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27 October 2021 
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REPORT (2021) OF THE INDEPENDENT ENTITY  
TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS  
 
The Agreement on Preshipment  Inspection provides for the establishment of an Independent Entity 
for the administration of the independent review procedures as set out in Article 4 of the Agreement.  
The Independent Entity (IE) was established by a Decision of the General Council of 
13 December  1995 (WT/L/125/Rev.1). Paragraph I.C. of the Structures and Functions of the 
Independent Entity (Annex II of WT/L/125/Rev.1) provides that:  
"the IE will report to the Council for Trade in Goods at least once a year but more frequently 
if necessa ry."  
During the reporting period, the IE received no requests for an independent review.   
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