WORLD TRADE G/TBT/W/4/Rev.1
15May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1282)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES RELATED TOTHE CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND APPLICATION OFSTANDARDS
CONTAINED INANNEX 3OFTHE WTO AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Note bytheSecretariat
Subsequent totheMinisterial Decision taken inMarrakesh on15April 1994 on"Proposed
Understanding onWTO-ISO Standards Information System", anagreement wasreached between
theSecretary-General oftheISOCentral Secretariat andtheDirector-General oftheWTO to
establish aWTO Standards Information Service operated byISOregarding information on
standardizing bodies under Paragraphs CandJoftheCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation,
Adoption andApplication ofStandards contained inAnnex 3oftheWTO Agreement onTechnical
Barriers toTrade. TheMemorandum ofUnderstanding agreed upon hasbeencirculated in
document G/L/1.
Pursuant toParagraph 2oftheMemorandum ofUnderstanding, andinorder toensure the
uniform andefficient operation oftheprocedures fornotifications, theISOCentral Secretariat and
theWTO Secretariat havedeveloped notification formats andrelated guidelines thataretobeused
bystandardizing bodies which accept theCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption
andApplication ofStandards.
Attached fortheinformation ofWTO Members aretheguidelines andformats for
notifications bystandardizing bodies under Paragraphs CandJoftheCode ofGood Practice.
These arealsobeing circulated tothemembers ofISOandISONET.G/TBT/W/4/Rev.1
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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES RELATED TOTHE CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND APPLICATION OFSTANDARDS
CONTAINED INANNEX 3OFTHE WTO AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Background
TheCode ofGood Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards
presented inAnnex 3totheWTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade (referred toasWTO
TBT* Code ofGood Practice) contains thefollowing paragraphs withregard toinformation on
standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted theabove Code andontheirstandards work programmes:
"C. Standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn from thisCode shallnotify thisfact
totheISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva. Thenotification shallinclude thename and
address ofthebody concerned andthescope ofitscurrent andexpected standardization activities.
Thenotification maybesenteither directly totheISO/IEC Information Centre, orthrough the
national member body ofISO/IEC or,preferably, through therelevant national member or
international affiliate ofISONET, asappropriate.
J. Atleastonceevery sixmonths, thestandardizing body shallpublish awork programme
containing itsname andaddress, thestandards itiscurrently preparing andthestandards which it
hasadopted inthepreceding period. Astandard isunder preparation from themoment adecision
hasbeentaken todevelop astandard untilthatstandard hasbeenadopted. Thetitles ofspecific
draftstandards shall, upon request, beprovided inEnglish, French orSpanish. Anotice ofthe
existence ofthework programme shallbepublished inanational or,asthecasemaybe,regional
publication ofstandardization activities.
Thework programme shallforeachstandard indicate, inaccordance withanyISONET
rules, theclassification relevant tothesubject matter, thestage attained inthestandard 's
development, andthereferences ofanyinternational standards taken asabasis. Nolaterthanat
thetimeofpublication ofitswork programme, thestandardizing body shallnotify theexistence
thereof totheISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva.
Thenotification shallcontain thename andaddress ofthestandardizing body, thename
andissue ofthepublication inwhich thework programme ispublished, theperiod towhich the
work programme applies, itsprice (ifany), andhowandwhere itcanbeobtained. The
notification maybesentdirectly totheISO/IEC Information Centre, or,preferably, through the
relevant national member orinternational affiliate ofISONET, asappropriate."
Guidelines
Thefollowing procedures fornotifying acceptance ofandwithdrawal from theWTO TBT
Code ofGood Practice andtheexistence ofthestandards work programmes arerecommended:
1. Standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted theWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice should
notify thisfacttotheISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva bycompleting form Aannexed to
thisdocument.
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*WTO -World Trade Organization
TBT-Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTradeG/TBT/W/4/Rev.1
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2. Standardizing bodies thathavedecided towithdraw from theWTO TBTCode ofGood
Practice should notify thisfacttotheISO/IEC Information Centre bycompleting form Bannexed
tothisdocument.
3. Standardizing bodies thathaveaccepted theWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice should
regularly notify theexistence oftheirstandards work programmes totheISO/IEC Information
Centre bycompleting form Cannexed tothisdocument.
4. Thenotification forms completed inEnglish, French orSpanish maybesentdirectly to
theISO/IEC Information Centre inGeneva (theforms contain thepostal address), orthrough the
national member body ofISO/IEC orthrough therelevant national member orinternational
affiliate ofISONET. Ifnotifications aresentdirectly totheISO/IEC Information Centre in
Geneva, copies oftheforms should alsobesenttotherelevant ISOorIECmember body andthe
respective national ISONET member ofthecountry concerned.
5. When completing form A,theofficial English, French and/or Spanish translation(s) ofthe
name ofastandardizing body should alsobeprovided, ifthese exist.
6. Ifawork programme isavailable inelectronic form, therelevant information should be
indicated accordingly under items 1-4ofform C.
7. Thenotifications forms A,BandCshould besigned byresponsible persons of
standardizing bodies andtheirtitles indicated.
8. TheISO/IEC Information Centre shallpromptly transmit totheWTO Secretariat acopy
ofanynotification received.
9. Under paragraph JoftheWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice, thestandards work
programme ofastandardizing body "shall foreachstandard indicate, inaccordance withany
ISONET rules, theclassification relevant tothesubject matter, thestage attained inthestandard 's
development, andthereferences ofanyinternational standards taken asabasis." The
corresponding ISONET rules areasfollows:
(a) Regarding theclassification relevant tothesubject matter, theInternational
Classification forStandards (ICS) should beused;
(b) Regarding thestage attained inthestandard 'sdevelopment, theInternational
harmonized stage codesystem forthedevelopment ofstandards should beused;
(c) Regarding thereference toanyinternational standards taken asabasis,
ISO/IEC Guide 3:1981 Identification ofnational standards thatareequivalent to
International Standards andISO/IEC Guide 21:1981 Adoption ofInternational
Standards innational standards anditsAddendum 1:1983 Indication ofthe
degree ofequivalence between national standards andInternational Standards are
recommended.
10. Information onstandardizing bodies thathaveaccepted orwithdrawn from theWTO TBT
Code ofGood Practice andonthework programmes ofstandardizing bodies shallbepublished
annually inanISO/IEC Information Centre periodical publication andmaybeupdated monthly in
theISOBulletin. Thispublication, forwhich areasonable feewillbecharged, shallbeavailable
toISONET members andthrough theWTO Secretariat toWTO members.Form A
ISO/IEC Information Centre
International Organization forStandardization
Case postale 56
CH-1211 GENEVA 20
Switzerland
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH COFTHE WTO TBT* CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
(Notification ofacceptance oftheWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice)
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement:
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Name ofstandardizing body:
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Address ofstandardizing body:
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Telephone :.......................... Telefax: ........................... Telex: ..........................
E-mail: ...............................................................................................................
Type ofstandardizing body:
[]central governmental []localgovernmental []non-governmental
Scope ofcurrent andexpected standardization activities:
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Theabove indicated standardizing body hereby notifies itsacceptance oftheCode ofGood
Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards presented inAnnex 3tothe
WTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade.
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(Name) (Signature) (Date)
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(Title)
*WTO -World Trade Organization
TBT-Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTradeForm B
ISO/IEC Information Centre
International Organization forStandardization
Case postale 56
CH-1211 GENEVA 20
Switzerland
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH COFTHE WTO TBT* CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
(Notification ofwithdrawal from theWTO TBTCode ofGood Practice)
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement:
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Name ofstandardizing body:
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Theabove indicated standardizing body hereby notifies itswithdrawal from theCode ofGood
Practice forthePreparation, Adoption andApplication ofStandards presented inAnnex 3tothe
WTO Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade.
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(Name) (Signature) (Date)
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(Title)
*WTO -World Trade Organization
TBT-Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTradeForm C
ISO/IEC Information Centre
International Organization forStandardization
Case postale 56
CH-1211 GENEVA 20
Switzerland
NOTIFICATION
UNDER PARAGRAPH JOFTHE WTO TBT* CODE OFGOOD PRACTICE
(Notification ofexistence ofwork programme)
Country/Customs Territory/Regional Arrangement:
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Name ofstandardizing body:
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Address ofstandardizing body:
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Telephone :.......................... Telefax: ........................... Telex: ..........................
E-mail: ...............................................................................................................
1. Name andissue ofthepublication inwhich thework programme ispublished: ............
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2. Theperiod towhich thework programme applies: ...............................................
3. Theprice ofthework programme (ifany): .........................................................
4. Howandwhere thework programme canbeobtained: ..........................................
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(Name) (Signature) (Date)
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(Title)
*WTO -World Trade Organization
TBT-Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade