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 REPORT (2015) OF THE COMMITTEE ON  
TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES 
(ADOPTED 5 OCTOBER 2015) 
1   GENERAL 
1.1.  This report is submitted pursuant to Article 7.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related 
Investment Measures ("TRIMs Agreement"), wh ich requires the Committee on Trade-Related 
Investment Measures (the "Committee") to report annually to the Council for Trade in Goods. The 
Report covers the period 7 October 2014 – 5 October 2015. 
1.2.  The Committee met formally on 16 April 2015 under the Chairpersonship of 
Mr Victor Echevarria Ugarte (Spain) and on 5 October 2015 under the Chairpersonship of 
Mr Zaher Al-Qatarneh (Jordan). The minutes of these meetings may be found in documents 
G/TRIMS/M/38 and G/TRIMS/M/39, respectively. Both meetings were open to all Members, governments with observer status in the WTO and international intergovernmental organizations to 
which the Committee has accorded regular observer status (IMF, OECD, UN, UNCTAD and 
World Bank). Decisions on requests for observer status made by several other international organizations are pending. 
2  NOTIFICATIONS 
2.1.  Pursuant to Article 5.1 of the TRIMs Agreement, Members were required to notify any trade-
related investment measure ("TRIM") inconsistent with the Agreement within 90 days after the entry into force of the WTO Agreement. Article 5.2 allows for transition periods for the elimination 
of measures notified under Article 5.1 and which were in existence at least 180 days preceding the 
entry into force of the WTO Agreement. Pursuant to a decision of the General Council in April 1995, governments eligible to become original WTO Members that accepted the 
WTO Agreement after 1 January 1995 had 90 days af ter the date of their acceptance of the WTO 
Agreement to make the notifications foreseen in Ar ticle 5.1, with the period for the elimination of 
TRIMs notified under Article 5.1 governed by refere nce to the date of entry into force of the WTO 
Agreement.
1 Annex 1 lists all notifications of measures under Article 5.1. In the case of some 
Members, notifications have been submitted late r than the 90-day period foreseen. Some Members 
have notified that they do not apply any TRIM in consistent with the Agreement. Annex 2 lists all 
Members that have made such notifications. 
2.2.  Article 6.2 provides for notification of publications in which information on TRIMs can be 
found. Annex 3 lists the Members that have submitted such notifications. Since the last report, notifications were received from Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Malaysia, Montenegro and Sri Lanka. As 
agreed by the Committee at its meeting on 20 May 2009, the Secretariat has circulated a 
reminder
2 containing guidance regarding the requiremen ts of Article 6.2 and its related decision. 
The reminder also requests all Members that have ne ver notified such publications to do so without 
delay and that all Members that previously notified  to update their notifications, if appropriate, 
without delay. The latest updated list of notifications has been circulated in document G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.25.   
                                               
1 WT/L/64. 
2 Reminder for 2015 was circulated in document G/TRIMS/W/163. G/L/1123 
 
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  3  COMMUNICATIONS BY MEMBER S AND RELATED DISCUSSIONS 
3.1.  Six issues were raised for the first time during this reporting period, while discussion also 
continued on eight issues previously raised in the Committee.  
3.2.  The six new issues considered by the Committee for the first time during this reporting period 
were: (i) China – Local content requirements for purchases of technology by the banking sector 
(item requested by Japan and the United States);3 (ii) India – Local content requirement in solar 
power generation projects (item requested by the European Union);4 (iii) Indonesia – local content 
requirements for 4G LTE mobile devices (item requested by the United States);5 (iv) Republic of 
Korea – Assistance measures for agricultural machinery (item requested by Japan); (v) Russian Federation – Local content requirements for purchases by state-owned enterprises (item requested by the European Union and the United States);
6 and (vi) Turkey – Local content requirements in 
electricity generation (item requested by the European Union).7  
3.3.   In addition, the Committee, per requests from delegations, continued consideration of nine 
issues that had first been discussed in previous reporting periods. These issues were: (i) India - 
Certain preferences to domestically manufactured electronic goods and telecommunication 
products;8 (ii) Indonesia – Minimum local product requirement for modern retail sector;9 (iii) 
Indonesia – Newly adopted Industry Law and Trade law;10 (iv) Indonesia – Certain local content 
provisions in the energy sector (mining, oil and gas);11 (v) Indonesia – Certain measures 
addressing local content in investment in the telecommunications sector;12 (vi) Nigeria - Certain 
measures taken in the "Act to provide for the development of Nigerian content in the Nigeria oil and gas industry" of April 2010;
13 (vii) Russian Federation – Support measures for the automotive 
sector;14 (viii) Russian Federation – Local content requirements for agricultural equipment;15 and 
(ix) United States – Certain local content requirements in some of the renewable energy programs.
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4  ELECTION OF OFFICERS 
4.1.  At its meeting of 16 April 2015, the Committee elected Mr Zaher Al-Qatarneh (Jordan) as 
Chair and Ms Marine Willemetz (Switzerland) as Vice-Chair for the period 2015-2016.  
                                               
3 G/TRIMS/W/150. 
4 G/TRIMS/W/147. 
5 G/TRIMS/W/148 and G/TRIMS/W/162. 
6 G/TRIMS/W/149. 
7 G/TRIMS/W/151. 
8 G/TRIMS/W/94, G/TRIMS/W/97, G/TRIMS/W/105; G/TRIMS/W/111, G/TRIMS/W/133, 
G/TRIMS/W/143, G/TRIMS/W/155 and G/TRIMS/W/156. 
9 G/TRIMS/W/139, G/TRIMS/W/141, G/TRIMS/W/159 and G/TRIMS/W/161. 
10 G/TRIMS/W/138, G/TRIMS/W/140, G/TRIMS/W/157 and G/TRIMS/W/158. 
11 G/TRIMS/W/70, G/TRIMS/W/74, G/TRIMS/W/79, G/TRIMS/W/88, G/TRIMS/W/100, G/TRIMS/W/108, 
G/TRIMS/W/123, G/TRIMS/W/128, G/TRIMS/W/137 and G/TRIMS/W/137/Corr.1.  
12 G/TRIMS/W/61, G/TRIMS/W/63, G/TRIMS/W/71, G/TRIMS/W/75, G/TRIMS/W/78, G/TRIMS/W/80, 
G/TRIMS/W/86, G/TRIMS/W/96, G/TRIMS/W/104, G/ TRIMS/131, G/TRIMS/W/154 and G/TRIMS/W/160. 
13 G/TRIMS/W/89, G/TRIMS/W/142 and G/TRIMS/W/142/Corr.1. 
14 G/TRIMS/W/152 and G/TRIMS/W/153. 
15 G/TRIMS/W/116 and G/TRIMS/W/130. 
16 G/TRIMS/W/117, G/TRIMS/W/129/Rev.1 and G/TRIMS/W/144. G/L/1123 
 
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  ANNEX 1 
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 5.1 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES 
 
 
Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Argentina G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1 30 March 1995 
Argentina G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1/Add.1 21 March 1997 
Barbados G/TRIMS/N/1/BRB/1 31 March 1995 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of1 G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1 24 June 1998 
Chile2  G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1 14 December 1995 
Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1 31 March 1995 
Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1/Add.1 4 June 1995 
Colombia3 G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2 31 July 1995 
Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2/Corr.1 30 September 1996 
Costa Rica4 G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1 30 March 1995 
Cuba5  G/TRIMS/N/1/CUB/1 18 July 1995 
Cyprus6  G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2 30 October 1995 
Dominican Republic G/TRIMS/N/1/DOM/1 26 April 1995 
Ecuador  G/TRIMS/N/1/ECU/1 20 March 1996 
Egypt  G/TRIMS/N/1/EGY/1 29 September 1995 India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1 31 March 1995 
India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1 22 December 1995 
India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1/Corr.1 18 March 1996 India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.2 11 April 1996 Indonesia G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1 23 May 1995 
Indonesia G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1/Add.1 28 October 1996 
Malaysia  G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1 31 March 1995 Malaysia  G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1/Rev.1 14 March 1996 
Mexico  G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1 31 March 1995 
Mexico
7  G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1/Rev.18 31 March 1995 
Nigeria9  G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1 17 July 1996 
                                               
1 Bolivia subsequently submitted a notification indi cating that it does no t apply any trade-related 
investment measures that are not in conformity with the Agreement (G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1). 
2 Chile subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1/Add.1). 
3 Colombia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it had issued Decree No. 1473 of 
10 May 2004, whereby Decree No. 2439 of 1994 establishing import control mechanisms for certain agricultural products had been re pealed (G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/3).   
4 Costa Rica subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it intended to eliminate measures 
notified under Article 5.1 in advance of the expiry of the transition period (G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1). 
5 Cuba subsequently informed the Committee that the measures notified by Cuba under Article 5.1 are 
no longer in force (G/TRIMS/M/3, paragraph 5). 
6 This notification superseded Cyprus' previous one (G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/1) of 29 June 1995; Cyprus 
subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under Article 5.1 
(G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1). 
7 Mexico subsequently submitted a notification indi cating that all provisions under the Automotive 
Decree had ceased to be operative as of 1 January 2004 (G/C/42). 
8 In English only. G/L/1123 
 
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  Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Pakistan  G/TRIMS/N/1/PAK/1 30 March 1995 
Peru  G/TRIMS/N/1/PER/1 3 March 1995 
Philippines G/TRIMS/N/1/PHL/1 31 March 1995 Poland
10  G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1 28 September 1995 
Russian Federation  G/TRIMS/N/1/RUS/1 23 January 2013 
Russian Federation G/TRIMS/N/1/RUS/1/Add.1 11 February 2013 Romania  G/TRIMS/N/1/ROM/1 31 March 1995 South Africa G/TRIMS/N/1/ZAF/1 19 April 1995 
Thailand  G/TRIMS/N/1/THA/1 30  March 1995 
Uganda  G/TRIMS/N/1/UGA/1 17 June 1997 Uruguay  G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1 31 March 1995 
Uruguay  G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1/Add.1 30 August 1995 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of G/TRIMS/N/1/VEN/1 31 March 1995 
                                                                                                                                               
9 Nigeria subsequently submitted a notification indicating that the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act 
of 1989 has been repealed and replaced with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Decree 1995 
(G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1/Add.1). 
10 Poland subsequently submitted a notification indicati ng that it has eliminated  measures notified under 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1/Add.1). G/L/1123 
 
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  ANNEX 2  
NOTIFICATIONS INDICATING THAT NO TRIMS IN CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE-
RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES ARE MAINTAINED 
 
 
Member   Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Bolivia, Plurinational State of G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1 4 March 1999 
Costa Rica    G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.11 16 September 1999 
Cyprus   G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1 26 May 2000 
El Salvador  G/TRIMS/N/1/SLV/1 5 November 2003 
Haiti  G/TRIMS/N/1/HTI/1 27 February 1998 
Honduras  G/TRIMS/N/1/HND/1 7 July 1995 Israel  G/TRIMS/N/1/ISR/1 24 October 1996 
Jamaica  G/TRIMS/N/1/JAM/1 9 June 1998 
Jordan   G/TRIMS/N/1/JOR/1 22 May 2000 Maldives   G/TRIMS/N/1/MLV/1 30 September 1999 
Mali  G/TRIMS/N/1/MLI/1 27 May 1997 
Mauritius  G/TRIMS/N/1/MUS/1 27 March 1995 
New Zealand  G/TRIMS/N/1/NZL/1 20 May 1999 
Nicaragua  G/TRIMS/N/1/NIC/1 18 July 1996 Oman  G/TRIMS/N/1/OMN/1 20 December 2000 
Saint Lucia  G/TRIMS/N/1/LCA/1 14 February 1996 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  G/TRIMS/N/1/SAU/1 3 October 2006 Singapore  G/TRIMS/N/1/SGP/1 9 October 1996 
Slovenia  G/TRIMS/N/1/SVN/1 27 March 1995 
Sri Lanka   G/TRIMS/N/1/LKA/1 14 March 2000 
Switzerland  G/TRIMS/N/1/CHE/1 8 August 1995 
Chinese Taipei   G/TRIMS/N/1/TPKM/1 27 May 2002 Trinidad & Tobago  G/TRIMS/N/1/TTO/1 1 April 1996 
Zambia  G/TRIMS/N/1/ZMB/1 13 April 1995 
                                               
1 A Corrigendum to the English version was issu ed in G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/ 1/Add.1/Corr.1, dated 
26 October 1999. G/L/1123 
 
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 ANNEX 3  
MEMBERS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE AGREEMENT ON 
TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES 
 
Albania Lesotho 
Angola Liechtenstein 
Argentina Macao, China 
Armenia Madagascar Australia  Malaysia Bahrain, Kingdom of Maldives Bolivia, Plurinational State of   Mali Botswana Mauritius Brazil Mexico Brunei Darussalam Moldova, Republic of Burkina Faso Montenegro Burundi Mongolia Cameroon Namibia Canada New Zealand Chad Nicaragua Chile Nigeria China Norway Colombia Oman Congo Panama Costa Rica Paraguay Côte d'Ivoire Peru Cuba Philippines Dominica Qatar Dominican Republic Russian Federation 
Ecuador Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 
El Salvador Senegal European Union (including the member States) Singapore  
Fiji  South Africa Gabon Sri Lanka The Gambia Suriname Ghana Switzerland Guatemala Chinese Taipei Haiti Thailand Honduras Togo Hong Kong, China Trinidad and Tobago Iceland Tunisia India Indonesia Turkey 
Uganda 
Israel Ukraine Jamaica United Arab Emirates Japan United States of America Jordan Uruguay Korea, Republic of Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Kuwait, the State of Zambia Kyrgyz Republic Zimbabwe Lao People's Democratic Republic    
  
  
 
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