WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/VAL/W/218 
16 October 2012 
 (12-5605) 
Committee on Customs Valuation  
  
 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND 
OPERATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VII 
OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
Background Working Document by the Secretariat 
   This working document is circulated by the Secr etariat in preparation for the eighteenth annual 
review of the implementation and operation of the Agreement on Implem entation of Article VII of the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (the Ag reement), to be conducted at the forthcoming 
meeting on 25 October 2012.  As indicated below, this  document will have to be updated in light of the 
discussion at that meeting in order to give a full pi cture of the developments in the Committee during the 
current year. 
 
_______________ 
  
 Article 23 of the Agreement provides that "the Committee shall review annually the implementation and operation of this Agreement taking into ac count the objectives thereof". 
  The main objectives of the Agr eement are those listed  in the General Introductory Commentary.  
The annual review of the Committee should cove r the implementation and ope ration of the Agreement 
in the light of its objectives and specific obligations.  G/VAL/W/218 
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   The contents of this document are as follows: 
  Page 
I.  MEMBERS, DELAYED APPLICATIONS, RESERVATIONS AND 
OBSERVER STATUS .............................................................................................................. 3 
(a)  WTO Members (157) ............................................................................................................. ..... 3 
(b)  Delayed Application and Reservations ....................................................................................... 4  
(i)  Article 20.1 (delayed application of the provisions of the Agreement) ....................................... 4  
(ii)  Article 20.2 (delayed application of the computed value method) .............................................. 4  
(iii) Annex III, paragraph 1 (extension of the five-year delay period) ............................................... 4  
(iv)  Annex III, paragraph 2(reservation concerning minimum values) ............................................. 4  
(v)  Annex III, paragraph 3 (reservation concerni ng reversal of sequential order of 
Articles 5 and 6) (53) ........................................................................................................ .......... 4 
(vi)  Annex III, paragraph 4 (reservation to apply Ar ticle 5.2 whether or not the importer 
so requests) (51) ............................................................................................................. ............. 5  
(c)  Observer Govern ments (30) ..................................................................................................... ... 5 
(d)  Observer International Organizations (6) ................................................................................... 5  
II.  OFFICERS OF THE WTO COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS VALUATION ...................... 5  
III. MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE .................................................................................... 5  
IV.  NATIONAL LEGISLATION PRESENTED ......................................................................... 6  
(a)  Texts of national legislation ................................................................................................. ....... 6 
(b)  Checklist of issues ........................................................................................................... ........... 6 
(c)  Examination of national legislation ........................................................................................... . 6 
(d)  Information on the application of the Committee Decisions ...................................................... 6  
V.  DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ..................................................................... 6  
VI.  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .................................................................................................. 7  
VII. ISSUES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTA TION OF THE AGREEMENT ......................... 7  
VIII. PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION ............................................................................................. 7  
IX.  REPORTS BY THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS 
VALUATION ..................................................................................................................... ....... 7 
X.  CONSULTATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT ............................................................ 7  
XI.  ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL  FOR TRADE IN GOODS ................................. 7  
  G/VAL/W/218 
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  I. MEMBERS, DELAYED APPLICATIONS, RESERVATIONS AND OBSERVER 
STATUS 
(a) WTO Members (157) 
Albania Ghana Oman 
Angola Greece Pakistan 
Antigua and Barbuda Grenada Panama 
Argentina Guatemala Papua New Guinea 
Armenia Guinea  Paraguay 
Australia Guinea-Bissau Peru 
Austria Guyana Philippines 
Bahrain, Kingdom of Haiti Poland 
Bangladesh Honduras Portugal 
Barbados Hong Kong, China Qatar 
Belgium Hungary Romania 
Belize Iceland Russian Federation 
Benin India Rwanda 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of Indonesia Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Botswana Ireland Saint Lucia 
Brazil Israel Saint Vincent & the Grenadine Brunei Darussalam Italy Samoa 
Bulgaria Jamaica Saudi  Arabia, Kingdom of 
Burkina Faso Japan Senegal 
Burundi Jordan Sierra Leone 
Cambodia Kenya Singapore 
Cameroon Korea Slovak Republic 
Canada Kuwait Slovenia 
Cape Verde Kyrgyz Republic Solomon Islands 
Central African Republic Latvia South Africa 
Chad Lesotho Spain 
Chile Liechtenstein Sri Lanka 
China Lithuania Suriname 
Colombia Luxembourg Swaziland 
Congo Macao, China Sweden 
Costa Rica Madagascar Switzerland 
Côte d'Ivoire Malawi Chinese Taipei 
Croatia Malaysia Tanzania 
Cuba Maldives Thailand 
Cyprus Mali The Former Yugoslav Rep. of 
Macedonia (FYROM) 
Czech Republic Malta Togo 
Democratic Republic of Congo Mauritania Tonga 
Denmark Mauritius Trinidad and Tobago 
Djibouti Mexico Tunisia 
Dominica Moldova, Republic of Turkey 
Dominican Republic Mongolia Uganda 
Ecuador Montenegro Ukraine 
Egypt Morocco United Arab Emirates 
El Salvador Mozambique United Kingdom 
Estonia Myanmar United States of America 
European Union Namibia Uruguay 
Fiji Nepal Vanuatu 
Finland Netherlands Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of 
France New Zealand Viet Nam 
Gabon Nicaragua Zambia 
The Gambia Niger Zimbabwe 
Georgia Nigeria  Germany Norway  
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  (b) Delayed Application and Reservations 
This section reflects the situation with respect to special and differential treatment provisions 
available for developing country Members as of [30 October 2012].  These provisions have been 
invoked as follows:  (i) Article 20.1 (delayed application of the provisions of the Agreement)  
No Member maintains this special and differential treatment provision. 
(ii) Article 20.2 (delayed application of the computed value method)  
No Member maintains this special and differential treatment provision. 
(iii) Annex III, paragraph 1 (extension of the five-year delay period)  
No Member maintains this special and differential treatment provision. 
(iv) Annex III, paragraph 2(reservation concerning minimum values) 
No Member maintains this special and differential treatment provision. 
(v) Annex III, paragraph 3 (reservation concerning reversal of sequential order of Articles 5 
and 6) (53) 
Argentina
1 Guatemala Niger 
Bahrain Guyana Pakistan Bangladesh Haiti Panama Benin Honduras Peru
1 
Brazil1 India1 Philippines 
Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Senegal 
Burkina Faso Israel Sri Lanka 
Cameroon Jamaica Thailand Chile Kenya Togo Colombia Madagascar Tunisia Costa Rica Malawi
1 Turkey1 
Côte d'Ivoire Malaysia Uganda 
Djibouti Maldives Un ited Arab Emirates 
Dominican Republic Mali Uruguay Ecuador Mexico
1 Venezuela, Bol. Rep. of   
Egypt Morocco1 Zambia 
El Salvador Myanmar Zimbabwe1 
Gabon Nicaragua 
   
 
                                                      
1 These Members maintain in the WTO the special an d differential treatment provisions invoked under 
the Tokyo Round Agreement th rough Decision WT/L/38.  G/VAL/W/218 
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(vi) Annex III, paragraph 4 (reservation to apply Article 5.2 whether or not the importer so 
requests) (51) 
Argentina1 Dominican Republic Kenya Peru1 
Bahrain Ecuador Madagascar Philippines 
Bangladesh Egypt Malaysia Senegal 
Benin El Salvador Malawi Sri Lanka Brazil
1 Gabon Maldives Thailand 
Brunei Darussalam Guatemala Mali Togo 
Burkina Faso Guyana Mexico1 Tunisia 
Cameroon Haiti Morocco1 Turkey1 
Chile Honduras Myanmar Uruguay 
Colombia India1 Nicaragua Venezuela, Bol. Rep. of  
Costa Rica Indonesia Niger Zambia Côte d'Ivoire Israel Nigeria Zimbabwe
1 
Djibouti Jamai ca Pakistan  
    
  (c) Observer Governments (26) 
Afghanistan Iraq 
Algeria Kazakhstan 
Andorra Laos, PDR Azerbaijan Lebanon Bahamas Liberia Belarus Libya 
Bhutan Sao Tome and Principe 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Comoros Seychelles Equatorial Guinea Sudan Ethiopia Tajikistan Holy See Uzbekistan 
Iran Yemen 
 (d) Observer International Organizations (6)
2 
 World Customs Organization  UNCTAD  IADB 
 I M F      A C P    W o r l d  B a n k  
 
II. OFFICERS OF THE WTO COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS VALUATION 
 Chairman (elected in May 2011)  Mr Masafumi Kobayashi (Japan) 
 Chairman (elected in May 2012)  Ms. Irena Banaszynska (Poland) 
 
III. MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE 
 During the reporting period, the Committee held two formal meetings.  The first meeting was 
held on 10 May 2012 (G/VAL/M/53) and was chaired by Mr Masafumi Kobayashi.  The second 
                                                      
2 These organizations now have official observer status following Agreement in the Committee 
(G/VAL/M/5) and Agreements between the World Bank and the IMF with the WTO (WT/L/195). G/VAL/W/218 
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  meeting was held on 25 October 2012 (G/VAL/M/ to be issued) and was chaired by Ms Irena 
Banaszynska.    
IV. NATIONAL LEGISLATION PRESENTED 
(a) Texts of national legislation 
 Article 22 of the Agreement requires each Member  to inform the Committee of any changes in 
its laws and regulations relevant to the Agreem ent and in the administration of such laws and 
regulations.  At its fi rst meeting, on 12 May 1995, the Comm ittee agreed on procedures for the 
notification of national legislation (G/V AL/M/1, paragraphs 29-35, 71 and 72). 
 
 During the reporting period, communicatio ns were submitted by Cape Verde 
(G/VAL/N/1/CPV/1), Nicaragua (G/VAL/N/1/NIC/1), the Russian Federation (G/VAL/N/1/RUS/1), Rwanda (G/VAL/N/1/RWA/1), and Ukraine (G/VAL/N/1/UKR/2).    (b) Checklist of issues 
 At its first meeting, on 12 May 1995, the Commit tee agreed on procedures for the submission of 
a checklist of issues (G/VAL/M/1, pa ragraphs 36-39).  The checklist of issues is contained in G/VAL/5.  
  During the reporting period, communi cations were submitted by Nicaragua 
(G/VAL/N/2/NIC/1),  the Russian Federation (G/VAL /N/2/RUS/1), and Rwanda (G/VAL/N/2/RWA/1).   
 
(c) Examination of national legislation 
At its meeting of 10 May 2012, the Commit tee pursued the examination of various 
communications and impl ementing legislations.  The Committee agreed to revert to the examination of 
the legislations of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Beliz e, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China, Costa Rica, 
Nigeria, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,  Thailand, Tunisia, and Ukraine at the next 
meeting.     
  At the 25 October 2012 meeting, the Committee cont inued its examination of the legislations of 
the [Kingdom of Bahrain, Belize, Cambodia, Cape Verde, China, Costa Rica, Ecua dor, Nicaragua, 
Nigeria, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Thailand, Tunisia, and Ukraine.  The Committee concluded the examination of the legislation of …. ].  [To be updated] 
 
(d) Information on the application of the Committee Decisions 
 Notifications on the application of the Decision on the Treatment  of Interest Charges in the 
Customs Value of Imported Goods and of paragrap h 2 of the Decision on the Valuation of Carrier 
Media Bearing Software for Data  Processing Equipment (G/VAL /5) were summarized by the 
Secretariat in document G/VAL/W/ 5/Rev.22.  A new notification was received from the Russian 
Federation (G/VAL/N/3/RUS/1).   
V. DECISIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE 
 At its first meeting on 12 May 1995, the Co mmittee adopted Decisions which had been 
previously adopted by the Tokyo Round Committee.  These Decisions are reproduced in document 
G/VAL/5.  The Committee also adopted Decisions that were referred by the Ministers at Marrakesh to 
the Committee.  The texts of the decisions are c ontained in document G/VAL/1.  During the reporting 
period, no new decisions were  adopted by the Committee. 
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  VI. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
 The Committee took note that technical assistance  in the area of customs valuation was now 
incorporated in the WTO-wide technical assistan ce programme.  The 2012-2013 biennial technical 
assistance plan was currently being implemented.  This Plan foresees regional activities on "Market 
Access Issues", which include customs valuation tr aining as one of the areas covered.  Two such 
activities were delivered in 2012: a first one took place in Korea in June (Asian region) and a second 
one took place in Chile in August (Latin Amer ican region).  The regional workshop planned for 
English Speaking Africa had to be postp oned, but will be taking place in 2013. 
 Members also have the possibility to make at an y time requests for technical assistance on customs 
valuation, which would be met by a national activity d esigned to meet the needs of the recipient.  Four 
national activities were delivered in 2012.  The firs t one took place in The Gambia and was delivered 
by the WTO Secretariat.  Three other national activ ities were delivered jointly by the WTO and World 
Customs Organization (WCO) Secretariats in Honduras, Kyrgyz Republic and Peru.   
 
VII. ISSUES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
 [At the meetings of 10 May and 25 October, th e Committee took note of statements made 
regarding the work in relation to the Committee's ma ndate in paragraph 8.3 of the Ministerial Decision 
on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns. ] 
 
VIII. PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION 
 The Secretariat prepared a consolidated vers ion of all notifications received, which was 
circulated in G/PSI/N/1/Rev.1.  New notificati ons were received from Ecuador and the Russian 
Federation.  At the meetings of 10 May [and 25 October 2012], the United States stated that it was looking forward to written responses to the qu estions it had posed to Indonesia on its new 
preshipment inspection programme. [To be updated] 
 
IX. REPORTS BY THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS VALUATION 
 
 At the 12 May meeting, the representative  of the WCO presented a report on the 32
nd Session 
of the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation,  which was held from 11 to 15 April 2012. 
 
 At the 28 October meeting, the WCO representative presented a report on the 33rd Session of 
the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation,  which was held from 15 to 19 October 2012. 
 
X. CONSULTATION AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 
Nil. 
XI. ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
 The Committee adopted its annual report to the Council for Trade in Goods in accordance with 
the requirements of Articl e 23 of the Agreement (G/L/..).  [To be updated] G/VAL/W/218 
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  ANNEX 
 
Information on National Legislation and ch eck list of issues as of [15 October 2012 ] 
 
 This annex provides an overv iew of Members' notifications1with respect to national legislation 
on customs valuation, including changes therein, and th e replies to the checklist of issues.  Individual 
EU Member States are not included in the list. 
 
Member National Legislation Date of 
notification Replies to the 
checklist of issues Date of 
notification 
Albania G/VAL/N/1/ALB/1 09.07.2001 G/VAL/N/2/ALB/1 26.11.2007 
Angola     
Antigua and 
Barbuda     
Argentina G/VAL/N/1/ARG/1 06.11.1996 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.4 09.11.1987 
Armenia G/VAL/N/1/ARM/1 06.08.2003 G/VAL/N/2/ARM/1 06.08.2003 
Australia G/VAL/N/1/AUS/1 
G/VAL/N/1/AUS/2 28.08.1995 
19.12.2002 VAL/2/Rev.1/Add.12 
+Suppl.1 12.04.1983 
 
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of G/VAL/N/1/BHR/1 
G/VAL/N/1/BHR/2 06.05.2009 
15.10.2012 G/VAL/N/2/BHR/1 17.03.2008 
Bangladesh     
Barbados     
Belize G/VAL/N/1/BLZ/1 29.05.2008 G/VAL/N/2/BLZ/1 26.05.2008 
Benin     
Bolivia, Plur. State 
of G/VAL/N/1/BOL/1 30.09.2002   
Botswana VAL/1/Add.16 28.03.1985   
Brazil G/VAL/N/1/BRA/1 
G/VAL/N/1/BRA/2 
G/VAL/N/1/BRA/3 21.10.1996 
30.11.1998 
14.03.2000 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.3 11.05.1987 
Brunei Darussalam G/VAL/N/1/BRN/1 26.10.2001 G/VAL/N/2/BRN/1 27.06.2002 
Burkina Faso G/VAL/N/1/BFA/1 30.10.2002   
Burundi     
Cambodia G/VAL/N/1/KHM/1 12.03.2010 G/VAL/N/2/KHM/1 24.10.2011 
Cameroon     
Canada G/VAL/N/1/CAN/1 
 G/VAL/N/1/CAN/2 29.01.1996 
14.11.1997 G/VAL/N/2/CAN/1 01.06.1999 
Cape Verde G/VAL/N/1/CPV/1 17.07.2012   
Central African 
Rep.     
Chad     
Chile G/VAL/N/1/CHL/1 24.11.2003   
China G/VAL/N/1/CHN/1 
 G/VAL/N/1/CHN/2  G/VAL/N/1/CHN/3 
 G/VAL/N/1/CHN/4 
 G/VAL/N/1/CHN/5 05.07.2002 
16.06.2003 24.09.2003 
07.06.2004 
11.04.2008 G/VAL/N/2/CHN/1 05.07.2002 
Colombia G/VAL/N/1/COL/1 23.01.2001 G/VAL/N/2/COL/1 24.01.2001 
Congo     
Costa Rica G/VAL/N/1/CRI/1 
G/VAL/N/1/CRI/2 27.09.2000 
14.07.2011 G/VAL/N/2/CRI/1 28.09.2001 
Côte d'Ivoire G/VAL/N/1/CIV/1 28.06.2002   
Croatia G/VAL/N/1/HRV/1 16.01.2002 G/VAL/N/2/HRV/1 16.01.2002 
                                                      
1 Documents beginning with "VAL" are GATT docu ments issued under the Tokyo Round Committee 
on Customs Valuation.  The table reflects the situatio n as of the date of circulation of this report.  G/VAL/W/218 
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  Member National Legislation Date of 
notification Replies to the 
checklist of issues Date of 
notification 
Cuba G/VAL/N/1/CUB/1 25.04.2001 G/VAL/N/2/CUB/1 18.07.2002 
Dem. Rep. of 
Congo     
Djibouti     
Dominica G/VAL/N/1/DMA/1 12.09.2001   
Dominican 
Republic G/VAL/N/1/DOM/1 10.07.2001   
Ecuador G/VAL/N/1/ECU/1 
G/VAL/N/1/ECU/2 
G/VAL/N/1/ECU/2/Rev.1 28.08.1995 
06.11.1995 01.03.1996 G/VAL/N/2/ECU/1 01.11.2011 
Egypt G/VAL/N/1/EGY/1 27.04.2007 G/VAL/N/2/EGY/1 26.04.2007 
El Salvador     
European Union G/VAL/N/1/EEC/1  
G/VAL/N/1/EEC/1/Rev.1 17.11.1995 
06.12.1995 VAL/2/Rev.1/Add.6 
+Suppl.1 29.10.1981 
Fiji G/VAL/N/1/FJI/1 
G/VAL/N/1/FJI/2 02.04.1997 
01.04.1998 G/VAL/N/2/FJI/1 02.04.1997 
Gabon G/VAL/N/1/GAB/1 15.10.1999   
The Gambia     
Georgia G/VAL/N/1/GEO/1 22.04.2002   
Ghana     
Grenada     
Guatemala G/VAL/N/1/GTM/1 30.09.2005   
Guinea     
Guinea-Bissau     
Guyana     
Haiti     
Honduras     
Hong Kong, China G/VAL/N/1/HKG/1 31.01.1996 N/A  
Iceland G/VAL/N/1/ISL/1 20.10.1997 G/VAL/N/2/ISL/1 16.04.1999 
India G/VAL/N/1/IND/1 
G/VAL/N/1/IND/2 
G/VAL/N/1/IND/3 15.01.1996 
29.03.1996 
15.07.2002 G/VAL/N/2/IND/1  
G/VAL/N/2/IND/1/ 
Corr.1 15.07.2002 
22.07.2002 
Indonesia G/VAL/N/1/IDN/1 27.09.2001   
Israel G/VAL/N/1/ISR/1 
G/VAL/N/1/ISR/1/Corr.1 12.05.1998 
25.06.1999   
Jamaica G/VAL/N/1/JAM/1 09.04.2001 G/VAL/N/2/JAM/1 06.04.2001 
Japan G/VAL/N/1/JPN/1 22.11.1995 VAL/2/Rev.1/Add.8 
G/VAL/N/2/JPN/1 04.11.1981 
09.05.2000 
Jordan G/VAL/N/1/JOR/1 02.10.2000 G/VAL/N/2/JOR/1 16.08.2000 
Kenya G/VAL/N/1/KEN/1 21.01.20 02 G/VAL/N/2/KEN/1 21.01.2002 
Korea G/VAL/N/1/KOR/1 
G/VAL/N/1/KOR/2 28.09.1995 
27.04.2001 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.1 21.04.1986 
Kuwait G/VAL/N/1/KWT/1 14.12.2007   
Kyrgyz Republic G/VAL/N/1/KGZ/1 03.11.2000 G/VAL/N/2/KGZ/1 15.03.2000 
Lesotho VAL/1/Add.21 28.11.1986 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.2 02.12.1986 
Liechtenstein G/VAL/N/1/ LIE/1 06.11.1996 N/A  
Macao, China G/VAL/N/1/MAC/1 09.05.1996 N/A  
Madagascar G/VAL/N/1/MDG/1 09.04.2001   
Malawi G/VAL/N/1/MWI/1 07.04.1998   
Malaysia G/VAL/N/1/MYS/1 08.06.2001 G/VAL/N/2/MYS/1 08.06.2001 
Maldives     
Mali     
Mauritania     
Mauritius G/VAL/N/1/MUS/1 27.09.2001 G/VAL/N/2/MUS/1 26.09.2001 G/VAL/W/218 
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  Member National Legislation Date of 
notification Replies to the 
checklist of issues Date of 
notification 
Mexico G/VAL/N/1/MEX/1  
G/VAL/N/1/MEX/1/Rev.1 02.07.2004 
19.08.2004 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.8  
G/VAL/N/2/MEX/1  
G/VAL/N/2/MEX/1/ 
Corr.1 13.02.1995 
02.07.2004 19.08.2004 
Moldova, Rep. of G/VAL/N/1/MDA/1 01.02.2002 G/VAL/N/2/MDA/1 01.02.2002 
Mongolia     
Montenegro     
Morocco G/VAL/N/1/MAR/1 
G/VAL/N/1/MAR/1/Rev.1 
G/VAL/N/1/MAR/1/Rev.1/
Corr.1 
G/VAL/N/1/MAR/2 12.11.1998 
24.03.1999 
01.04.1999 
 
17.02.2003 G/VAL/N/2/MAR/1 19.11.1998 
Mozambique G/VAL/N/1/MOZ/1 04.07.2005   
Myanmar     
Namibia G/VAL/N/1/NAM/1 28.07.1999   
Nepal     
New Zealand G/VAL/N/1/NZL/1 28.08.1995 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.2  
Nicaragua G/VAL/N/1/NIC/1 12.10.2012 G/VAL/N/2/NIC/1 12.10.2012 
Niger     
Nigeria G/VAL/N/1/NGA/1 05.09. 2008 G/VAL/N/2/NGA/1 03.09.2008 
Norway G/VAL/N/1/NOR/1 
G/VAL/N/1/NOR/2 31.01.1996 
18.05.2009 VAL/2/Rev.1/Add.10  
Oman G/VAL/N/1/OMN/1  
G/VAL/N/1/OMN/2 25.01.2001 
08.09.2008 G/VAL/N/2/OMN/1 08.09.2008 
Pakistan G/VAL/N/1/PAK/1 15.05.2001   
Panama G/VAL/N/1/PAN/1 08.10. 1998 G/VAL/N/2/PAN/1 08.10.1998 
Papua New Guinea     
Paraguay G/VAL/N/1/PRY/1 21.09.2004   
Peru G/VAL/N/1/PER/1 
G/VAL/N/1/PER/2 
G/VAL/N/1/PER/3 G/VAL/N/1/PER/4 25.10.2001 
16.02.2004 
23.05.2005 02.11.2010 G/VAL/N/2/PER/1 03.11.2010 
Philippines G/VAL/N/1/PHL/1 05.10.2001 G/VAL/N/2/PHL/1 23.08.2004 
Qatar G/VAL/N/1/QAT/1 01.06.2005 G/VAL/N/2/QAT/1 24.10.2005 
Russian Federation G/VAL/N/1/RUS/1  G/VAL/N/2/RUS/1 02.10.2012 
Rwanda G/VAL/N/1/RWA/1 29.02.2012 G/VAL/N/2/RWA/1 29.02.2012 
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis     
Saint Lucia     
Saint Vincent & the 
Grenadines G/VAL/N/1/VCT/1 03.04.2009 G/VAL/N/2/VCT/1 29.01.2009 
Samoa     
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of G/VAL/N/1/SAU/1 06.02.2007 G/VAL/N/2/SAU/1 08.01.2007 
Senegal G/VAL/N/1/SEN/1 27.09.2001   
Sierra Leone     
Singapore G/VAL/N/1/SGP/1 13.10.1997 G/VAL/N/2/SGP/1 10.10.1997 
Solomon Islands     
South Africa G/VAL/N/1/ZAF 30.08.1996 VAL/2/Rev.1/Add.13  
Sri Lanka     
Suriname G/VAL/N/1/SUR/1 27.01.1999   
Swaziland G/VAL/N/1/SWZ/1 25.04.2007 G/VAL/N/2/SWZ/1 07.06.2001 
Switzerland G/VAL/N/1/CHE/1 28.08.1995 N/A  
Chinese Taipei G/VAL/N/1/TPKM/1 01.07.2002 G/VAL/N/2/TPKM/1 13.06.2002  G/VAL/W/218 
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  Member National Legislation Date of 
notification Replies to the 
checklist of issues Date of 
notification 
G/VAL/N/2/TPKM/2 12.09.2002 
Tanzania G/VAL/N/1/TZA/1 14.11.2006 G/VAL/N/2/TZA/1 03.04.2004 
Thailand G/VAL/N/1/THA/1 23.07.2003 G/VAL/N/2/THA/1 06.10.2003 
The Former 
Yugoslav Rep. of 
Macedonia G/VAL/N/1/MKD/1 06.11.2006 G/VAL/N/2/MKD/1 16.02.2005 
Togo     
Tonga     
Trinidad and 
Tobago G/VAL/N/1/TTO/1 12.11.1998 G/VAL/N/2/TTO/1 12.11.1998 
Tunisia G/VAL/N/1/TUN/1 
G/VAL/N/1/TUN/2 
G/VAL/N/1/TUN/2/Rev.1 
G/VAL/N/1/TUN/3 25.04.2002 
28.04.2009 
18.05.2009 
12.05.2011   
Turkey G/VAL/N/1/TUR/1 
G/VAL/N/1/TUR/2 31.10.19951
8.05.2000 G/VAL/N/2/TUR/1 25.04.2001 
Uganda G/VAL/N/1/UGA/1 07.10.2005   
Ukraine G/VAL/N/1/UKR/1 
G/VAL/N/1/UKR/2 18.06.2008 
10.08.2012 G/VAL/N/2/UKR/1 29.05.2008 
United Arab 
Emirates     
United States of 
America G/VAL/N/1/USA/1 01.04.1996 VAL/2/Rev.1/Add.1  
Uruguay G/VAL/N/1/URY/1 19.01.2001 G/VAL/N/2/URY/1 19.04.2001 
Vanuatu     
Venezuela, Bol. 
Rep. of G/VAL/N/1/VEN/1 22.01.2002 G/VAL/N/2/VEN/1 21.01.2002 
Viet Nam     
Zambia G/VAL/N/1/ZMB/1 05.10.2000   
Zimbabwe G/VAL/N/1/ZWE/1 28.09.1995 VAL/2/Rev.2/Add.5 11.04.1988 
 
 
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