RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TRIMS/W/49 
12 October 2006 
 (06-4932) 
  
  
 
REPORT (2006) 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 2005 – 
October 2006.
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2. The Committee met on 10 April 2006 under th e Chairmanship of Mr. Suren Badral 
(Mongolia), and on 9 June and 25 October 2006 unde r the Chairmanship of Mr. Alexis Massot 
(France).  The minutes of these meetings may be found in documents G/TRIMS/M/23, /TRIMS/M/24 
and G/TRIMS/M/25, respectively.  The meetings  were open to all Members, governments with 
observer status in the WTO and international intergovernmental organizations to which the 
Committee 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.
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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 2005 is contained in document G/L/752 of 21 October 2005.  
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, no such notifications  were made.  The latest  up-dated list of these 
notifications has been circulated in G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.15.   
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.  
8. At its regular meeting of  9 June 2006, th e TRIMs Committee considered the S&D proposals, 
including a revised version of them submitted by Kenya on behalf of the African Group, which deals more specifically with the concerns of the prop onents. This revised version was circulated to 
Members as a room document.
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9. In accordance with paragraph 37 of the Hong K ong Ministerial Declaration, the Chairman of 
the TRIMs Committee submitted regular oral report s (15 May and 27 July 2006) 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 indicated that discussions in  the Committee on the S&D issues had allowed for a 
constructive exchange of views and that some intere sting ideas had emerged that could be explored in 
the future, including the possibility of consider ing alternative language formulations from the 
proponents. 
IV. OUTSTANDING IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES RELATED TO THE TRIMS 
AGREEMENT 
10. Paragraph 39 of the Hong Kong mInisterial Declar artion instructed the Director-General to 
continue with this consultative process on all outstanding implementation issues under 
Paragraph 12(b) of the Doha Ministerial Declaratio n. In turn, the Director General requested the 
Deputy Director General, Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza,  to assist him in his consultative process with 
regard to the TRIMs implementation issues.   
11. Accordingly, on 2 March 2006 Ms. Rugwabiza held  informal consultations with a number of 
interested delegations to discuss the outstandi ng implementation issues relating to the TRIMs 
Agreement as contained in Tire ts 37 through 40 of document JOB( 01)/152/Rev.1, and in a related 
proposal submitted by Brazil and India under Tire t 40 (G/TRIMS/W/25) and supplemented by a 
communication circulated in document JOB(05)/149.  
12. 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. In her view, 
rather than continue consultations at a technical  level, political input was needed to explore the 
possibilities for allowing greater flexibility in Me mbers' positions in respect of these issues. 
                                                      
4 The revised version of the African Group's proposals is reproduced as an Annex to document 
G/L/742.   G/TRIMS/W/49 
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  V. TRANSITIONAL REVIEW MECHANISM PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 18 OF 
THE PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
13. Pursuant to paragraph 18 of China's Protocol of Accession, the TRIMs Committee carried out 
the fifth annual review of China's implementa tion of its commitments under the TRIMs Agreement 
and related provisions of the Protocol of Acce ssion.  Questions concerning China's Transitional 
Review Mechanism were received from the United States (G/TRIMS/W/47) and from the European 
Communities (G/TRIMS/W/50).  In a communica tion dated..........October 2006, China submitted 
information concerning Annex 1A of  its Protocol of Accession. This was circulated in document 
G/TRIMS/W/.....   
14. [The review took place at the meeting of 25 October 2005.  The Report of the Chairman of 
the Committee on China's fifth TRM 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/25).] 
VI. ELECTION OF OFFICERS 
15. At its meeting of 10 April 2006, the Committee elected Mr. Alexis Massot (France) as its 
Chairman for the period 2006-2007. 
 
 
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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/49 
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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/49 
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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/49 
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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 
Angola Argentina Armenia Bahrain 
Australia 
Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bolivia Bulgaria  
Burundi 
Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China 
Colombia 
Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Czech Republic 
Dominica 
Ecuador El Salvador Estonia European Community (including the member States) Fiji Islands, Rep. of the 
Gabon 
Georgia Ghana Haiti Hong Kong, China 
Iceland 
India Indonesia Israel Jamaica Japan 
Jordan 
Korea Kyrgyz Republic Latvia Liechtenstein 
Lithuania 
Macau, China Madagascar Maldives Mali G/TRIMS/W/49 
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  Malta 
Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia 
Namibia 
New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama 
Paraguay 
Peru Philippines Poland Qatar 
Romania 
Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa Sri Lanka 
Suriname 
Switzerland Chinese Taipei Thailand Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Uganda United States Uruguay Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of Zambia 
Zimbabwe 
   
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