WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
2 March 2009 
 (09-1043) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
  
 
STATEMENTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION  
OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER ARTICLE 15.2 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  Article 15.2 of the TBT Agreement provides that:   
"Each Member shall, promptly after the date on which the WTO Agreement 
enters into force for it, inform the Committee of measures in existence or 
taken to ensure the implementation and administration of this Agreement.  
Any changes of such measures thereaft er shall also be notified to the 
Committee."   
 The following table contains a list of  Members having submitted a Statement on 
implementation and administration of the Agreemen t under Article 15.2 since 1995.  To date, a total 
of 117 Members have submitted at  least one such Statement. This document has been prepa red under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and without prejudice to the positions of Members 
and to their rights and obligations under the WTO G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
Albania G/TBT/2/Add.99 15 May 2008 
Antigua and Barbuda G/TB T/2/Add.66 7 March 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.21  4 September 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.1 9 February 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.2 20 April 1999 Argentina 
G/TBT/2/Add.21/Suppl.3 29 August 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.75 6 August 2003 Armenia 
G/TBT/2/Add.75/Rev.1 10 August 2004 
G/TBT/2/Add.8 31 May 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.8/Rev.1  29 May 2001 Australia 
G/TBT/2/Add.8/Rev.1/Supp.1 21 June 2001 
Austria See "European Communiti es" See "European Communities" 
Bahrain G/TBT/2/Add.19 2 August 1999 
Bangladesh G/TBT/2/Add.88 19 May 2006 
Barbados G/TBT/2/A dd.48 24 September 1999 
Belgium See "European Communiti es" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.43  20 January 1998 Bolivia 
G/TBT/2/Add.43/Suppl.1 18 September 1998 
Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela G/TBT/2/Add.70 10 September 2002 
Botswana G/TBT/2/Add.97 30 October 2007 
G/TBT/2/Add.26 29 October 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.1 28 October 2002 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.1/Supp.1 18 December 2002 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2 26 June 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2/Supp.1 7 July 2003 Brazil 
G/TBT/2/Add.26/Rev.2/Supp.2 6 November 2006  G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
G/TBT/2/Add.32 23 May 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.1 12 October 2001 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.2 16 July 2003 
G/TBT/2/Add.32/Rev.3 15 December 2006 Bulgaria 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.6 4 June 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.6/Rev.1 9 September 2002 Canada 
G/TBT/2/Add.6/Rev.2 4 July 2007 
G/TBT/2/Add.16  22 July 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Suppl.1 19 April 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Suppl.2 24 November 2003 Chile 
G/TBT/2/Add.16/Rev.1 16 March 2006 
China G/TBT/2/Add.65 29 January 2002 
G/TBT/2/Add.18 29 August 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.1 5 July 2005 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.2 10 May 2007 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.2/Suppl.1 13 March 2008 Colombia 
G/TBT/2/Add.18/Rev.2/Suppl.2 18 September 2008 
G/TBT/2/Add.51  12 April 1999 Costa Rica 
G/TBT/2/Add.51/Suppl.1 10 March 2003 
Croatia G/TBT/2/Add.73 24 January 2003 
Cuba G/TBT/2/Add.13 27 June 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.46 27 February 1998 Cyprus 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2  8 November 1995 
G/TBT/2 /Suppl.1 21 June 2002 Czech Republic 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo G/TBT/2/Add.79 15 July 2004 G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
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  MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
Denmark See "European Communiti es" See "European Communities" 
Dominica G/TBT/2/Add.62 28 February 2001 
Dominican Republic G/TBT/2/Add.74 30 June 2003 
Egypt G/TBT/2/Add.34 22 July 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.78 22 March 2004 El Salvador  
G/TBT/2/Add.78/Suppl.1 8 December 2008 
G/TBT/2/Add.58 16 March 2000 
G/TBT/2/Add.58/Rev.1 1 March 2001 
G/TBT/2/Add.58/Rev. 2 10 December 2001 Estonia 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.12 27 June 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Suppl.1 4 March 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.1 1 July 1998 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.2 5 November 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.3 18 October 2005 European Communities:  
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, 
Sweden, United Kingdom 
 G/TBT/2/Add.12/Rev.3/Supp.1 22 November 2006 
Fiji G/TBT/2/Add.90 12 September 2006 
Finland See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia (FYROM)  G/TBT/2/Add.84 22 February 2005 
France See "European Communities"  See "European Communities" 
Georgia G/TBT/2/Add.81 15 October 2004 
Germany See "European Communiti es" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.76 29 October 2003 Ghana 
G/TBT/2/Add.76/Rev.1 2 June 2008 
Greece See "European Communities"  See "European Communities" 
Grenada G/TBT/2/Add.67 12 March 2002 
Guinea-Bissau G/TBT/2/Add.92 24 November 2006  G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
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  MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
Honduras G/TBT/2/Add.50 22 October 1998 
Hong Kong, China G/TBT/2/Add.1 29 January 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.41 21 October 1997 Hungary 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.55  1 June 1999 Iceland 
G/TBT/2/Add.55/Suppl.1 11 July 2000 
India G/TBT/2/Add.56 22 October 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.3 22 March 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.3/Rev.1 18 May 2004 Indonesia 
G/TBT/2/Add.3/Rev.2 15 May 2008 
Ireland See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Israel G/TBT/2/Add.72 
G/TBT/2/Add.72/Suppl.1 23 January 2001 
18 January 2008 
Italy See "European Communities"  See "European Communities" 
Jamaica G/TBT/2/Add.57 22 July 1999 
Japan G/TBT/2/Add.10 11 June 1999 
Jordan G/TBT/2/Add.61 18 October 2000 
G/TBT/2/Add.86 24 April 2005 Kenya 
G/TBT/2/Add.86/Suppl.1 02 June 2005 
Korea G/TBT/2/Add.28 12. November 1996 
Kyrgyz Republic G/TBT/2/Add.59 16 March 2000 
G/TBT/2/Add.52 13 April 1999 Latvia 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Liechtenstein G/TBT/2/Add.36 6 August 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.64 4 October 2001 Lithuania 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
Luxembourg See "European Communiti es" See "European Communities" 
Macao, China G/TBT/2/Add.30 23 December 1996 
Madagascar G/TBT/2/Add.80 3 August 2004 G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
G/TBT/2/Add.9 12 June 1996 Malaysia 
G/TBT/2/Add.9/Rev.1 29 October 2004 
Malawi G/TBT/2/Add.93 2 August 2007 
Malta See "European Communities"  See "European Communities" 
Mauritius G/TBT/2/Add.40 17 September 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.14 19 July 1996 Mexico 
G/TBT/2/Add14/Suppl.1 28 October 2008 
G/TBT/2/Add.68 15 March 2002 Moldova 
G/TBT/2/Add.68/Suppl.1 10 October 2006 
Mongolia G/TBT/2/Add.44 
G/TBT/2/Add.44/Rev.1 29 January 1998 
21 December 2007 
Morocco G/TBT/2/Add.39 6 August 1997 
Namibia G/TBT/2/Add.42 9 December 1997 
Netherlands See "European Commun ities" See "European Communities" 
New Zealand G/TBT/2/Add.24 11 October 1996 
Nicaragua G/TBT/2/Add.82 25 October 2004 
Niger G/TBT/2/Add.95 10 September 2007 
Nigeria G/TBT/2/Add.20 2 August 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.15 15 July 1996 Norway 
G/TBT/2/Add.15/Rev.1 26 June 1997 
Oman G/TBT/2/Add.63 12 April 2001 
Pakistan G/TBT/2/Add.45 12 February 1998 
G/TBT/2/Add.53  7 May 1999 Panama 
G/TBT/2/Add.53/Corr.1 14 October 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.77 5 March 2004 Papua New Guinea 
G/TBT/2/Add./77/Rev.1 27 October 2006 
G/TBT/2/Add.91 29 September 2006 Paraguay 
G/TBT/2/Add.91/Rev.1 1 July 2008  G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
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MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
G/TBT/2/Add.29 23 December 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.29/Rev.1 11 September 2007 Peru 
G/TBT/2/Add.29/Rev.2 3 December 2008 
Philippines G/TBT/2/Add.11 11 June 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.31 18 February 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.31/Rev.1 24 March 1997 Poland 
See "European Communities"  See "European Communities" 
Portugal See "European Communiti es" See "European Communities" 
Qatar G/TBT/2/Add.87 27 February 2006 
G/TBT/2/Add.17 2 August 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.17/Corr.1 11 September 1996 Romania 
See "European Communities"  See "European Communities" 
Rwanda G/TBT/2/Add.85 24 February 2005 
Saint Lucia G/TBT/2/Add.37 6 August 1997 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines G/TBT/2/Add.71 10 December 2002 
Saudi Arabia G/TBT/2/Add.89 19 May 2006 
Sierra Leone G/TBT/2/Add.83 16 December 2004 
G/TBT/2/Add.25 29 October 1996 Singapore 
G/TBT/2/Add.25/Rev.1 27 August 2007 
G/TBT/2/Add.4 26 March 1996 Slovak Republic 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
G/TBT/2/Add.5  28 March 1996 
G/TBT/2/Add.5/Suppl.1 18 August 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.5/Suppl.2 1 November 2001 Slovenia 
See "European Communities" See "European Communities" 
South Africa G/TBT/2/Add.60 14 July 2000 
Spain See "European Communities"  See "European Communities" 
Sri Lanka G/TBT/2/Add.27 8 November 1996 G/TBT/GEN/1/Rev.8 
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  MEMBERS DOCUMENT  DATE 
Swaziland G/TBT/2/Add.35 22 July 1997 
Sweden See "European Communiti es" See "European Communities" 
Switzerland G/TBT/2/Add.7 
G/TBT/2/Add.7/Rev.1 14 June 1996 
14 February 2008 
Chinese Taipei G/TBT/2/Add.69 11 July 2002 
Tanzania G/TBT/2/Add.94 31 August 2007 
Thailand G/TBT/2/Add.38 6 August 1997 
Trinidad and Tobago G/TBT/2/Add.47 13 July 1998 
Tunisia G/TBT/2/Add.22 26 November 1996 
Turkey G/TBT/2/Add.33 18 June 1997 
G/TBT/2/Add.23 8 October 1996 Uganda  
G/TBT/2/Add.23/Suppl.1 12 April 2006 
Ukraine G/TBT/2/Add.100 30 May 2008 
United Arab Emirates G/TB T/2/Add.96 11 September 2007 
United Kingdom See "European Commun ities" See "European Communities" 
United States G/TBT/2/Add.2 19 February 1996 
Uruguay G/TBT/2/Add.54 26 May 1999 
G/TBT/2/Add.98 6 November 2007 Viet Nam 
G/TBT/2/Add.98/Rev.1 
 20 February 2009 
Zimbabwe G/TBT/2/Add.49 28 September 1998 
 
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