STATUS OF
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE
DECISION ON NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1)
Report by the
secretariat[1]
1. The Decision on Notification Procedures for
Quantitative Restrictions[2]
provides that "Members shall make complete notifications of all
quantitative restrictions in force by 30 September 2012 and at two yearly intervals thereafter. They should also notify changes to those
quantitative restrictions as soon as possible, but not later than six months
from their entry into force".[3] This report has been prepared by the Secretariat pursuant
to paragraph 7 of the Decision[4].
2. As of 11 September 2017, a total of 33
Members have submitted notifications of QRs in force. For each biennial period,
the following notifications have been received:
2012-2014:
27 notifications from 22 Members.
2014-2016:
30 notifications from 27 Members.
2016-2018:
16 notifications from 16 Members.
3. The
complete list of notifications received by the Secretariat is provided in the
Annex.
[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.
[2]
Adopted by the Council for Trade in Goods on 22 June 2012 (G/L/59/Rev.1).
[3]
G/L/59/Rev.1, paragraph 1.
[4]
This provision states: "The Secretariat
shall circulate yearly a report listing: i) the WTO Members having made a
notification; ii) the type of notification made (i.e. whether
"complete", "changes" or "reverse"); iii) the
date of the notification and the period covered by it; iv) the sections of the
notification in which information was provided (i.e. Sections 1 or 2); and v)
whether the Secretariat informed the Member that information was missing."