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19 July 2021 
(21-5701) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
PROPOSAL  ON TRANSPARENCY : INTRODUCTION OF "FOLLOW THIS NOTIFICATION" 
AND "FOLLOW THIS STC" TOOLS  
NINTH TRIENNIAL REVIEW  
Submission from Brazil  
Revision  
The following submission, dated 1 6 July 2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
Brazil . 
 
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1  BACKGROUND  
1.1.  ePing provides valuable features such as email alerts on new notifications, enabling timely 
access to notifications for formulation of comments. However, there is no tool for alerts on 
developments relating to a particular notification. Likewise, there is currently no possibility of 
receiving automatic updates on Specific Trade Concerns in the new Trade Concerns Datab ase. These 
tools would improve the transparency and effectiveness of both notifications and STCs. A similar tool 
already exists, for instance, in dispute settlement with "Follow this dispute".  
2  PROPOSAL  
2.1.  Brazil proposes that Members discuss the possibility of adding : 
i. a "Follow this Notification" tool on ePing enabling subscribers to receive email alerts in 
relation to any update to a selected individual notification, such as addendum, 
corrigendum, and revision; and  
ii. a "Follow this STC" tool on the Trade Concerns Databa se so that interested parties are 
timely updated on any development concerning a selected STC.  
2.2.  Members could also discuss the possibility of receiving email alerts of STCs based on specific 
notifications of the ePing system and of notifications related to  STCs.  
 
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