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7 May 2021 
(21-3901) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
PROPOSAL ON TRANSPARENCY  
NINTH TRIENNIAL REVIEW  
Submission from the Philippines  
The following submission, dated 7 May  2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
the Philippines . 
 
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1  BACKGROUND  
1.1.  Transparency is a basic foundation for the proper and effective implementation of the TBT 
Agreement.  
1.2.  The notification to the WTO of technical regu lations and standards, and conformity assessment 
procedures, in the three official WTO languages do not extend to cover the full texts of these 
measures.  
1.3.  When the full texts of measures are not in any of the WTO languages (e.g. English), 
consultations on such measures by a Member 's authorities with stakeholders (e.g. exporters, 
importers, manufacturers) are not facilitated.  
1.4.  And when Members do not favorably respond to requests from other Members to provide the 
full text of their notified measures, or even just their summaries, in the official WTO languages, 
consultations with stakeholders become difficult, and most of the time, not possible.  
2  PROPOSAL  
2.1.  Where a Member has translated into any of the official WTO languages the full text of another 
Member's notified measure/s, that Member shall promptly announce the availability of the translation 
through ePing.  
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