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. 3
3 SUBMISSION
OF NOTIFICATIONS. 3
3.1 Types of notifications. 3
3.2 Notifying Members. 5
3.3 Products covered. 7
3.4 Regions/countries affected. 8
3.5 Objective and rationale. 9
3.6 International standards, guidelines or
recommendations. 9
3.7 Proposed date of
adoption/publication/entry into force. 11
3.8 Final date for comments. 11
3.9 Reasons for addenda to regular and
emergency notifications. 12
4 Notification
keywords. 13
5 EFFORTS TO
ENHANCE THE BENEFITS FROM A TRANSPARENT SYSTEM.. 14
6 OTHER
ASPECTS RELATING TO TRANSPARENCY. 15
[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.