WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.22 
20 February 2012 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS 
AS OF 17 FEBRUARY 2012 
 
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 17 February 2012. 
 
WTO Member Has Notified SPS: 
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 EU  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X X 
Bangladesh  X X 
Barbados  X X 
Belgium  X EU  
Belize  X X 
Benin  X X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X 
Botswana  X X 
Brazil  X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.22 
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WTO Member Has Notified SPS: 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Brunei Darussalam  X X 
Bulgaria  X EU 
Burkina Faso  X X 
Burundi  X X 
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 EU 
Czech Republic  X EU 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  X X 
Denmark  X EU 
Djibouti  X X 
Dominica  X X 
Dominican Republic  X X 
Ecuador  X X 
Egypt  X X 
El Salvador  X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.22 
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WTO Member Has Notified SPS: 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Estonia  X EU 
European Union  X X 
Fiji  X X 
Finland  X EU 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  X X 
France  X EU 
Gabon  X X 
The Gambia  X X 
Georgia  X X 
Germany  X EU 
Ghana  X   
Greece  X EU 
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 EU 
Iceland  X X 
India  X X 
Indonesia  X X 
Ireland  X EU 
Israel  X X 
Italy  X EU 
Jamaica  X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.22 
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WTO Member Has Notified SPS: 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Japan  X X 
Jordan  X X 
Kenya  X X 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  X X 
Korea, Republic of  X X 
Kuwait  X   
Kyrgyz Republic  X X 
Latvia  X EU 
Lesotho  X X 
Liechtenstein  X X 
Lithuania  X EU 
Luxembourg  X EU 
Macao, China  X X 
Madagascar  X X 
Malawi  X X 
Malaysia  X X 
Maldives  X X 
Mali  X X 
Malta  X EU 
Mauritania  X X 
Mauritius  X X 
Mexico  X X 
Moldova  X X 
Mongolia  X X 
Morocco  X X 
Mozambique  X X 
Myanmar  X X 
Namibia  X X  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.22 
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WTO Member Has Notified SPS: 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Nepal  X X 
The Netherlands  X EU 
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 EU 
Portugal  X EU 
Qatar  X X 
Romania  X EU 
Rwanda  X X 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  X X 
Saint Lucia  X X 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  X X 
Senegal  X X 
Sierra Leone  X X 
Singapore  X X 
Slovak Republic  X EU 
Slovenia  X EU 
Solomon Islands  X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.22 
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WTO Member Has Notified SPS: 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
South Africa  X X 
Spain  X EU 
Sri Lanka  X X 
Suriname  X X 
Swaziland  X X 
Sweden  X EU 
Switzerland  X X 
Chinese Taipei  X X 
Tanzania  X X 
Thailand  X X 
Togo  X X 
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 EU 
United States of America  X X 
Uruguay  X X 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  X X 
Viet Nam  X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe  X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 153 148 141 
*Notifications for member States of the European Union are made by the EU Commission ("EU"). 
 
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