WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.15 
25 January 2006 
 (06-0347) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS 
AS OF 23 JANUARY 2006 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
 
 
 The following table indicates the information available to the Secretariat regarding which 
WTO Members have (1) notified an enquiry point as provided in paragraph 3 of Annex B of the SPS 
Agreement and (2) identified their national notific ation authority as provided in paragraph 10 of 
Annex B of the Agreement as of 23 January 2006.  Governments with observer status which have 
notified a national enquiry point and/or a national noti fication authority are also included in this table. 
Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Albania  X X 
Angola  X X 
Antigua and Barbuda X X 
Argentina X X 
Armenia X X 
Australia X X 
Austria X EC 
Bahrain, Kingdom of X X 
Bangladesh  X X 
Barbados X X 
Belgium X EC 
Belize X X 
Benin  X X 
Bolivarian Rep. of Venezuela X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.15 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Bolivia X X 
Botswana X X 
Brazil X X 
Brunei Darussalam X X 
Bulgaria X X 
Burkina Faso  X X 
Burundi   
Cambodia  
Cameroon X X 
Canada X X 
Central African Rep.   
Chad   
Chile X X 
China  X X 
Colombia X X 
Congo  
Costa Rica X X 
Côte d'Ivoire X  
Croatia X X 
Cuba X X 
Cyprus X EC 
Czech Republic X EC 
Democratic Rep. of the Congo    
Denmark X EC 
Djibouti  X X 
Dominica X X 
Dominican Republic X X 
Ecuador X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.15 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Egypt X X 
El Salvador X X 
Estonia  X EC 
European Communities X X 
Fiji X X 
Finland X EC 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia X X 
France X EC 
Gabon X X 
The Gambia  X X 
Georgia X X 
Germany X EC 
Ghana X  
Greece X EC 
Grenada X X 
Guatemala X X 
Guinea   
Guinea Bissau   
Guyana X X 
Haiti  X X 
Honduras X X 
Hong Kong, China X X 
Hungary  X EC 
Iceland X X 
India X X 
Indonesia X X 
Ireland X EC 
Israel X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.15 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Italy X EC 
Jamaica X X 
Japan X X 
Jordan X X 
Kenya X X 
Korea, Republic of X X 
Kuwait X  
Kyrgyz Republic X X 
Latvia X EC 
Lesotho   
Liechtenstein X X 
Lithuania X EC 
Luxembourg X EC 
Macao, China X X 
Madagascar  X X 
Malawi  X X 
Malaysia X X 
Maldives  X  
Mali  X X 
Malta X EC 
Mauritania  X X 
Mauritius X X 
Mexico X X 
Moldova X X 
Mongolia X X 
Morocco X X 
Mozambique  X X 
Myanmar  X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.15 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Namibia X  
Nepal  X X 
Netherlands X EC 
New Zealand X X 
Nicaragua X X 
Niger  X  
Nigeria X X 
Norway X X 
Oman X X 
Pakistan X X 
Panama X X 
Papua New Guinea X X 
Paraguay X X 
Peru X X 
Philippines X X 
Poland X EC 
Portugal X EC 
Qatar X X 
Romania X X 
Rwanda    
Saint Kitts and Nevis X X 
Saint Lucia X X 
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines X X 
Saudi Arabia   
Senegal X X 
Sierra Leone    
Singapore X X 
Slovak Republic  X EC G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.15 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Slovenia X EC 
Solomon Islands  X X 
South Africa X X 
Spain X EC 
Sri Lanka X X 
Suriname X X 
Swaziland X X 
Sweden X EC 
Switzerland X X 
Chinese Taipei X X 
Tanzania  X X 
Thailand X X 
Togo   
Trinidad and Tobago X X 
Tunisia X X 
Turkey X X 
Uganda  X X 
United Arab Emirates X X 
United Kingdom X EC 
United States of America X X 
Uruguay X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 149 136 130 
 *Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC 
Commission ("EC"). 
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