WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.18 
1 October 2008 
 (08-4595) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS 
AS OF 26 SEPTEMBER 2008 
 
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 26 September 2008. 
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.18 
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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 EC 
Burkina Faso  X X 
Burundi    
Cambodia   
Cameroon X X 
Canada X X 
Cape Verde 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  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.18 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Ecuador X X 
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  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 G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.18 
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  Has Notified SPS: 
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Israel X X 
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  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.18 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Myanmar  X X 
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    
Saint Kitts and Nevis X X 
Saint Lucia X X 
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines X X 
Saudi Arabia X X 
Senegal X X 
Sierra Leone    
Singapore X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.18 
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  Has Notified SPS: 
 
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Slovak Republic X EC 
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  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.18 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
WTO Member 
Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Viet Nam  X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 153 142 133 
 *Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC 
Commission ("EC"). 
 
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