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TBT Transparency Working Group
At the TBT Committee meeting in March 2022, members agreed to advance work on transparency through a working group to address and deliver on the long list of transparency-related recommendations from the Ninth Triennial Review. The Transparency Working Group is open to all members and any progress will be presented for the Committee's consideration.
Current state of play
Current topics under discussion
Article 15.2 notifications
Draft Guidelines for Submitting Article 15.2 Notifications (JOB/TBT/521)
United States Proposal for submitting Article 15.2 notifications in ePing
Article 15.2 overview: Secretariat presentation
Good Practice Guide on Commenting
Draft Good Practice Guide on Commenting on a Notification (JOB/TBT/522)
Comments from Switzerland on JOB/TBT/522
Comments from the United Kingdom on JOB/TBT/522
Comments from Mexico on JOB/TBT/532
Comments from Japan on JOB/TBT/522
Comments from the European Union on JOB/TBT/522
Comments from New Zealand on JOB/TBT/522
Comments from Canada on JOB/TBT/522
Comments from the United States on JOB/TBT/522
Notification Formats and Guidelines
Notification guidelines adopted at the TBT Committee meeting of 8-10 November 2023
Proposed changes to notification guidelines
Colombia – Proposed Changes to Notification Guidelines
Uganda – Proposed Changes to Notification Guidelines
Compilation of TBT notification formats & guidelines
TBT Notification formats: Secretariat presentation
Product Coverage of Notified Measures
Workshop on the harmonized system (HS) (Tenth Special Meeting of Information Exchange)
Product coverage (Thematic Session on Transparency)
Product coverage: Secretariat presentation
General
Transparency-related events
- 19 June 2023: 10th Special Meeting on Information Exchange for Enquiry Points
- 14 November 2022 ePing information session
- 13 July 2022 Launch of the new ePing SPS&TBT Platform
- 12 July 2022 Thematic Session on Transparency
- 4 February 2021 Thematic Session on Transparency
- 18-19 June 2019 Thematic session on Transparency
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Ninth Triennial Review
- Report, activities and background information are here.
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