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The United
Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, held in Havana, Cuba, in
1947, adopted the Havana Charter for the International Trade
Organization which was meant to establish a multilateral trade
organization. For various reasons, the charter never came into force.
- Full text of the Havana Charter
> pdf format
(126 pages, 241 KB)
Pending the
entry into force of the Havana Charter, a mechanism was needed to
implement and protect the tariff concessions negotiated in 1947. To do
so, it was decided to take the Chapter on Commercial Policy of the
Havana Charter and convert it, with certain additions, into the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. To bring the GATT into force
quickly, a Protocol of Provisional Application was developed. Thus,
the GATT was born. The GATT 1947 Agreement was brought into the
Uruguay Round agreements by GATT 1994.
The
Tokyo Round negotiations (1973-1979) developed agreements on
anti-dumping measures, government procurement, technical barriers to
trade and other non-tariff measures which were known as “codes”.
- Antidumping:
- Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (Document
code LT/TR/A/1)
> MS Word
(19 pages,
123 KB)
> pdf
(19 pages, 40 KB)
- Agreement
on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI and
XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Document
code LT/TR/A/3)
> MS Word
(30 pages,
176 KB)
> pdf
(30 pages, 64 KB)
- Balance-of-Payments:
Declaration on Trade Measures (Document
code LT/TR/DEC/1)
> MS Word
(4 pages,
48 KB)
> pdf
(4 pages, 11 KB)
- Civil Aircraft:(Document
code LT/TR/PLURI/1)
> MS Word
(10 pages,
74 KB)
> pdf
(10 pages, 22 KB)
- Customs
Valuation: Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Document
code LT/TR/A/2)
> MS Word
(38 pages,
222 KB)
> pdf
(38 pages, 76 KB)
- Developing
Countries:
- Decision
on Safeguard Action (Document
code LT/TR/D/2)
> MS Word
(2 pages,
33 KB)
> pdf
(2 pages, 6 KB)
- Decision
on Differential and More Favourable Treatment (Document
code LT/TR/D/1)
> MS Word
(4 pages,
42 KB)
> pdf
(4 pages, 10 KB)
- Differential
and more favourable treatment: Decision on Differential and
More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of
Developing Countries (Document
code LT/TR/D/1)
> MS Word
(4 pages,
42 KB)
> pdf
(4 pages, 10 KB)
- Dispute
Settlement: (Document
code LT/TR/U/1)
> MS Word
(9 pages,
79 KB)
> pdf
(9 pages, 24 KB)
- Government
Procurement: (Document
code LT/TR/PLURI/2)
> MS Word
(23 pages,
148 KB)
> pdf
(23 pages, 50 KB)
amended in 1987
- Import
Licensing: (Document
code LT/TR/A/4)
> MS Word
(8 pages,
64 KB)
> pdf
(8 pages, 18 KB)
- Safeguards:
Decision on Safeguard Action for Development Purposes (Document
code LT/TR/D/2)
> MS Word
(2 pages,
33 KB)
> pdf
(2 pages, 6 KB)
- Subsidies:
Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI
and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Document
code LT/TR/A/3)
> MS Word
(30 pages,
176 KB)
> pdf
(30 pages, 64 KB)
- Technical
Barriers to Trade: (Document
code LT/TR/A/5)
> MS Word
(26 pages,
153 KB)
> pdf
(26 pages, 50 KB)
- Arrangement
regarding Bovine Meat (Document
code LT/TR/PLURI/3)
> MS Word
(7 pages,
62 KB)
> pdf
(7 pages, 17 KB)
- International
Dairy Arrangement (Document
code LT/TR/PLURI/4)
> MS Word
(27 pages,
146 KB) > pdf
(27 pages, 52 KB)
The
Kennedy Round negotiations (1964-67) produced an agreement, also known
as a code, on multilateral rules for anti-dumping.
> pdf format
(35 pages, 67 KB)
Other
major legal instruments back to top
- Decision on differential and more favourable treatment, reciprocity and
fuller participation of developing countries (Enabling clause)
1979
> Browse text
> pdf format
(3 pages, 8 KB)
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