 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/L/716 
11 November 2004 
 (04-4794) 
  
 
 
REPORT (2004) OF THE WORKING PARTY ON 
STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES  
 
 
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE WORKING PARTY 
1. The Working Party on State Trading Enterprises was established by the Council for Trade in 
Goods at its meeting of 20 February 1995, pursu ant to paragraph 5 of the Understanding on the 
Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agre ement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (hereinafter "the 
Understanding").  Membership of the Working Party is open to all Members indicating their wish to 
serve on it.  Observer governments in the General Council of the WTO have observer status in the 
Working Party.  During the period under revi ew (11 November 2003 – 9 November 2004),  
Ms. Judith Vanková (Slovak Republic) followed by Mr. Rethabile Mosisili (Lesotho) assumed the 
Chairpersonship of the Working Party. Ms. Vankov á chaired the meeting of the Working Party on 
11 November 2003. Prior to the Working Party's meeting on 9 November 2004, Mr. Mosisili resigned 
from the Chairpersonship of this Body. Following Mr. Mosisili's resignation, the Working Party was 
chaired by Mr. Benjamin Katjipuka (Namibia) who served as interim Chairper son for the purpose of 
the Working Party's meeting held on 9 November 20 04, pending the election of a Chairperson by the 
Council for Trade in Goods. 
2. The mandate of the Working Party, as set out in  paragraph 5 of the Understanding, is: (i) to 
review notifications and counter-no tifications on state trading;  (ii) to review, in the light of the 
notifications received, the adequacy of the qu estionnaire on state trading (BISD 9S/184) and the 
coverage of state trading enterprises notified under paragraph 1 of the Unders tanding;  and (iii) to 
develop an illustrative list showing the kinds of relationships between governments and enterprises, 
and the kinds of activities engaged in by these enterp rises, which may be relevant for the purposes of 
Article XVII of GATT 1994.  Regarding the revi ew of notifications, the Working Party having 
completed the mandated revision of the questionnaire on state trading, now reviews notifications in 
light of the questionnaire adopted on 2 April 1998 (G/STR/3) and revised on 14 November 2003 
(G/STR/3/Rev.1).  Regarding the Illustrative List of State Trading Relationships and Activities, the 
Working Party completed its mandate with the ad option of the illustrative list by the Council for 
Trade in Goods on 15 October 1999 (G/STR/4). 
3. This Report is submitted under paragraph 5 of th e Understanding. It sets out the activities of 
the Working Party during the period under review. 
4. Participants in the Working Party's meetings to date are: Argentina; Australia; Bangladesh; 
Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Burundi; Canada; Chile; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; 
Czech Republic; Egypt; El Salvador; European  Communities; Guatemala; Hong Kong, China; 
Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Korea; Latvia; Lithuania; Malaysia; Malta; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; New Zealand; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Paraguay; 
Peru; Philippines; Poland; Romania; the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and 
Matsu; Singapore; Slovak Republic; South Africa; Switzerland; Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; 
Turkey; United States; Uruguay; Venezuela; and Za mbia. Ethiopia; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; 
Sudan; and Vietnam participated as observers. G/L/716 
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5. Following the meeting held on 11 November 2003, the Working Party held one formal 
meeting during the period under re view, on 9 November 2004.  The Minutes of this meeting will be 
circulated in document G/STR/M/14.   
6. The next regular meeting of the Workin g Party will be held on 17 October 2005. 
II. NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF MEMBERS' STATE TRADING ACTIVITIES 
7. Under Article XVII of GATT 1994 and paragraph 1 of the Unders tanding, all Members of the 
WTO are required to submit annual notifications of  their state trading activities.  New and full 
notifications were first required in  1995 and, subsequently, every third year thereafter, while updating 
notifications were to be made in the intervening years, indicating any chang es since the last new and 
full notification. On 11 November 2003, the Working Party adopted the recommendation contained in 
document G/STR/5 regarding the frequency of notif ications. The said recommendation, approved by 
the Council for Trade in Goods on 26 November 2003, modified the periodicity of state trading notifications so that new & full notifications on stat e trading are due every two years instead of every 
three years and the requirement of updating notifications in the intervening years is eliminated. At the 
formal meeting held during the period under review , the Chairperson made a statement concerning the 
need for timely compliance with notification requirements. 
8. New and full notifications for 1998 we re received from 52 Members and updating 
notifications for 1999 and 2000 were received from 45 & 42 Members respectively.
1  In 2001, new 
and full notifications were received from 52 Memb ers and updating notifica tions for 2002 and 2003 
were received from 37 & 26 Members respectively2. New and full notifications for 2004 have been 
received from 17 Members3. (See Annex to this Report).  
9. At its meeting of 9 November 2004, the Work ing Party reviewed 41 notifications: 2004 new 
and full notifications4 of Armenia; Bulgaria; Croatia; Ghana;  Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; 
Latvia; Liechtenstein; Macao, China; Panama; Si ngapore; Suriname; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei and 
Thailand, 2003 updating notifications of Austra lia; Colombia; Croatia; Czech Republic; Estonia; 
Oman; Panama; Romania; Singapore; Slovak Republic ; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States 
and Zambia, 2002 updating notifications of Australia ; Colombia; Croatia; and the United States, 2001 
new and full notifications of Australia; Colombia ; and the United States, 2000 updating notifications 
of Australia; and the United States, 1999 updating notifications of the United States and 1998 New 
and full Notifications of the United States. At that meeting, the Working Party also adopted its Annual 
Report to the Council for Trade in Goods for the year 2004.  
10. At the 9 November 2004 regular meeting of th e Working Party, Australia posed questions 
relating to Bulgaria's 2004 new and full notificatio n contained in document G/STR/N/10/BGR and to 
the United States' 1998 new and full notification contained in document G/STR/N/4/USA. Under 
other business, Australia also posed questions to  the European Communities regarding the new and 
full notification of Cyprus cont ained in G/STR/N/1/CYP. It questioned whether the newly acceded 
Members to the European Communities will continue to grant special privileges to entities engaged in 
international trade and when the European Communiti es would expect to submit its next state trading 
notification. It requested India, Israel and Korea to  provide an update on the status of certain entities 
notified previously and indicate when they woul d expect to submit their next state trading 
                                                      
1 The European Communities and its then 15 Member States are counted as one Member. 
2 The European Communities and its then 15 Member States are counted as one Member. 
3 As Cyprus; the Czech Republic; Estonia; Hu ngary; Latvia; Lithuania;  Malta; Poland; the 
Slovak Republic and Sloven ia became European Commun ities' Member States on 2004,  they were counted 
separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect their previous notification obligation. 
4 New Zealand submitted a 2004 new and full notification the day before the meeting. This notification 
will be reviewed at the subsequent meeting of the Working Party.  G/L/716 
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notifications.  Under other business, The United States  reminded Egypt of  its questions posed at the 
last meeting of the Working Party in November  2003 regarding the Alexandria Cotton Exporters 
Associations (ALCOTEXA). Additionally, the Euro pean Communities reminded New Zealand of its 
questions posed at the last meeting of the Worki ng Party in November 2003 regarding an enterprise 
called Fonterra.  
III. COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOTIFICATION OBLIGATION 
11. At its meeting of 11 November 2003 the Work ing Party adopted the Recommendation on the 
Frequency of Notifications pending agreement by one Member.  The Recommendation was circulated 
as document G/STR/5 and was approved by the Co uncil for Trade in Goods on 26 November 2003. 
At the 9 November 2004 meeting of the Working Part y, the Chairperson expressed deep concern with 
the unsatisfactory state of compliance with the notific ation obligation. He drew Members' attention to 
the importance of prompt compliance with such an obligation as being the prime target of the modification of the frequency of notifications. He referred to the recommendation contained in 
document G/STR/5 modifying the periodicity of stat e trading notifications and expressed his sincere 
hope that by the end of the current trial period, the Membership could achieve a tangible improvement 
in the notification status and thus be able to ex tend further the application of this recommendation. 
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ANNEX 
 
NOTIFICATIONS SU BMITTED BY WTO MEMBERS UNDER 
ARTICLE XVII:4(A) OF GATT 1994 AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE 
UNDERSTANDING ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE XVII OF GATT 1994 
 
 
Status as of 9 November 20045 
 
 
 
Member  New and 
Full 
Notification 
(1998) 
G/STR/N/4 Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 
Albania n.a. n.a.      
Angola        
Antigua and Barbuda        
Argentina X X X X    
Armenia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.  X 
Australia X X X X X X  
Bahrain X X X     
Bangladesh        
Barbados        
Belize        
Benin        
Bolivia  X X X    
Botswana        
Brazil        
Brunei Darussalam        
Bulgaria    X X  X 
Burkina Faso        
Burundi    X    
Cambodia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.  
Cameroon        
Canada X       
Central African 
Republic        
Chad X X X X    
Chile X X X X    
China n.a. n.a. n.a. X X X  
Colombia X   X X X  
Congo        
                                                      
5An "X" indicates that a notification has been made.  An "n.a." indicates that the notification obligation 
did not apply to the country in question as it was not a WTO Member at the time (a copy of document 
WT/INF/43/Rev.5 containing the WTO Membership entry into force of all WTO Members is attached).  An §  indicates that the country in question is currently a Member of  the European Communities.      G/L/716 
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Member  New and 
Full 
Notification 
(1998) 
G/STR/N/4 Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 
Costa Rica X X X X X   
Côte d'Ivoire        
Croatia n.a. n.a.   X X X 
Cuba        
Cyprus6§    X X X  
Czech Republic7§ X X X X X X  
Democratic Republic 
of the Congo        
Djibouti        
Dominica X X X     
Dominican Republic        
Ecuador        
Egypt X       
El Salvador X X X     
Estonia8§ n.a.   X X X  
European 
Communities X X X X    
Fiji X       
Former Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.   
Gabon        
Gambia        
Georgia n.a. n.a.  X X   
Ghana    X   X 
Grenada        
Guatemala X X X X X   
Guinea, Republic of     X X X  
Guinea Bissau        
Guyana        
Haiti X X X     
Honduras    X    
Hong Kong, China X X X X X X X 
Hungary9§ X X X X X X  
Iceland X X      
India    X    
                                                      
6 As this Member became a European  Communities' Member State on 2004,   it will appear on this table 
separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification obligation. 
7 As this Member became a European  Communities' Member State on 2004,   it will appear on this table 
separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification obligation. 
8 As this Member became a European  Communities' Member State on 2004,   it will appear on this table 
separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification obligation. 
9 As this Member became a European  Communities' Member State on 2004,   it will appear on this table 
separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification obligation. G/L/716 
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Member  New and 
Full 
Notification 
(1998) 
G/STR/N/4 Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 
Indonesia X   X X  X 
Israel        
Jamaica    X    
Japan X   X   X 
Jordan X. X X X X X  
Kenya        
Korea, Republic of X       
Kuwait        
Kyrgyz Republic        
Latvia10§ X X X X X  X 
Lesotho        
Liechtenstein X X X X X X X 
Lithuania11§ n.a. n.a. n.a. X    
Macao, China X X X X X X X 
Madagascar        
Malawi        
Malaysia        
Maldives        
Mali        
Malta12§ X X X X X   
Mauritania        
Mauritius     X   
Mexico X X X     
Moldova n.a. n.a. n.a. X X   
Mongolia X X X X    
Morocco        
Mozambique        
Myanmar        
Namibia X X X     
Nepal n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.  
New Zealand X X X X   X 
Nicaragua        
Niger        
                                                      
10 As this Member became a Euro pean Communities' Member State on 2004, it will appear on this 
table separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification 
obligation. 
11 As this Member became a Euro pean Communities' Member State on 2004, it will appear on this 
table separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification 
obligation. 
12 As this Member became a Euro pean Communities' Member State on 2004, it will appear on this 
table separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification 
obligation.  G/L/716 
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Member  New and 
Full 
Notification 
(1998) 
G/STR/N/4 Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 
Nigeria X X X X X   
Norway X X X X    
Oman n.a. n.a.  X  X  
Pakistan X X X X X X  
Panama X X X X X X X 
Papua New Guinea        
Paraguay X       
Peru        
Philippines X X X X    
Poland13§ X X X X X X  
Qatar  X      
Romania X X X X X X  
Rwanda        
Saint Kitts & Nevis        
Saint Lucia        
Saint Vincent & 
Grenadines X X X     
Senegal        
Sierra Leone        
Singapore X X X   X X 
Slovak Republic14§ X X X X X X  
Slovenia15§ X X X X X X  
Solomon Islands        
South Africa X X X X X   
Sri Lanka        
Suriname       X 
Swaziland        
Switzerland X X X X X X X 
Separate Customs 
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and 
Matsu n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. X X X 
Tanzania        
Thailand    X X X X 
Togo        
                                                      
13 As this Member became a Euro pean Communities' Member State on 2004, it will appear on this 
table separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification 
obligation. 
14 As this Member became a Euro pean Communities' Member State on 2004, it will appear on this 
table separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification 
obligation. 
15 As this Member became a Euro pean Communities' Member State on 2004, it will appear on this 
table separately and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect its previous notification 
obligation. G/L/716 
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Member  New and 
Full 
Notification 
(1998) 
G/STR/N/4 Updating 
Notification 
(1999) 
G/STR/N/5 Updating 
Notification 
(2000) 
G/STR/N/6 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2001) 
G/STR/N/7 Updating 
Notification 
(2002) 
G/STR/N/8 Updating 
Notification 
(2003) 
G/STR/N/9 New and 
Full 
Notification 
(2004) 
G/STR/N/10 
Trinidad & Tobago X       
Tunisia X X X X X   
Turkey X X X X X   
Uganda X X X     
United Arab Emirates        
United States X X X X X X  
Uruguay        
Venezuela X X X X    
Zambia X X  X X X  
Zimbabwe        
Number of Notifying 
Members/Total Number of Members
16 52/120 45/121 42/125 52/12 8 37/129 26/131 17/133 
 
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16 The numerator and denominator used for the years 1998-2003 reflect the fact that, for each 
notification obligation, the European Communities submits  a single notification that covers all its then 
15 Member States.  As Cyprus; the Czech Republic; Es tonia; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Malta; Poland; the 
Slovak Republic and  Slovenia became European Commun ities' Member States on 20 04, they were counted 
separately in this table and not as part of the European Communities in order to reflect their previous 
notification obligation.    G/L/716 
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ATTACHMENT  
 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/INF/43/Rev.5 
12 October 2004 
 (04-4261) 
  
 
MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
 
Revision  
  Upon the accession of the the Kingdom of Cambodia , on 13 October 2004, the number of 
Members of the World Trade Organization will have reached 148.  The following is the list of Members, 
together with the effective dates of their membership: 
 
Government
 Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Albania ....................................................................................................................... ........8 September 2000 
Angola ........................................................................................................................ ..... 23 November 1996 
Antigua and Barbuda ............................................................................................................ ..1 January 1995 
Argentina...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Armenia........................................................................................................................ .........5 February 2003 
Australia ...................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Austria ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Bahrain , Kingdom of........................................................................................................... ...1 January 1995 
Bangladesh ..................................................................................................................... .........1 January 1995 
Barbados....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Belgium ........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Belize ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Benin ......................................................................................................................... .......22 February 1996 
Bolivia ....................................................................................................................... ......12 September 1995 
Botswana ....................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Brazil ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Brunei Darussalam.............................................................................................................. ....1 January 1995 
Bulgaria ....................................................................................................................... ........1 December 1996 
Burkina Faso ................................................................................................................... .............3 June 1995 
Burundi ....................................................................................................................... .................23 July 1995 
Cambodia ....................................................................................................................... ...... 13 October 2004 
Cameroon ....................................................................................................................... ...13 December 1995 
Canada ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Central African Republic ....................................................................................................... ....31 May 1995 
Chad .......................................................................................................................... ....... 19 October 1996 
Chile ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
China ......................................................................................................................... .....11 December 2001 
Colombia ....................................................................................................................... ............30 April 1995 
Congo ......................................................................................................................... ...........27 March 1997 
Costa Rica ..................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Côte d'Ivoire .................................................................................................................. ..........1 January 1995 
Croatia ....................................................................................................................... ...... 30 November 2000 G/L/716 
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Government
 Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Cuba .......................................................................................................................... ............20 April 1995 
Cyprus ........................................................................................................................ ................30 July 1995 
Czech Republic ................................................................................................................. ......1 January 1995 
Democratic Republic of the Congo ........................................................................................1 Janua ry 1997 
Denmark ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Djibouti ...................................................................................................................... .................31 May 1995 
Dominica ....................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Dominican Republic ............................................................................................................. ....9 March 1995 
Ecuador ....................................................................................................................... ...........21 January 1996 
Egypt ......................................................................................................................... ..............30 June 1995 
El Salvador .................................................................................................................... ...............7 May 1995 
Estonia ....................................................................................................................... ...... 13 November 1999 
European Communities........................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Fiji .......................................................................................................................... ........14 January 1996 
Finland ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .................................................................................4 April 2 003 
France ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Gabon ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
The Gambia..................................................................................................................... ..... 23 October 1996 
Georgia ....................................................................................................................... ................14 June 2000 
Germany ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Ghana ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Greece ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Grenada ........................................................................................................................ .......22 February 1996 
Guatemala...................................................................................................................... ..............21 July 1995 
Guinea ........................................................................................................................ ......... 25 October 1995 
Guinea Bissau.................................................................................................................. ...........31 May 1995 
Guyana ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Haiti ......................................................................................................................... .........30 January 1996 
Honduras ....................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Hong Kong, China ............................................................................................................... ...1 January 1995 
Hungary........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Iceland ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
India ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Indonesia ...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Ireland ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Israel ........................................................................................................................ ..............21 April 1995 
Italy ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Jamaica ....................................................................................................................... ...............9 March 1995 
Japan ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Jordan ........................................................................................................................ ..............11 April 2000 
Kenya ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Korea, Republic of ............................................................................................................. .....1 January 1995 
Kuwait ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Kyrgyz Republic ...............................................................................................................2 0 December 1998 
Latvia ........................................................................................................................ ........10 February 1999 
Lesotho ....................................................................................................................... ................31 May 1995 
Liechtenstein .................................................................................................................. ....1 September 1995 
Lithuania...................................................................................................................... ...............31 May 2001 
Luxembourg .....................................................................................................................
.......1 January 1995 
Macao, China ................................................................................................................... .......1 January 1995  G/L/716 
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Government  Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Madagascar ..................................................................................................................... . 17 November 1995 
Malawi ........................................................................................................................ ...............31 May 1995 
Malaysia ....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Maldives ....................................................................................................................... ..............31 May 1995 
Mali .......................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Malta ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Mauritania ..................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Mauritius ...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Mexico ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Moldova ........................................................................................................................ ..............26 July 2001 
Mongolia ....................................................................................................................... ........29 January 1997 
Morocco ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Mozambique..................................................................................................................... ......26 August 1995 
Myanmar ........................................................................................................................ .........1 January 1995 
Namibia ........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Nepal ......................................................................................................................... .............23 April 2004 
Netherlands -  For the Kingdom ............................................................................................1 Ja nuary 1995 
  in Europe and for the  
  Netherlands Antilles 
New Zealand .................................................................................................................... .......1 January 1995 
Nicaragua ...................................................................................................................... .....3 September 1995 
Niger ......................................................................................................................... .....13 December 1996 
Nigeria ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Norway ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Oman .......................................................................................................................... ..... 9 November 2000 
Pakistan ....................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Panama ........................................................................................................................ .......6 September 1997 
Papua New Guinea............................................................................................................... ........9 June 1996 
Paraguay ....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Peru .......................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Philippines.................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Poland ........................................................................................................................ ..................1 July 1995 
Portugal ....................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Qatar ......................................................................................................................... .........13 January 1996 
Romania ........................................................................................................................ ..........1 January 1995 
Rwanda ........................................................................................................................ ...............22 May 1996 
Saint Kitts and Nevis .......................................................................................................... 21 February 1996 
Saint Lucia.................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..........................................................................................1 Jan uary 1995 
Senegal ....................................................................................................................... .............1 January 1995 
Sierra Leone ................................................................................................................... .............23 July 1995 
Singapore...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Slovak Republic ................................................................................................................ ......1 January 1995 
Slovenia....................................................................................................................... ................30 July 1995 
Solomon Islands................................................................................................................ ..........26 July 1996 
South Africa ................................................................................................................... .........1 January 1995 
Spain ......................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Sri Lanka ...................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Suriname....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
 
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Government
 Entry into Force / 
  Membership  
 Swaziland ...................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Sweden ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Switzerland.................................................................................................................... ................1 July 1995 
Chinese Taipei................................................................................................................. ....... 1 January 2002 
Tanzania ....................................................................................................................... ...........1 January 1995 
Thailand....................................................................................................................... ............1 January 1995 
Togo .......................................................................................................................... .............31 May 1995 
Trinidad and Tobago............................................................................................................ .....1 March 1995 
Tunisia ....................................................................................................................... .............29 March 1995 
Turkey ........................................................................................................................ ............26 March 1995 
Uganda ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
United Arab  Emirates ........................................................................................................... ....10 April 1996 
United Kingdom................................................................................................................. .....1 January 1995 
United States of America....................................................................................................... .1 January 1995 
Uruguay........................................................................................................................ ...........1 January 1995 
Venezuela...................................................................................................................... ..........1 January 1995 
Zambia ........................................................................................................................ ............1 January 1995 
Zimbabwe....................................................................................................................... ...........5 March 1995 
 
 
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