Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Seventeenth annual review of the implementation and operation of the TBT Agreement - Note by the Secretariat

World Trade Organization G/TBT/31 2 March 2012 (12-1178) Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade seventeenth aNNUAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE TBT AGREEMENT Note by the Secretariat The WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (the Committee) will conduct its Seventeenth Annual Review of the Implementation and Operation of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (the TBT Agreement) under Article 15.3 at its next meeting on 2022 March 2012. This document contains information on developments in the Committee relating to the implementation and operation of the TBT Agreement from 1 January to 31 December 2011. I. Meetings of the committee 2 II. mechanisms for Review of TBT measures 3 A. Notifications 3 B. Specific Trade Concerns 6 C. The TBT Information Management System 11 III. Disputes Involving Provisions of the TBT Agreement 11 IV. Technical assistance 11 ANNEXES 14 A. Notifications Made by Members and by