OVERVIEW REGARDING THE LEVEL OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRANSPARENCY PROVISIONS OF THE SPS AGREEMENT
Note by the Secretariat[1]
Revision
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION.. 2
2 DESIGNATION OF NOTIFICATION AUTHORITIES
AND ENQUIRY POINTS. 2
3 SUBMISSION OF NOTIFICATIONS. 3
3.1
Types of notifications. 3
3.2
Notifying Members. 4
3.3
Products covered. 7
3.4
Regions/countries affected. 8
3.5
Objective and rationale. 8
3.6
International standards, guidelines or recommendations. 9
3.7
Proposed date of adoption/publication/entry into force. 10
3.8
Final date for comments. 11
3.9
Reasons for addenda to regular and emergency notifications. 12
4 Notification keywords. 12
5 EFFORTS TO ENHANCE THE BENEFITS FROM A
TRANSPARENT SYSTEM.. 13
6 OTHER ASPECTS RELATING TO TRANSPARENCY. 14
[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.