WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/L/505
10 December 2002
(02-6819)
Original:  English
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Invocation by the United States of Article XIII of the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
with respect to the Republic of Armenia
The following communication, dated 9 December 2002, from the Permanent Mission of the
United States to the Chairman of the General Council, is circulated to WTO Members.
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My authorities have instructed me to inform  you and the General Council, prior to the
approval of the agreement on the terms of accession for the Republic of Armenia, that the United
States of America does not consent to the application as between it and the Republic of Armenia ofthe Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and the Multilateral Trade
Agreements in Annexes 1 and 2 thereto.
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