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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 transparency-related recommendations from triennial reviews. The Transparency Working Group is open to all members and any progress will be presented for the Committee's consideration.
Current state of play
Completed work
- Formats for Notifications related to Standards adopted at the TBT Committee meeting of 8-10 July 2026 G/TBT/62
- Compilation of TBT notification formats and guidelines adopted at the TBT Committee meeting of 8-10 July 2026 G/TBT/59/Rev.2
- Coherent use of notification formats adopted at the meeting of TBT Committee meeting of 12 - 14 November 2025 G/TBT/35/Rev.2
- Good Practice Guide on Commenting on a Notification finalized at the TBT Committee meeting of 5-7 June 2024 G/TBT/GEN/386
- Guidelines for submitting Article 15.2 notifications adopted at the TBT Committee meeting of 13-15 March 2024 G/TBT/55
Full details on completed work
General
Transparency-related events
- 24 June 2025 11th Special Meeting on Information Exchange for Enquiry Points
- 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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