WORLD TRADE G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
28July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3158)
Committee onTrade-Related Investment Measures Original: English/
French/
Spanish
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2OFTHE TRIMS AGREEMENT OF
PUBLICATIONS INWHICH TRIMS MAY BEFOUND
Revision
ThedecisionoftheCommitteeindocumentG/TRIMS/5regardingnotificationsunderArticle6.2
oftheTRIMs Agreement provides forthesubmission ofsuchnotifications by1February 1997.
Reproduced below isalistofcommunications received sofarpursuant tothisdecision asof1July1997.
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Angola
Antigua andBarbuda
Argentina
Australia
Australian lawsareessentially intheforms ofstatutes andimplementing regulations. Statutes
areprinted separately while regulations arepublished intheCommonwealth Gazette. Ministers,
Departments andother agencies issue media releases andother forms ofpublic notice. Billsbefore
Parliament usually haveexplanatory memoranda aswellasbeing elaborated uponindebate, inparticular
inSecond Reading speeches. Parliamentary debate ispublished inHansard. Similar arrangements
holdforState andTerritory governments.
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
BoliviaG/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Pursuant toArticle 6.2oftheTRIMs Agreement, anynewlawsorregulations pertaining to
TRIMs willbegazetted intheBrunei Government Gazette.
Bulgaria
TheGovernment oftheRepublic ofBulgaria hereby notifies theCouncil forTrade inGoods
thatBulgarian lawsandregulations concerning theapplication oftrade-related investment measures
donotcontain anymeasures thatarenotinconformity withtheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment
Measures.
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Pursuant toArticle 6.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures, Chile notifies
thatitdoesnothaveanypublications ontrade-related investment measures.
Colombia
Costa Rica
Côted'Ivoire
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican RepublicG/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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EC
Ecuador
Egypt
ElSalvador
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea Bissau
Guinea, Rep.of
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hong Kong doesnothaveanypublications related toTRIMs.
Hungary
Iceland
IndiaG/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Indonesia
Inaccordance withArticle 6.2oftheAgreement onTRIMs, onbehalf oftheGovernment of
theRepublic ofIndonesia, Iwould liketonotify theCommittee onTRIMs thatIndonesia, atpresent,
doesnothaveanypublication concerning TRIMs matters.
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Korea
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
With reference tothedecision oftheCommittee onTrade-Related Investment Measures of
30September 1996 Iwould liketoinform you,thatthepublication inwhich laws, regulations or
measures ofmore specific character can befound istheLIECHTENSTEINISCHES
LANDESGESETZBLATT. However, Liechtenstein lawsandregulations donotcontain measures
thatarenotinconformity withtheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures.
Copies canbeordered atthefollowing office:
Regierungskanzlei
Regierungsgebaude
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +41/75/236 6030
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
MaldivesG/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands
NewZealand
Nicaragua
Regarding thecommitment tomeetthetransparency andnotification requirements contained
inArticle XofGATT 1994, asprovided inArticle 6.2,theGovernment ofNicaragua notifies theWTO
Secretariat thatthelegal basis fortheapplication oftrade-related investment measures isDecree
LawNo.127 of12April 1991, ontheForeign Investment Law, amended byDecree 2-92 of
6January 1992, anditsregulations setoutinDecree LawNo.30-92 of10June1992.
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
TheNorwegian Industrial andRegional Development Fund (SND) haspublished apublication
named "SND Financing" inwhich TRIMs maybefound. TheFund iscurrently working onanew
publication thatwillcontain anoverview ofalltypes ofinvestment measures, including TRIMs. The
publication "SND Financing" canbeobtained atthisaddress:
TheNorwegian Industrial andRegional Development Fund (SND)
Akersgaten 13
P.O.Box448Sentrum
N-0104 Oslo
Norway
Pakistan
Papua NewGuineaG/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Paraguay
Peru
Forthepurposes ofparagraph 3ofdocument G/TRIMS/5, thePermanent Mission ofPeru
haspleasure intransmitting totheWTO Secretariat thefollowing information ontheOfficial Journal
"ElPeruano":
General manager: Mr.Pedro ALVAREZ-FERNANDEZ
Address: Jr.Quilca 556,Cercado deLima,
Lima 1
Telephone: (511)4283460
Fax: (511)4239103
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
PursuanttoArticle6.2oftheAgreementonTrade-RelatedInvestmentMeasuresandtheDecision
oftheTRIMs Committee of30September 1996, Romania notifies thepublications inwhich TRIMs
maybefound, asfollows:
1. "Monitorul Oficial alRomaniei" (theOfficial Gazette ofRomania)
Address: Monitorul Oficial
Department forrelations withthepublic andtheeconomic operators
1,Blanduziei Street
Bucharest -2
Romania
Telephone: 00401 -2115730
2. "Stiri -ARD" (News RDA) -thepublication ofRomanian Development Agency
Address: Romanian Development Agency
7,Blvd. Magheru
Bucharest
Romania
Telephone: 00401 -6156686
Telefax: 00401 -6132415
RwandaG/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Saint KittsandNevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent &Gren.
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Pursuant toArticle 6.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures, Singapore
wishes tonotify thatsinceitdoesnotmaintain anyTRIMs, thisnotification requirement doesnotapply.
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
SriLanka
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Switzerland hasnotified (document G/TRIMS/N/1/CHE/1 of20september 1995) thatSwiss
lawsandregulations donotcontain measures thatarenotinconformity withtheAgreement onTrade-
Related Investment Measures. Pursuant toArticle 6.2oftheAgreement andtheDecision of
30September1996oftheCommitteeonTrade-RelatedInvestmentMeasures,Switzerlandcommunicates
below thepublications inwhich alltherelevant laws, regulations ormeasures canbefound, including
those oftheConfederation andthecantons. Switzerland doesnothaveanyspecial publications inwhich
trade-related investment measures canbefound.
Systematic compilation ofFederal legislation
Official compilation ofFederal legislation. Systematic compilation ofFederal law.
Lesrecueils systématiques desloiscantonales
Canton ofZurich
Zürcher Gesetzessammlung (LSD)G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Canton ofBerne
Recueil systématique desloisbernoises (RSB)
Canton ofLucerne
Systematische Rechtssammlung desKantons Luzern (SRL)
Canton ofUri
Urner Rechtsbuch (RB)
Canton ofSchwyz
Schwyzer Gesetzessammlung (NGS)
Canton ofObwalden
Obwaldnerisches Landbuch (LB)
Canton ofNidwalden
Nidwaldner Gesetzessammlung (NGS)
Canton ofGlarus
Gesetzessammlung (GS)
Canton ofZug
Bereinigte Gesetzessammlung (BGS)
Canton ofFribourg
Recueil systématique delalégislation fribourgeoise (RSF)
Canton ofSolothurn
Solothurnische Gesetzessammlung (BGS)
Canton ofBasel
Systematische Gesetzessammlung (SG; dès1962: SGS)
Canton ofSchaffhausen
Schaffhauser Rechtsbuch
Canton ofAppenzell Outer Rhoden
Ausserrhodische Gesetzessammlung (Bereinigte Gesetzessammlung) (bGs)G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Canton ofAppenzell Inner Rhoden
Gesetzessammlung Appenzell I.Rh.
Canton ofSt-Gallen
Gesetzessammlung (sGs)
Canton ofGraubünden
Bündner Rechtsbuch (BR) (available inGerman)
Canton ofAargau
Systematische Sammlung desAargauischen Rechts (SAR)
Canton ofThurgau
Thurgauer Rechtsbuch
Canton ofTicino
Raccolta delleLegi
Canton ofVaud
Recueil systématique delalégislation vaudoise
Canton ofValais
Recueil desloisdelaRépublique etcanton duValais (RS/VS)
Canton ofNeuchâtel
Recueil systématique delalégislation neuchâteloise (RSN)
Canton ofGeneva
Recueil officiel systématique delalégislation genevoise envigueur (Législation genevoise)
(RSG)
Canton ofJura
Recueil systématique dudroitjurassien (RSJ)
Further information canbeobtained from thel'Office fédéral desaffaires économiques
extérieures, Division ducommerce mondial -OMC, CH-3003 Berne.
TanzaniaG/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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Thailand
Incompliance withArticle 6.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures, I
havethehonour tonotify totheCommittee onTrade-Related Investment Measures thepublication
inwhich TRIMs maybefound, asfollows:
Publication: "AGuide totheBoard ofInvestment"
Address: Office oftheBoard ofInvestment
555Vipavadee-Rangsit Road,
Chatuchak,
Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad andTobago
Tunisia
Pursuant toArticle 6.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures, alllegislative
andregulatory measures concerning investment arepublished intheOfficial Journal oftheRepublic
ofTunisia.
Turkey
Uganda
Inaccordance withArticle 6.2oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures, the
Republic ofUganda notifies andattaches hereto thefollowing documents:1
(a) TheInvestment Code; Statute No.Iof1991;
(b) Article 25oftheFinance Bill1995; which ineffect isanamendment toStatute No.I
of1991.
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Pursuant totheDecision adopted bytheCommittee onTrade-Related Investment Measures
(TRIMs) on30September 1996, Ihavethepleasure tocommunicate herewith thename ofthenational
1Copies ofthedocuments areavailable forinspection byinterested delegations intheIntellectual Property
andInvestment Division.G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.1
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publication inwhich theTRIM notified byVenezuela incommunication No.407of31March 1995,
concerning theComplementarity Agreement fortheAutomotive Sector, appears.
Thenotified TRIM iscontained intheGaceta Oficial (Official Gazette) oftheRepublic of
Venezuela. Thelegalprovisions applied are:(i)Decree 3,303 of22December 1993(Official Gazette
No.35,386 of21January 1994); (ii)Decree 121of13April 1994 (Official Gazette No.35,455 of
6May1994); and(iii)Resolution 0001issuing rulesforthedevelopment oftheautomotive industry,
of2January 1995(Official Gazette No.35,624 of4January 1996). TheOfficial Gazette ispublished
bytheNational Printing Office, atthefollowing address: Esquina SanLázaro aPuente Victoria No.89,
Parroquia LaCandelaria, Caracas 1010.
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe