Status of notifications of national legislation on

customs valuation and responses to the checklist of issues

Note by the Secretariat^[1]

Revision

1.     Paragraph 2 of Article 22 of the Agreement on Customs Valuation (the Agreement) provides that Members shall inform the Committee of any changes in its laws and regulations relevant to the Agreement and in the administration of such laws and regulations.  In addition, Paragraph i) of the "Decision on Notification and circulation of national legislation in accordance with Article 22 of the Agreement"^[2] requires Members to submit the complete texts of their national legislation (laws, regulations, etc.) on customs valuation in one of the three official WTO languages.  Finally, the Committee on Customs Valuation agreed that Members should respond in writing to the points contained in the checklist of issues.^[3]

2.     At its meeting of 25 October 2012^[4], the Committee on Customs Valuation agreed that the status of the notifications mentioned in paragraph 1 above, which was previously summarized as annexes to the Annual Review of the Agreement and Report to the Council for Trade in Goods, should be merged into a separate document.  Annex 1 to this document provides an overview of Members' notifications, with respect of national legislation on customs valuation and replies to the checklist of issues, as of 12 April 2018.

3.     At its meeting of 7 October 2015^[5], the Chairperson of the Committee on Customs Valuation requested the Secretariat to compile a list of documents which contain the questions and answers submitted on each national legislation.  Annex 2 to this document provides this information.