RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TRIMS/W/52 
22 October 2007 
 
 (07-4548) 
  
  
 
REPORT (2007) OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES 
 
DRAFT 
 
 
I. GENERAL 
1. This report is submitted pursuant to Article  7.3 of the Agreement on Trade-Related 
Investment Measures, which requires the Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures to report annually to the Council for Trade in Goods.  The Report covers the period October 2006 – 
November 2007.
1 
2. The Committee met on 1 November 2007 under the Chairmanship of Mr. Mathias Bogaert 
(Belgium).  The minutes of this meeting may be found in document G/TRIMS/M/26.  The meeting was open to all Members, governments with ob server status in the WTO and international 
intergovernmental organizations to which the Comm ittee has accorded regular  observer status (IMF, 
OECD, UN, UNCTAD and World Bank).  Decisions on requests for observer status made by several 
other international organizations are pending. 
II. NOTIFICATIONS 
3. Pursuant to Article 5.1 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures, Members  
were required to notify any trade-related invest ment measure ("TRIM") inconsistent with the 
Agreement within 90 days after the entry into fo rce of the WTO Agreement.  Article 5.2 of the 
Agreement allows for  transition periods for the elimination of measures notified under Article 5.1 
and which were in existence at least 180 days preced ing the entry into force of the WTO Agreement.  
Pursuant to a decision adopted by the General Counc il in April 1995, governments eligible to become 
original WTO Members that accepted the WTO Agreement after 1 January 1995 had a period of 90 days after the date of their acceptance of the WT O Agreement to make the notifications foreseen in 
Article 5.1, with the period for the elimination of  TRIMs notified under Article 5.1 being governed by 
reference to the date of entry into  force of the WTO Agreement itself.
2 
4. Annex 1 to this report contains a list of a ll notifications of measures under Article 5.1.3  In the 
case of some Members, notifications have been s ubmitted later than the 90-day period foreseen.   
5. Some Members have notified to the Committee th at they do not apply any TRIM inconsistent 
with the Agreement.  Annex 2 to this report lists  all Members which have made such notifications.  
                                                      
1 The annual report for 2006 is contained in document G/L/793 of 27 October 2006.  
2 WT/L/64.  
3 Notifications under Article 5.1 circulated in 1995 have been derestricted since 28 May 1996.  
Pursuant to the General Council's Decision of 14 May 2002 (WT/L/452), documents containing notifications 
under Articles 5.1, 5.5 and 6.2 are issued unrestricted.  
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  6. Article 6.2 provides for notification to the Secret ariat of publications in which information on 
TRIMs can be found.  Annex 3 lists the Members wh ich have submitted such notifications. During the 
period covered by this report, a notification wa s made by Nigeria, which was circulated in 
G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.15/Add.1.  The latest up-dated lis t of these notifications has been circulated in 
G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.16.   
III. SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT PROPOSALS RELATED TO THE 
TRIMS AGREEMENT 
7. Pursuant to the Decision adopted by the General Council on 1 August 2004 (WT/L/579) and 
paragraph 37 of the Hong Kong Ministerial D eclaration (WT/MIN(05)/DEC), the TRIMs Committee 
continued its consideration of the Category II S& D proposals which were referred to it by the 
Chairman of the General Council.  The proposals we re originally submitted by the African Group in 
document TN/CTD/W/3/Rev.2 and relate to Article 4 and Article 5.3 of the TRIMs Agreement.  A 
revised version of the proposals submitted by Ke nya on behalf of the African Group, which deals 
more specifically with the concerns of the prop onents, was circulated to Members as a room 
document.
4  On 20 June 2007, informal discussions were held by the Chairman with interested 
delegations on further revisions made to these proposals.   
8.  In accordance with paragraph 37 of the Hong Kong  Ministerial Declaration, the Chairman of 
the TRIMs Committee submitted regular oral repor ts (14 December 2006, 9 May 2007 and 27 July 
2007) to the General Council on the work undertaken  by the Committee with respect to the S&D 
proposals.  In his 27 July report, the Chairman indi cated that the informal consultations held in June 
2007 concerning the latest revised version of the proposals did not lead Members closer to a 
consensus in spite of the new wording concerning bo th the country coverage and the time scale of the 
flexibilities being sought. 
IV. OUTSTANDING IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES RELATED TO THE TRIMS 
AGREEMENT 
9. Pursuant to paragraph 39 of the Hong Kong Minist erial Declaration and at the request of the 
Director-General to assist him in his consulta tions on the outstanding im plementation issues under 
Paragraph 12(b) of the Doha Ministerial Declara tion, on 2 March 2006, the Deputy Director-General, 
Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, held info rmal consultations with a number  of interested delegations to 
discuss the outstanding implementation issues relating to the TRIMs Agreement as contained in Tirets 
37 through 40 of document JOB(01)/152/Rev.1, an d in a related proposal submitted by Brazil and 
India under Tiret 40 (G/TRIMS/W/25) and supplemen ted by a communication circulated in document 
JOB(05)/149.  
10. In her report to the Director General, Ms. R ugwabiza indicated that significant differences of 
view remained both on the substance of these issues and on the way to address them and that, in her view, rather than continue consulta tions at a technical level, political input was needed to explore the 
possibilities for allowing greater flexibility in Member s' positions in respect of these issues.  There 
have been no discussions on this issue since then.   
V. TRANSITIONAL REVIEW MECHANISM PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 18 OF 
THE PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
11. Pursuant to paragraph 18 of China's Protocol of Accession, the TRIMs Committee carried out 
the sixth annual review of China's implementati on of its commitments under the TRIMs Agreement 
                                                     
 
4 The first revised version of the African Group's proposals was reproduced as an Annex to document 
G/L/742.   G/TRIMS/W/52 
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  and related provisions of the Protocol of Acce ssion.  Questions concerning China's Transitional 
Review were received from the United States (G /TRIMS/W/54) and the European Communities 
(G/TRIMS/W/55).  In a communication dated ...  2007, China submitted information concerning 
Annex 1A of its Protocol of Accession.  This was circulated in document G/TRIMS/W/... .  The 
review took place at the meeting of 1 November 2007.   The Report of the Chairman of the Committee 
on China's sixth Transitional Review was submitted to the Council for Trade in Goods in document 
G/L/... .  The discussions held by the Committee on this  item are reflected in the relevant section of 
the minutes of the meeting (G/TRIMS/M/26). 
VI. ELECTION OF OFFICERS 
12. At its meeting of 1 November 2007, the Committee elected Mr. Mathias Bogaert (Belgium) 
as its Chairman for the period 2007-2008. 
 
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  ANNEX 1 
 
Members which have Submitted No tifications under Article 5.1
 
of the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures  
 
 
Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Argentina G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1 30 March 1995 
Argentina G/TRIMS/N/1/ARG/1/Add.1 21 March 1997 
Barbados G/TRIMS/N/1/BRB/1 31 March 1995 Bolivia
5  G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1 24 June 1998 
Chile6  G/TRIMS/N/1/CHL/1 14 December 1995 
Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1 31 March 1995 
Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/1/Add.1 4 June 1995 
Colombia7 G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2 31 July 1995 
Colombia G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2/Corr.1 30 September 1996 Costa Rica
8 G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1 30 March 1995 
Cuba9  G/TRIMS/N/1/CUB/1 18 July 1995 
Cyprus10 G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2 30 October 1995 
Dominican Republic G/TRIMS/N/1/DOM/1 26 April 1995 Ecuador G/TRIMS/N/1/ECU/1 20 March 1996 
Egypt  G/TRIMS/N/1/EGY/1 29 September 1995 
India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1 31 March 1995 India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1 22 December 1995 India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.1/Corr.1 18 March 1996 India  G/TRIMS/N/1/IND/1/Add.2 11 April 1996 
Indonesia G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1 23 May 1995 
                                                     
 
5 Bolivia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it does not apply any trade-related 
investment measures that are not in conformity  with the Agreement (G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1). 
6 Chile subsequently submitted a notification indica ting that it has eliminated measures notified under 
Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS /N/1/CHL/1/Add.1). 
7 Colombia subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it had issued Decree No. 1473 of      
10 May 2004, whereby Decree No. 2439 of 1994 establis hing import control mechanisms for certain agricultural 
products had been repealed (G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/3).   
8 Costa Rica subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it intended to eliminate measures 
notified under Article 5.1 in advance of the expiry of the transition period (G /TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1). 
9 Cuba subsequently informed the Committee that the measures notified by Cuba under Article 5.1 are 
no longer in force (G/TRIMS/M/3, paragraph 5).  
10 This notification superseded Cyprus' previous one (G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/1) of 29 June 1995; Cyprus 
subsequently submitted a notification indicating that it has eliminated measures notified under Article 5.1 
(G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1).  G/TRIMS/W/52 
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  Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
Indonesia G/TRIMS/N/1/IDN/1/Add.1 28 October 1996 
Malaysia G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1 31 March 1995 
Malaysia G/TRIMS/N/1/MYS/1/Rev.1 14 March 1996 Mexico  G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1 31 March 1995 Mexico
11 G/TRIMS/N/1/MEX/1/Rev.112 31 March 1995 
Nigeria13 G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1 17 July 1996 
Pakistan G/TRIMS/N/1/PAK/1 30 March 1995 Peru  G/TRIMS/N/1/PER/1 3 March 1995 Philippines G/TRIMS/N/1/PHL/1 31 March 1995 Poland
14 G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1 28 September 1995 
Romania G/TRIMS/N/1/ROM/1 31 March 1995 
South Africa G/TRIMS/N/1/ZAF/1 19 April 1995 Thailand G/TRIMS/N/1/THA/1 30  March 1995 Uganda  G/TRIMS/N/1/UGA/1 17 June 1997 
Uruguay G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1 31 March 1995 
Uruguay G/TRIMS/N/1/URY/1/Add.1 30 August 1995 Venezuela G/TRIMS/N/1/VEN/1 31 March 1995 
                                                     
 
11 Mexico subsequently submitted a notification indicating that all provisions under the Automotive 
Decree had ceased to be operative as of 1 January 2004 (G/C/42). 
12 English only.  
13 Nigeria subsequently submitted a notification indicating that the Nigerian Enterprises Promotion Act 
of 1989 has been repealed and replaced with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission Decree 1995 
(G/TRIMS/N/1/NGA/1/Add.1). 
14 Poland subsequently submitted a notification in dicating that it has eliminated measures notified 
under Article 5.1 (G/TRIMS/N/1/POL/1/Add.1). G/TRIMS/W/52 
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  ANNEX 2 
 
Notifications Indicating that No TRIMs Inconsistent with the Agreement
 
on Trade-Related Investment Measures are Maintained  
 
 
Member  Document Symbol  Date of Communication  
 
Bolivia  G/TRIMS/N/1/BOL/1/Add.1 4 March 1999 
Costa Rica   G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.115 16 September 1999 
Cyprus   G/TRIMS/N/1/CYP/2/Add.1 26 May 2000 El Salvador G/TRIMS/N/1/SLV/1 5 November 2003 
Haiti  G/TRIMS/N/1/HTI/1 27 February 1998 
Honduras G/TRIMS/N/1/HND/1 7 July 1995 Israel  G/TRIMS/N/1/ISR/1 24 October 1996 Jamaica  G/TRIMS/N/1/JAM/1 9 June 1998 
Jordan   G/TRIMS/N/1/JOR/1 22 May 2000 
Maldives  G/TRIMS/N/1/MLV/1 30 September 1999 Mali  G/TRIMS/N/1/MLI/1 27 May 1997 Mauritius G/TRIMS/N/1/MUS/1 27 March 1995 New Zealand G/TRIMS/N/1/NZL/1 20 May 1999 
Nicaragua G/TRIMS/N/1/NIC/1 18 July 1996 
Oman  G/TRIMS/N/1/OMN/1 20 December 2000 Saint Lucia G/TRIMS/N/1/LCA/1 14 February 1996 Saudi Arabia G/TRIMS/N/1/SAU/1 3 October 2006 
Singapore G/TRIMS/N/1/SGP/1 9 October 1996 
Slovenia G/TRIMS/N/1/SVN/1 27 March 1995 Sri Lanka  G/TRIMS/N/1/LKA/1 14 March 2000 Switzerland G/TRIMS/N/1/CHE/1 8 August 1995 Chinese  Taipei  G/TRIMS/N/1/TPKM/1 27 May 2002 
Trinidad & Tobago G/TRIMS/N/1/TTO/1 1 April 1996 
Zambia  G/TRIMS/N/1/ZMB/1 13 April 1995 
                                                     
 
15 A Corrigendum to the English version was issued in G/TRIMS/N/1/CRI/1/Add.1/Corr.1, dated 
26 October 1999.  G/TRIMS/W/52 
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  ANNEX 3 
 
Members which have Submitted No tifications under Article 6.2 of  
the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures  
 
Albania  Latvia 
Angola  Liechtenstein Argentina  Lithuania Armenia  Macau, China Bahrain  Madagascar 
Australia  Maldives 
Brazil  Mali Brunei Darussalam  Malta Bolivia  Mauritius Bulgaria  Mexico 
Burundi  Moldova 
Cameroon  Mongolia Canada  Namibia Chad  New Zealand Chile  Nicaragua China  Nigeria 
Colombia  Norway 
Costa Rica  Panama Croatia  Paraguay Cuba  Peru Czech Republic  Philippines 
Dominica  Poland 
Ecuador  Qatar El Salvador  Romania Estonia  Singapore European Community (including the member States) Slovak Republic Fiji Islands, Rep. of the  Slovenia 
Gabon  South Africa 
Georgia  Sri Lanka Ghana  Suriname Haiti  Switzerland Hong Kong, China  Chinese Taipei 
Iceland  Thailand 
India  Trinidad and Tobago Indonesia  Tunisia Israel  Uganda Jamaica  United States Japan  Uruguay 
Jordan  Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of 
Korea  Zambia Kyrgyz Republic  Zimbabwe   
 
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