[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] Previous Environmental Database Reports have been circulated in the following documents: EDB 1996 in _WT/CTE/W/46, EDB 1997 in _WT/CTE/W/77, EDB 1998 in _WT/CTE/W/118, EDB 1999 in _WT/CTE/W/143, EDB 2000 in _WT/CTE/W/195, EDB 2001 in _WT/CTE/EDB/1, EDB 2002 in _WT/CTE/EDB/2, EDB 2003 in _WT/CTE/EDB/3, EDB 2004 in _WT/CTE/EDB/4, EDB 2005 in _WT/CTE/EDB/5, EDB 2006 in _WT/CTE/EDB/6, EDB 2007 in _WT/CTE/EDB/7, EDB 2008 in _WT/CTE/EDB/8, EDB 2009 in _WT/CTE/EDB/9 and _WT/CTE/EDB/9/Add.1, EDB 2010 in _WT/CTE/EDB/10 and _WT/CTE/EDB/10/Add.1, EDB 2011 in _WT/CTE/EDB/11 and _WT/CTE/EDB/11/Add.1, EDB 2012 in _WT/CTE/EDB/12 and _WT/CTE/EDB/12/Add.1, EDB 2013 in _WT/CTE/EDB/13 and _WT/CTE/EDB/13/Add.1, EDB 2014 in _WT/CTE/EDB/14 and _WT/CTE/EDB/14/Add.1, EDB 2015 in _WT/CTE/EDB/15 and _WT/CTE/EDB/15/Add.1, EDB 2016 in _WT/CTE/EDB/16 and _WT/CTE/EDB/16/Add.1 EDB 2017 in _WT/CTE/EDB/17, EDB 2018 in _WT/CTE/EDB/18, EDB 2019 in _WT/CTE/EDB/19, EDB 2020 in _WT/CTE/EDB/20 and _WT/CTE/EDB/20/Corr.1, and EDB 2021 in _WT/CTE/EDB/21.

[3] The list of key words is contained in Annex I to this document. See also the following documents containing information on search words: _WT/CTE/W/46, _WT/CTE/W/78 and _WT/CTE/W/102. The search strings and key words are for EDB data collection/entry purposes only. They do not constitute any legal interpretation and are without prejudice to the positions of WTO Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.

[4] Users are invited to access EDB directly from the web-based application which contains data from 2009 onwards. More data will be uploaded to the database as and when ready.