicking on the bottom-right arrow icon of the heading and typing "energy conservation and efficiency" in the search box. 
10. After the search, to go back to the full database, it is important to follow the reverse order 
of the selection:   
a. click on the bottom-right arrow icon of the heading of the variable "Category of 
environment-related objective" and select the "Select All" box; 
b. click on the bottom-right arrow icon of the heading of the variable "Category of type of 
measure " and select the "Select All" box;  and  WT/CTE/EDB/10 
 
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  c. click on the bottom-right arrow icon  of th e heading of the variable "Agreement" and 
select the "Select All" tick box. 
Chart 4.1 Search function 
 
11. Once the data is selected through the filter, the user can print the records by hiding the 
variables of no interest (select the column, right-click and select "hide" option).  In addition, the user can apply the scaling option available with the printer to fit all the selected columns on one 
page.  
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