WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/L/829 
10 October 2007 
 (07-4350) 
  
  
 
REPORT (2007) OF THE WORKING PARTY ON 
STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES  
 
 
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE WORKING PARTY 
1. The Working Party on State Trading Enterprises was established by the Council for Trade in 
Goods at its meeting of 20 February 1995, pursu ant to paragraph 5 of the Understanding on the 
Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agre ement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (hereinafter "the 
Understanding").  Membership of the Working Party is open to all Members indicating their wish to 
serve on it.  Observer governments in the General Council of the WTO have observer status in the 
Working Party.  During the period under review (12 October 2006 – 8 October 2007), 
Mr. Benjamin KATJIPUKA (Namibia) assumed the Ch airpersonship of the Working Party and was 
succeeded by Mr. Pornvit SILA-ON (Thailand).  Mr. Sila-on was appointed by the Council for Trade 
in Goods at its meeting on 19 March 2007 to assume  the chairpersonship for the year 2007-2008.   
2. The mandate of the Working Party, as set out in paragraph 5 of the Understanding, is:  (i) to 
review notifications and counter-no tifications on state trading;  (ii) to review, in the light of the 
notifications received, the adequacy of the qu estionnaire on state trading (BISD 9S/184) and the 
coverage of state trading enterprises notified under paragraph 1 of the Unders tanding;  and (iii) to 
develop an illustrative list showing the kinds of relationships between governments and enterprises, 
and the kinds of activities engaged in by these enterp rises, which may be relevant for the purposes of 
Article XVII of the GATT 1994.  Regarding the revi ew of notifications, the Working Party having 
completed the mandated revision of the questionnaire on state trading, now reviews notifications in 
light of the questionnaire adopted on 2 April 1998 (G/STR/3) and revised on 14 November 2003 
(G/STR/3/Rev.1).  Regarding the Illustrative List of State Trading Relationships and Activities, the 
Working Party completed its mandate with the ad option of the illustrative list by the Council for 
Trade in Goods on 15 October 1999 (G/STR/4). 
3. This Report is submitted under para graph 5 of the Understanding.  It sets out the activities of 
the Working Party during the period under review. 
4. Participants in the Working Party's meetings to date are: Argentina; Australia; Bangladesh; 
Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Burundi; Canada; Chile; China; Colombia; Cost a Rica; Cuba; Egypt; 
El Salvador; European Communities
1; Guatemala; Haiti; Hong Kong, China; Honduras; Iceland; 
India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Korea; Macao, China; Malaysia; Malta; Mauritius; 
Mexico; Morocco; New Zealand; Norway; Oman ; Pakistan; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; 
Saudi Arabia; Singapore;  South Africa; Switzerland;  Chinese Taipei; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; 
Tunisia; Turkey; United States; Uruguay; Venezu ela; Zambia and Zimbabwe. Ethiopia; Russian 
Federation; Sudan; Ukraine and Vi etnam participated as observers. 
                                                      
1 The European Communities and its 27 Me mber States are counted as one.   G/L/829 
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  5. Following the regular meeting held on 12 Octobe r 2006, the Working Party held one regular 
meeting during the period under review.  The meet ing was held on 8 October 2007.  The minutes of 
the regular meeting held on 8 October 2007 will be circulated in document G/STR/M/17.   
6. The next regular meeting of the Workin g Party will be held on 3 October 2008. 
II. NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF MEMBERS' STATE TRADING ACTIVITIES 
7. Under Article XVII of the GATT 1994 and paragra ph 1 of the Understanding, all Members of 
the WTO are required to submit annual notifications of their state trading activities.  New and full 
notifications were first required in  1995 and, subsequently, every third year thereafter, while updating 
notifications were to be made in the intervening years, indicating any chang es since the last new and 
full notification.  On 11 November 2003, the Wo rking Party adopted the recommendation contained 
in document G/STR/5 regarding the frequency of notifications.  The said recommendation, approved 
by the Council for Trade in Goods on 26 November 2003, modified the periodicity of state trading 
notifications so that new & full notifications on stat e trading are due every two years instead of every 
three years and the requirement of updating notifications in the intervening years is eliminated.  
8. Updating notifications for 1999 and 2000 we re received from 47 and 44 Members, 
respectively.
2  New and full notifications were receiv ed from 54 Members for the year 2001 and 
updating notifications for 2002 and 2003 were received from 42 and 33 Members, respectively.3  New 
and full notifications for 20044 and 20065 were received from 34 and 22 Members, respectively.  ( See 
Annex to this Report).  
9. At its regular meeting of 8 October 2007, th e Working Party reviewed 29 notifications: 2006 
new and full notifications of Canada; Chile; Colomb ia; European Communities; Japan; Macao, China; 
Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Turkey; the United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe, 
2004 new and full notifications of Australia; Ca nada; Chile; Colombia; the European Communities 
and Zambia, 2003 and 2002 updating notifications of  Canada; Chile and the European Communities, 
2001 new and full as well as 2000 and 1999 updating no tifications of Canada.  At that regular 
meeting, the Working Party also adopted its Annua l Report to the Council for Trade in Goods for the 
year 2007. 
10. At that meeting of the Working Party , the United States posed questions regarding Canada's 
2006 new and full notification contained in doc ument G/STR/N/11/CAN and Australia posed 
questions pertaining to the 2006 new and full notifi cation of Japan and 2006 new and full notification 
of the United States contained in documents G/STR/N/11/JPN and G/STR/N/11/USA respectively. 
The European Communities referred  to the New Zealand company "Fonterra", operating in the dairy 
sector, which it considered to be a state trading en terprise, and requested that New Zealand submit a 
notification concerning the operations of this company in accordance with Article XVII of GATT 
1994.  New Zealand did not agree with the Eur opean Communities' statement. The European 
Communities noted that the annex to the Annual Report contained blanks for certain European 
Communities' Member States that acceded to the European Communities on 1 May 2004. The 
European Communities stated that it would discuss with the Secretariat the appropriate way to 
provide the missing notifications in due course.            
                                                      
2 The European Communities and its then 15 Member States are counted as one. 
3 The European Communities and its then 15 Member States are counted as one. 
4 As Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, H ungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the 
Slovak Republic and Slovenia becam e European Communities' Member St ates on 1 May 2004, they were 
counted separately and not as part of the European Co mmunities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
their previous notification obligation. 
5 The European Communities and its then 25 Member States are counted as one.   G/L/829 
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  III. COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOTIFICATION OBLIGATION 
11. With respect to the status of compliance w ith the notification obligation, the Chairman 
welcomed the slight improvement detected in the area of new and full notifications especially for the 
period 2004-2006.  He urged Members to promptly comply with the notification obligation which 
became far less burdensome after the modification of the periodicity of state trading notifications.  
12. The Chairman also raised the i ssue of the "Frequency of Notifications".  He referred to the 
recommendation6 adopted by the Working Party on 11 November 2003 and approved by the Council 
for Trade in Goods on 26 November 2003 which modifi ed the periodicity of state trading notifications 
so that new and full notifications on state trading are due every two years instead of every three years 
and the requirement of updating notifications in the in tervening years is eliminated.  He also referred 
to paragraph 4 of that recommendation according to which a trial phase of four years commenced on 
30 June 2004, after which the Working Party should review the situation, with regard to compliance 
with the notification obligation and the frequency of notifications, with  a view to determining whether 
to extend the application of this recommendation, wh ether as presently drafted or in a modified form 
for a further period.  The Chairman thus proposed to hold informal consultations with Members on 
31 March 2008 in order to explore Members' views as to whether the application of this 
recommendation should be extended, either as presently  drafted or in a modified form for a further 
period.  He added that the outcome of such consu ltations will be conveyed to  the regular meeting of 
the Working Party on 3 October 2008 for a decision to be referred to the Council for Trade in Goods 
for approval.   
 
 
  
                                                     
 
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  ANNEX 
NOTIFICATIONS SUBMITTED BY WTO MEMBERS UNDER 
ARTICLE XVII:4(A) OF THE GATT 1994 AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 
UNDERSTANDING ON THE INTE RPRETATION OF ARTICLE XVII OF THE GATT 1994 
Status as of 8 October 2007
7 
 
Member  Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2006) 
G/STR/N/11 
Albania n.a.     X  
Angola        
Antigua and 
Barbuda        
Argentina X X X X X X X 
Armenia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.  X X 
Australia X X X X X X X 
Bahrain X X      
Bangladesh        
Barbados        
Belize        
Benin        
Bolivarian 
Republic of  Venezuela X X X     
Bolivia X X X     
Botswana        
Brazil        
Brunei 
Darussalam        
Bulgaria8§   X X  X  
Burkina Faso        
Burundi   X     
Cambodia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.   
Cameroon        
Canada X X X X X X X 
Central African 
Republic        
Chad X X X     
Chile X X X X X X X 
China  n.a. n.a. X X X   
                                                      
7An "X" indicates that a notification has been made.  An "n.a." indicates that the notification obligation 
did not apply to the country in question as it was not a WTO Member at the time (a copy of document 
WT/INF/43/Rev.8 listing all WTO Members, together with the effective dates of their membership is attached).  An § indicates that the country in question is currently  a Member of  the European Communities.  The shaded 
boxes indicate that the corresponding notification was submitted by the European Communities. 
8 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 January 2007, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2006, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation.  G/L/829 
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  Member  Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2006) 
G/STR/N/11 
Colombia   X X X X X 
Congo        
Costa Rica X X X X    
Côte d'Ivoire        
Croatia n.a.   X X X  
Cuba        
Cyprus9§   X X X   
Czech 
Republic10§ X X X X X X  
Democratic 
Republic of the Congo        
Djibouti        
Dominica X X      
Dominican 
Republic        
Ecuador        
Egypt        
El Salvador X X      
Estonia11§   X X X   
European 
Communities X X X X X X X 
Fiji        
Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.  X  
Gabon        
The Gambia        
Georgia n.a.  X X    
Ghana   X   X  
Grenada        
Guatemala X X X X    
Guinea, Republic 
of    X X X   
Guinea Bissau        
Guyana        
                                                      
9 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on  1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. 
10 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. 
11 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. G/L/829 
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  Member  Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2006) 
G/STR/N/11 
Haiti X X      
Honduras   X     
Hong Kong, 
China X X X X X X X 
Hungary12§ X X X X X   
Iceland X       
India   X     
Indonesia   X X  X  
Israel        
Jamaica   X     
Japan   X   X X 
Jordan X X X X X   
Kenya       X 
Korea, Republic 
of        
Kuwait        
Kyrgyz Republic        
Latvia13§ X X X X  X  
Lesotho        
Liechtenstein X X X X X X  
Lithuania14§ n.a. n.a. X     
Macao, China X X X X X X X 
Madagascar        
Malawi        
Malaysia        
Maldives        
Mali        
Malta15§ X X X X    
Mauritania        
Mauritius    X    
Mexico X X      
Moldova n.a. n.a. X X X X X 
                                                      
12 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. 
13 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. 
14 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. 
15 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation.  G/L/829 
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  Member  Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2006) 
G/STR/N/11 
Mongolia X X X     
Morocco        
Mozambique        
Myanmar        
Namibia X X      
Nepal n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.   
New Zealand X X X   X  
Nicaragua        
Niger        
Nigeria X X X X    
Norway X X X     
Oman n.a.  X  X   
Pakistan X X X X X   
Panama X X X X X X  
Papua New 
Guinea        
Paraguay        
Peru X X X X X X  
Philippines X X X     
Poland16§ X X X X X   
Qatar X     X X 
Romania17§ X X X X X X X 
Rwanda        
Saint Kitts & 
Nevis        
Saint Lucia        
Saint Vincent & 
Grenadines X X      
Saudi Arabia  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. X 
Senegal        
Sierra Leone        
Singapore X X   X X X 
Slovak 
Republic18§ X X X X X   
Slovenia19§ X X X X X   
                                                      
16 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. 
17 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on  1 January 2007, it will appear 
on this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2006, in order to 
reflect its previous notification obligation. 
18 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. G/L/829 
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  Member  Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2006) 
G/STR/N/11 
Solomon Islands        
South Africa X X X X    
Sri Lanka        
Suriname      X  
Swaziland        
Switzerland X X X X X X  
Separate Customs 
Territory of 
Taiwan, Penghu, 
Kinmen and Matsu n.a. n.a. n.a. X X X X 
Tanzania        
Thailand   X X X X X 
Tonga n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 
Togo        
Trinidad & 
Tobago        
Tunisia X X X X X X  
Turkey X X X X   X 
Uganda X X    X  
United Arab 
Emirates        
United States X X X X X X X 
Uruguay        
Vietnam n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 
Zambia X  X X X X X 
Zimbabwe       X 
Number of  
Notifying Members/Total 
Number of 
Members
20 47/121 44/125 54/128 42/12 9 33/131 34/133 22/124 
 
                                                                                                                                                                     
19 As this Member became a Europ ean Communities' Member State on 1 May 2004, it will appear on 
this table separately and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order to reflect 
its previous notification obligation. 
20 The numerator and denominator used for the years 1999-2003 reflect the fact that, for each 
notification obligation, the European Communities submits  a single notification that covers all its then 
15 Member States.  As Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia became European Commun ities' Member States on 1 May 2004, they were 
counted separately in this table and not as part of the European Communities, for the period 1999-2004, in order 
to reflect their previous notification obligation.  The numerator and the denominator used for the year 2006 reflect that the European Communities and its then 25 Member States are counted as one.  The total number of 
Members of the World Trade Organization is currently 151.   G/L/829 
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 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/INF/43/Rev.8 
18 July 2007 
 (07-3046) 
  
 
 
MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
 
Revision  
  Upon the accession of Tonga, on 27 July 2007, the number of Members of the World Trade 
Organization will have reached 151.  The following is the list of Members, together with the effective 
dates of their membership: 
 
Government
 Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Albania ....................................................................................................................... ........8 September 2000 
Angola ........................................................................................................................ ..... 23 November 1996 
Antigua and Barbuda ............................................................................................................ ..1 January 1995 
Argentina...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Armenia........................................................................................................................ .........5 February 2003 
Australia ...................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Austria ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Bahrain , Kingdom of........................................................................................................... ...1 January 1995 
Bangladesh ..................................................................................................................... .........1 January 1995 
Barbados....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Belgium ........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Belize ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Benin ......................................................................................................................... .......22 February 1996 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela..........................................................................................1 Jan uary 1995 
Bolivia ....................................................................................................................... ......12 September 1995 
Botswana ....................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Brazil ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Brunei Darussalam.............................................................................................................. ....1 January 1995 
Bulgaria ....................................................................................................................... ........1 December 1996 
Burkina Faso ................................................................................................................... .............3 June 1995 
Burundi ....................................................................................................................... .................23 July 1995 
Cambodia ....................................................................................................................... ...... 13 October 2004 
Cameroon ....................................................................................................................... ...13 December 1995 
Canada ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Central African Republic ....................................................................................................... ....31 May 1995 
Chad .......................................................................................................................... ....... 19 October 1996 
Chile ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
China ......................................................................................................................... .....11 December 2001 
Colombia ....................................................................................................................... ............30 April 1995 
Congo ......................................................................................................................... ...........27 March 1997 
Costa Rica ..................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 G/L/829 
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  Government
 Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Côte d'Ivoire .................................................................................................................. ..........1 January 1995 
Croatia ....................................................................................................................... ...... 30 November 2000 
Cuba .......................................................................................................................... ............20 April 1995 
Cyprus ........................................................................................................................ ................30 July 1995 
Czech Republic ................................................................................................................. ......1 January 1995 
Democratic Republic of the Congo ........................................................................................1 Janua ry 1997 
Denmark ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Djibouti ...................................................................................................................... .................31 May 1995 
Dominica ....................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Dominican Republic ............................................................................................................. ....9 March 1995 
Ecuador ....................................................................................................................... ...........21 January 1996 
Egypt ......................................................................................................................... ..............30 June 1995 
El Salvador .................................................................................................................... ...............7 May 1995 
Estonia ....................................................................................................................... ...... 13 November 1999 
European Communities........................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Fiji .......................................................................................................................... ........14 January 1996 
Finland ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .................................................................................4 April 2 003 
France ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Gabon ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
The Gambia..................................................................................................................... ..... 23 October 1996 
Georgia ....................................................................................................................... ................14 June 2000 
Germany ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Ghana ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Greece ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Grenada ........................................................................................................................ .......22 February 1996 
Guatemala...................................................................................................................... ..............21 July 1995 
Guinea ........................................................................................................................ ......... 25 October 1995 
Guinea Bissau.................................................................................................................. ...........31 May 1995 
Guyana ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Haiti ......................................................................................................................... .........30 January 1996 
Honduras ....................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Hong Kong, China ............................................................................................................... ...1 January 1995 
Hungary........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Iceland ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
India ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Indonesia ...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Ireland ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Israel ........................................................................................................................ ..............21 April 1995 
Italy ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Jamaica ....................................................................................................................... ...............9 March 1995 
Japan ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Jordan ........................................................................................................................ ..............11 April 2000 
Kenya ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Korea, Republic of ............................................................................................................. .....1 January 1995 
Kuwait ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Kyrgyz Republic ...............................................................................................................2 0 December 1998 
Latvia ........................................................................................................................ ........10 February 1999 
Lesotho ....................................................................................................................... ................31 May 1995 
Liechtenstein ..................................................................................................................
....1 September 1995  G/L/829 
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  Government  Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Lithuania...................................................................................................................... ...............31 May 2001 
Luxembourg ..................................................................................................................... .......1 January 1995 
Macao, China ................................................................................................................... .......1 January 1995 
Madagascar ..................................................................................................................... . 17 November 1995 
Malawi ........................................................................................................................ ...............31 May 1995 
Malaysia ....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Maldives ....................................................................................................................... ..............31 May 1995 
Mali .......................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Malta ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Mauritania ..................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Mauritius ...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Mexico ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Moldova ........................................................................................................................ ..............26 July 2001 
Mongolia ....................................................................................................................... ........29 January 1997 
Morocco ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Mozambique..................................................................................................................... ......26 August 1995 
Myanmar ........................................................................................................................ .........1 January 1995 
Namibia ........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Nepal ......................................................................................................................... .............23 April 2004 
Netherlands -  For the Kingdom ............................................................................................1 Ja nuary 1995 
  in Europe and for the    Netherlands Antilles New Zealand .................................................................................................................... .......1 January 1995 
Nicaragua ...................................................................................................................... .....3 September 1995 
Niger ......................................................................................................................... .....13 December 1996 
Nigeria ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Norway ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Oman .......................................................................................................................... ..... 9 November 2000 
Pakistan ....................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Panama ........................................................................................................................ .......6 September 1997 
Papua New Guinea............................................................................................................... ........9 June 1996 
Paraguay ....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Peru .......................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Philippines.................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Poland ........................................................................................................................ ..................1 July 1995 
Portugal ....................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Qatar ......................................................................................................................... .........13 January 1996 
Romania ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Rwanda ........................................................................................................................ ...............22 May 1996 
Saint Kitts and Nevis .......................................................................................................... 21 February 1996 
Saint Lucia.................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..........................................................................................1 Jan uary 1995 
Saudi Arabia................................................................................................................... ...11 December 2005 
Senegal ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Sierra Leone ................................................................................................................... .............23 July 1995 
Singapore...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Slovak Republic ................................................................................................................ ......1 January 1995 
Slovenia....................................................................................................................... ................30 July 1995 
Solomon Islands................................................................................................................ ..........26 July 1996 
South Africa ................................................................................................................... .........1 January 1995 G/L/829 
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  Government
 Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Spain ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Sri Lanka ...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Suriname....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Swaziland ...................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Sweden ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Switzerland.................................................................................................................... ................1 July 1995 
Chinese Taipei................................................................................................................. ....... 1 January 2002 
Tanzania ....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Thailand....................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Togo .......................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Tonga ......................................................................................................................... ...............27 July 2007 
Trinidad and Tobago............................................................................................................ .....1 March 1995 
Tunisia ....................................................................................................................... .............29 March 1995 
Turkey ........................................................................................................................ ............26 March 1995 
Uganda ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
United Arab  Emirates ........................................................................................................... ....10 April 1996 
United Kingdom................................................................................................................. .....1 January 1995 
United States of America....................................................................................................... .1 January 1995 
Uruguay........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Viet Nam ....................................................................................................................... ........11 January 2007 
Zambia ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Zimbabwe....................................................................................................................... ...........5 March 1995 
 
 
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