ENVIRONMENTAL DATABASE FOR 2016
Note by the Secretariat[1]
1.
The WTO
Environmental Database (EDB) is prepared in response to a recommendation in the
1996 Report of the Committee on Trade and Environment (WT/CTE/1) for the
Secretariat to compile and update annually all environment-related
notifications to the WTO.[2]
2.
The EDB for 2016
covers information on: (i) environment-related measures notified under WTO
Agreements (Section 1); (ii) environment-related provisions of notified
preferential or Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) (Section 2); and (iii)
environment-related measures mentioned in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs) (Section 3).[3]