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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. 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
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A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application
XX.
Declaration on the Relationship of the World Trade Organization with the International Monetary Fund
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A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application
XXI.
Decision on the Acceptance of and Accession to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
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A. Text
B. Interpretation and Application
XXII.
Decision on Measures in Favour of Least-Developed Countries
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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
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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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