ACCESSIONS
Republic of Armenia
This page gathers key information on Armenia's negotiations to join the WTO. Armenia became the 145th WTO Member on 5 February 2003.
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Armenia's Timeline
I. Overview | |||||||
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GATT application received | 29/11/1993 | L/7334 | |||||
GATT accession Working Party established | 17/12/1993 | C/M/268 | |||||
GATT terms of reference & accession Working Party membership | 30/01/1995 | WT/L/25 | |||||
WTO application received & WTO accession Working Party established | 30/01/1995 | WT/L/25 (+ corrigendum) (Request to transform the Working Party on the Accession of Armenia to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947 into a WTO accession Working Party. As per document WT/L/25, the Working Party on the Accession of Armenia to the GATT 1947 was transformed into a WTO Accession Working Party, in accordance with the decision adopted by the General Council on 31 January 1995. Document WT/L/25 also reproduced the name of the Chairperson and the terms of reference of the Working Party.) | |||||
WTO terms of reference & accession Working Party membership | 01/02/1996 | WT/ACC/ARM/3 + ( revisions) | |||||
Chairperson of the Accession Working Party | |||||||
1st | 01/1995 - 11/2002 | Ambassador Donald KENYON (Australia) | |||||
Formal Meetings of the Working Party | Date of the meeting | Convening notice | Statement(s) by the Head of the Delegation | Statement(s) by Working Party members | Delegation list | Other documents for the meeting | News item |
1st | 24/01/1996 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2nd | 23-24/09/1996 | — | — | — | — | — | |
3rd | 14/05/1997 | — | — | — | — | — | |
4th | 24/06/1999 | — | — | — | — | — | |
5th | 21/11/2002 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Informal Meetings of the Working Party | Date of the meeting | Convening fax | Statement(s) by the Head of the Delegation | ||||
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Plurilateral Meetings | Date of the meeting | Convening fax | Statement(s) by the Head of the Delegation | ||||
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Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) | 10/04/1995 | WT/ACC/ARM/1 | |||||
Initial cycle(s) of Questions and Replies, following the circulation of the MFTR | 27/09/1995 | WT/ACC/ARM/2 (+ addendum & corrigendum) | |||||
Factual Summary of Points Raised | 20/06/1994 | Informal circulation. | |||||
Additional Questions & Replies | 26/04/1996 | WT/ACC/ARM/5 | |||||
03/04/1997 | WT/ACC/ARM/8 | ||||||
Elements of a Draft Report of the Working Party | 26/03/1997 | WT/ACC/SPEC/ARM/1 | |||||
Draft Report of the Working Party | 01/12/1997 | WT/ACC/SPEC/ARM/1/Rev.1 (+ revisions & corrigendum & addenda) | |||||
Agriculture (WT/ACC/22/Add.1), including Questions and Replies | 12/02/1999 | WT/ACC/SPEC/ARM/4 (+ revisions) | |||||
SPS Checklist (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | 28/07/1999 | WT/ACC/ARM/11 | |||||
TBT Checklist (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | 28/07/1999 | WT/ACC/ARM/12 | |||||
TRIPS Questionnaire (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | 28/07/1999 | WT/ACC/ARM/13 | |||||
Import Licensing Procedures Questionnaire (WT/ACC/22 + revisions) | — | — | |||||
Customs Valuation Checklist (WT/ACC/22 + revisions) | 25/02/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/18 | |||||
State-Trading Questionnaire (WT/ACC/22 + revisions) | — | — | |||||
Draft Subsidies Notification (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | — | — | |||||
Legislative Action Plan (LAP) | — | — | |||||
Rule-specific Action Plans | — | — | |||||
Legislation and implementing regulations | Click for details | Legislation notice | Notified legislation | ||||
10/04/1995 | WT/ACC/ARM/1 |
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18/09/1995 | WT/ACC/ARM/1/Add.1 |
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29/09/1995 | WT/ACC/ARM/2/Add.1 |
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07/02/1996 | WT/ACC/ARM/4 |
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25/07/1996 | WT/ACC/ARM/6 |
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30/05/1997 | WT/ACC/ARM/9 | Law on the Customs Tariff Rates | |||||
07/01/1999 | WT/ACC/ARM/10 |
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13/09/2000 | WT/ACC/ARM/14 |
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10/10/2000 | WT/ACC/ARM/15 |
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26/10/2000 | WT/ACC/ARM/16 | ||||||
13/03/2001 | WT/ACC/ARM/17 | ||||||
22/08/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/19 |
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14/10/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/20 | ||||||
29/10/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/21 | ||||||
05/12/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/21/Add.1 | ||||||
09/12/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/21/Add.2 | ||||||
Consultation documents | Click for details | Consultation notice | Notified consultation document | ||||
25/07/1996 | WT/ACC/ARM/5/Add.1 |
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02/09/1996 | WT/ACC/ARM/7 (+ revision) |
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20/11/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/22 |
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III. Bilateral Market Access Negotiations | ||||
Goods Offer(s) | 15/01/1999 | WT/ACC/SPEC/ARM/3 | |||||
Services Offer(s) | 02/10/1998 | WT/ACC/SPEC/ARM/2 (+ revisions & corrigendum) | |||||
Register of Bilateral Market Access Agreements | |||||||
Draft Goods Schedule | 13/11/2002 | WT/ACC/SPEC/ARM/1/Rev.8/Add.1 | |||||
Draft Services Schedule | 13/11/2002 | WT/ACC/SPEC/ARM/1/Rev.8/Add.2 | |||||
Goods and Services Technical Verification Meetings | — | — | IV. Summary of Final Meeting of the Working Party | ||||
— | — | — | V. Accession Package (“Terms of Accession”, de-restricted) | ||||
Ministerial Conference/General Council Decision on the Accession | 10/12/2002 | WT/L/506 | |||||
Protocol of Accession | 10/12/2002 | WT/L/506 | |||||
Report of the Working Party | 26/11/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/23 (+ corrigendum) | |||||
Goods Schedule (Schedule of Concessions and Commitments Annexed to the GATT 1994) | 26/11/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/23/Add.1 | |||||
Services Schedule (Schedule of Specific Commitments Annexed to the GATS) | 06/12/2002 | WT/ACC/ARM/23/Add.2 | VI. Accessions Commitments Database (ACDB) | ||||
Specific Accession Commitments | http://acdb.wto.org/ click on “Report by Member”, select “Republic of Armenia” in drop down list then click on “View Report” | VII. Instrument of Acceptance | |||||
Notification of Acceptance and Entry Into Force of the Protocol of Accession | 06/01/2003 | WT/LET/436 | VIII. Date of Membership | ||||
05/02/2003 | 145th Member | IX. Since 1995, this is the… | |||||
17th economy that joined the WTO pursuant to Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement. |
Note:
The de-restriction of documents is a key component of the transparency obligations of the Multilateral Trading System. Paragraphs 1 and 2(e) of the Ministerial Council Decision WT/L/452 of 14 May 2002 provide that “documents relating to working parties on accession shall be restricted and shall be automatically de-restricted upon the adoption of the report of the working party” by the Ministerial Conference/General Council. The time of completion of the de-restriction process depends on the amount and complexities of the documents involved. Prior to 2002, the de-restriction of accession-related documents was governed by a different set of rules (i.e. General Council Decision WT/L/160/Rev.1 of 26 July 1996), which only affect documents circulated prior to 2002.