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Processing and circulation of notifications: the experience of the Secretariat

Processing and circulation of notifications: the experience of the Secretariat. Special Meeting on Procedures for Information Exchange Geneva, 2 November 2004. Notification from Member. Central Registry of Notifications. Trade and Environment Division. The life-cycle of a notification.

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Processing and circulation of notifications: the experience of the Secretariat

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  1. Processing and circulation of notifications: the experience of the Secretariat Special Meeting on Procedures for Information Exchange Geneva, 2 November 2004

  2. Notification from Member Central Registry of Notifications Trade and Environment Division The life-cycle of a notification Document Management System Notification issued and circulated

  3. Trade and Environment Division Notifications from Members Central Registry of Notifications

  4. Trade & Environment Division Checking, typing and Formatting of the notification CRN Ready for transfer to Document Management System

  5. Document Management System Translations Printing + posting on the WTO website Distribution

  6. TBT Committee Stressed the importance of transmitting notifications to the Secretariat electronically Stressed the importance to reduce the time for circulation of notifications

  7. Notification from Member Central Registry of Notifications Average: 2 working days Trade and Environment Division Delays? Document Management System Notifications issued

  8. Notifications made under Article 10.7 (agreements on issued related to technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures) Statements on implementation and administration of the TBT Agreement (Art. 15.2) The same process is followed

  9. Notifications issued: some figures January-June 2004: 274 new notifications 333 including corrigenda, addenda, revisions 1995- June 2004: 5734 new notifications circulated

  10. Number of notifications submitted per Member 1995 to 30 June 2004 Number of Members Number of Notifications

  11. Notifications issued – where do they go? Circulated to Missions in Geneva Posted on the WTO website Electronic circulation of TBT notifications

  12. Notifications issued – where do they go? Circulated to Missions in Geneva Posted on the WTO website Electronic circulation of TBT notifications

  13. Electronic circulation of TBT Notifications New • Notifications sent once a week to an automatic mailing list • Only in the original language in which they were submitted How to subscribe?

  14. Subscribe, unsubscribe, amend Subscribe: email to listproc@list.unicc.org With the following in the body message: SUBSCRIBE TBT + your full name Important: Subscribe from the email address where you wish to receive notifications! Unsubscribe: email to listproc@list.unicc.org With the following in the body message: UNSUBSCRIBE TBT + your full name Important: the email address from which the request was sent will be removed automatically You want to amend the email address? - first unsubscribe the old one - then subscribe again with the new

  15. Processing and circulation of notifications: the experience of the Secretariat Thank you for your attention Special Meeting on Procedures for Information Exchange Geneva, 2 November 2004

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