Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Fifth Triennial Review of the Operation and Implementation of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade under Article 15.4 - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization G/TBT/26 13 November 2009 (09-5651) Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Fifth TRIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE OPERATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT on Technical Barriers to Trade under Article 15.4 I. INTRODUCTION 2 II. Implementation And Administration Of The Agreement 2 A. Good Regulatory Practice 2 1. Processes and procedures at the national level 3 2. Identifying the need to regulate 4 3. Regulatory cooperation between Members 4 B. Conformity Assessment Procedures 5 1. Information exchange 5 C. Standards 6 1. Development and use of standards 6 2. Participation 8 D. Transparency 8 1. Notifications 9 2. Dissemination of information 12 3. Enquiry Points 14 E. Technical Assistance 14 1. Good Practices 14 2. Capacity Building 14 3. Information on technical assistance activities 15 F. Operation of the Committee 16 1. Consideration of Specific Trade Concerns 16 Annex 19 A. List of Relevant Documents by