committee on trade-related investment
measures
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 6.2 OF THE TRIMS AGREEMENT
Reminder
1. Article
6.2 of the Trade-Related Investment Measures ("TRIMs Agreement")
provides:
Each Member shall notify the Secretariat of the publications in which
TRIMs may be found, including those applied by regional and local governments
and authorities within their territories.
2. This
provision does not envisage notifications of particular laws, regulations or
measures but of publications. It applies to all WTO Members, covers all levels
of government and refers to any TRIM, whether or not in conformity with
Articles III and XI of the GATT 1994.
3. At
its meeting on 30 September 1996, the Committee on TRIMs adopted the Decision
contained in document G/TRIMS/5 (attached) pertaining to the procedures for
notifications to be submitted by all Members pursuant to Article 6.2 of the
TRIMs Agreement. The attached Decision specifies, in its paragraphs 3 and 4,
the information which should be contained in such notifications and indicates
that these notifications would be without prejudice to the
legal consistency of any TRIMs which may be found in these publications
notified. The Secretariat consolidates all notifications received pursuant to
this Article in one single document, the latest of which was circulated in G/TRIMS/N/2/Rev.29
dated 8 September 2020.
4. Members
that have never submitted the required notifications are reminded to do so
without delay.
5. Members
that have submitted the required notifications and have not updated them, as
necessary, to reflect any changes that may have occurred, are reminded to
update such notifications without delay.
6. Members
that have submitted notifications indicating that they have no TRIMs
inconsistent with the TRIMs Agreement, are also reminded that the obligation to
notify names and publications where TRIMs may be found pertains to any TRIM without prejudice to its legal consistency. Members
that have submitted such nil notifications are also reminded to submit the
required notifications without delay.
7. All
Members are requested to include in their notifications any websites where
relevant information could be found.