Status of WTO Legal Instruments

The publication covers all treaty instruments drawn up since 1995 by WTO Members in relation to the WTO Agreement and the multilateral and plurilateral trade agreements annexed to that Agreement. It lists the adoption and signature dates of WTO agreements and the dates of acceptance or amendments to those agreements. It also provides the date of their entry into force, as well as any other communications and declarations received by the WTO Director-General in the DG's capacity as WTO Depositary.

The publication contains a comprehensive summary of the establishment of the WTO and the evolution of its treaty instruments. It provides information on depositary notifications by the WTO Director-General, the relevant volumes of the WTO and UN Treaty Series, and treaty registration with the United Nations. Hyperlinks in the electronic version give access to the relevant WTO and UN documents.

The cut-off date of the 2021 edition was 15 April 2021. It is available for download and Print copies can also be ordered.

To reflect more recent treaty developments, relevant sections of the publication have been updated to 7 March 2024, and are made available through the following links:

• Disclaimer
• Introduction
• The WTO and its treaty instruments
• WTO Members
• Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
  • Acceptances
  • Accessions
• Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods
  • Procès-verbal to the Marrakesh Protocol annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, concerning schedules of least-developed countries
  • Procès-verbal to the Marrakesh Protocol annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, concerning Schedule XCVI — Slovenia
  • Geneva (1995) Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
  • Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization — Agreement on Trade Facilitation
  • Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization — Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 — Modifications and Rectifications to Schedules of Concessions
• General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • Procès-Verbal to the General Agreement on Trade in Services, concerning Schedules of least-developed countries
  • Procès-Verbal to the General Agreement on Trade in Services, concerning Slovenia
  • Second Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • Third Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • Fourth Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • Fifth Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • General Agreement on Trade in Services — Modifications and Rectifications to Schedules of Specific Commitments     
• Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement
• Trade Policy Review Mechanism
  • Decision amending the Trade Policy Review Mechanism
• Plurilateral Trade Agreements
  • Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
    • Protocol (2001) Amending the Annex to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
    • Protocol (2015) Amending the Annex to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
  • Agreement on Government Procurement
    • Modifications and Rectifications to Appendices I-IV to the 1994 Agreement on Government Procurement
    • Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement
    • Modifications and Rectifications to Appendices I-IV to the Amended Agreement on Government Procurement
  • International Dairy Agreement
  • International Bovine Meat Agreement