TRANSPARENCY-RELATED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
NINTH TRIENNIAL REVIEW
OVERVIEW OF FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS AND OUTCOMES
Note by
the Secretariat[1]
The Ninth Triennial
Review, adopted at the TBT Committee meeting in November 2021, contained 19 recommendations
related to transparency.[2]
In March 2022, Members agreed to establish a Transparency Working Group (TWG),
open to all Members, to advance with the implementation of these
recommendations. Since then, the TWG has held 12 meetings facilitated by the
Committee Chairperson, who has then reported on the discussions during regular
meetings of the Committee, under the agenda item on transparency.
The table below lists
the 19 recommendations and provides an overview of follow-up actions and
outcomes achieved to date, many of which were the result of deliberations in
the Transparency Working Group and its volunteer sub-groups[3]
focusing on specific topics.[4]
[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.
[2] _G/TBT/46,
paras 6.29 and 7.13.
[3] The delegations of Australia, Canada, Colombia, the European Union,
Kenya, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Uganda, the United
Kingdom, and the United States have been contributing to work under one or more
subgroups.
[4] More information contained on the TWG webpage.