G/MA/QR/ 4 
 
30 September 2016  
(16-5232) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Market Access   
 
  STATUS OF NOTIFICATI ONS UNDER THE  
DECISION ON NOTIFICA TION PROCEDURES  
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS (G/L/59/RE V.1) 
NOTE BY THE SECRETAR IAT1 
1.  The Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions2 provides that "Members 
shall make comple te 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".3 This 
document has been prepared by the Secretariat pursuant to paragraph 7 of this Decision4. 
 
2.  As of 29 September 2016 , the Secretariat has received  the following notifications under the 
respective biennial period : 
 
 2012 -2014 : 28 notifica tions from 22 Members  (Annex 1) . 
 2014 -2016 : 30 notifications  from 25 Members  (Annex 2) . 
 2016 -2018 :  5 notifications  from 5 Members  (Annex 3) . 
 
 
                                                
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 Adopted by the  Council for Trade in G oods on 22 June 2012 (G/L/59/Rev.1) . 
3 G/L/59/Rev.1, paragraph 1.  
4 This provision states: "The Secretariat shall circulate yearly a report listing: i) the WTO Members having 
made a notification; ii) the type of notification made (i.e. whether "complete", "changes" or "reverse");   iii) the 
date of the notification and the period covered by it; iv) the sections of the notification in which information was 
provided (i.e. Sections 1 or 2); and v) whether the Secretariat informed the Member that information wa s 
missing. "  
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- 2 - ANNEX 1  
LIST OF MEMBERS HAVI NG NOTIFIED QRS PURS UANT TO THE PROCEDUR ES IN G/L/59/REV.1  
FOR THE BIENNAL PERI OD 2012 - 2014  
 
# Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Notification 
date5 Notification 
type QRs in 
section 
1 QRs in 
section 
2 Member contacted 
by the Secretariat, if 
missing 
information?  
1.  Australia  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/AUS/1  16.10.2012 complete  X X X 
2.  Brazil 2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/BRA/1  22.08.2016  complete    X 
3.  Canada  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/CAN/1  07.11.2012 complete  X  X 
4.  China  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/CHN/1  
G/MA/QR/N/CHN/2  
G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3  08.04.2015 complete  X X X 
5.  Costa Rica  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1  
G/MA/QR/N/CR I/1/Corr.1  30.09.2012 
23.01.2013 complete  X  X 
6.  Cuba  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/CUB/1  07.01.2013 complete  X  X 
7.  European Union 2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/EU/1  24.04.2013 complete  X X X 
8.  Hong Kong, China  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1  
G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1/Add.1  28.09.2012 
30.04.2013 complete  
changes  X 
X X X 
9.  India  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/IND/1  10.2013 complete  X X X 
10.  Japan  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/JPN/1  22.01.2013 complete  X X X 
11.  Korea, Republic of  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/KOR/1  15.10.2012 complete  X  X 
12.  Macao, China  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/M AC/1 09.2012 complete  X  X 
13.  Mali 2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/MLI/1  05.03.2013 complete  X  X 
14.  Mauritius  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/MUS/1  30.10.2014  complete  X X X 
15.  New Zealand  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/NZL/1  12.10.2012 complete  X X X 
16.  Peru  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/PER/1  28.08.2013 complete  X  X 
17.  Russian Federation  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1  
G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1/Corr.1  14.09.2012 
21.02.2013 complete  X  X 
18.  Singapore  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/SGP/1  06.05.2013 complete  X  X 
                                                
5 Notification date refers to the date specified by the Member under point B of the QR notification format.   
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- 3 - # Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Notification 
date5 Notification 
type QRs in 
section 
1 QRs in 
section 
2 Member contacted 
by the Secretariat, if 
missing 
information?  
19.  Thailand  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/THA/1  
G/MA/QR/N/THA/1/Corr.1  22.10.2012 
23.11.2012 complete  X X X 
20.  Turkey  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/ N/TUR/1  
G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1/Corr.1  30.09.2012 
22.11.2012 complete  X  X 
21.  Ukraine  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1  
G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.1  
G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.2  
G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.3  28.09.2012 
30.04.2013 
20.08.2013 
17.12.2013 complete  
changes  
changes  
changes  X 
X 
X 
X X 
 
 
 X 
22.  United States  2012 -2014  G/MA/QR/N/USA/1  03.10.2012 complete  X X X 
X:  Yes  
*: The Secretariat did not have the opportunity to review the notification prior to its circulation.  
  
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- 4 - ANNEX 2  
LIST OF M EMBERS HAVING NOTIFI ED QRS PURSUANT TO T HE PROCEDURES IN G/L /59/REV.1  
FOR THE BIENNA L PERIOD 2014 -2016  
# Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Notification 
date2 Notification 
type QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member 
contacted by the 
Secretariat, if  
missing 
information?  
1.  Afghanistan  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  29.07.2016  complete  X X X 
2.  Australia  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/AUS/2  15.01.2015  complete  X  * 
3.  Brazil  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/BRA/1  22.08.2016  complete    X 
4.  Canada  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/CAM/2  23.10.2014  complete  X X X 
5.  Costa Rica  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/CRI/2  03.10.2014  complete  X  * 
6.  Côte d'Ivoire  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/CIV/1  18.08.2014  complete  X  X 
7.  Cuba  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/CUB/2  09.2014  complete  X X X 
8.  European Union  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/EU/2  09.10.2014  complete  X X * 
9.  Georgia  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/GEO/1  25.03.2014  complete  X X X 
10.  Hong Kong,  China  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/HKG/2  30.09.2014  complete  X X * 
11.  Japan  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2  
G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2/Rev.1  15.01.2015  
15.01.2015  complete  
complete  X 
X X 
X X 
X 
12.  Lao PDR  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/LAO/1  12.10.2014  complete  X X * 
13.  Liechtenstein6 2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/LIE/1  11.03.2014  complete  X X X 
14.  Macao, China  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/MAC/2  08.2014  complete  X  * 
15.  Mexico  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1/  
G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1/Rev.1  22.07 .206 
26.07.2016  complete  
complete  X 
X   
16.  New Zealand  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/NZL/2  10.2014  complete  X X * 
17.  Nicaragua  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/NIC/1  22.09.2014  complete  X  * 
18.  The Philippines  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/PHL/1  19.05.2015  complete  X X X 
19.  Russian Federation  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/RUS/2  18.09.2014  complete  X  * 
20.  Switzerland  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1  11.03.2014  complete  X X X 
                                                
6 The notification of Switzerland also covers Liechtenstein.   
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- 5 - # Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Notification 
date2 Notification 
type QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member 
contacted by the 
Secretariat, if  
missing 
information?  
21.  Singapore  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/SGP/2  15.04.2015  complete  X  
 X 
22.  The Separate 
Customs Territory of 
Taiwan, Penghu, 
Kinmen and Matsu  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1  
G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1/Add.1  29.09.2014  
18.11.2014  complete  
changes  X 
X X * 
* 
23.  Ukraine  2014 -2015  
2014 -2015  
2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2  
G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2/Rev.1  
G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3  16.09.2015  
16.09.2015  
06.09.2016  complete  
complete  
complete  X 
X 
X X 
X 
X X 
24.  United States  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/USA/2  30.09.2014  complete  X X * 
25.  Uruguay  2014 -2016  G/MA/QR/N/URY/1  08.01.2014  complete  X X X 
 
X:  Yes  
*: The Secretariat did not have the opportunity to review the notification prior to its circulation.   
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- 6 - ANNEX 3  
LIST OF MEMBERS HAVI NG NOTIFIED QRS PURS UANT TO THE PROCEDUR ES IN G/L/59/REV.1  
FOR THE BIENNAL PERI OD 2016 -2018  
# Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Notification 
date2 Notification 
type QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member 
contacted by the 
Secret ariat, if 
missing 
information?  
1.  Cuba  2016 -2018  G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3  01.09.2016  complete  X X * 
2.  Hong Kong, China  2016 -2018  G/MA/QR/N/ HKG/3 23.11.2016  complete  X X * 
3.  Macao, China  2016 -2018  G/MA/QR/N/MAC/3  17.06.2016  complete  X  * 
4.  Russian Federation  2016 -2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3  To be issued  complete  X X * 
5.  The Separate 
Customs Territory of 
Taiwan, Penghu, 
Kinmen and Matsu  2016 -2018  G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/2  21.07.2016  complete  X X * 
 
X:  Yes  
*: The Secretariat did not have the opportunity to review the notification pri or to its circulation.  
 
 
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