Copyright 1995 NLCIFT
Title:General Agreements, Uurguay Round Protocol GATT
MTN/FA II-A1A-2
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URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL GATT 1994
URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL TO THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Members,
Having carried out negotiations within the framework of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947, pursuant to the
Ministerial Declaration on the Uruguay Round,
Hereby agree as follows:
1. The schedule annexed to this Protocol relating to a Member
shall become a Schedule to the GATT 1994 relating to that Member
on the day on which the Agreement Establishing the MTO enters
into force for that Member. Any schedule submitted in accordance
with the Ministerial Decision on measures in favour of least-
developed countries shall be deemed to be annexed to this
Protocol.
2. The tariff reductions agreed upon by each Member shall be
implemented in five equal rate reductions, except as may be
otherwise specified in a Member's Schedule. The first such
reduction shall be made effective on the date of entry into force
of the Agreement Establishing the MTO, each successive reduction
shall be made effective on 1 January of each of the following
years, and the final rate shall become effective no later than
the date four years after the date of entry into force of the
Agreement Establishing the MTO, except as may be otherwise
specified in that Member's Schedule. Unless otherwise specified
in its Schedule, a Member that accepts the Agreement Establishing
the MTO after its entry into force shall, on the date this
Agreement enters into force for it, make effective all rate
reductions that have already taken place together with the
reductions which it would under the preceding sentence have been
obligated to make effective on 1 January of the year following,
and shall make effective all remaining rate reductions on the
schedule specified in the previous sentence. The reduced rate
should in each stage be rounded off to the first decimal. For
agricultural products, as defined in Article 2 of the Agreement
on Agriculture, the staging of reductions shall be implemented as
specified in the relevant parts of the schedules.
3. The implementation of the concessions and commitments
contained in the schedules annexed to this Protocol shall, upon
request, be subject to multilateral examination by the Members.
This would be without prejudice to the rights and obligations of
Members under Agreements in Annex 1A of the Agreement
Establishing the MTO.
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4. After the schedule annexed to this Protocol relating to a
Member has become a Schedule to the GATT 1994 pursuant to the
provisions of paragraph 1, such Member shall be free at any time
to withhold or to withdraw in whole or in part the concession in
such Schedule with respect to any product for which the principal
supplier is any other Uruguay Round participant the schedule of
which has not yet become a Schedule to the GATT 1994. Such action
can, however, only be taken after written notice of any such
withholding or withdrawal of a concession has been given to the
Council for Trade in Goods and after consultations have been
held, upon request, with any Member, the relevant Schedule
relating to which has become a Schedule to the GATT 1994 and
which has a substantial interest in the product involved. Any
concessions so withheld or withdrawn shall be applied on and
after the day on which the schedule of the Member which has the
principal supplying interest becomes a Schedule to the GATT 1994.
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5. (a) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 4:2 of
the Agreement on Agriculture, for the purpose of the
reference in Article II:1(b) and (c) of the GATT 1994
to the date of that Agreement, the applicable date in
respect of each product which is the subject of a
concession provided for in a schedule of concessions
annexed to this Protocol shall be the date of this
Protocol.
(b) For the purpose of the reference in Article II:6(a) of
the GATT 1994 to the date of that Agreement, the
applicable date in respect of a schedule of concessions
annexed to this Protocol shall be the date of this
Protocol.
6. In cases of modification or withdrawal of concessions
relating to non-tariff measures as contained in Part III of the
schedules, the provisions of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 and
the Procedures for Negotiations under Article XXVIII
(BISD 27S/26) shall apply. This would be without prejudice to
the rights and obligations of Members under the GATT 1994.
7. In each case in which a schedule annexed to this Protocol
results for any product in treatment less favourable than was
provided for such product in the Schedules of the General
Agreement 1947 prior to the entry into force of this Protocol,
the Member to whom the schedule relates shall be deemed to have
taken appropriate action as would have been otherwise necessary
under the relevant provisions of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1947
or 1994. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the
Schedules of Members listed by agreement in the Annex to this
Protocol.
8. The Schedules annexed hereto are authentic in the English,
French and Spanish language as specified in each Schedule.
9. The date of this Protocol shall be the date of the adoption
of the Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round
Multilateral Trade Negotiations.
Appendix I
SCHEDULE ... (Name of Member)
This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language
PART I MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF
SECTION I Agricultural Products
SECTION I - A Tariffs
Tariff Descriptio Base Bound rate Implementat Special Initial Other
item n of rate of of duty ion period safeguard negotiatin duties and
number products duty from/to g right charges
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
PART I (continued)
SECTION I - B Tariff Quotas
Description Tariff Initial Final quota Implementati Initial Other terms
of Products item quota quantity and on period negotiating and
number(s) quantity and in-quota from/to right conditions
in-quota tariff rate
tariff rate
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Appendix II
SCHEDULE ... - (Name of Member)
This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language.
PART I - MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF
SECTION II - Other Products
Tariff item Description of Base rate of Bound rate of Initial Other duties
number products duty (U/B) duty negotiating and charges
right
1 2 3 4 5 6
00.00.00 Manufactured 24% [U] [B] 12% CA
(at etc. ...
appropriate
level)
Appendix III
SCHEDULE ... - (Name of Member)
PART II - PREFERENTIAL TARIFF
(If applicable)
Appendix IV
SCHEDULE . . . - (Name of Member)
PART III - NON-TARIFF CONCESSIONS
Tariff item number Description of products Concessions
Appendix V
SCHEDULE ... (Name of Member)
This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language
PART IV: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS: COMMITMENTS LIMITING SUBSIDIZATION
(Article 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture)
SECTION I - Domestic Support: Total AMS Commitments
BASE TOTAL AMS Annual and final bound Relevant Supporting Tables and
commitment levels document reference
199X - 200Y
1 2 3
PART IV (continued)
SECTION II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description Base Calendar/o Annual and Base Calendar/ Annual and Relevant
of products outlay ther year final outlay quantit other final Supporting
and tariff level applied commitment y year quantity Tables and
item numbers levels 199X applied commitment document
at HS six - 200Y levels reference
digit level
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
PART IV (Continued)
SECTION III: Commitments Limiting the Scope of Export Subsidies
Description of Nature of commitments
products
1 2