G/TRIMS/W/165  
 
14 October  2016 
(16-5572) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade -Related Investment Measure s   
 
COMMITTEE ON TRADE -RELATED INVESTMENT M EASURES  
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT  
Reminder  
1.  Article 6.2 of the Trade -Related Investment Measures ("TRIMs Agreement") provides:   
Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publicat ions in which TRIMs may be 
found, including those applied by regional and local governments and authori ties 
within their territories.  
2.  This provision does not envisage notifications of particular laws, regulations or measures but of 
publications. It ap plies to all WTO Members, covers all levels of government and refers to any 
TRIM, whether or not  in conformity with Articles III and XI of the GATT  1994.  
3.  At its meeting on 30 September 1996, the Committee on TRIMs adopted the Decision contained 
in doc ument G/TRIMS/5 (attached) pertaining to the procedures for notifications to be submitted 
by all Members pursuant to Article 6.2 of the TRIMs Agreement. The attached Decision specifies, in 
its paragraphs 3 and 4, the information which should be contained i n such notifications and 
indicates that these notifications would be without prejudice to the legal consistency of any TRIMs  
which may be found in these publications notified. The Secretariat consolidates all notifications 
received pursuant to this Article  in one single document, the latest of which was  circulated in 
G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.26  dated 12 October  2016.  
4.  Members that have never submitted the required notifications are reminded to do so without 
delay.   
5.  Members that have submitted the required n otifications and have not updated them, as 
necessary, to reflect any changes that may have occurred, are reminded to update such 
notifications without delay.   
6.  Members that have submitted nil notifications indicating that they have no TRIMs inconsisten t 
with the TRIMs Agreement, are also reminded that the obligation to notify names and publications 
where TRIMs may be found pertains to any TRIM without prejudice to its legal consistency . 
Members that have submitted such nil notifications are also reminde d to submit the required 
notifications without delay.   
7.  All Members are requested to include in their notifications any websites where relevant 
information could be found.  G/TRIMS/W/165  
 
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WORLD TRADE  G/TRIMS/5  
 30 October 1996  
ORGANIZATION  
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Committee on Trade -Related Investment Measures  
 
 
 
 NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT  
 
 Decision of the Committee of 30  September  1996  
 
 
1) Article 6.2 of the TRIMs Agreement provides:  
 
 Each Mem ber shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which TRIMs may be 
found, including those  applied by regional and local governments and authorities within 
their territories.  
 
2) This provision does not envisage notification s of particular laws, regulations or measures but of 
publications.  It applies to all WTO Members, covers all levels of government and refers to any TRIM, 
whether or not in conformity with Articles III and XI  of the GATT 1994.  
 
3) The Committee decides that each Member implement Article 6.2 by providing the Secretariat with 
the name(s) of publication(s) in which TRIMs may be found, where such publications exist, including 
those applied by regional and local governments and authoritie s within their territories, and the addresses 
from which copies can be obtained.  Members are not expected to submit copies of such publications.  
The notification would be without prejudice to the legal consistency of any TRIMs which may be found in 
these  publications notified.  
 
4) The "publications", notification of which is envisaged under Article 6.2, are official sources which 
would contain relevant laws, regulations or measures of more specific character.  Such sources may 
include official gazettes, but it might be more helpful if Members included references to specific 
publications of relevant agencies (e.g. bulletins or periodicals of a relevant ministry or foreign investment 
board).  
 
5) Members are inv ited to submit lists of such publications by 1 February 1997  and to update these 
lists as appropriate.  The Secretariat will consolidate notifications under Article 6.2 in a single document 
which will be updated as the need arises.  
 
 
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