Mutual Agreement Procedure Statistics - OECD
2013-09-05

The OECD has published on its website the annual statistics on newly initiated and ongoing Mutual Agreement Procedure cases going back up until 2006. The statistics were compiled on the information provided by OECD member countries and Partner economies (distinguishing since 2008).

 

Number of New MAP Cases Initiated by Reporting Period

 

 

 

OECD Member Countries

   

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

   

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

 

Australia

9

13

8

19

21

10

10

 

Austria

29

26

36

30

38

35

61

 

Belgium

31

30

71

213

120

120

151

 

Canada

76

70

85

103

101

94

87

 

Chile

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Czech Republic

5

10

5

6

8

12

13

 

Denmark

15

18

21

22

 

24

24

 

Estonia

--

--

--

--

--

0

0

 

Finland

1

11

8

5

11

13

14

 

France

104

100

154

169

135

173

173*

 

Germany

212

186

177

177

150

306

277

 

Greece

1

2

--

--

--

5

3

 

Hungary

4

3

1

2

1

0

1

 

Iceland

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

 

Ireland

3

3

2

6

7

6

12

 

Israel

--

--

--

--

4

9

5

 

Italy

14

20

14

31

22

41

45

 

Japan

37

49

40

44

34

22

31

 

Korea

8

9

13

25

13

24

22

 

Luxembourg

22

31

31

25

35

75

39

 

Mexico

14

11

5

10

4

5

17

 

Netherlands

80

57

--

64

51

34

83

 

New Zealand

4

5

2

6

4

4

3

 

Norway

15

21

30

21

16

7

10

 

Poland

11

7

19

14

7

9

5

 

Portugal

10

7

5

14

17

15

17

 

Slovak Republic

0

--

1

1

3

4

1

 

Slovenia

--

--

3

0

2

2

3

 

Spain

18

67

24

24

24

18

36

 

Sweden

72

61

104

64

104

111

100

Switzerland

--

45

99

119

65

112

120

 

Turkey

0

2

1

3

4

0

0

 

United Kingdom

--

55

44

56

68

54

69

 

United States

240

257

308

326

252

279

236

TOTAL

1036

1176

1311

1599

1341

1624

1670

*In those cases where a country did not report the number of MAP cases initiated during a reporting period, the chart above uses the number of cases initiated during the preceding reporting period.

Partner economies

   

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

   

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

Number of new cases

 

Argentina

--

--

0

1

0

--

--

 

South Africa

--

--

4

1

5

5

3

TOTAL

--

--

4

2

5

5

3

 

 

 

Inventory of MAP Cases at End of Reporting Period

 

OECD Member Countries

   

 2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

   

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

 

Australia

16

23

22

23

27

21

21

 

Austria

144

152

105

120

106

110

137

 

Belgium

81

95

152

265

142

241

305

 

Canada

134

153

186

206

225

225

222

 

Chile

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Czech Republic

13

13

4

8

13

14

16

Denmark

82

82

79

86

67

57

55

 

Estonia

--

--

--

--

--

0

0

 

Finland

12

22

20

22

32

37

50

 

France

254

233

328

427

490

539

539*

 

Germany

476

527

519

543

484

702

787

 

Greece

4

5

5*

5*

5*

27

30

 

Hungary

12

9

10

7

8

4

2

 

Iceland

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

 

Ireland

4

6

7

13

16

17

22

 

Israel

--

--

--

13

13

14

17

 

Italy

52

63

56

67

80

102

130

 

Japan

67

85

82

90

75

61

70

 

Korea

28

30

30

47

44

59

65

 

Luxembourg

31

34

35

38

59

109

76

 

Mexico

26

23

14

18

12

11

19

 

Netherlands

120

151

127

118

97

99

140

 

New Zealand

2

4

1

3

1

1

3

 

Norway

25

32

42

51

52

44

36

 

Poland

26

25

33

32

26

28

29

 

Portugal

43

45

47

47

41

42

47

 

Slovak Republic

1

4

5

6

7

9

9

 

Slovenia

--

--

3

1

2

4

4

 

Spain

55

109

66

76

84

87

82

 

Sweden

94

100

125

103

134

163

198

 

Switzerland

33

33

88

143

142

187

231

 

Turkey

2

3

2

4

8

4

2

 

United Kingdom

84

109

126

120

131

133

143

 

United States

430

500

578

724

705

686

573

TOTAL

2352

2671

2897

3426

3328

3838

4061

* In those cases where a country did not report the number of outstanding cases at the end of a reporting period, these charts use the number of cases reported for the end of the preceding reporting period (if that number was not available, the chart uses the number reported at the end of the subsequent reporting period). These cases are indicated with an asterisk.

Partner economies

   

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

   

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

Inventory of cases at end of reporting period

 

Argentina

--

--

2

3

3

3*

3*

 

South Africa

--

--

0

1

4

6

6

TOTAL

--

--

2

4

7

9

9

 

 

source of information: http://www.oecd.org/ctp/dispute/mapstatistics2012.htm