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Table of contents back to top
I. Preamble back to top
A. Text of the Preamble
B. Interpretation and
Application of the Preamble
1. “objectives of the negotiations as set out in the Punta del Este
Declaration”
2. Long-term objective of the reform process and the Mid-Term Review
II.
Article 1 back to top
A. Text of
Article 1
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 1
1. Paragraph (a)(ii)
2. Paragraph (e)
(a) Definition of the term
“export subsidy”
(b) “contingent upon export
performance”
3. Paragraph (h)
III.
Article 2 back to top
A. Text of
Article 2
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 2
IV.
Article 3 back to top
A. Text of
Article 3
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 3
1. Paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 3
V.
Article 4 back to top
A. Text of
Article 4
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 4
1. General
(a) Purpose of Article 4
(b) Notification requirements
2. Paragraph 1
3. Paragraph 2
(a) “any measures which have been required to
be converted into ordinary customs duties”
(i) Interpretation
(ii) “converted”
(iii) “ordinary customs duties”
(iv) Timing of the obligation
(b) Relation with Article XI of GATT and its Ad
Note
(c) Special treatment
4. Footnote 1
(a) “variable import levies”
(b) “minimum import prices”
(c) “similar border measures”
(i) Concept of similarity
(ii) Relevance of tariff caps in the similarity
analysis
(iii) Common features of border measures
(d) Relation with Article 4.2
C. Relationship with other Agreements
1. GATT 1994
VI.
Article 5 back to top
A. Text of
Article 5
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 5
1. Paragraph
1(b)
2. Paragraph
5
3. Paragraph
7
(a) Notification
requirements
VII.
Article 6 back to top
A. Text of
Article 6
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 6
1. Notification requirements
VIII.
Article 7 back to top
A. Text of
Article 7
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 7
2. Relationship with Annex 2
IX.
Article 8 back to top
A. Text of
Article 8
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 8
1. General
2. Waivers from export subsidy commitments
X.
Article 9 back to top
A. Text of
Article 9
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 9
1. General
(a) Notification
requirements
2. Paragraph
1(a)
(a) “direct
subsidies, including payments-in-kind”
(b) “governments
or their agencies”
3. Paragraph
1(c)
(a) “payments”
(i) A
payment includes a payment-in-kind
(ii) Benchmark
to be applied when assessing payments
(b) “financed
by virtue of governmental action”
(i) Meaning
of Governmental action
(ii) Meaning
of “financed”
(iii) Link
between governmental action and the financing of payments
4. Paragraph
1(d)
(a) “costs
of marketing”
XI.
Article 10 back to top
A. Text of
Article 10
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 10
1. Paragraph
1
(a) Export
subsidy commitments
(b) “applied
in a manner which results in, or which threatens to lead to
circumvention”
2. Paragraph
2
3. Paragraph
3
(a) Export
credits, export credit guarantees and insurance programmes
(b) Burden
of proof
4. Paragraph
4
XII.
Article 11 back to top
A. Text of
Article 11
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 11
XIII.
Article 12 back to top
A. Text of
Article 12
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 12
1. Notification requirements
XIV.
Article 13 back to top
A. Text of
Article 13
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 13
XV.
Article 14 back to top
A. Text of
Article 14
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 14
XVI.
Article 15 back to top
A. Text of
Article 15
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 15
XVII.
Article 16 back to top
A. Text of
Article 16
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 16
1. Paragraph 1
(a)
The Singapore Ministerial Conference
(b) List of
least-developed and net food-importing developing countries
(c) Differential
Treatment within the Framework of an Agreement on Agricultural Export
Credits 2. Paragraph
2
(a) Notification
requirements
(b) Opportunities
for consultation
(c) Effectiveness
XVIII.
Article 17 back to top
A. Text of
Article 17
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 17
1. Committee
on Agriculture
(a) Terms
of reference
(b) Rules
of procedure
(c) Activities
XIX.
Article 18 back to top
A. Text of
Article 18
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 18
1. Paragraph
2
(a) Review
procedure
(b) Notification
requirements
(i) General
(ii) Developing
countries
2. Paragraph
5
(a) Annual
consultations
3. Paragraph
6
4. Paragraph
7
(a) Counter
notifications
XX.
Article 19 back to top
A. Text of
Article 19
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 19
XXI.
Article 20 back to top
A. Text of
Article 20
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 20
1. Decision of the Singapore Ministerial Conference
2. Decision to launch negotiations on agriculture
XXII.
Article 21 back to top
A. Text of
Article 21
B. Interpretation and
Application of Article 21
XXIII.
Annex 1 back to top
A. Text of Annex 1
B. Interpretation and
Application of Annex 1
XXIV.
Annex 2 back to top
A. Text of Annex 2
B. Interpretation and
Application of Annex 2
XXV.
Annex 3 back to top
A. Text of Annex 3
B. Interpretation and
Application of Annex 3
XXVI.
Annex 4 back to top
A. Text of Annex 4
B. Interpretation and
Application of Annex 4
XXVII.
Annex 5 back to top
A. Text of Annex 5
B. Interpretation and
Application of Annex 5
XXVIII.
Relationship with other WTO Agreements back to top
A. SCM Agreement
XXIX.
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries (The
“NFIDC Decision”) back to top
A. Text of the Decision
B. Interpretation and
Application of the Decision
1. Paragraph 3
(a) Paragraphs
3(i) and (ii)
(b) Paragraph
3(iii)
2. Paragraph 4
3. Paragraph 5
(a) The
Inter-Agency Panel
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