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WTO ANALYTICAL INDEX: MARRAKESH AGREEMENT

Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization

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> Preamble
> Article I
> Article II
> Article III
> Article IV
> Article V
> Article VI
> Article VII
> Article VIII
> Article IX
> Article X
> Article XI
> Article XII
> Article XIII
> Article XIV
> Article XV
> Article XVI
> Explanatory notes
> Declaration on the contribution of the World Trade Organization to achieving greater coherence in global economic policymaking
> Declaration on the relationship of the World Trade Organization with the International Monetary Fund
> Decision on the acceptance of and accession to the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization
> Decision on measures in favour of least-developed countries
> Understanding in respect of waivers of obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
> Accessions under Article XXXIII
> Annex A – WTO membership
> Annex B – WTO observers

> Analytical Index main page


Table of contents    back to top

I. Preamble    back to top

A. Text of the Preamble
B. Interpretation and Application of the Preamble

1. Legal relevance of Preamble

 
II. Article I    back to top

A. Text of Article I
B. Interpretation and Application of Article I

1. Paragraph 1

 
III. Article II    back to top

A. Text of Article II
B. Interpretation and Application of Article II

1. Paragraph 1

2. Paragraph 2

(a) Single treaty instrument

3. Paragraph 3

4. Paragraph 4

 
IV. Article III    back to top

A. Text of Article III
B. Interpretation and Application of Article III

1. Paragraph 1

2. Paragraph 2

(a) “forum for further negotiations among its Members concerning their multilateral trade relations”

(b) The Doha Round

(i) Organization and management of the Work Programme

(ii) Scope of the negotiations: the Work Programme of the Doha Declaration

(iii) How the negotiations are organized: negotiating bodies

(c) “a framework for the implementation of the results of such negotiations, as may be decided by the Ministerial Conference”

3. Paragraph 3

4. Paragraph 4

5. Paragraph 5

(a) Cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank

(b) “with a view to achieving greater coherence in global policy-making”

 
V. Article IV    back to top

A. Text of Article IV
B. Interpretation and Application of Article IV

2. Paragraph 1 — Ministerial Conference

(a) Functions

(i) General

(ii) Working parties

(b) “which shall meet at least once every two years”

(i) 1996 Singapore Ministerial Conference

(ii) 1998 Geneva Ministerial Conference

(iii) 1999 Seattle Ministerial Conference

(iv) 2001 Doha Ministerial Conference

(c) “decisions on all matters under any of the Multilateral Trade Agreements”

(d) “in accordance with the specific requirements for decision-making in this Agreement and in the relevant Multilateral Trade Agreements”

(e) Rules of procedure

3. Paragraph 2 — General Council

(a) Functions

(i) General

(ii) Circulation and derestriction of documents

(b) Adoption of rules of procedure

(i) General Council

(ii) Committees provided for in paragraph 7

4. Paragraph 3 — Dispute Settlement Body

(a) Functions

(b) Rules of procedure

(c) Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body

5. Paragraph 4 — Trade Policy Review Body

(a) Functions

(i) Country reviews

(b) Rules of procedure for the Trade Policy Review Body

(c) “shall convene as appropriate to discharge the responsibilities of the Trade Policy Review Body”

6. Paragraph 5 — Councils

(a) Council for Trade in Goods

(i) Functions

(ii) Rules of procedure

(b) Council for Trade in Services

(i) Functions

(ii) Rules of procedure

(c) Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

(i) Functions

(ii) Rules of procedure

7. Paragraph 6 — subsidiary bodies to the various Councils

(a) Subsidiary bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods

(i) General

(ii) Working Party on State Trading Enterprises

(iii) Working Group on Notification Obligations and Procedures

(iv) Working parties regarding regional trade agreements

(b) Approval of rules of procedure of subsidiary bodies of the Council for Trade in Goods

(c) Subsidiary bodies of the Council for Trade in Services

(i) General

(d) Subsidiary bodies of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

8. Paragraph 7 — committees established by Ministerial Conference or General Council

(a) General

(b) Committee on Trade and Development

(i) Establishment and terms of reference

(ii) Rules of procedure and observer status

(iii) Reporting

(iv) Activities

(v) Reference to GATT practice

(c) Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions

(i) Establishment and terms of reference

(ii) Rules of procedure

(iii) Reporting

(d) Committee on Budget, Finance and Administration

(i) Establishment and terms of reference

(ii) Rules of procedure

(iii) Reporting

(e) Committee on Market Access

(i) Establishment and terms of reference

(ii) Rules of procedure

(iii) Reporting

(iv) Activities

(f) Committee on Trade and Environment

(i) Establishment and terms of reference

(ii) Rules of procedure

(iii) Reporting

(g) Committee on Regional Trade Agreements

(i) Establishment and terms of reference

(ii) Rules of procedure

(iii) Reporting

(iv) Activities

9. Paragraph 8 — Bodies under Plurilateral Trade Agreements

(a) International Dairy Council

(b) International Meat Council

(c) Committee on Trade in Civil Aircraft

(d) Committee on Government Procurement

 
VI. Article V    back to top

A. Text of Article V
B. Interpretation and Application of Article V

1. Paragraph 1

(a) General

(b) The United Nations (UN)

(c) The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

(d) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)

(e) Office International des Epizooties (OIE)

(f) International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

(g) Observer status

2. Paragraph 2

(a) Guidelines for Arrangements on Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations

(b) Procedure to provide observer capacity

 
VII. Article VI    back to top

A. Text of Article VI
B. Interpretation and Application of Article VI

1. Paragraph 1

2. Paragraph 2

(a) Appointment of the Director-General

(b) “regulations setting out the powers, duties, conditions of service and term of office of the Director-General”

3. Paragraph 3

(a) Duties and conditions of service of the WTO Secretariat

4. Paragraph 4

 
VIII. Article VII    back to top

A. Text of Article VII
B. Interpretation and Application of Article VII

1. Paragraph 1

(a) “annual budget estimate”

(b) “financial statement”

(c) “recommendations” by the BFA Committee

2. Paragraph 2

(a) BFA Committee’s proposal on financial regulations

(b) “the scale of contributions”

(c) Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund

3. Paragraph 3

(a) Adoption of financial regulations

4. Paragraph 4

(a) Budget contributions of Members

 
IX. Article VIII    back to top

A. Text of Article VIII
B. Interpretation and Application of Article VIII

1. Genera1

2. Paragraph 4

3. Paragraph 5

(a) Headquarters Agreement

(b) Transfer of assets

 
X. Article IX    back to top

A. Text of Article IX
B. Interpretation and Application of Article IX

1. Paragraph 1

2. Paragraph 2

(a) Exclusive authority to adopt interpretations

(b) Requests for authoritative interpretations

3. Paragraph 3

(a) Decision-making procedures

(b) Waivers

(i) General

(ii) Jurisprudence

4. Paragraph 4

5. Table of waivers granted under Article IX

(a) Waivers concerning the Harmonized System

(b) Waivers concerning Regional Trade Agreements

(c) Other waivers

6. Paragraph 5

 
XI. Article X    back to top

A. Text of Article X
B. Interpretation and Application of Article X

1. Paragraph 1

2. Paragraph 8

(a) Member proposals to amend the Multilateral Trade Agreements of Annexes 2 and 3

3. Paragraph 9

(a) Additions of Plurilateral Trade Agreements

(b) Deletions of Plurilateral Trade Agreements

4. Paragraph 10

(a) Amendment of Plurilateral Agreements

 
XII. Article XI    back to top

A. Text of Article XI
B. Interpretation and Application of Article XI

1. General

(a) Members

(b) Observer status

2. Paragraph 1

(a) Original Members

3. Paragraph 2

(a) Least-developed country commitments

 
XIII. Article XII    back to top

A. Text of Article XII
B. Interpretation and Application of Article XII

1. General

(a) Observer status of applicants for accession

(b) Succession of working parties for accession to GATT 1947

2. Paragraph 1

3. Paragraph 2

(a) Decision-making procedures

(b) Working parties on accession

(i) Establishment

(ii) Terms of reference

(c) WTO accessions

4. Paragraph 3

(a) Agreement on Government Procurement

(b) Other plurilateral trade agreements

 
XIV. Article XIII    back to top

A. Text of Article XIII
B. Interpretation and Application of Article XIII

1. Paragraph 1

(a) Invocation and revocation of non-application

 
XV. Article XIV    back to top

A. Text of Article XIV
B. Interpretation and Application of Article XIV

1. Transition from GATT 1947 to WTO

2. Paragraph 1

(a) Date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement

3. Paragraph 3

(a) Notifications of acceptance of the WTO Agreement

(i) Acceptance before 1 January 1995

(ii) Acceptance after 1 January 1995

4. Paragraph 4

(a) Acceptance of the plurilateral trade agreements

 
XVI. Article XV    back to top

A. Text of Article XV
B. Interpretation and Application of Article XV

1. Paragraph 1

2. Paragraph 2

 
XVII. Article XVI    back to top

A. Text of Article XVI
B. Interpretation and Application of Article XVI

1. Paragraph 1

(a) “the decisions, procedures and customary practices followed by the CONTRACTING PARTIES to GATT 1947”

(i) General

(ii) Status of adopted reports

(iii) Panel findings not appealed

(b) Meaning of Article XVI:1

(i) General

(ii) Relationship with Paragraph 1(b) of GATT 1994

2. Paragraph 2

(a) First Director-General of the WTO

3. Paragraph 3

4. Paragraph 4

(a) General

(b) “laws, regulations and administrative procedures”

5. Paragraph 5

(a) Reservations to the Multilateral Trade Agreements

(b) Reservations to Plurilateral Agreements

6. Paragraph 6

(a) Registration of the Agreement in accordance with Article 102 of the United Nations Charter

 
XVIII. Explanatory Notes    back to top

A. Text of Explanatory Notes
B. Interpretation and Application of Explanatory Notes

 
XIX. Declaration on the Contribution of the World Trade Organization to Achieving Greater Coherence in Global Economic Policymaking    back to top

A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application

 
XX. Declaration on the Relationship of the World Trade Organization with the International Monetary Fund    back to top

A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application

 
XXI. Decision on the Acceptance of and Accession to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization    back to top

A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application

 
XXII. Decision on Measures in Favour of Least-Developed Countries    back to top

A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application

1. Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the Doha Round

2. Other forums

 
XXIII. Understanding in Respect of Waivers of Obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994    back to top

A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application

 
XXIV. Accessions under Article XXXIII    back to top

 
XXV. Annex A – WTO Membership    back to top

 
XXVI. Annex B – WTO Observers    back to top

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