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MARRAKESH PROTOCOL TOTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Members,
HavingcarriedoutnegotiationswithintheframeworkofGATT1947,pursuanttotheMinisterial
Declaration ontheUruguay Round,
Hereby agree asfollows:
1. Theschedule annexed tothisProtocol relating toaMember shall become aSchedule to
GATT 1994 relating tothatMember onthedayonwhich theWTO Agreement enters intoforce for
thatMember. Anyschedule submitted inaccordance withtheMinisterial Decision onmeasures in
favour ofleast-developed countries shallbedeemed tobeannexed tothisProtocol.
2. Thetariff reductions agreed upon byeachMember shallbeimplemented infiveequal rate
reductions, except asmaybeotherwise specified inaMember 'sSchedule. Thefirstsuchreduction
shallbemade effective onthedateofentry intoforceoftheWTO Agreement, eachsuccessive reduction
shallbemade effective on1January ofeachofthefollowing years, andthefinalrateshallbecome
effective nolaterthanthedatefouryears afterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement,
except asmaybeotherwise specified inthatMember 'sSchedule. Unless otherwise specified inits
Schedule, aMember thataccepts theWTO Agreement afteritsentry intoforce shall, onthedatethat
Agreement enters intoforce forit,make effective allratereductions thathavealready taken place
together withthereductions which itwould under thepreceding sentence havebeenobligated tomake
effective on1January oftheyearfollowing, andshallmake effective allremaining ratereductions
ontheschedule specified intheprevious sentence. Thereduced rateshould ineachstage berounded
offtothefirstdecimal. Foragricultural products, asdefined inArticle 2oftheAgreement on
Agriculture, thestaging ofreductions shallbeimplemented asspecified intherelevant parts ofthe
schedules.
3. Theimplementation oftheconcessions andcommitments contained intheschedules annexed
tothisProtocol shall, uponrequest, besubject tomultilateral examination bytheMembers. Thiswould
bewithout prejudice totherights andobligations ofMembers under Agreements inAnnex 1Aofthe
WTO Agreement.
4. After theschedule annexed tothisProtocol relating toaMember hasbecome aSchedule to
GATT1994pursuanttotheprovisionsofparagraph1,suchMembershallbefreeatanytimetowithhold
ortowithdraw inwhole orinparttheconcession insuchSchedule withrespect toanyproduct for
which theprincipal supplier isanyother Uruguay Round participant theschedule ofwhich hasnot
yetbecome aSchedule toGATT 1994. Suchaction can,however, onlybetaken afterwritten notice
ofanysuchwithholding orwithdrawal ofaconcession hasbeengiven totheCouncil forTrade inGoods
andafterconsultations havebeenheld, uponrequest, withanyMember, therelevant schedule relating
towhich hasbecome aSchedule toGATT 1994 andwhich hasasubstantial interest intheproduct
involved. Anyconcessions sowithheld orwithdrawn shallbeapplied onandafterthedayonwhich
theschedule oftheMember which hastheprincipal supplying interest becomes aSchedule to
GATT 1994.
5. (a) Without prejudice totheprovisions ofparagraph 2ofArticle 4oftheAgreement on
Agriculture, forthepurpose ofthereference inparagraphs 1:(b)and1(c)ofArticle II
ofGATT 1994 tothedateofthatAgreement, theapplicable dateinrespect ofeach
product which isthesubject ofaconcession provided forinaschedule ofconcessions
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(b) Forthepurpose ofthereference inparagraph 6(a)ofArticle IIofGATT 1994 tothe
dateofthatAgreement, theapplicable dateinrespect ofaschedule ofconcessions
annexed tothisProtocol shallbethedateofthisProtocol.
6. Incasesofmodificationorwithdrawalofconcessionsrelatingtonon-tariffmeasuresascontained
inPartIIIoftheschedules, theprovisions ofArticle XXVIII ofGATT 1994andthe"Procedures for
Negotiations under Article XXVIII" adopted on10November 1980 (BISD 27S/26-28) shallapply.
Thiswould bewithout prejudice totherights andobligations ofMembers under GATT 1994.
7. Ineachcaseinwhich aschedule annexed tothisProtocol results foranyproduct intreatment
lessfavourable thanwasprovided forsuchproduct intheSchedules ofGATT 1947prior totheentry
intoforce oftheWTO Agreement, theMember towhom theschedule relates shallbedeemed tohave
taken appropriate action aswould havebeenotherwise necessary under therelevant provisions of
Article XXVIII ofGATT 1947 or1994. Theprovisions ofthisparagraph shallapply onlytoEgypt,
Peru, South Africa andUruguay.
8. TheSchedules annexed hereto areauthentic intheEnglish, French orSpanish language as
specified ineachSchedule.
9. ThedateofthisProtocol is15April 1994.
[Theagreed schedules ofparticipants willbeannexed totheMarrakesh Protocol inthetreaty copy
oftheWTO Agreement.]