WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/MA/115/Add.3
19 May 2004
(04-2205)
Committee on Market Access
DISSEMINATION OF THE INTEGRATED DATA BASE (IDB) AND
THE CONSOLIDATED TARIFF SCHEDULES (CTS) DATABASE
Note by the Secretariat1
Addendum
The Committee on Market Access at its formal meeting on 2 April 2004 approved the request
of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) for full
access to the Integrated Data Base (IDB) and the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.2The
request is contained in document G/MA/W/53.
The list of authorized users in paragraph 4 of document G/MA/115 and its addenda has
therefore changed and should now read as follows.
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B AUTHORIZED USERS
4. Authorized users are defined as:
a) all WTO Members;
b) Acceding countries or territories that have provided IDB submissions (hereafter referred to as
authorized Acceding countries);
c) the WTO Secretariat; and
d) the following intergovernmental organizations: Food and Agricultural Organization,
International Monetary Fund, International Textiles and Clothing Bureau, International Trade
Center, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific and World Bank.3
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1This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO.
2According to paragraph 5 of Document G/MA/115, 'Additional requests by other intergovernmental
organizations for access to the IDB and CTS database are subject to approval by the Committee on Market
Access on a case by case basis'.
3In the spirit of inter-organizational co-operation, it is expected that other organizations that have been
granted access to the IDB and the CTS would give favourable consideration to granting similar access to their
own respective tariff and trade-related databases and analytical facilities to the WTO.