WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.19 
1 April 2009 
 (09-1637) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS 
AS OF 31 MARCH 2009 
 
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 31 March 2009. 
 
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 Republic of Venezuela  X X 
Bolivia  X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.19 
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  Has Notified SPS: 
 
WTO Member Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Botswana  X X 
Brazil  X X 
Brunei Darussalam  X X 
Bulgaria  X EC 
Burkina Faso  X X 
Burundi    
Cambodia    
Cameroon  X X 
Canada  X X 
Cape Verde  X  
Central African Republic    
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 Republic of the Congo    
Denmark  X EC 
Djibouti  X X 
Dominica  X X 
Dominican Republic  X X 
Ecuador  X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.19 
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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 Republic 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  X  
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.19 
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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.19 
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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 EC 
Rwanda  X X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  X X 
Saint Lucia  X X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  X X 
Saudi Arabia  X X 
Senegal  X X 
Sierra Leone    
Singapore  X X 
Slovak Republic  X EC G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.19 
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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    
Tonga  X  
Trinidad and Tobago  X X 
Tunisia  X X 
Turkey  X X 
Uganda  X X 
Ukraine  X X 
United Arab Emirates  X X 
United Kingdom  X EC 
United States of America  X X 
Uruguay  X X 
Viet Nam  X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe  X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 153 143 134 
*Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC Commission ("EC"). 
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