G/SPS/GEN/804/Rev.11 /Corr.1  
 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
 
OVERVIEW REGARDING T HE LEVEL OF IMPLEMEN TATION OF THE TRANSP ARENCY 
PROVISIONS OF THE SP S AGREEMENT  
NOTE BY THE SECRETAR IAT1 
Corrigendum* 
In G/SPS/GEN/804/Rev.11 , table 3 should read as follows:  
Table 3. HS Codes assigned to notifications  
Regular notifications  
HS 
Code  Description  Number  Share of 
Total  
(02) Meat and edible meat offal  1,466 9% 
(06) Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; 
cut flowers and ornamental foliage  1,437 9% 
(08) Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons  1,324 8% 
(04) Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible 
products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or 
included  1,261 8% 
(01) Live animals  1,206 8% 
Emergency notifications  
HS 
Code  Description  Number  Share of 
Total  
(01) Live animals  1,207 57% 
(02) Meat and edible meat offal  1,187 56% 
(04) Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible 
products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or 
included  784 37% 
(05) Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or 
included  523 25% 
(23) Residues and waste from the food industries; 
prepared animal fodder  258 12% 
 
Paragraph  3.31 and table 5 should read as follows:  
 
3.31.   An analysis of the notifications issued during the period from 16 September 2017 through 15 
September 2018 shows that around 18% of notifications have not provided a comment period (see 
Table 5). For those that do provide comment periods, these average 54 days when calculated as the 
difference between the date of circulation of the notification and the final date for comments. On 
average, developed country Members provided longer comment periods than developing country 
Members (60 and 53 days respectively), although the share of notifications for which a comment 
period was provided was higher for developing country Members than for developed country 
Members (83.3% and 69.2% respectively). The overall average comment period for all M embers 
increased slightly (54 this year compared to 52 the year before).
                                                
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.  
* In English only.  G/SPS/GEN/804/Rev.11 /Corr.1  
 
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  Table 5. Comment period provided in regular notifications (16 September 2017 – 
15 September 2018)  
All Members  
 No. Share  
No. of regular notifications  1,185 - 
Comment period not indicated/not available  209 17.6% 
Comment period ends before or equal to distribution date  30 2.5%  
Comment period available  946 79.8% 
Average length (in days)                        54 
Developed country Members  
 No. Share  
No. of regular notifications  289 - 
Comment period not indicated/not available  88 30.4%  
Comment period ends before or equal to distribution date  1 0.3%  
Comment period available  200 69.2%  
Average length (in days)                        60 
Developing country Members  
 No. Share  
No. of regular notifications  896 - 
Comment period not indicated/not available  121 13.5% 
Comment period ends before or equal to distribution date  29 3.2%  
Comment period available  746 83.3% 
Average length (in days)                        53 
 
Paragraph 3.34 should read as follows:  
3.34.  Since February 2008, in an effort to address these concerns and facilitate access to notified 
draft regulations, Members may, on a voluntary basis, provide the Secretariat with an electronic 
version of the text of the notifie d draft regulation as an attachment to the notification format. The 
submitted text is then made electronically accessible to other Members through a hyperlink in the 
notification format.19 From 16 September 2017 through 15 September 2018, around 7 4% of all  
notifica tions (78% of regular and 34 % of emergency notifications) have provided the full text or a 
summary of the notified draft regulations using this facility. Members may wish to remind their 
notification authorities of the availability of this facilit y. 
 
 
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19 See G/SPS/7/Rev.4, para. 2.8 and Annex C.