WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/17 
9 November 2005 
 
 (05-5253) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
  
 
FOURTH ANNUAL TRANSITIONAL REVIEW MANDATED IN  
PARAGRAPH 18 OF THE PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF  
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
 
 
 
1. This report reflects the results of the Four th Annual Transitional Review mandated in 
Paragraph 18 of the Protocol of Accession of th e People's Republic of China (WT/L/432) that took 
place at the thirty-eighth meeting of the Committee on 2 November 2005. 
2. In the context of the Fourth Annual Re view, submissions were made by Japan 
(G/TBT/W/255), the European Communities (G/TBT/W/256) and the United States (G/TBT/W/257).  
Questions raised included the following elements:  notifications;  conformity assessment procedures;  
China's national standard-setting process;  the use of  international standards;  intellectual property 
rights;  the Chinese Compulsory Certification system (CCC);  automobiles;  digital cameras;  chemical products;  pharmaceuticals;  cosmetics;   distilled spirits;  the reduction of hazardous 
substances and waste in electronics and electrotechnical equipment (ROHS and WEEE);  and, radio 
frequency identification. 
3. Submission was made by the People's Republic of China on 31 October 2005 
(G/TBT/W/260) providing information relating to A nnex 1A of WT/L/432.  The statements made at 
the meeting, where discussions under the transitiona l review took place, will be reflected in the 
minutes of the meeting, to be circulated as G/TBT/M/37 (excerpt attached). 
 
 
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ATTACHMENT – EXCERPT FROM G/TBT/M/37 
 AGENDA ITEM 3:  FOURTH ANNUAL TRANSITIONAL REVIEW MANDATED IN  
PARAGRAPH 18 OF THE PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF  THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
 1. The Chairman
 recalled that, in accordance with Paragra ph 18 of the Protocol of Accession of 
the People's Republic of China (WT/L/432), the TB T Committee was to undertake an annual review 
for eight years of the implementation by China of the TBT Agreement.  He opened the floor for comments or questions from Members. 
2. The representative of Japan
 welcomed the fact that four years after accession, the 
implementation by China of the TBT Agreement ha d progressed.  However, Japan still had concerns 
in a number of areas, such as with respect to: the CCC marking system, the automobile sector, digital 
cameras, and chemicals.  It was noted that more detail was set out in Japan's submission (G/TBT/W/255).  
3. The representative of the European Communities
 introduced his delegation's submission 
(G/TBT/W/256).  Like Japan, the European Commun ities appreciated the efforts made by China, 
particularly in the area of transparency.  Neve rtheless, the European Communities was of the view 
that the consultation procedure could be further improved;  there were a number of outstanding 
concerns raised by EC manufacturers with regard to the lack of participation of foreign stakeholders 
in the drafting of new technical regulations.  In  particular, the representative of the European 
Communities urged China to refrain from developing national standards in areas where international 
standards existed.   
4. In terms of the CCC System  (China Compulsory Certification) the European Communities 
was of the view that, despite improvements, the system remained burdensome, expensive and time-
consuming; it also left too much room for interpretation.  The system  could be furthe r streamlined and 
simplified.  The European Communities welcomed  the initiative of China to launch, in 2005, a 
comprehensive review of the CCC System.   On  the specifics, the European Communities was 
concerned with the uncertain application of natio nal treatment.  Moreover, exemption procedures 
were far from being transparent.  On the list of products subject to CCC, the representative of the 
European Communities suggested that low-risk prod ucts should not need to be subject to the CCC 
System and that simplified procedures could be expl ored.  In the area of certification requirements for 
spare parts, components and sub-assemblies, the Eu ropean Communities was of the view that there 
was considerable room for simplification.  Also, on confidentiality, the required information under the 
CCC System could be simplified.  Moreover, th ere appeared at times to be double certification 
requirements;  this occurred where different part s of the Chinese administration required checks for 
different product aspects (a common occurrence in the case of radio and telecom equipment, 
cosmetics and car components).  In the area of f actory inspections, the European Communities was of 
the view that an exemption could exist for factories which had been certified to ISO 90001.   
5. In terms of ICT products , certification remained a concern.  Again, this related to the fact that 
most ICT products were low-risk and the existing three-step certification procedure incurred significant delays and costs.  The European Co mmunities was also concerned with the use and 
development of national standards where internati onal standards existed, for instance in the WAPI 
case.  The European Communities was also concerned about the participation of European companies 
in the Chinese standardization work;  here th e issue was to allow equal rights in Chinese 
standardization forums to external participants in order to allow a full contribution to the development 
of standards by European companies.  Finally, in  the ICT sector, the intellectual property rights (IPRs) 
was also a concern.  The European Communities str essed that this was a separate issue from that 
addressed in the statement made by China contai ned in  document G/TBT/W/251.  Instead, the key  G/TBT/17 
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issue here was the need to encourage direct, une ncumbered negotiations between Chinese and foreign 
ICT companies regarding patent licences. 
6. In terms of automobiles , the European Communities was of  the view that many of the 
regulations used by China were very similar to  the UN regulations under the 1958 Agreement;  to 
avoid small variations, it would th erefore be beneficial if the Chinese regulations could be based 
directly on the UN ECE 1958 regulations. 
7. Regarding active pharmaceutical ingredients , the issue was that there were different quality 
standards used depending on whether the product w as domestic or imported.  Moreover, the EC 
representative pointed out that there was a higher fee structure for imported products.  Hence, the European Communities requested that  a way be found to apply the same standards to imported and 
domestic products in this area. 
8. On cosmetics , the European Communities welcomed th e fact that China was taking note and 
account of the scientific findings of the European  Scientific Committee for Cosmetic Products.  
However, again, market access for European countri es was difficult due to requirements related to the 
registration of new products and to the labelling of products.  The European Communities urged 
China to give an equal application of the sa me requirements for domest ic and imported products. 
9. The representative of the United States
 stressed that the TRM mechanism was useful and 
important, serving both the interests of China as well as those of WTO Members.  It provided Members with the opportunity to seek clarifications  regarding China's policies and practices.  China, 
in turn, was given an opportunity to clarify its approaches and actions with the goal of preventing 
misunderstandings that could lead to trade frictio ns;  it was, in essence, a useful exercise in 
transparency.  The representative of the United States  highlighted some of the issues set out in more 
detail in its submission (G/TBT/W/257).   
10. One question that the United States had raised with China was the fact that most of the 
notifications  from China tended to come from the Genera l Administration of Quality Supervision, 
Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) or its subor dinate organizations, the Standardization 
Administration of China (SAC) and the Certificati on and Accreditation Administration of the People's 
Republic of China (CNCA).  It was the US unde rstanding that MOFCOM was responsible for the 
overall coordination of notifications to the WTO, and that it relied largely on AQSIQ, but also on 
other agencies, to provide it with the notifi cations.  The United States had brought, and would 
continue to bring to China's attention, proposals that  they believed needed to be notified.  The United 
States appreciated China's willingn ess to accept such information. 
11. It was the US understanding that China had engaged in a review of all standards  it had in 
place with a view to ensuring compliance with TBT ob ligations.  It was underst ood that this review 
had recently been concluded with the result that so me standards would be withdrawn, and that this 
information would be publicly available on the web site.  
12. The United States had, similar to Japan and the European Communities, raised concerns about 
conformity assessment .  The issue here was whether China would provide national treatment for 
conformity assessment bodies.  It was, for instance, not clear whether China would actually accredit foreign conformity assessment bodies.   Recently, a ship ment had been held up by a customs authority 
in China with the concern that it was not properly C CC marked.  It later turned out that, in fact, the 
product was not subject to CCC marking and the ship ment was released.  This illustrated the concerns 
(also noted by the European Communities) that there c ontinued to be a certain lack of transparency in 
the operation of the programme.  The United States we lcomed a continued review of this programme 
and the consideration of removing low-risk prod ucts that might no longer justify mandatory 
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13. The representative of Korea
 noted that many of his delega tion’s concerns had been covered 
by previous statements.  Nevertheless he wished to emphasize concerns with the CCC System.  First, 
in terms of time periods, Korean companies had faced similar problems as those raised by Japan:  sometimes more than six months was taken for the certification procedures.  This entailed considerable costs for the companies.  Second, the issue of confidentiality had already been raised in 
the EC submission.  Since during the certificati on process, technical specification information was 
released, it was important that confidentiality be ma intained.  Third, Korea was concerned about the 
issue of certification requirements for spare parts, components and sub-assemblies (also set out in the EC submission).   
14. The representative of China
 noted that her delegation had ste pped up efforts to improve inter-
governmental coordination and cooperation through further defining the responsibilities of authorities 
concerned, upgrading working mechanisms and holdi ng workshops and seminars, etc.  Since its WTO 
accession in the end of 2001, China had notified,  to the TBT Committee, a total of 160 proposed 
technical regulations and conformity assessment pr ocedures, among which 84 had been notified from 
January to October in 2005, with comment periods  provided strictly according to WTO Agreements.  
Stakeholders, both in China and abroad, were pr ovided with full access to consultations on the 
formulation of proposed regulations and conformity assessment procedures;  they could either submit 
comments or were invited to public hearings or symposia.  Comments and opinions were taken into 
serious consideration by the Chinese Government.  Furthermore, in full compliance with China's 
accession commitments, the technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures were published on the competent authorities' gazettes a nd web sites, as well as on the Foreign Trade and 
Economic Cooperation Gazette of the Ministry of Commerce. 
15. The representative of China stre ssed that China encouraged the use of international standards 
as the basis for the development or amendment of its  national technical regulations.  Since April 2004, 
the SAC had undertaken an overhaul of all existing national standards, as well as those under drafting, 
to ensure their consistency with relevant WTO co mmitments.  This task was facilitated by the rapid 
development of the Chinese economy and progress in its standardization administration.  As a result, 
AQSIQ and SAC had issued a joint notice on 14 Oc tober 2005, proclaiming that a total of 1,416 
national standards had been nullif ied, among which 114 were mandatory.  These were some examples 
of China's faithful endeavour to fulfil its WT O obligations, and this endeavour had been well 
acknowledged by Members.   
16. In respect of transparency , China's technical regulations, mostly in the form of mandatory 
standards, were uniformly examined by the SAC and published jointly by SAC and AQSIQ.  China's 
relevant competent authorities, including AQSIQ, th e CNCA, the Ministry of Information Industry 
(MII), the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), etc., carried out the conformity assessment procedur es, such as supervision, certification, accreditation 
and inspection, on both domestic and imported products, according to their respective functions and 
responsibilities.  The proposed draft of these tec hnical regulations, notified with the SAC as the 
"agency responsible", in fact, included the regulat ions within the scope of these different other 
relevant authorities mentioned.  Therefore the latte r did not need to notify the regulations again under 
their own name. 
17. In respect of CCC Certification , China had acceded to the IECEE/CB system under IEC, and 
consistent with its scope of par ticipation, China's CCC system re cognized the CB testing reports by 
foreign certification bodies who had also acceded to the IECEE/CB system.  According to paragraph 
36 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Certification and Accreditation, as well as 
according to the international practices, foreign bodies had to undertake compulsory certification 
work within the framework of mutual recogn ition agreements (MRAs) signed between China's 
certification and accreditation authorities or authori zed bodies under the State Council and the foreign 
counterparts.  So as to avoid duplicative testing and certification, and to remove technical barriers to 
trade, the Chinese authorities were willing to enhance the mutual recognition of certification and  G/TBT/17 
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accreditation pursuant to the TBT Agreement.  Cu rrently, China had signed cooperation agreements 
with more than 20 countries or regions, and, meanwhile, a number of foreign organizations had 
undertaken CCC certification tasks concerning routine factory tracking. 
18. The representative of China pointed out that th e problem of the mismatch between the First 
Catalogue of Products Subject to the Compulsory C CC Certification with the HS codes used by the 
customs had already been solved.  China was now working on the detailed description of the listed 
products, the completion of which would facilitate the judgment whether or not a product was subject 
to the CCC certification.  When deemed necessary, China would make adjustments to the Catalogue 
of Industrial Products Subject to Compulsory CCC Certification.  Members' concerns on specific products were noted and would be taken into serious consideration when China reviewed the existing 
system.  While ensuring that the goal of safety protection was met, China was exploring the 
possibility of adopting different conformity assessme nt procedures, including SDoCs.  China was 
willing to take into account Members' su ccessful experiences in this regard.   
19. In the practice of various product certification bodies, the requirements for factory inspection 
were different from those for the certification sy stem (IS09001).  The IS09001 inspection could not 
replace the factory inspection.  Therefore, China would not exempt equipment manufacturers who had 
obtained an IS09001 certificate from the obligation of factory inspection.  When an enterprise decided 
that it would no longer manufacture a product subject to CCC certification, it had to notify the certification body responsible to withdraw or susp end the certification, and the periodical factory 
inspection would be automatically halted upon comple tion of such a procedure.  China would make 
necessary adjustments as to the manner of conformi ty assessment, according to the results of risk 
assessment, and decide whether to  reduce the number of factory inspections for low risk product 
manufacturers.  China was willing to exchange, with relevant Members, their experiences and 
information on CCC certification concerning risk assessment. 
20. The representative of China stressed that her count ry strictly fulfilled its commitment of not 
exceeding 90 days with regard to the CCC certificat ion period.  In the meantime, China hoped that 
enterprises and trading parties concerned would cont act and cooperate with the relevant certification 
bodies so as to shorten the period of certification.  Generally speaking, the implementation of the 
CCC System was satisfactory and certifications c ould be accomplished within the specified time-
limit.  In terms of spare parts and components in tended for incorporation in a finished product and 
then exported to China, these were not subject to individual certification. 
21. With respect to the transitional period of st andards, comments from all stakeholders on newly 
developed or amended standards we re invited before they were pub lished, and allowed a transitional 
period after their publication.  In addition, anot her transitional period was envisioned for products 
meeting the present national standard.    
22. With respect to the certification fee and exemptions, in 2005, China had lowered the 
certification fee, and in March 2005, CNCA had publ ished a new notice concerning exemptions.  This 
was a transparent and equitable regulation to si mplify and facilitate exemption procedures.  The 
inspection and quarantine bodies directly unde r AQSIQ were entrusted to accept exemption 
applications.  To date, most of the relevant trad ing parties were positive about this new system.  The 
whole exemption process was brought under CNCA's dir ect supervision to ensure that it was properly 
and compatibly conducted.  According to the ne w exemption system, re-exported spare parts (as 
components of a finished product) were exempted from certification at the time of import. 
23. Regarding the English versions of techni cal measures, the TBT Agreement imposed no 
obligations for Members whose official language wa s not one of the three WTO working languages to 
translate parts or the full text of their technical me asures into English.  However, to facilitate foreign 
manufacturers to better understand China's techni cal regulations, AQSIQ and CNCA provided on G/TBT/17 
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their web sites some official English versions of the CCC-related implemen tation regulations, which 
were updated when the amendments  and improvements were made to the original documents.  
24. With regard to the CCC marks, according to  the Regulations on the Marking of Products 
Subject to the Compulsory Certification System, CN CA alone was to design and publish the unified 
CCC marks.  Certified enterprises applied the certifie d marks to their specific products in accordance 
with the relevant implementation regulations applicable.   
25. In terms of confidentiality, and taking account of the safety of the product and responsibility 
for the consumers, the certification procedure re quired necessary information which was treated in a 
confidential manner, for the accurate description of the product only. 
26. The representative of China stres sed that there was no duplication in certification of medical 
equipment, nor in any other sector.  It was n ecessary to clarify the relationship between CCC 
certification and the registration as required by th e State Foods and Drugs Administration (SFDA).  
According to the Regulations on Certification a nd Accreditation and the Regulations on Monitoring 
Medical Equipment, medical equipment was subject  to the compulsory certification system.  CCC 
certification and the SFDA registration did not ov erlap:  SFDA registration recognized the CCC 
inspection results on the basis of which SFDA added some clinical verification items. 
27. With regard to specific products, and, more specifically cosmetics , it was stressed that the 
MOH Import Licensing was a safety assessment procedure meant for safety and hygienic items of cosmetics, while AQSIQ carried out the checking of  the Chinese labelling of the cosmetics which was 
meant to ascertain the authenticity of the labe lled content.  Hence, there was no duplicative 
certification.   With regard to MOH's administra tion and supervision on cosmetics, both the imported 
and domestic "special use cosmetics" products were  subject to review and approval.  Whereas on the 
"ordinary cosmetics products", in order to further perfect the regulating and supervision system on 
cosmetics, China had engaged in the simplification of the approval procedures.  In July 2004, MOH 
had issued a public notice to simplify the approva l procedures on imported non-special use cosmetics 
which provided that, since 1 August 2004, the appr oval requirement were reduced from review and 
approval to just keeping records within 20 working days.  This policy had greatly enhanced the import 
of cosmetics.  In fact, as a result, imports of co smetics from January to July 2005 had reached a 67 per 
cent increase over that of the same period last year.  On the other hand, according to the Implementation Regulations of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export 
Commodities, AQSIQ carried out the examination on the Chinese labelling of imported cosmetics pursuant to the national mandatory standard GB 5296.3-1995.  All cosmetics products put on the 
market within the territory of China, including both the domestic and importe d products, were subject 
to this standard.  The examination of labelling,  including the examination of the content and 
compliance inspection of the label, had to be comple ted within 48 working days.  The time limit could 
not be extended to 4-6 months.  
28. On distilled spirits , the representative of China pointed out that studies by Chinese experts 
had shown that fusel oils posed a potential risk to  human health.  Currently, a study was being carried 
out to assess the potential harm to human health of fu sel oils, and the results of this assessment would 
serve as the basis for the amendment of relevant standards.  Both the General Standard for the 
Labelling of Pre-packed Foods and the General Standard for the Labelling of Pre-packed Alcoholic 
Beverage provided that Pre-packed foods had to mark the date of production with the exception of 
wines and spirits, which, for their special character istics concerning the nature of the products and 
their specific process of production, were allowed to mark their "date of filling".  Considering that 
spirits were a mixture of products produced at diffe rent times, China required only the "date of filling" 
label instead of "date of production/manufacture".  Chinese customers had the right to know when the 
spirits were filled.  To facilitate the identificati on by consumers, especially by those with weak eye 
sights, China had developed mandatory requirements in respect of the safety items on foods labelling,  G/TBT/17 
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such as the size of characters, symbols and numbers.  Enterprises were free to decide the size of other 
non-mandatory marking items. 
29. In terms of automobiles , the Auto Industry Policy was a guideline addressing the 
development of China's auto industry given the ma ny problems, such as the weakness in technical 
innovation and the low degree of industrial concentrati on in this sector.  Limits of Fuel Consumption 
for Passenger Cars was the first mandatory nationa l standard controlling th e fuel consumption of 
automobiles and was notified to the WTO.  The representative of China stressed that there were 
currently no specific plans to develop other technical  requirements.  In terms of China's accession to 
the UN 1958 Agreement, China had been actively s upporting the harmonization of the international 
technical regulations and China’s Government had always attached great importance to the facilitation 
of international trade of auto products and w ould carry out positive studies on these matters;  China 
would consider its membership of this agreement at an appropriate future time.  With a view to follow 
and trace certified products and so as to prevent fa ke products – as well as to protect the interests of 
both manufacturers and consumers – the CCC system required the application of a mark on the 
certified product.  This was also a universal interna tional practice, and it was in line with the US DOT 
certification, the UL and the EU CE mark certific ation.  There would be no replacing of the CCC 
mark with another.  In addition, if these spare parts and components were certified separately, time 
and cost for the certification of the whole automobile could be spared. 
30. With respect to digital cameras , the representative of China stated  that all the digital camera 
standards that China was developing were volunt ary national standards instead of technical 
regulations.  China based the development of such st andards on five relevant international standards, 
i.e. IS012231:1997, 12232:1998, 14524:1999, 12233:2000 and ISO/CD 12232:2003.  Since standards 
under development were voluntary, China had no obligation to notify them to the WTO.  Nevertheless, at the initial stage of the formulati on of the standards, the China Technical Committee 
on Camera had conduct a thorough exchange of vi ews with the interest ed companies and the 
Association of the members. 
31. In terms of ICT Products , China agreed with Members that the scope of regulatory 
requirements should be confined only to essential re quirements and that verification of compliance 
with other requirements could be left as a matter between buyers and vendors.  CNCA was currently 
discussing these issues with other authorities.  Howe ver the representative of China wised to draw the 
Committee’s attention to a number of facts.  There were many critical security defects in the existing 
international standards, which had raised serious  concerns in China.  China's WAPI was an 
enhancement to the existing international standard a nd was therefore not in any sense in conflict with 
WTO or ISO/IEC principles.  China's WAPI was an  advanced technology. The fact that WAPI had 
been allowed to the ISO/IEC fast track balloting pr ocedure to become an a lternative security solution 
had already proved this point.  Therefore, Chin a did not see any ground to withdraw the WAPI 
standard.  When international standards could not fulfil a legitimate objective, Members had the right 
to adopt their own standards.  This was both a WT O-TBT and ISO/IEC principle.  Therefore, China 
did not see any inappropriateness for the sake of better performance or special need to develop 
standards based on more advanced technology to  enhance, modify or even replace existing 
international standards. 
32. In terms of radio frequency
 identification, at present, there was no updated information on the 
draft standard of the RFID.  
33. On the re-cycling of end-of-life household appliances, the so-called Chinese WEEE , on the 
basis of in-depth study and public consultation, th e draft of the Rules for Recycling of End-of-Life 
Household Appliances, had been submitted to the State Council for approval.  As this was still under 
review, China was not in the position to pr ovide any more details at the moment. G/TBT/17 
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34. In terms of chemical products , and, more specifically, the registration of initial imports of 
Chemical products, China was working hard to improve  the capacity of testing institutes in order to 
join the GLP system of the OECD.  The Registrati on Centre for Chemicals of the State Environmental 
Protection Administration, SEPA, was carrying out a survey on testing institutes in order to include more qualified testing institutes for applicants to c hoose from.  Yet, in fact, the seven existing testing 
institutes were far from operating at full capacity .  There had been no cases of slowing down the 
application process.  The website of Registration Centre for Chemicals provided contact information 
on the testing institute on ecological toxicity testing institutes ( www.cre-sepa.org.cn
).  In terms of the 
sixth enlargement submission, the relevant author ity was currently examining the enlargement cases. 
As the new regulation system for chemicals in Chin a had just been established, the authorities were 
working out the detailed management rules, incl uding that on low-volume chemicals and chemicals 
with special uses, etc.  The regulation system on ne w chemicals of different countries could vary from 
one another in details.  China's system took polym ers as one kind of chemical for regulation; at 
present, Chinese authorities were not planning  to cancel the regulation on polymers. 
35. Finally, in terms of pharmaceuticals , at present there was no unified regulation on the 
production of API in China, the only requirements for enterprises were the basic standards provided in 
Chinese Pharmacopoeia.  Therefore, China's inspec tion authority would test products, both domestic 
and imported, in accordance to the enterprises' standard s filed by the enterprises.  The filed standards 
of the domestic products would be reviewed comp rehensively after a required trial period by the 
competent authority.  In terms of the standards for imported products – these were also subject to 
examination and once the filed standards of the imported pharmaceuticals were approved there was no 
need to transform the standards.  As for the charges relating to the t ests, these were set jointly by the 
competent authorities of the finance and pricing de partments under the state council based on the cost 
of the tests.  The price of charges were publishe d in the announcement of MOF and MDRC in 2003;  
the same prices applied on imports and domestic pr oducts.  The representative noted that this issue 
had been extensively discussed a nd resolved by China’s competen t authority in Beijing and the 
Embassy of the concerned Member.  This was, in  China’s view, a much more open and efficient 
channel to communicate and address the issue at question. 
36. The representatives of the United States , the European Communities  and Japan  thanked the 
Chinese delegation for the detailed information pr ovided in response to the questions posed.   
37. The representative of China  pointed out that most of the poi nts raised by Members were about 
requesting China to improve its implementation of th e TBT Agreement.  From China’s point of view, 
the Review offered an opportunity to clarify its positions and for further exchanges on points that 
were of concern to Members.  Nevertheless, China was of the belief that other channels were more 
efficient to exchange concerns relating to the TBT Agreement.  Therefore, China encouraged 
Members, in raising specific concerns with Chin a, to shift away from this Transitional Review 
Mechanism as this could facilitate a better and more  efficient communication with regard to the issues 
of concern to Members under the TBT Agreement. 
38. The Chairman  thanked all delegations for their st atements and the Committee adopted its 
report to the Council for Trade in Goods (G/TBT/17).  
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