Notification requirements

Agreement on Preshipment Inspection

This section of the Handbook on Notification Requirements covers the notification obligations under the AGREEMENT ON PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION. It consists of the following five parts:

For Members which acceded pursuant to Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement, their respective Protocols of Accession may contain notification obligations in addition to those set out in the WTO Agreements, and may govern the deadlines for the submission of their initial notifications.

PART 1 | OVERVIEW OF NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

WHAT MUST BE NOTIFIED?

Copies of the laws and regulations by which Members put the PSI Agreement into force, as well as copies of any other laws and regulations relating to Preshipment Inspection. Any changes in laws and regulations relating to PSI should be notified immediately after their publication. The changes should not be enforced before they have been notified to the Members.

WHICH MEMBERS MUST NOTIFY?

All WTO Members implementing the PSI Agreement.

WHEN TO NOTIFY?

Members implementing the PSI Agreement should notify at the time the Agreement enters into force for them.

HOW TO NOTIFY?¹

There is no standard format for PSI notifications.

PART 2 | LISTING OF THE NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS

	WHAT MUST BE NOTIFIED?		WHICH MEMBERS MUST NOTIFY?	WHEN TO NOTIFY?		HOW TO NOTIFY?
	Notification requirements	Type of measure	Members notifying	Periodicity	Comments on Periodicity	Format	To whom²	Notification Symbol
1.	Agreement on Preshipment Inspection, Article 5.	Copies of Laws/ regulations by which the Agreement is put into force for the Member concerned, as well as copies any other laws/ regulations relating to Preshipment Inspection.	All WTO Members	One time	Once upon entry into force of the WTO Agreement for the Member concerned.	No	Council for Trade in Goods	G/PSI/N/1/*
2.	Agreement on Preshipment Inspection, Article 5.	Changes in laws/regulations.	All WTO Members	Ad hoc	Immediately after their publication.	No	Council for Trade in Goods	G/PSI/N/1/*

PART 3 | RELEVANT DOCUMENT(S) CONCERNING GUIDELINES AND FORMATS

NONE.

PART 4 | LIST OF NOTIFICATIONS SINCE 1995

Notifications under Article 5 G/PSI/N/1/*.

PART 5 | TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT

Agreement on Preshipment Inspection LT/UR/A-1A/6.

Notes

¹ All notifications, regardless of their subject content or the requirement under which they are being submitted, must be directed to the administrator of the Central Registry of Notifications (CRN), as indicated in document WT/INF/25/Rev.2. Notifications may be submitted through online submission systems, as electronic attachments to emails or on paper. As it may be practice, a copy of the notification may be sent to the Secretariat unit substantially handling the notification.

² All notifications, regardless of their subject content or the requirement under which they are being submitted, must be directed to the administrator of the Central Registry of Notifications (CRN), as indicated in document WT/INF/25/Rev.2. Notifications may be submitted through online submission systems, as electronic attachments to emails or on paper. As it may be practice, a copy of the notification may be sent to the Secretariat unit substantially handling the notification.