WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.11
24 October 2003
(03-5624)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS
AS OF 23 OCTOBER 2003
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 notification authority as provided in paragraph 10 of
Annex B of the Agreement as of 23 October 2003.  Governments with observer status which have
notified a national enquiry point and/or a national notification authority are also included in this table.
Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Albania XX
Angola1XX
Antigua and Barbuda X X
Argentina X X
Armenia X X
Australia X
Austria X EC
Bahrain X X
Bangladesh1XX
Barbados X X
Belarus2XX
Belgium X EC
Belize X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.11
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Benin1XX
Bolivia X X
Botswana X X
Brazil X X
Brunei Darussalam X X
Bulgaria X X
Burkina Faso1X
Burundi1
Cameroon X X
Canada X X
Central African (Rep.)1
Chad1
Chile X X
China, People's Republic of X X
Colombia X X
Democratic Rep. of Congo1
Congo, Republic of
Costa Rica X X
Côte d'Ivoire X
Croatia X X
Cuba X X
Cyprus X X
Czech Republic X X
Denmark X EC
Djibouti1XX
Dominica X X
Dominican Republic X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.11
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Ecuador X X
Egypt X X
El Salvador X X
Estonia X X
European Communities X X
Fiji X X
Finland X EC
France X EC
Gabon X
Gambia1XX
Georgia X X
Germany X EC
Ghana X
Greece X EC
Grenada X X
Guatemala X X
Guinea, Rep. of1
Guinea Bissau1
Guyana X X
Haiti1X X
Honduras X X
Hong Kong, China X X
Hungary  X X
Iceland X X
India X X
Indonesia X X
Ireland X ECG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.11
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
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 XX
Latvia XX
Lesotho1
Liechtenstein X X
Lithuania X X
Luxembourg X EC
Macao, China X X
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Rep. of X
Madagascar1X X
Malawi1XX
Malaysia X X
Maldives1X
Mali1XX
Malta X X
Mauritania1XX
Mauritius X X
Mexico X X
Moldova
Mongolia X XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.11
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Morocco X X
Mozambique1XX
Myanmar1XX
Namibia X
Nepal2X
Netherlands X EC
New Zealand X X
Nicaragua X X
Niger1X
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 X
Portugal X EC
Qatar X X
Romania X X
Rwanda1
Saint Kitts and Nevis X X
Saint Lucia X X
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Senegal1XXG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.11
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Sierra Leone1
Singapore X X
Slovak Republic  X X
Slovenia X X
Solomon Islands1XX
South Africa X X
Spain X EC
Sri Lanka X X
Suriname
Swaziland X X
Sweden X EC
Switzerland X X
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,Penghu, Kinmen and MatsuXX
Tanzania 1X X
Thailand X X
Togo1
Trinidad and Tobago X X
Tunisia X X
Turkey X X
Uganda1XX
United Arab Emirates X
United Kingdom X EC
United States X X
Uruguay X X
Venezuela X X
Zambia1XG/SPS/GEN/27/Rev.11
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Has Notified SPS:
WTO Member
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Zimbabwe X X
TOTAL MEMBERS = 146 134 121
of which LLDCs:  31 9 4
*Notifications for member States of the European Communities are made by the EC
Commission ("EC").
1Observer status
2Observer status.  Full membership pending ratification.
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