. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TRIMS/W/81 
16 March 2011 
 
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Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2  
OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT 
 
REMINDER
 
 
 
1. Article 6.2 of the Trade-Related Investment  Measures ("TRIMs Agreement") provides:   
Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of  the publications in which TRIMs may be 
found, including those applied by regi onal and local governments and authorities 
within their territories.   
2. This provision does not envisage notifications of  particular laws, regulations or measures but 
of publications.  It applies to all WTO Members, c overs all levels of govern ment and refers to any 
TRIM, whether or not  in conformity with Articles III and XI of the GATT 1994.   
3. At its meeting on 30 September 1996, the Committee on TRIMs adopted the Decision 
contained in document G/TRIMS/5 (attached) pertai ning to the procedures for notifications to be 
submitted by all Members pursuant to Article 6.2 of  the TRIMs Agreement.  The attached Decision 
specifies, in its paragraphs 3 and 4, the informati on which should be contained in such notifications 
and indicates that these notifications would be without prejudice to the legal consistency of any 
TRIMs  which may be found in these publications no tified.  The Secretariat consolidates all 
notifications received pursuant to this Article in  one single document, the latest of which was 
circulated in G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.20 dated 3 Septembe r 2010.  Individual notifications received after 
that date were circulated in documents G/ TRIMS/N/2/Rev.20/Add.1 & Add.2 & Add.3 dated 
30 September, 17 November 2010 and 18 January 2011, respectively.    
4. Members that have never subm itted the required notifications are reminded to do so without 
delay.   
5. Members that have submitted the required notif ications and have not updated them, as 
necessary, to reflect any changes that may have oc curred, are reminded to update such notifications 
without delay.   
6. Members that have submitted nil notificati ons indicating that they have no TRIMs 
inconsistent with the TRIMs Agreement, are also  reminded that the obligation to notify names and 
publications where TRIMs may be found pertains to any TRIM without prejudice to its legal 
consistency .  Members that have submitted such nil no tifications are also reminded to submit the 
required notifications without delay. 
7. All Members are requested to include in their notifications any websites where relevant 
information could be found. G/TRIMS/W/81 
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WORLD TRADE  G/TRIMS/5  
  30 October 1996 
ORGANIZATION  
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Committee on Trade-Related Investment Measures  
 
 
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT  
 
Decision of the Commit tee of 30 September 1996  
 
 
1) Article 6.2 of the TR IMs Agreement provides: 
  Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which TRIMs 
may be found, including those  applied by regional and local governments and 
authorities within their territories. 
 
2) This provision does not envisage notifi cations of particular laws, regulations or 
measures but of publications.  It applies to a ll WTO Members, covers all levels of government 
and refers to any TRIM, whether or not in conformity with Articles III and XI of the GATT 1994.  
3) The Committee decides that each Member implement Article 6.2 by providing the 
Secretariat with the name(s) of publication(s)  in which TRIMs may be found, where such 
publications exist, including those applied by regional and local governments and authorities 
within their territories, and the addresses from  which copies can be obtained.  Members are 
not expected to submit copies of such publications.  The notification would be without 
prejudice to the legal consistency of any TRIMs which may be found in these publications 
notified.  4) The "publications", notification of which is envisaged under Article 6.2, are official 
sources which would contain relevant laws, re gulations or measures of more specific 
character.  Such sources may include official g azettes, but it might be more helpful if Members 
included references to specific publications of re levant agencies (e.g. bulletins or periodicals of 
a relevant ministry or fo reign investment board). 
 5) Members are invited to submit lists of such publications by 1 February 1997
 and to 
update these lists as appropriate.  The Secr etariat will consolidate notifications under 
Article 6.2 in a single document which will be updated as the need arises. 
 
 
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