WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/GEN/39/Rev.2 
7 March 2008 
 (08-1014) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
  
 
LIST OF MEMBERS' PUBLICATIONS IN RE LATION TO TECHNI CAL REGULATIONS, 
CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS 
 
Note from the Secretariat
1 
 
Revision  
    In 1995, the TBT Committee decided that the Statements under Article 15.2 of the TBT 
Agreement should include, inter alia , information on the "names of th e publications used to announce 
that work is proceeding on draft technical regul ations or standards and conformity assessment 
procedures and those in which the relevant texts are published [...]".
2   At the Third Triennial Review 
of the TBT Agreement, concluded in Novemb er 2003, the Committee recalled this decision.3  
Subsequently, at the Fourth Triennial Review, th e Committee noted that there appeared to be no 
uniformity as to how the notices that work was proceeding on draft technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures were published.  The Committee agreed to examine ways in which 
the publications for such notices – and their conten t – were made available, so as to enable all 
interested parties to beco me acquainted with them.4 
  The following table has been prepared to facilitate Members' identification of relevant 
publications.  It contains: a list of names of pub lications; information on th eir content; and, other 
electronic sources of information.  Information has been drawn from Article 15.2 Statements submitted by Members since the entry into force of the Agreement,
5 or from other sources provided 
by Members.  Any additional information, in par ticular with respect to the on-line availability of 
publications, will be included in s ubsequent revisions of the table. 
 
 The provisions of the TBT Agreement relevant to publications are contained in the Annex to 
this document.    
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 G/TBT/1/Rev.8, page 10. 
3 G/TBT/13, para. 18. 
4 G/TBT/19, para 51 and 68(a)(i). 
5 The latest list of such statements is contained in document G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.7.  
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Notices of proposed draft standards 
  Antigua and 
Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Gazette 
Compulsory standards declaration and date of entry 
into effect  
Argentina 
 Official Journal of Argentina  Adopted technical regulations  
Standards' Guide 
 Armenia 
Catalogue on standards 
 Information on issues related to standards and 
certification  
Commonwealth of Australia's Gazette 
 Notices of technical regulations  
ANZFA's Food Standards News 
 Standards and conformity assessment procedures Australia 
The Australian Standard and NATA News 
 Notices of standards  
(a) Federal Law Gazette for the Republic of 
Austria ( Bundesgesetzblatt für  die Republik  
Österreich)  
(b) Official Journal for Metrology  
(Amtsblatt für das Eichwesen) ;    
(c) Official Journal for Surveying  
(Amtsblatt für das Vermessungswesen ) Adopted technical regulations  
(d) CONNEX;  
(e) e & i - Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik 
 Draft and adopted standards ("e&i" electrotechnical 
standards only)  Austria 
(f) ON-KATALOG   
(g) Amtsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung  Adopted standards  
Bahrain Official Gazette 
 Bahraini standards   
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 Page 3Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Official Gazette of the People's Republic of 
Bangladesh  Bangladesh 
Bulletin of BSTI 
 Technical rules adopted in form of laws and 
regulations  
Official Gazette 
 Notices of technical regulations Barbados 
BNSI Standards Catalogue 
 Standards  
IBN/BIN revue 
 Belgium 
The Belgian Official Journal  
(Belgish Staatsblad/Moniteur belge) Technical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures  
Bolivarian 
Republic of 
Venezuela Official Journal of the Bolivarian Republic 
of Venezuela Adopted technical regulations 
Titles and numbers of standards and conformity 
assessment procedures  
Brazil Official Gazette (DOU – Diário Oficial da 
União  Notices of draft technical regulations and adopted 
ones www.inmetro.gov.br/ 
barreirastecnicas 
(Complete texts of notified 
technical regulations) 
Botswana Botswana Gazette Notices of sta ndards and technical regulations 
developed, issued or adopted  
State Gazette 
 Texts of adopted technical regulations 
Official Bulletin of the Bulgarian Institute 
for Standardization Work on draft standards and their references after 
approval Bulgaria 
Official Bulletin of the State Agency for 
metrology and Technical Surveillance Information on notifications received  
Canada Canada Gazette Technical regulations, standards, certification 
systems, notices of comments period   
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Texts of technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures Chile Official Journal 
Announcements on public consultation period on 
standards ww.inn.cl (announcements on 
public consultation period on standards) 
Gazette of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation China 
Bulletin of AQSIQ 
 Technical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures  
Colombia 
 Official Journal Draft standards  
La Gaceta 
 Notices on draft technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures and texts of adopted ones 
Quality and Standards 
 Notices on draft standards 
INTECO AL DIA Notice announcing the comment period on 
standards Costa Rica 
INTECO catalogue of national standards 
 Adopted standards  
Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia   
(Narodne novine ) Technical regulations 
 Croatia 
Bulletin of the Croatian Standards Institute 
(HZN Glasilo ) Standards  
Official Gazette of the Republic of Cuba 
 Adopted technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures Cuba 
Normalización, Paginas Sueltas  Notices on the elaboration of standards and 
conformity assessment procedures  
Cyprus Cyprus Official Gazette Technical re gulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures   
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Collection of Laws Technical regulations Czech Republic 
Official Journal of the Czech Office for 
Standards, Metrology and Testing Standards www.unmz.cz (notifications and 
draft technical regulations) 
Congo, D.R. Ministerial Decrees Notices on technical regulations or conformity 
assessment procedures  
Denmark Dansk Standard Draft technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures  
(in form of short notices)  
Dominica - -  
Dominican 
Republic National newspaper Technical regulations  
Official Journal of the European Union "C" 
series Information and notices (e.g. preparation of 
Community law) References of harmonized standards  European Communities 
Official Journal of the European Union "L" 
series Legislation (texts of technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/  
(Official Journal) http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/progra
mmes/index_en.htm  
(Commission Legislation and Work Programme) http://europa.eu.int/comm/ enterprise/tbt/ 
(TBT notifications and 
comments) 
Websites concerning 
standardisation in Europe  :  
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/new
approach/standardization/harmstd
s/index_en.html http://www.cenorm.be/cenorm/index.htm http://www.cenelec.org/Cenelec/
Homepage.htm  
http://www.etsi.org/   
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Egyptian Official Gazette 
 Texts of technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures  
 Egypt 
EOS Bulletin: Standards & Quality World  www.eos.org.eg 
El Salvador National newspapers 
 Technical regulations and notices  
Estonia Official Journal of Estonian Standards 
Board  (EVS Teataja) Proposed and adopted standards 
Draft regulations www.evs.ee (titles of proposed 
and adopted standards) 
(a) Fiji Times (b) Fiji Daily Post 
(c) Fiji Sun 
 Notices of draft technical regulations and standards Fiji 
Fiji Islands Gazette Adopted tec hnical regulations and standards 
 www.pacs.standards.org.au  
(all technical regulations and 
standards) 
Finland SFS Information Newsletter Draft tec hnical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures 
  
Official Gazette of the Republic of 
Macedonia Technical regulations Former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia  Bulletin of the Institute for Standardization 
 Notices of standards  
Journal Officiel de la  République Française
 Technical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures France 
Enjeux Notices of preparation of technical regulations, 
standards and conformity assessment procedures  
Geostandard Manual 
 Georgia 
Georgian Legislative News ( Sakartvelos 
Sakanomdeblo Matsne ) Technical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures   
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 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Bundesgesetzblatt 
 Technical regulations adopted by the Federal State 
Landesgesetzblatt 
 Technical regulations adopted by the Länder Germany 
DIN-Anzeiger für technische Regeln 
 Standards (except electrtotechnical ones)  
Ghana Ghana Government Gazette 
 Notices of technical regulations and standards  
Greece Greek Official Journal:  Governmental 
Sheet Technical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures  
Government Gazette 
 Notices of technical regulations and standards Grenada 
GDBS Standards Catalogue 
 Announcement of existence of standards  
(a) Gazeta de Noticias 
(b)Diario de Bissau 
(c) Nô Pintcha Notices of draft technical regulations and standards  Guinea-Bissau 
Boletim Oficial 
 Adopted technical regulations and standards  
Honduras Official Journal ( La Gaceta) 
 Laws and regulations  
Hong Kong, 
China Hong Kong Government Gazette Notices of proposed technical regulations, standards 
and conformity assessment procedures  
Official Journal ( Magyar Közlöny ) 
 All legislation, except standards  Hungary 
Szabványügy i Közlöny 
 Standards  
Icelandic Law and Ministerial Gazette 
(Stjórnartíðindi ) Technical regulations Iceland 
Standards Bulletin (Sta ðlatíðindi) Standards 
   
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Official Gazette of India 
 Technical regulations 
Notice of existence of a work programme 
 India 
Standards India and Standards Monthly 
Additions 
Information announcing the opening of comment 
period for standards  
Indonesia Bulletin " Warta Standardisasi " Draft technical regulations, standards and rules of 
certification systems www.bsn.or.id (announcement on 
standards and conformity assessment procedures 
Ireland Iris Oifigiúil Notices on technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures www.nsai.ie and 
www.standards.ie (standards) 
Israel Official Gazette Standards www.sii.org.il (information on all 
publications related to standards) 
Italy Official Journal ( Gazzetta Ufficiale della 
Repubblica Italiana ) Technical regulations  
Jamaica Jamaica Gazette Notices of proposed technical regulations and 
standards  
Japan TSUSHO-KOHO (JETRO Daily) Notices of proposed technical regulations, standards 
and conformity assessment procedures  
Jordan Official Gazette Notices to announ ce that work is proceeding on 
draft standards and conformity assessment procedures. Titles of technical regulations and conformity 
assessment procedures www.jism.gov.jo 
Kenya Kenya Gazette and Legal Notices Notices concerning technical regulations and 
standards developed, issued or adopted  
Korea, 
Republic of Official Gazette ( Guan Bo ) Notices of proposed technical regulations, standards 
and conformity assessment procedures  
Catalogue of Normative Documents 
(annual) Data on existing State normative documents on 
standardization  Kyrgyz 
Republic 
Information Indicator (quarterly) Norma tive acts on standardization (standards, 
technical terms and rules)   
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 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Latvia Official Journal  (Latvijas Vestnesis) 
 Technical regulations  
Liechtenstein - -  
Official Journal  (Lietuvos Žinios) Adopted technical regulations and conformity 
assessment procedures 
Notices of new adopted and withdrawn Lithuanian 
standards and of European and international 
standards Lithuania 
LST Bulletin 
Notices on standards programs 
 www.lsd.lt (notices of draft 
technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures; notices of draft standards for public enquiry) 
Luxemburg Official Journal  (Mémorial) Technical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures  
Macao, China Official Gazette 
 General  
Madagascar - - - 
Malaysia Government Gazette Notices of technical regulati ons and standards www.lawnet.com.my (texts of 
technical regulations available on subscription) 
Malawi Official Gazette of the Republic of Malawi  Notices concerning technical regulations and 
standards developed, issued or adopted  
Malta Government Gazette Technical regulati ons and standards www.doi.gov.mt (Malta 
Government Gazette on-line) 
Mauritius  Government Gazette Announcements of technical regulations and 
standards  
Technical regulations and standards 
 Mexico Official Journal of the Federation  
(Diario Oficial de la Federación ) 
Standardization work programme 
   
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Announcement of work proceeding on technical 
regulations and conformity assessment procedures 
Plans of development of national standards Moldova Standardization Bulletin  
(Buletinul de Standardizare ) 
Notices on draft international standards for public 
enquiry 
Legal acts on standardization, technical regulations 
and conformity assessment procedures  Official Gazette ( Monitorul Oficial ) 
Texts of adopted technical regulations and 
conformity assessment procedures  
 
Mongolia Official Journals of MNCSM 
"Standardization and Metrology" and 
"Standards Information"  Titles of technical regulations, standards and 
procedures for assessment of conformity www.masm.gov.mn 
Morocco Official Journal Technical regu lations and decisions approving 
standards  
Namibia South African Gazette 
 Regulations, standards and conformity assessment 
procedures  
Notices of preparation of technical regulations, 
standards and conformity assessment procedures Netherlands Staatscourant 
 
Adopted texts 
  
New Zealand Standards Catalogue 
 List of technical regulations and standards in use New Zealand 
Standards New Zealand Journal Monthly u pdate on new technical regulations and 
standards  
Nicaragua National newspapers 
 Draft technical regulations  
Le Sahel 
 Notices of draft regulations and standards  Niger 
Official Journal of the Republic of Niger 
 Adopted technical regulations and standards   
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 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Notices of technical regulations, standards and 
certification systems Nigeria Official Gazette 
Adopted standards 
  
Norway - - - 
Oman Official Gazette Information on all technical regulations and 
adoption of Omani standards  
Pakistan Gazette Notification Notices of technical regulations, certification and 
standards  
Panama Official Gazette of the Republic of Panama Adopted technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures  
NISIT Quarterly Newsletter Notices of dr aft technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures 
Papua New Guinea National Gazette Notices of adopted technical regulations, standards 
and conformity assessment procedures 
Register of Mandatory Standards, Reference in the Legislation Texts of technical regulations Papua New 
Guinea 
Papua New Guinea Standards Catalogue Text s of standards and conformity assessment 
procedures  www.nisit.gov.pg  
(standards and conformity assessment procedures) 
Paraguay Official Gazette   
(Gaceta Oficial) Adopted technical regulations and conformity 
assessment procedures  
Peru El Peruano Texts of technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures  
Philippines Official Gazette 
 Approved mandatory standards  
Journal of Laws  
(Dziennik Ustaw ) Adopted technical regulations Poland 
NORMALIZACJA 
 Announcements of draft and adopted standards   
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Portugal Official Journal ( Diario de Republica ) 
 "Draft standards" "Technical Regulations" All legislation, except standards 
 Draft standards and draft technical regulations are announced in special lists. These lists are available 
at www.ipq.pt 
 http://www.ipq.pt  
http://www.incm.pt/ 
Gazette   Qatar 
Bulletin of Qatar General Organization for 
Standards and Metrology (QS). Announcements of technical regulations  
Romania Buletin Standardizarii Work proceeding on draft standards and titles of 
adopted and amended ones  
Rwanda Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda Notices concerning standards and technical 
regulations  
Notices or proposed technical regulations, standards 
and conformity assessment procedures Saint Lucia Official Gazette 
Announcements of comment period on standards 
  
Official Government Gazette 
 Notices of technical regulations and standards Saint Vincent 
and the Grenadines SVGBS Catalogue 
 Announcement of existence of national standards  
Draft technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures (see website) Saudi Arabia  
Texts of approved technical regulations, standards 
and conformity assessment procedures available at 
the Information Centre of SASO (see website) www.saso.org.sa 
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Gazette Notices of standards and technical regulations 
  
Singapore Government Gazette Notices of technical regulations, rules of 
certification or Singapore standards   
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 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Collection of Laws 
 Technical regulations (full texts or announcements) 
STN List (annual) 
 Identification data on standards Slovak 
Republic 
Bulletin of UNMS (monthly) 
 New standards www.sutn.gov.sk  
(information on standards and standardization work) 
Official Gazettte  (Uradni list Republike Slovenije ) Technical rules adopted in form of laws or 
regulations www.uradni-list.si  
(Official Gazette)  Slovenia 
Bulletin Sporo čila/Messages Announcements of standards www.sist.si  
(Bulletin available on password) 
Government Gazette Notices of technical regulations or rules of 
certification South Africa 
SABS Official Information (supplement to 
SABS Bulletin) Notices on standards  
Boletin Oficial de Estado Technical regulations, standards or conformity 
assessment procedures adopted by the central government Spain 
Boletines de las Communidades Autonomas Technical regulations, standards or conformity 
assessment procedures adopted by autonomous communities  
Government Gazette  
 Sri Lanka 
SLSI Bulletin 
 Notices of proposed technical regulations, standards 
and conformity assessment procedures  
Swaziland - - - 
NOTNYTT  Notifications of proposals for technical regulations 
and conformity assessment procedures Sweden  
Swedish Code of Statutes (Laws and 
Government Ordinances) Adopted regulations www.svenskstandard.se  
(titles of adopted standards) 
Switzerland Official Compendium of Swiss Federal 
legislation ( Recueil Officiel Suisse)  The texts of all Switzerland's technical regulations 
and conformity assessment procedures  www.admin.ch/dokumentation/ge
setz/index.html?lang=fr  
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Member Name of the Publication(s) 
 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Chinese Taipei Official Gazette Notices of proposed and adopted technical 
regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures  
Tanzania Government Gazette Technical regulations 
  
Thai Government Gazette Notices of technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures Thailand 
TISI Newsletter Notices of standards 
  
Gazette Notices of the inten tion to declare compulsory 
standards and date of entry into effect Trinidad and Tobago 
Daily newspapers 
 Notices of proposed draft standards  
Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic T echnical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures Tunisia 
Official Bulletin of the National 
Standardization and Industrial Property 
Institute Draft standards  
Turkey - - - 
Uganda Gazette and local newspapers Notices of  technical regulations, standards and 
conformity assessment procedures  
United Arab 
Emirates Official Gazette of the Government of the 
UAE Information on all technical regulations and 
adoption of UAE standards  
Information on published standards 
 www.bsi-global.com/bsol Update Standards  
Information on standardization work programme http://webserv.bsi-
global.com/projectline/ United Kingdom 
Office of Public Sector Information All UK legislation including draft Statutory 
Instruments http://www.opsi.gov.uk/  
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 Information Contained Therein Electronic Sources of 
Information (e.g. websites) 
Notices (and opportunity for online submission of 
comments on proposals)   Searchable database of notices from 1994 to date 
 
Tables of contents, indexed by year, from 1998 to date  Federal Register 
Final texts of central government technical 
regulations and conformity assessment procedures www.regulations.gov 
  www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html 
 
www.archives.gov/federal-register/the-federal-register/indexes.html 
Administrative Codes and Registers Section of state-level information maintained by the National Association of Secretaries of State Technical regulations and conformity assessment 
procedures prepared by state governments www.nass.org/acr/internet.html United States 
 Information on standards 
(information maintained by the American National Standards Institute – ANSI) www.nssn.org 
Uruguay - - - 
Viet Nam Ministry of Science and Technology 
catalogue   Annual catalogues and/or supplements  of the Information Centre of STAMEQ New technical regulations 
  Notification of National standards   
Zimbabwe Government Gazette Notices of technical regulations and rules of 
certification  
 
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  ANNEX 
  
PROVISIONS OF THE TBT AGREEMENT RELEVANT TO PUBLICATIONS 
  
 With respect to technical regulations and confor mity assessment procedures , the 
Agreement sets out publication obligations fo r Members both before the adoption of these 
measures and thereafter.  In particular, in rela tion to the pre-adoption publication obligations, 
Article 2.9.1 and Article 5.6.1 of  TBT Agreement provide that:  
 
"[....] Members shall publish a notice in a publication at an early appropriate stage, in such a manner as  to enable interested parties in 
other Members to become acquainted with it, that they propose to 
introduce a particular technical regulation/conformity assessment 
procedure." 
 In relation to the post-adoption publication oblig ations, Article 2.11 and Article 5.8 of the 
TBT Agreement read: 
"Members shall ensure that all technical regulations/conformity 
assessment procedures that have been adopted are published promptly or 
otherwise made available in such a ma nner as to enable interested parties 
in other Members to become acquainted with them." 
 Furthermore, Article 2.12 and 5.9 provide that: 
"[...] Members shall allow a reasonable interval between the publication of 
technical regulations/conformity asse ssment procedures and their entry 
into force in order to allow time fo r producers in exporting Members, and 
particularly in developing country Me mbers, to adapt their products or 
methods of production to the requi rements of the importing Member. 
 With respect to standards , the TBT Agreement sets out  publication obligations for 
standardizing bodies, in relation to their work  programmes, to the announcement of the 
comment period and to the adopted standards.  
 In particular, in relation to the publicati on obligations concerning the work programme, 
paragraph J of Annex 3 of th e TBT Agreement provides that: 
"At least once every six months, the standardizing body shall publish a 
work programme containing its name and address, the standards it is currently preparing and which it has ad opted in the preceding period. [...] 
A notice of existence of the work programme shall be published in a 
national or, as the case may be, regional publication of standardization 
activities." 
 In relation to the publication obligations c oncerning the comment period, Paragraph L of 
Annex 3 of the TBT Agreement provides that: 
"[...] No later than at the start of the comment period, the standardizing 
body shall publish a notice announcing the period for commenting in the 
publication referred to in paragraph J. [...]"  G/TBT/GEN/39/Rev.2 
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   Finally, in relation to the post-adoption oblig ations on standards, Paragraph O of Annex 3 
of the TBT Agreement reads:  
"Once the standard has been adopted, it shall be promptly published." 
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