WORLD TRADE AGREEMENT

(establishing the WTO and including GATT 1994)

Status Members of the World Trade Organization

The Final Act and Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. (including GATT 1994), Uruguay Round.
Marrakesh, 15 April 1994.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. FINAL ACT


II. AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION


ANNEX 1A: AGREEMENTS ON TRADE IN GOODS

The following Agreements, Understandings, Decisions, the texts of which are set out below, are an integral part of the Uruguay Round Agreements.

l. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
(a) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article II:l(b)
(b) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII
(c) Understanding on Balance-of-Payments Provisions
(d) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV
(e) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXV
(f) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII
(g) Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXXV

2. Uruguay Round Protocol GATT 1994

3. Agreement on Agriculture

4. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

5. Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

6. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

7. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures

8. Agreement on Implementation of Article VI

9. Agreement on Implementation of Article VII

10. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection

11. Agreement on Rules of Origin

12. Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures

13. Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

14. Agreement on Safeguards

ANNEX 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services and Annexes

ANNEX 1C: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Trade in Counterfeit Goods

ANNEX 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

ANNEX 3: Trade Policy Review Mechanism

ANNEX 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements

ANNEX 4(a) Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft

ANNEX 4(b) Agreement on Government Procurement

ANNEX 4(c) International Dairy Arrangement

ANNEX 4(d) Arrangement Regarding Bovine Meat

SIGNATURES

III. MINISTERIAL DECISIONS AND DECLARATIONS

1. Decision on Measures in Favour of Least-Developed Countries

2. Declaration on the Contribution of the WTO to Achieving Greater Coherence in Global Economic Policymaking

3. Decision on Notification Procedures

4. Customs Valuation:
(a) Decision Regarding Cases where Customs Administrations have Reasons to Doubt the Truth or Accurancy of the Declared Value
(b) Texts Relating to Minimum Values and Imports by Sole Agents, Sole Distributors and Sole Concessionaires

5. Technical Barriers to Trade:
(a) Proposed Understanding on WTO-ISO Standards Information System
(b) Decision on Review of the ISO/IEC Information Centre Publication

6. Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries

7. General Agreement on Trade in Services:
(a) Decision on Institutional Arrangements for the General Agreement on Trade in Services
(b) Decision on Certain Dispute Settlement Procedures for the General Agreement on Trade in Services
(c) Decision concerning Paragraph (b) of Article XIV
(d) Decision on Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications
(e) Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services
(f) Decision on Financial Services
(g) Decision concerning Professional Services
(h) Decision on Movement of Natural Persons

8. Decision on Implementation of Article XXIV:2 of the Agreement on Government Procurement

9. Decision on the Application and Review of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes

10. Decision on Improvements to the GATT Dispute Settlement Rules and Procedures

11. Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994
(a) Decision on Anti-Circumvention
(b) Decision on Standard of Review for Dispute Settlement Panels

12. Decision on Dispute Settlement pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 1994


29 April 1994: Hypertext version of the WTA first available on the Web through ITL
31 October 1994: References to the Multilateral Trade Organization and MTO changed to World Trade Organization and WTO respectively.
29 April 1996: Links updated.
14 June 1996: Footnotes included as hyper-linked endnotes.
1 September 1996: Cosmetic changes to the table of contents (presentation).

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