O
observer status (applicants for accession) WTO 250
observer status (governments) (Ministerial Conference/General Council Guidelines) WTO 224–8, Table XX B
Air Committee AIR 34
purpose WTO 226
Rules of Origin Committee RO 16
statistics WTO 227
observer status (international organizations)
BOPs Committee GATT 786
Council for Trade in Services GATS 218–19
Council for Trips TRIPS 303
Customs Valuation Committee VAL 62
FAO WTO 163
Government Procurement Committee (GAP XXI:1) GPA 26
ITC WTO 163
Ministerial Conference/General Council Guidelines WTO 164
OECD WTO 163
SPS Committee SPS 437
UN WTO 163
UNCTAD WTO 163
WIPO WTO 163
observer status (NGOs) WTO 167
OECD Development Assistance Committee WTO 111
Office International des Epizooties (OIE): see World Organization for Animal Health (previously Office International des Epizooties (OIE))
officers (WTO), appointment, guidelines WTO 73
Oilseeds Agreement (EC–Brazil), status as covered agreement WTO 276, GATT 10, 671, DSU 6
Schedule LXXX and DSU 1671
as supplementary means for interpreting a covered agreement (VCLT 32) DSU 1635
see also lex specialis/presumption against treaty conflicts; relationships within and between agreements
AD 13/SCM 3, 5 and 6/GATT XVI SCM 182, DSU 693
AD-consistent measure/compliance with public notice (AD 12.2) requirements AD 838–9
“advantage” /discrimination (GATT I:1) GATT 27
ALOPs (SPS 5.6) SPS 262
covered agreements/DSU DSU 16
GATT/SCM DSU 1724
GATT/TRIMs DSU 1722
judicial economy and DSU 648
mandatory nature of legislation/consistency with WTO obligations AD 880
mandatory/discretionary nature of legislation/substance DSU 294–5
measures taken to comply (DSU 21.5) DSU 1120
non-discrimination (GATT I:1)/Enabling Clause GATT 81
specific/general provision GATT 81, 400–4, 418, 425–6, 594, SPS 189, 590–1, 595, AD 86, 432, 492
DSU 23.1/DSU 23.2 DSU 1300
as general principle of international law AD 467 n. 622
“substantive” agreements/DSU DSU 16
order of analysis (TBT 2.4) TBT 48, 155
ordinary meaning of terms used in covered agreements GATT 805, 840
“acts” (TRIPS 70.1) TRIPS 308–10, DSU 1524
“advantage” (SCM Illustrative List item (k)) SCM 631
“affecting” (DSU 4.2) DSU 152
“affecting” (GATS I:1) GATT 362, GATS 10
“affecting” (GATT III:4) GATT 360–1
“anti-dumping measure” AD 5
“apply as single unit or on behalf of a member State” (SG 2.1 footnote 1) SG 64
“appropriate” (SCM 4.10) SCM 224, 226, 277, DSU 1289
“arbitrary or unjustifiable” SPS 231
“as a result of unforeseen developments” GATT 803, SG 6
“avoid” (TRIPS 46) TRIPS 251
“benefit” (SCM 1.1(b)) SCM 59
“central government entity” (GPA Appendix 1) GPA 7
“characteristics closely resembling” (SCM footnote 46) SCM 424
“c.i.f. import price” (AG 5.1(b)) AG 70
“competitive” (ATC 6.2) ATC 44
“ordinary customs duty” AG 42
“confer” (SCM 1.1(b)) SCM 59
“conforms with the provisions” (SG 11.1(a)) GATT 839, SG 4, 5
“contingent” (SCM 3.1) SCM 132, 135, 165
“contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods” (SCM 3.1(b)) SCM 167
“cost-oriented rates” (Reference Paper on Basic Telecommunications) GATS 153–5
“countermeasure” SCM 222, DSU 1287
“countermeasure” (SCM 4.10) SCM 222
“credits” (SCM Illustrative List item (k)) SCM 628
“customs valuation” (VAL) VAL 1–2
“determination” (DSU 23.2) DSU 1313
“directly competitive or substitutable” (GATT III:2) GATT 291–2
“discriminate” (TRIPS 27) TRIPS 177
“discriminate” (TRIPS 27.1) TRIPS 177–8
“displace” (SCM 6.3(a)) SCM 307
“disposal” (TRIPS 59) TRIPS 245
domestic law concepts, relevance DSU 1623–8, 1655 n. 2588, 1655 n. 2589
“elaborate” (SPS preamble) SPS 596
“eligible” (AG Annex 3, para. 8) AG 203
“equivalent” (DSU 22.4) DSU 1246
“establishment” AD 917
“evaluation” AD 259
“examine” (VAL 1.2(a)) VAL 17
“exclusive right” (TRIPS 16.1) TRIPS 131
“explicit” (SCM 2.1(a)) SCM 107–8
“exploit” (TRIPS 13) TRIPS 117
“export credit” (Illustrative List of Export Subsidies (SCM Annex I), item (k)) SCM 628
“export credit practice” (SCM Illustrative List item (k)) SCM 644
“fact” (AD 6.9) AD 612
“fair comparison” AD 80
“field of export credit terms” (SCM Illustrative List item (k)) SCM 638
“filing date” (TRIPS 33) TRIPS 211
“financing” (AG 9.1(c)) AG 104
“freedom of transit” (GATT V:1) GATT 434
“general infrastructure” (SCM 1.1(a)(1)(iii)) SCM 45
“generalized” (EC 2(a) footnote 3) GATT 84
“goods” (SCM 1.1(a)(iii)) SCM 43
“government practices” (SCM 1.1(a)(1)(i)) SCM 27
“have recourse to” / “seek redress” (DSU 23.1) DSU 1306
“identify the specific measure at issue” (DSU 6.2) DSU 211, 237
“immediately”, SG 12.1 SG 261, 263–4
“impede” (SCM 6.3(a)) SCM 307
“in accordance with the provisions” (SCM 32.1) SCM 583
“in accordance with” (AG 1(a)(ii)) AG 6–7, 80
“inadequate to cover” (Illustrative List item (j)) SCM 620
“inadequate to cover” (SCM footnote 9) SCM 620
“infringing goods” (TRIPS 59) TRIPS 236
“initiate” (SCM Annex V) SCM 675
“instrument” (VCLT 31(2)(b)) DSU 1567 n. 2413
“interest rate support” (Illustrative List of Export Subsidies (SCM Annex I), item (k)) SCM 649
“interest rate support” (SCM Illustrative List item (K)) SCM 648
“interests” (TRIPS 13) TRIPS 123
“investigation” (SG 3.1) SG 92
“level of subsidies” (SCM 27.4/footnote 55) SCM 547
“likelihood” SPS 508
“long-term” (Illustrative List item (j)) SCM 620
“long-term” (SCM Illustrative list item (k)) SCM 621
“market” (SCM 6.3(c)) SCM 319 n. 531, 321
“matter” (AD 17) AD 898
“measure” (GATT XXIII:1(b)) DSU 248
“multiple authentic languages” (VCLT 33) and DSU 1660, 1664–7
“no less favourable treatment” (SG II:1 and XVII:1) GATS 34
“non-discriminatory” (EC 2(a) footnote 3) GATT 85–9
“normal” (TRIPS 13/TRIPS 30) TRIPS 118, 195
“on their importation” (GATT II:1(b)) GATT 145
“operating costs and losses” (SCM Illustrative List item (j)) SCM 622
“original panel” (DSU 10.4/DSU 21.5/DSU 22.6) DSU 475
“owner” (TRIPS 16.1) TRIPS 130
“payments” (AG 9.1(c)) AG 88–90
“potential” SPS 519
“premium” (SCM footnote 59) SCM 619
“price undercutting/suppression” (SCM 6.3(c)) SCM 316
“proceedings” (DSU 17.10) DSU 886
“producers” (SCM 16.1) SCM 453–4
“product characteristics” (TBT Annex 1.1) TBT 157
“products which have been in transit” (GATT V:6) GATT 440
“proper” AD 917
“proportion” (SCM 2.1(c)) SCM 113
“protocols and certifications relating to tariff concessions” (GATT
1994 1(b)(i) and 1(d)) GATT 4
“provides” (SCM 1.1(a)(1)(iii)) SCM 40, 42
“provisions of this agreement” (SCM 32.1) GATT 451
“related to” (AG Annex 2, para. 6(b)) AG 196
“relevant” (TBT 2.4) TBT 59
“requirements” (GATT III:4) DSU 250
“restriction” (GATT XI:1) GATT 600
“result” (GATT XIX:1(a)) GATT 819
“serious injury” (SG 4.1(a)) SG 116
“serious” (SCM 5(c)) SCM 265
“service” (GPA 1) GPA 4
“shall apply to all measures” (GATS Annex on Basic Telecommunications) GATS 242
“shall include” AD 247
“shall not prevent” (GATT XXIV) GATT 1003, 1007
“significant” (SCM 6.3(c)) SCM 310
“specific action against dumping” GATT 449, 451
“specific measures” (DSU 6.2) DSU 215
“statement of available evidence” (SCM 4.2) SCM 192, 195
“source” (SCM footnote 59) SCM 604
“subject to” GATT 140
“subject to compliance with the provisions” (SCM 27.2) SCM 527
“subject-matter” (TRIPS 70.2) TRIPS 311
“successor undertaking” (SCM Illustrative List item (k)) SCM 641
“sufficient” SPS 25
“suppress” (SCM 6.2(c)) SCM 281
“terms used in”
SPS Annex A(1)(b) SPS 476
TRIPS 24.5 TRIPS 174
“through the effects of subsidies” (SCM 15.1/footnote 47) SCM 443
“tied to” (SCM 3.1(a)) SCM 132, 133, 136
“unbiased and objective” AD 920
“unconditionally” (GATT I:1) GATT 49
“unreasonably prejudice” (TRIPS 13) TRIPS 123, 124
“variable import levies” (AG 4.2) AG 51
“whenever feasible” (DSU 9.1) DSU 444
“withdraw” (SCM 4.7) SCM 208
“world market share” (SCM 6(3)(d)) SCM 326
original membership (WTO XI:1)
1.229–33: see also accession (WTO XII)
acceptance of WTO Agreement
after 1 January 1995 WTO 233
before 1 January 1995 WTO 232
deadline (WTO XIV:1) WTO 230
retroactive extension WTO 265
qualification as WTO 229
special cases regarding acceptance and accession (1994–6) WTO 234–8
finalization of tariff concessions by 15 April 1994 requirement and WTO 234
GATT 1947 contracting parties by succession (GATT XXVI:5(c)) WTO 234
least-developed countries (WTO XI:2) including Ministerial Decision on Measures in Favour of LDCs WTO 234–7
Ministerial Decision on Acceptance of and Accession to the WTO Agreement WTO 235–6
simplified procedures (Finalization of Negotiations on Schedules on Goods and Services, General Council decision of 31 January 1995) WTO 238, 240
statistics WTO 231
over-quota trade: see import licensing procedures, over-quota trade, applicability to