WORLD TRADE WT/L/128
13February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0533)
ACCESSION OFTHE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Decision of6February 1996
TheGeneral Council ,
Recalling thatcertain contracting parties which became contracting parties totheGeneral
Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1947 (hereinafter referred toas"GATT 1947") during thecourse
of1994wereunable tocomplete thenegotiations ontheirschedules totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs
andTrade 1994 (hereinafter referred toas"GATT 1994") andtheGeneral Agreement onTrade in
Services (hereinafter referred toasthe"GATS"),
Recalling further thattheGeneral Council decided on31January 1995thatthese contracting
parties totheGATT 1947should beabletoaccede totheWTO Agreement inaccordance withspecial
procedures under which theGeneral Council 'sapproval oftheschedules totheGATT 1994 andthe
GATS shallbedeemed tobetheapproval oftheirterms ofaccession,
Noting thatthenegotiations ontheschedules oftheUnited ArabEmirates havebeencompleted
andaProtocol fortheAccession oftheUnited Arab Emirates hasbeenprepared,1
Decides ,inaccordance withArticle XIIoftheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing theWorld
TradeOrganization,thattheUnitedArabEmiratesmayaccedetotheMarrakeshAgreementEstablishing
theWorld Trade Organization ontheterms setoutinthesaidProtocol.
1WT/L/129.