Committee on Trade-Related Investment
Measures
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT
Reminder
1 Article 6.2 of the Trade-Related Investment Measures ("TRIMs
Agreement") provides:
Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which
TRIMs may be found, including those applied by regional and local governments
and authorities within their territories.
2 This provision does not envisage notifications of particular laws,
regulations or measures but of publications. It applies to all WTO Members,
covers all levels of government and refers to any TRIM, whether or not
in conformity with Articles III
and XI of the GATT 1994.
3 At its meeting on 30 September 1996, the Committee on TRIMs adopted
the Decision contained in document G/TRIMS/5 (attached) pertaining to the
procedures for notifications to be submitted by all Members pursuant to Article
6.2 of the TRIMs Agreement. The attached Decision specifies, in its paragraphs
3 and 4, the information which should be contained in such notifications and
indicates that these notifications would be without prejudice to the legal
consistency of any TRIMs which may be found in these publications notified.
The Secretariat consolidates all notifications received pursuant to this
Article in one single document, the latest of which was circulated in
G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.25 dated 25 September 2015.
4 Members that have never submitted the required notifications are
reminded to do so without delay.
5 Members that have submitted the required notifications and have not
updated them, as necessary, to reflect any changes that may have occurred, are
reminded to update such notifications without delay.
6 Members that have submitted nil notifications indicating that they
have no TRIMs inconsistent with the TRIMs Agreement, are also reminded that the
obligation to notify names and publications where TRIMs may be found pertains
to any TRIM without prejudice to its legal consistency. Members that
have submitted such nil notifications are also reminded to submit the required
notifications without delay.
7 All Members are requested to include in their notifications any
websites where relevant information could be found.
Attachment
World
Trade G/TRIMS/5
30 October 1996
Organization
(96-4565)
Committee on Trade-Related Investment
Measures
NOTIFICATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT
Decision of the
Committee of 30 September 1996
1) Article 6.2 of the
TRIMs Agreement provides:
Each Member shall
notify the Secretariat of the publications in which TRIMs may be found,
including those applied by regional and
local governments and authorities within their territories.
2) This provision does
not envisage notifications of particular laws, regulations or measures but of
publications. It applies to all WTO
Members, covers all levels of government and refers to any TRIM, whether or not
in conformity with Articles III and XI of the GATT 1994.
3) The Committee
decides that each Member implement Article 6.2 by providing the Secretariat
with the name(s) of publication(s) in which TRIMs may be found, where such
publications exist, including those applied by regional and local governments
and authorities within their territories, and the addresses from which copies
can be obtained. Members are not
expected to submit copies of such publications.
The notification would be without prejudice to the legal consistency of
any TRIMs which may be found in these publications notified.
4) The
"publications", notification of which is envisaged under Article 6.2,
are official sources which would contain relevant laws, regulations or measures
of more specific character. Such sources
may include official gazettes, but it might be more helpful if Members included
references to specific publications of relevant agencies (e.g. bulletins or
periodicals of a relevant ministry or foreign investment board).
5) Members are invited
to submit lists of such publications by 1 February 1997 and to update
these lists as appropriate. The
Secretariat will consolidate notifications under Article 6.2 in a single
document which will be updated as the need arises.
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