1. The primary instrument for ensuring transparency in the multilateral trading system is through the filing of notifications made by each member and reviewed by the relevant bodies of the WTO. A transparency obligation requiring member governments to report trade measures to the relevant WTO body if the measures might have an effect on other members. Notification requirement under WTO agreements may varies from one another.

2. WTO Secretariat has also established multiple online database and information systems to facilitate the access to information with regard to scope and notification obligations, which are developed to cater for specific WTO agreement/decision:

• I-TIP Goods: Integrated analysis and retrieval of notified non-tariff measures
• I-TIP Services
• WTO Trade Monitoring Database
• Agriculture Information Management System
• ePing SPS&TBT Platform
• Import Licensing Procedures
• Quantitative Restrictions Database
• Trade Concerns Database
• Trade Facilitation Agreement Database
• Trade Remedies Portal
• e-TRIPS Gateway
• Integrated Government Procurement Market Access Information (e-GPA) Portal
• Environmental Database

3. The most comprehensive portal to-date covering all notification obligations under WTO is the WTO Notification Portal.

4. Malaysia continues to fulfil the transparency and notification obligations under the WTO agreements. Status of notification submission by Malaysia to-date since the inception of WTO in 1995 can be accessed here.

1. The WTO Notifications Portal provides select information on WTO notifications concerning the agreements on goods, services, intellectual property and government procurement:

Notifications by Agreement
Find a summary of the notifications that have been submitted by WTO members, as provided in selected WTO agreements and articles.

Status by Member
Latest Notifications submitted by individual WTO Members per selected agreements and articles. Notification

Requirements
Find detailed instructions on the notification requirements arranged by WTO agreement and article. You will see relevant information on

What must be notified?
Which Members must notify?
When to notify?
How to notify?

as well as information on specific document formats and procedures to follow.

Submit a Notification
Find instructions on how to submit a notification as well as links to domain specific systems where notifications can be submitted online.

2. The information is offered for transparency purposes, based on available WTO data, and is not indicative of Members' compliance with their WTO notification obligations.

WTO Notification – Proposal of Intent/Interest for Regulators
(Ministries/Agencies/Statutory Bodies)