G/AG/W/112/Rev.6  
 
14 February 2019  
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
IMPROVEMENT OF THE S UBMISSION OF NOTIFIC ATIONS  
DOCUMENTATION GUIDE  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  At its meeting on 13 June  2013, the Committee on Agriculture (CoA) agreed that the Secretariat 
prepare a Documentation Guide  to assist Members in taking stock of the situation related to the 
submission of notifications. This documentation guide lists documents that include content related 
to work on this topic and does not summarize the contents of these documents. The guide in cludes 
documents that have been circulated formally or informally in written communications by Members, 
the Chairperson or the Secretariat since 1995.  
1.2.  At the September 2013 meeting, the Committee requested the Secretariat to periodically 
update the guide. The guide will be updated annually. This update covers documents circulated 
before 31 December  2018. 
1.3.  The tables in this guide are grouped by document category:  
• Member submissions ; 
• Reports to other WTO bodies ; 
• Notes by the Chairman ; 
• Summary reports of the C ommittee on Agriculture ; 
• Notes by the Secretariat ; and  
• Other documents  
1.4.  Documents that were restricted at the time of circulation of the Documentation Guide are 
indicated by "*". All unrestricted documents are available through the WTO document search facil ity 
(docs.wto.org) .2 WTO Members may also access restricted documents through this search facility by 
signing on for member access. From the WTO document search system  it is possible to open an 
HTML version of documents containing links to all WTO document referenced within those 
documents.  
  
                                                
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 See WT/L/452 for a description of WTO procedures for the circulation and derestriction of documents.  G/AG/W/112/Rev.6  
 
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  2  MEMBER SUBMISSIONS  
Symbol  Submitted by  Title Date of circulation  
Market access  
G/AG/W/43  Canada  Issues regarding market access 
notifications  12 March 1999  
RD/AG/28*  Cairns Group  Implementation of the Bali 
Ministerial Decision on 
"Understanding on tariff rate quota 
administration provisions of 
agricultural products…" 
(WT/MI N (13)/39 and WT/L/914 
dated 11  December 2013)  12 March 2014 
G/AG/W/175  European Union  European union submission to 
Committee on Agriculture on the 
process  for the review of the 
operation of the Bali Decision  on 
Tariff Rate Quota Administration  18 May 2018  
G/AG/W/179  Cairns Group  Review of the operation of the B ali 
Ministerial Decision on 
"Understanding on tariff rate quota 
administration provisions of 
agricultural products …" 6 June 2018  
G/AG/W/186  Australia  Review of Bali Decision on 
TRQ Administration  19 September 2018  
Domestic support  
G/AG/W/34  New Zealand  Implementation issues regarding 
domestic support  11 June 1998  
G/AG/W/35  United States  Equivalent measurement of support  22 June 1998  
G/AG/W/39  United States  Implementation issues regarding 
domestic support notifications. 
Notification of "Green Box" 
measures  13 November 1998  
G/AG/W/44  Canada  Implementation issues regarding 
domestic support. Treatment of 
negative components in AMS and 
total AMS 12 March 1999  
G/AG/W/97  United States  Committee's review of domestic 
support notifications  31 August 2012 
G/AG/W/105  United States  Review of domestic support 
notifications, policy evolution - An 
assessment of transparency and 
consistency  5 November 2012  
RD/AG/18  Canada  A discussion on Article 18.4, 
Agreement on Agriculture  25 September 2013  
RD/AG/18/Add.1/Rev.1  Canada  A discussion on Article 18.4, 
Agreement on Agriculture. 
Compendium of notifications, 
questions and answers  18 March 2014  
G/AG/W/122  Canada, Argentina, 
Paraguay, 
Colombia, 
New Zealand and 
Norway  Article 18.4 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture - Best Practices in 
Notification  17 March 2014  
G/AG/W/122/Add.1  Canada, Costa 
Rica, Argentina, 
Paraguay, 
Colombia, 
New Zealand and 
Norway  Article 18.4 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture - Best Practices in 
Notification  19 March 2014  G/AG/W/112/Rev.6  
 
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  Symbol  Submitted by  Title Date of circulation  
Export competition  
G/AG/W/37  Australia  Issues regarding export subsidy 
notifications  12 November 1998  
G/AG/W/85  Cuba Request for exemption  29 June 2011  
G/AG/W/99  Australia, United 
States  Format suggestions for significant 
exporters discussion  19 September 2012 
RD/AG/4*  China, India, 
Pakistan, 
Philippines, Turkey  Review of the list of "Significant 
Exporters"  13 June 2012  
RD/AG/6*  India, China, 
Pakistan, Turkey, 
Philippines  Review of the list of "Significant 
Exporters"  19 June 2012  
RD/AG/11*  Canada  Review of the "List of Significant 
Exporters"  8 October 2012  
G/AG/W/101  China, India, 
Pakistan, 
Philippines, Turkey  Developing guidelines for reviewing 
the list of "Significant Exporters"  9 October 2012  
RD/AG/13*  Norway  G/AG/W/101 – Developing 
guidelines for reviewing the list of 
"Significant Exporters". Questions 
from Norway to China, India, 
Pakistan, Philippines, and Turkey  24 October 2012  
RD/AG/14*  China, India, 
Pakistan, 
Philippines, and 
Turkey  G/AG/W/101 – Developing 
guidelines for reviewing the list of 
"Significant Exporters". Questions 
from Norway to China, India, 
Pakistan, Philippines, and Turkey  13 November 2012  
Export prohibitions and restrictions  
RD/AG/2*  Japan  For the implementation of 
notification requirements on export 
restrictions  18 June 2012 
RD/AG/5*  United States  Article 12 of the AoA: Assessing 
ER:1 notification implementation, 
understanding ER:1 notification 
issues & concerns  19 June 2012  
G/AG/W/107  Japan  Work on improving the 
implementation of notifications 
(Article 12 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture)  7 March 2013  
G/AG/W/113 and 
G/AG/W/113/ Add.1 United States  Transparency opportunities – Export 
restrictions  16 September 2013 
and 
28 February  2014 
G/AG/W/117  United States  Transparency opportunities – Export 
restrictions  4 March  2014 
G/AG/W/128 and 
G/AG/W/128/ Corr.1 United States  Transparency opportunities – Export 
restrictions  28 May 2014 and 
2 June 2014  
G/AG/W/130  Japan  Work on improving the 
implementation of notifications on 
export restrictions – Determination 
of "Net -food exporter"  2 June 2014  
G/AG/W/140  Japan  Work on improving the 
implementation of notifications on 
export restrictions - Definition of 
"foodstuffs"  26 February 2015  G/AG/W/112/Rev.6  
 
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  Symbol  Submitted by  Title Date of circulation  
General  
Member submissions  
G/AG/W/33  United States  Compliance with notification 
obligations. "Overdue notifications"  11 June 1998  
RD/AG/15*  United States  Reflection and exchange of views  11 March 2013  
RD/AG/16*  Argentina  Continuation of work on the 
improvement of the situation related 
to the submission of notifications  15 March 2013  
RD/AG/17*  Argentina  Continuation of work on the 
improvement of the situation related 
to the submission of notification  5 June 2013  
G/AG/W/185  Norway  Revisiting G/AG/2 – Time for review 
after twenty -three years  17 September 2018  
 
 
3  REPORTS TO OTHER WTO  BODIES  
Symbol  Title Date of circulation  
G/L/41  Committee on Agriculture. Report by the Chairman  22 November 1995  
G/L/131  Report of the Committee on Agriculture  7 November 1996  
G/L/211  Committee on Agriculture: General Council Overview of WTO 
Activities (1997) Report by the Chairman  24 November 1997  
G/L/276  Committee on Agriculture: General Council Overview of WTO 
Activities (1998) Report by the Chairman  20 November 1998  
G/L/322  Committee on Agriculture: General Council Overview of WTO 
Activities (1999) Report by the Chairman  6 October 1999  
G/L/417  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General Council 
Overview of WTO Activities (2000) Report by the Chairman  20 November 2000  
G/L/483  Committee on Agriculture (Regul ar Meetings): General Council 
Overview of WTO Activities (2001) Report by the Chairman  28 September 2001  
G/AG/11  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings) Implementation -
related issues. Report to the General Council by the Vice -
Chairman  28 September 2001 
G/L/594  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General Council 
Overview of WTO Activities (2002) Report by the Chairman  21 November 2002  
G/AG/16  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings) Implementation -
related issues. Report by the Committee  on Agriculture to the 
General Council  4 July 2003  
G/L/662  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General Council 
Overview of WTO Activities (2003) Report by the Chairman  21 November 2003  
G/L/719  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General  Council 
Overview of WTO Activities (2004) Report by the Chairman  19 November 2004  
G/L/746  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings): General Council 
Overview of WTO Activities (2005) Report by the Chairman  26 September 2005  
G/AG/16/Add.1  Committee on Agriculture (Regular Meetings) Implementation -
related issues. Report by the Committee on Agriculture to the 
General Council. Addendum  13 June 2006  
G/L/796  Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General Council 
overview of WTO activities (2006) Report  by the Chairman  6 November 2006  
G/L/828  Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General Council 
overview of WTO activities (2007) Report by the Chairman  5 October 2007  
G/L/856  Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General Council 
overview of WTO activities (2008) Report by the Chairman  23 September 2008  G/AG/W/112/Rev.6  
 
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  Symbol  Title Date of circulation  
G/L/856/Corr.1  Committee on Agriculture (Regular meetings) General Council 
overview of WTO activities (2008) Report by the Chairman. 
Corrigendum  29 January 2009  
G/L/894  Report (2009) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson  9 October 2009  
G/L/929  Report (2010) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson  15 October 2010  
G/L/965  Report (20 11) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson  11 October 2011  
G/L/965/Add.1  Report (2011) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson. Addendum  17 November 2011  
G/L/999  Report (2012) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture 
(Regular Session). Report by the Chairperson  24 October 2012  
G/L/1283  Report (2018) on the activities of the Committee on Agriculture  30 November 2018  
 
4  REPORTS OF FORMAL MEETINGS OF T HE COMMITTEE ON AGRI CULTURE (BY THE 
SECRETARIAT)3 
Symbol  Title Date of circulation  
G/AG/R/1  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
27-28 March  1995, paras. 5 -9 2 May 1995  
G/AG/R/5  Summary repor t of the CoA meeting held on 
28-29 March  1996, paras. 42 -43 5 July 1996  
G/AG/R/10  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
13-14 March  1997, para. 10  23 April 1997  
G/AG/R/15  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
25-26 June 1998, paras. 57 -58 3 August 1998  
G/AG/R/17  Summary report of  the CoA meeting held on 
17-18 November 1998, para. 25  25 January 1999  
G/AG/R/19  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
24-25 June 1999, para. 22  25 August 1999  
G/AG/R/20  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
29-30 September 1999, para. 14  22 Octo ber 1999  
G/AG/R/22  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
22-23 March  2000, paras. 33 -35 25 April 2000  
G/AG/R/26  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
29-30 March  2001, paras. 35 -37 31 May 2001  
G/AG/R/28  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
27 September 2001, paras. 14 -15 26 October 2001  
G/AG/R/30  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
25 March  2002, paras. 31 -33 17 June 2002  
G/AG/R/46  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
12 May 2006, paras. 38 -48 11 July 2006  
G/AG/R/54  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
12 March  2009, paras. 72 -73 25 May 2009  
G/AG/R/55  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 2  July 2009, 
paras. 42 -55, annex 5 and 6  15 September 2009  
G/AG/R/56  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
24 September 2009 , paras. 41 -56 10 November 2009  
                                                
3 The Committee reports identified here include reports of meetings in which the Committee discussed 
systemic issues related to the submission of notifica tions. The list therefore represents a subset of the full list 
of Committee Reports. A complete list of Committee reports is available through the WTO document search 
facility ( https://docs.wto.org ) by searching for doc uments with the symbol "G/AG/R*".  G/AG/W/112/Rev.6  
 
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  Symbol  Title Date of circulation  
G/AG/R/57  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
19 November  2009, paras. 36 -48 and annex 5  20 January 2010  
G/AG/R/58  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
10 March  2010, paras. 28 -38 and annex 5  20 April 2010  
G/AG/R/59  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
23 September 2010, paras. 25 -40 4 November 2010  
G/AG/R/61  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
31 March  2011, paras. 37 -43 20 May 2011  
G/AG/R/62  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
23 June 2011, paras. 45 -52 and annex 1  12 September 2011  
G/AG/R/67/Rev.1  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
20 June 2012, paras. 19 -24 and annex 1  3 September 2012  
G/AG/R/69  Summary report of the CoA meeting held on 
14 November  2012, paras 2.17 -2.22 12 Fe bruary 2013  
G/AG/R/70  Summary report of the meeting held on 26  March  2013, 
paras. 2.8 -2.11 24 May 2013  
G/AG/R/71*  Summary report of the meeting held on 13  June 2013, 
paras. 2.7 -2.8 7 August 2013  
G/AG/R/87  Summary report of the meeting held on 20 February  2018 23 May 2018  
G/AG/R/88  Summary report of the meeting held on 11 -12 June 2018, 
paras. 3.29 -3.32 18 July 2018  
G/AG/R/89  Summary report of the meeting held on 
25-26 September  2018, 2.23 -2.25 7 November 2018  
G/AG/R/90  Summary report of the meeting held on 
26-27 November  2018, paras. 2.36 -2.39 19 December 2018  
 
 
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