WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.21 
11 March 2011 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS 
AS OF 10 MARCH 2011 
 
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 10 March 2011. 
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 EU 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  X X 
Bangladesh  X X 
Barbados  X X 
Belgium  X EU 
Belize  X X 
Benin  X X 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  X X 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  X X 
Botswana  X X G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.21 
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  Has Notified SPS: 
 
WTO Member Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Brazil  X X 
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  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.21 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
WTO Member Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
El Salvador  X X 
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 G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.21 
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  Has Notified SPS: 
 
WTO Member Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Jamaica  X X 
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   
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  G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.21 
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  Has Notified SPS:  
WTO Member Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Namibia  X X 
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 G/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.21 
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  Has Notified SPS: 
 
WTO Member Enquiry Point National 
Notification Authority* 
Solomon Islands  X X 
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   
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 
Viet Nam  X X 
Zambia  X X 
Zimbabwe  X X 
TOTAL MEMBERS = 153 148 139 
*Notifications for member States of the European Union are made by the EU Commission ("EU"). 
 
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