PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/13 
FOR THE L/7584 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 13 December 1994 
(94-2771) 
IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE 
8 DECEMBER 1994 
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 
TRANSITIONAL CO-EXISTENCE OF THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION 
OF ARTICLE VI OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND THE 
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
Decision of 8 December 1994 adopted by the Preparatory Committee for the WTO 
and the CONTRACTING PARTIES to GATT 1947 and transmitted to the Parties to 
the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade' 
The PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
invites the Parties to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade to take the following decision: 
The Parties to the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement"), 
Noting that not all Parties to the Agreement meeting the conditions for original membership in the 
World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO") will be able to accept the Marrakesh 
Agreement Establishing the WTO (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO Agreement") as of its date 
of entry into force, and that the stability of multilateral trade relations would therefore be furthered 
if the Agreement and the WTO Agreement were to co-exist for a limited period of time; 
Considering that, during that period of co-existence, a Party to the Agreement which has become a 
Member of the WTO should have the right to act in accordance with the WTO Agreement 
notwithstanding its obligations under the Agreement; 
Desiring to end the period of co-existence on a date agreed in advance so as to provide predictability 
for policy makers and facilitate an orderly termination of the institutional framework of the Agreement; 
Decide as follows: 
1. The Parties to the Agreement that are Members of the WTO may, notwithstanding the provisions 
of the Agreement, maintain or adopt any measure consistent with the provisions of the WTO Agreement. 
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'The Tokyo Round Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices met on 8 December 1994 and adopted the Decision in 
document ADP/131. PC/13 
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2. The dispute settlement provisions of the Agreement shall not apply: 
(a) to disputes brought against a Party to the Agreement which is a Member of the WTO 
if the dispute concerns a measure that is identified as a specific measure at issue in 
the request for the establishment of a panel made in accordance with Article 6 of the 
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes in Annex 
2 of the WTO Agreement and the dispute settlement proceedings following that request 
are being pursued or are completed; and 
(b) in respect of measures covered by paragraph 1 above. 
3. The Agreement is herewith terminated one year after the date of entry into force of the WTO 
Agreement. In the light of unforeseen circumstances, the Parties may decide to postpone the date of 
termination by no more than one year. 