CENTRAL REGISTRY OF NOTIFICATIONS (CRN)

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1.  This information note is directed at Member Delegations and provides guidance on the procedures to be followed when submitting notifications data to the Secretariat.

2.  All notifications received by the Secretariat are recorded in an internal WTO database known as the Central Registry of Notifications (CRN)[1]. It is essential that Members direct all notifications, regardless of their subject content or the requirement under which they are being submitted to the administrator of the CRN, to ensure their processing by respective divisions and timely publication on Documents Online.

3.  Notifications may be submitted to CRN through online submission systems, as electronic attachments to emails, or on paper.

·_              Notifications submitted through Online Notification Submission Systems

Members are highly encouraged to use the online submission systems available.

For any assistance on the use of the different systems, please refer to the contact points mentioned under each Agreement on the Notification Portal.

·_              Notifications submitted as electronic attachments to emails

Members can submit notification data to CRN in electronic format by following the instructions below:

Submit notification documents in Word format and attachments to notifications in PDF format. The xlsx format is allowed only for GPA attachments.

Use the available templates for regular notifications, corrigenda and addenda, etc. They can all be accessed through the Technical Cooperation Handbook on Notification Requirements.

The address to which notifications should be sent is: CRN@wto.org.

·_              Notifications submitted on paper

All notifications on paper should be addressed as follows:

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Attention: Administrator, Central Registry of Notifications (CRN)

Centre William Rappard

154 rue de Lausanne

CH‑1211 GENEVA 2 Switzerland

Please do not address paper notifications to individual Divisions, Committees, Directors or the      Registry of the WTO.

4.  Enquiries concerning notifications submitted to the Secretariat and requests for information contained in the CRN should be addressed to the Administrator:

                Via email: CRN@wto.org

                Via post:  World Trade Organization (WTO)

                              Attention: Administrator, Central Registry of Notifications (CRN)

                               Centre William Rappard

                               154 rue de Lausanne

                               CH‑1211 GENEVA 2 Switzerland

                Via phone: +41 22 739 59 89

5.  All the details to submit a notification are also available per agreement, per requirement, in the Notification Portal, submit a notification: Submit a notification - Notification Portal (wto.org)

6.  All Member agencies with responsibility for preparing notifications in accordance with the requirements of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization should be informed of the procedures outlined in this information note.

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