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TBT Committee Ninth Triennial Review (adopted in November 2021)
The TBT Committee is mandated to review the operation and implementation of the TBT Agreement on a triennial basis. The Ninth Triennial Review process started in October 2020, with members submitting ideas on new work for the Committee. The review, adopted in November 2021, resulted in a set of recommendations for these new areas of work.
Previous Triennial Review reports
Relevant documents
- G/TBT/W/735 — 9th Triennial Review Timeline
- Follow up to the 8th Triennial Review
- G/TBT/1/Rev.14 — Decisions and Recommendations
News
Ninth Triennial Review Report
- Ninth Triennial Review Report adopted at the November 2021 meeting of the TBT Committee
Ninth Triennial Review Proposals
Secretariat Briefing for new Delegates on the Triennial Review Process
Tuesday 16 February 2021, 14:00-15:00 (Geneva time)
Virtual via Zoom:
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- 27-29 October 2020: TBT Committee formal and informal meetings (discussion of substantive proposals)
- End-January 2021: circulation by Secretariat of overview of proposals received
- 23-25 February 2021: TBT Committee formal and informal meetings (discussion of substantive proposals)
- 28 May 2021: deadline for the submission of substantive proposals by Members
- 1-4 June 2021: TBT Committee formal and informal meetings (discussion of substantive proposals)
- July 2021: circulation by Secretariat of first draft report of the Review
- End-August 2021: submission of written comments from Members on the first draft
- End-September 2021: circulation of second draft report of the Triennial Review
- 8-12 November 2021: TBT Committee formal and informal meetings (adoption of the Ninth Triennial Review)
TBT Agreement Handbook
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