WORLD TRADE G/SPS/GEN/27
12August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3380)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
IMPLEMENTATION OFTHE TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS
ASOF11AUGUST 1997
Note bytheSecretariat
Thefollowing tableindicates theinformation available totheSecretariat regarding which WTO
Membershave(1)notifiedanenquirypointasprovidedinparagraph3ofAnnexBoftheSPSAgreement
and(2)identified theirnational notification authority asprovided inparagraph 10ofAnnex Bofthe
Agreement asof11August 1997. Governments withobserver status which havenotified anational
enquiry point and/or anational notification authority arealsoincluded inthistable.
WTO MemberHasNotified SPS:
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Angola1
Antigua andBarbuda X X
Argentina X X
Australia X X
Austria X EC
Bahrain
Bangladesh1X
Barbados
Belgium X EC
Belize X X
Benin1
Bolivia X X
Botswana X
Brazil X X
Brunei DarussalamG/SPS/GEN/27
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WTO MemberHasNotified SPS:
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Bulgaria X X
Burkina Faso1X
Burundi1
Cameroon
Canada X X
Central African Rep.1
Chad1
Chile X X
China2X
Colombia X X
Congo
Congo, Democratic Rep.of1
Costa Rica X X
Côted'Ivoire
Cuba X X
Cyprus X X
Czech Republic X X
Denmark X EC
Djibouti1
Dominica
Dominican Republic X X
Ecuador X X
Egypt X X
ElSalvador X
European Communities X X
Estonia2X
Fiji X X
Finland X EC
France X ECG/SPS/GEN/27
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WTO MemberHasNotified SPS:
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Gabon X
Gambia1
Germany X EC
Ghana X
Greece X EC
Grenada
Guatemala X X
Guinea, Rep.of1
Guinea Bissau1
Guyana
Haiti1X
Honduras X X
Hong Kong, China X X
Hungary X X
Iceland X X
India X X
Indonesia X X
Ireland X EC
Israel X X
Italy X EC
Jamaica X
Japan X X
Kenya X X
Korea X X
Kuwait
Lesotho1
Liechtenstein X X
Luxembourg X EC
Macau X XG/SPS/GEN/27
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WTO MemberHasNotified SPS:
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Madagascar1X
Malawi1X
Malaysia X X
Maldives1
Mali1
Malta X X
Mauritania1
Mauritius X X
Mexico X X
Mongolia
Morocco X X
Mozambique1
Myanmar1X X
Namibia
Netherlands X EC
NewZealand X X
Nicaragua X X
Niger1
Nigeria
Norway X X
Pakistan X
Papua NewGuinea X X
Paraguay X
Peru X X
Philippines X X
Poland X X
Portugal X EC
Qatar X
Romania X XG/SPS/GEN/27
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WTO MemberHasNotified SPS:
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Rwanda1
Saint KittsandNevis
Saint Lucia X X
Saint Vincent &Gren.
Senegal
Sierra Leone1
Singapore X X
Slovak Republic X X
Slovenia X X
Solomon Islands1
South Africa X X
Spain X EC
SriLanka X X
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden X EC
Switzerland X X
Tanzania1X
Thailand X X
Togo1
Trinidad andTobago X X
Tunisia X X
Turkey X X
Uganda1X X
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom X EC
United States X X
Uruguay X X
Venezuela X XG/SPS/GEN/27
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WTO MemberHasNotified SPS:
Enquiry PointNational
Notification Authority*
Zambia1X
Zimbabwe X X
TOTAL MEMBERS =131 92 79
ofwhich LLDCs: 28 6 4
*Notifications formember States oftheEuropean Communities aremade bytheECCommission
("EC").
1Least-developed countries: obligations under theSPSAgreement apply asof1January 2000.
2Observer status