G/AG/W/112/Rev.4  
 
6 March 2017 
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
IMPROVEMENT OF  THE SUBMISSION OF NO TIFICATIONS  
DOCUMENTATION GUIDE  
NOTE BY THE SECRETAR IAT1 
Revision  
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  At its meeting on 13 June  2013, 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 t hat have been circulated formally or informally in written 
communications by Members, the Chairperson or the Secretariat since 1995.  
1.2.  At the September 2013 meeting, the Committee requested the Secretariat to periodically  
update th e guide. Th e guide will be updated annually. Th is update cover s documents circulated 
before 2 March  2016. 
1.3.  The tables in this guide are grouped by document category:  
 Member submissions ; 
 Reports to other WTO bodies ; 
 Notes  by the Chair man; 
 Summary reports of the Committee on Agricultur e; 
 Notes by the Secretariat ; and  
 Other documents  
1.4.  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 document search  system it is possible to 
open an HTML version of documents containing links to all WTO document referenced within tho se 
documents.  
                                                
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and  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/Rev.4  
 
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  2  MEMBER SUBMISSIONS  
Symbol  Submitted by  Title Date of circulation  
Market a ccess  
G/AG/W/43  Canada  Issues regardi ng market access 
notifications  12 March 1999  
RD/AG/28 * Cairns Group  Implementation of the Bali Ministerial 
Decision on "Understa nding on tariff 
rate quota administration provisions 
of agricultural products…" 
(WT/MI N (13)/39 and WT/L/914 
dated 11  December 2013)  12 March 2014  
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 regardi ng 
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  
RD/AG/18  Canada  A discussion on Article 18.4, 
Agreement on Agriculture  25 September 2013  
RD/AG/18/Add.1/Rev.1  Canada  A discussion on Article 18.4, 
Agreement on Agriculture. 
Compen dium of notifications, 
questions and answers  18 March 2014  
G/AG/W/122  Canada, Argentina, 
Paraguay, 
Colombia, New 
Zealand and 
Norway  Article 18.4 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture - Best Practices in 
Notification  17 March 2014  
G/AG/W/122/Add.1  Canada, Costa  Rica, 
Argentina, 
Paraguay, 
Colombia, New 
Zealand and 
Norway  Article 18.4 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture - Best Practices in 
Notification  19 March 2014  
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  G/AG/W/112/Rev.4  
 
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  Symbol  Submitted by  Title Date of circulation  
RD/AG/11*  Canada  Review of the "List of Significant 
Exporters"  8 October 2012  
G/AG/W/101  China, India, 
Pakistan, 
Philippi nes, 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, Phil ippines, 
and Turkey  24 October 2012  
RD/AG/14*  China, India, 
Pakistan, 
Philippines, and 
Turkey  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  
Export prohibitions and restrictions  
RD/AG/2*  Japan  For the implementation of notification 
requirements on export restrictions  18 June 2012  
RD/AG/5*  United States  Article 12 of the AoA: Assessing ER:1 
notification implementation, 
underst anding 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  
G/AG/W/113 and 
G/AG/W/113/ Add.1 United States  Transparency opportunit ies – Export 
restrictions  16 September 2013 
and 28 February 
2014 
G/AG/W/117  United States  Transparency opportunities – Export 
restrictions  4 March 2014  
G/AG/W/128 and 
G/AG/W/128/ Corr.1 United States  Transparency opportunities – Export 
restrictions  28 May 2014 and 2 
June 2014  
G/AG/W/130  Japan  Work on improving the 
implementation of notifications on 
export restrictions – Determination of 
"Net-food exporter"  2 June 2014  
G/AG/W/140  Japan  Work on improving the 
implementation of notifications on 
export rest rictions - Definition of 
"foodstuffs"  26 February 2015  
General  
G/AG/W/33  United States  Compliance with notification 
obligations. "Overdue notifications"  11 June 1998  
RD/AG/15*  United States  Reflection and exchange of views  11 March 2013  
RD/AG/16*  Argen tina 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  
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  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 WT O 
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 (R egular 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 t o the 
General Council  4 July 2003  
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 (Regu lar 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 (20 08) 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 C ommittee 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 activiti es 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  
G/L/1044 Report (2013) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson  7 October 20 13 
G/L/1093  Report (2014) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson  14 November 2014  G/AG/W/112/Rev.4  
 
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  Symbol  Title Date of circulation  
G/L/1126  Report (201 5) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperso n 23 October 2015  
G/L/1165  Report (2016) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson  14 November 2016  
 
4  NOTES  BY THE CHAIR MAN 
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/123  Review of the list of significant exporters. Note by the 
Chairman  19 March 2014  
 
5  REPORTS  OF FORMAL MEETINGS O F THE COMMITTEE ON A GRICULTURE  (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 2 9-30 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 Mar ch 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  
                                                
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 list of Committee reports is available through the WTO document search 
facility  (https://docs.wto.org ) by searching for documents with the symbol "G/AG/R*".  G/AG/W/112/Rev.4  
 
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  Symbol  Title Date of circulation  
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  
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 meetin g held on 26 March 2013, 
paras.  2.8-2.11 24 May 2013  
G/AG/R/71  Summary report of the meeti ng held on 13 June 2013, 
paras.  2.7-2.8 7 August 2013  
G/AG/R/72  Summary report of the meeting held on 26 September 2013, 
paras.  2.17-2.20 11 November 2013  
G/AG/R/ 73 Summary report of the meeting held on 29 January 2014, 
paras.  2.3-2.17 10 March 2014  
G/AG/R/74  Summary report of the meeting held on 21 March 2014, 
paras . 2.4-2.8, 2.14-2.18 and 2.22 -2.25 16 May 2014  
G/AG/R/75  Summary report of the meeting held on 5-6 June  2014, 
paras . 4.10-4.11 29 September 2014  
G/AG/R/76  Summary report of the meeting held on 13 November  2014, 
para. 2.16 5 February 2015  
G/AG/R/77   Summary report of the meeti ng held on 4 March 2015, 
paras.  2.8-2.12 20 May 2015  
G/AG/R/78  Summary report of the meeting held on 4 June 2015, para.  4.3 20 August 2015  
G/AG/R/79  Summary report of the meeting h eld on 25 September 2015, 
paras. 2.10 and 2.14  4 December 2015  
G/AG/R/80  Summary report of the meeting held on 9 March 2016  para. 
2.32 13 May 2016  
G/AG/R/81  Summary report of the meeting held on 7-8 June  2016 
paras . 3.40-3.42 8 August 2016  
G/AG/R/82  Summary report of the meeting held on 14 September  2016 
paras.  2.8-2.13 17 October 2016  
G/AG/R/83  Summary repor t of the meeting held on 9 November  2016 
paras.  2.24-2.25 22 December 2016  
 
6  NOTES BY THE SECRETA RIAT  
Symbo l Title Date of circulation  
G/AG/W/45  Notification issues  18 June 1999  
G/AG/GEN/83  Questionnaire.  Improvement of t imeliness 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/112/Rev.4  
 
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  Symbo l Title Date of circulation  
G/AG/W/76  Background statistical data to facilitate consultations 
on the list of "Signifi cant 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 "Sign ificant 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  17 September 2013  
G/AG/GEN/86/Rev. # Compliance with notification obligations  10 days before each 
CoA meeting  
RD/AG/24 * Draft – Recommended revision to ES:2 notification  22 January 2014  
RD/AG/25 * Draft- List of "significant exporters" for the purposes of 
the notification requirements in respect of export 
subsidy commitments.  22 January 2014  
RD/AG/26 * Informal explanation for discussion on significant 
exporters  29 January 2014  
G/AG/W/137  Notification of tariff quota fill rat es 26 November 2014  
G/AG/GEN/133  Information Session - Enhancing transparency and the 
CoA Review Process  – programme  2 September 2016  
 
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 19 96 
--- Handbook on Notification Requirements under the 
Agreement on Agriculture4 June 2015  
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 negati ve effects of the 
reform programme on Least developed and Net Food -
Importing Developing Countries ("The Decision"). 
Revision  23 March 2012  
 
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4 Available in English at http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/a g_notif_e.pdf ; 
 Available in French at http://www.wto.org/french/tratop_f/agric_f/ag_notif_f.pdf ; 
 Available in Spanish at http://www.wto.org/spanish/tratop_s/agric_s/ag_notif_s.pdf .