WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
9 October 2007 
 (07-4312) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
  
MEMBERSHIP IN WTO AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARD-SETTING BODIES 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
   The following table provides information rega rding the membership, as of 8 October 2007, of 
the WTO and of the three standard-setting bodies e xplicitly referred to in the SPS Agreement.  The 
entries of countries that are simultaneously members of the WTO, Codex Alimentarius, OIE and IPPC are shaded for ease of reference. G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
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Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Afghanistan  X  X 
Albania X X X X 
Algeria  X X X 
Andorra  X   
Angola X X  X 
Antigua and Barbuda X  X X 
Argentina X X X X 
Armenia X X X X 
Australia X X X X 
Austria X X X X 
Azerbaijan  X X  
Bahamas   X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of X X X X 
Bangladesh X X X X 
Barbados X X X X 
Belarus  X X X 
Belgium X X X X 
Belize X X X X 
Benin X X  X 
Bhutan  X X X 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela X X X X 
Bolivia X X X X 
Bosnia Herzegovina  X X  
Botswana X X  X 
Brazil X X X X 
Brunei Darussalam X X  X 
Bulgaria X X X X 
Burkina Faso X X X X 
Burundi X X X X 
Cambodia X X X X  G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
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  Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Cameroon X X X X 
Canada X X X X 
Cape Verde  X X X 
Central African Republic X X X X 
Chad X X X X 
Chile X X X X 
China X X X X 
Colombia X X X X 
Comoros  X X  
Congo X X X X 
Cook Islands   X X 
Costa Rica X X X X 
Côte d'Ivoire X X X X 
Croatia X X X X 
Cuba X X X X 
Cyprus X X X X 
Czech Republic X X X X 
Democratic Republic of Congo X X  X 
Denmark X X X X 
Djibouti X X   
Dominica X  X X 
Dominican Republic X X X X 
Ecuador X X X X 
Egypt X X X X 
El Salvador X X X X 
Equatorial Guinea  X X X 
Eritrea  X X X 
Estonia X X X X 
Ethiopia  X X X 
European Communities X  X X G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
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  Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Fiji X X X X 
Finland X X X X 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia X X X  X 
France X X X X 
Gabon X X  X 
The Gambia X X  X 
Georgia X X X X 
Germany X X X X 
Ghana X X X X 
Greece X X X X 
Grenada X  X X 
Guatemala X X X X 
Guinea X X X  X 
Guinea Bissau X X  X 
Guyana X X X X 
Haiti X X X X 
Honduras X X X X 
Hong Kong, China X    
Hungary X X X X 
Iceland X X X X 
India X X X X 
Indonesia X X X X 
Iran  X X X 
Iraq  X X X 
Ireland X X X X 
Israel X X X X 
Italy X X X X 
Jamaica X X X X 
Japan X X X X 
Jordan X X X X  G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
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  Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Kazakhstan  X  X 
Kenya X X X X 
Kiribati    X 
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of   X X X 
Korea, Republic of X X X X 
Kuwait X X X X 
Kyrgyz Republic X X X X 
Laos  X X X 
Latvia X X X X 
Lebanon  X X X 
Lesotho X X  X 
Liberia   X X 
Libya  X X X 
Liechtenstein X    
Lithuania X X X X 
Luxembourg X X X X 
Macao, China X  X  
Madagascar X X X X 
Malawi X X X X 
Malaysia X X X X 
Maldives X  X  
Mali X X X X 
Malta X X X X 
Mauritania X X X X 
Mauritius X X X X 
Mexico X X X X 
Micronesia, Federal States of   X X 
Moldova X X X X 
Mongolia X X  X 
Morocco X X X X G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
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  Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Mozambique X X  X 
Myanmar X X X X 
Namibia X X X X 
Nepal X X X X 
Netherlands X X X X 
New Caledonia  X   
New Zealand X X X X 
Nicaragua X X X X 
Niger X X X X 
Nigeria X X X X 
Niue   X  
Norway X X X X 
Oman X X X X 
Palau   X  
Pakistan X X X X 
Panama X X X X 
Papua New Guinea X  X X 
Paraguay X X X X 
Peru X X X X 
Philippines X X X X 
Poland X X X X 
Portugal X X X X 
Qatar X X X X 
Romania X X X X 
Russia  X X X 
Rwanda X X  X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis X  X X 
Saint Lucia X  X  X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines X  X X 
Samoa   X X  G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
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  Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Sao Tome and Principe  X X  
Saudi Arabia X X X X 
Senegal X X X X 
Serbia  X X X 
Seychelles   X X 
Sierra Leone X X X X 
Singapore X X  X 
Slovak Republic X X X X 
Slovenia X X X X 
Solomon Islands X  X X 
Somalia  X   
South Africa X X X X 
Spain  X X X X 
Sri Lanka X X X X 
Sudan  X X X 
Suriname X X X X 
Swaziland X X X X 
Sweden X X X X 
Switzerland X X X X 
Syria  X X X 
Chinese Taipei X X   
Tajikistan  X   
Tanzania X X X X 
Thailand X X X X 
Togo X X X X 
Tonga X  X X 
Trinidad and Tobago X X X X 
Tunisia X X X X 
Turkey X X X X 
Turkmenistan  X   G/SPS/GEN/49/Rev.8 
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  Country WTO OIE IPPC CODEX 
Tuvalu   X  
Uganda X X X X 
Ukraine  X X X 
United Arab Emirates X X X X 
United Kingdom X X X X 
United States of America X X X X 
Uruguay X X X X 
Uzbekistan  X  X 
Vanuatu  X X X 
Vietnam X X X X 
Yemen  X X X 
Zambia X X X X 
Zimbabwe X X  X 
Total Members 151 169 165 175 
 
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