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Title:Final act embodying the results of the Uruguay round
Date: 15 December 1993

                                         
                                           MTN/FA
                                           15 December 1993
                                           Special Distribution

                                           (UR-93-0246)

                                           
             FINAL ACT EMBODYING THE RESULTS OF THE
        URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
                               

Note:

     This Final Act embodies all the results of the Uruguay Round
of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.  
     By signing this Final Act at the Marrakech Ministerial
     Meeting, the participants will establish  the texts set out
     in the Annexes, in accordance with international treaty
     practice.  Schedules are authentic and definitive only for
     those participants who are contracting parties to the GATT
     1947 as of the date of the Marrakech Meeting.  

     Article 10 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
     establishes that:

     "The text of a treaty is established as authentic and
     definitive:

     (a)  by such procedure as may be provided for in the
          text or agreed upon by the States participating in
          its drawing up;  or

     (b)  failing such procedure, by the signature,
          signature ad referendum or initialling by the
          representatives of those States of the text of the
          treaty or of the Final Act of a conference
          incorporating the text."

                MOST COMMONLY-USED ABBREVIATIONS


BOP:      Balance-of-Payments 
DS:       Dispute Settlement
DSU:      Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the
          Settlement of Disputes
GATS:     General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT:     General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP:      Government Procurement
ISO:      International Standards Organization
ISO/IEC:  ISO/International Electrotechnical Commission
LLDCS:    Least-Developed Countries
MTO:      Multilateral Trade Organization
PSI:      Preshipment Inspection
SCM:      Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
SPS:      Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
TBT:      Technical Barriers to Trade
TRIMS:    Trade-Related Investment Measures
TRIPS:    Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 
          Including Trade in Counterfeit Goods
TPRM:     Trade Policy Review Mechanism