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22 April 2021  
 
(21-3455) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Market Access   
 
 
- 1 - SUMMARY OF NOTIFIED EXPORT RESTRICTIONS AND  
TRADE FACILITATING MEASURES  RELATING  
TO THE COVID -19 PANDEMIC  
REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Corrigendum2 
Please note that on page 4, paragraph 9 should  read as follows:  
 
2.6  WTO justifications cited  
9. The introduction of almost half of the notified measures have been justified by Members citing 
both Articles XI:2(a)  and Article XX:b of the GATT 1994, which relate to measures temporarily 
applied to prevent or relieve critical shortag es of foodstuffs or other essential products and measures 
necessary to protect human, plant or animal health, respectively. Members cited exclusively 
Article  XI:2(a)  of the GATT 1994 for 31% of the measures, and referred to certain policy objectives 
withou t a reference to specific WTO provisions in the remaining cases. See Chart 6.  
 
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement.  
2 In English only.  