WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.1
G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.1
19March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0963)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
ARGENTINA
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 4March 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofArgentina.
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LawNo.24,245
Approving theFinal ActEmbodying theResults oftheUruguay Round ofMultilateral Trade
Negotiations; theMinisterial Decisions andDeclarations andUnderstandings andtheMarrakesh
Agreement.
Adopted: 7December 1994
Enacted: 23December 1994
TheSenateandChamberofDeputiesoftheArgentineNation,meetinginCongress,etc.,approve
withtheforce oflaw:
Article 1.TheFinal ActEmbodying theResults oftheUruguay Round ofMultilateral Trade
Negotiations; theMinisterial Decisions andDeclarations andUnderstandings andtheMarrakesh
Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization anditsfour(4)annexes, signed inMarrakesh,
Kingdom ofMorocco, on15April 1994ishereby adopted andanauthenticated photocopy forms part
ofthisLaw.
Article 2.Forcommunication totheNational Executive. -ALBERTO R.PIERRI. -ORALDO
BRITOS. -Esther H.Pereyra Arandia dePérez Pardo. -Edgardo Piuzzi.
Done intheChamber oftheArgentine Congress, Buenos Aires, on7December 1994.G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.1
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FINAL ACT EMBODYING THE RESULTS OFTHE URUGUAY ROUND
OFMULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
1. Having metinorder toconclude theUruguay Round ofMultilateral Trade Negotiations,
representativesofthegovernmentsandoftheEuropeanCommunities,membersoftheTradeNegotiations
Committee, agree thattheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization (referred tointhis
FinalActasthe"WTO Agreement"), theMinisterial Declarations andDecisions, andtheUnderstanding
onCommitments inFinancial Services, asannexed hereto, embody theresults oftheirnegotiations
andform anintegral partofthisFinal Act.
2. Bysigning thepresent Final Act,therepresentatives agree:
(a) Tosubmit, asappropriate, theWTO Agreement fortheconsideration oftheirrespective
competent authorities withaviewtoseeking approval oftheAgreement inaccordance
withtheirprocedures; and
(b) toadopt theMinisterial Declarations andDecisions.
3. Therepresentatives agree onthedesirability ofacceptance oftheWTO Agreement byall
participants intheUruguay Round ofMultilateral Trade Negotiations (hereinafter referred toas
"participants") withaviewtoitsentry intoforce by1January 1995, orasearlyaspossible thereafter.
Notlaterthanlate1994, Ministers willmeet, inaccordance withthefinalparagraph ofthePunta del
EsteMinisterial Declaration, todecide ontheinternational implementation oftheresults, including
thetiming oftheirentry intoforce.
4. Therepresentatives agree thattheWTO Agreement shallbeopenforacceptance asawhole,
bysignature orotherwise, byallparticipants pursuant toArticle XIVthereof. Theacceptance and
entry intoforce ofaPlurilateral Trade Agreement included inAnnex 4oftheWTO Agreement shall
begoverned bytheprovisions ofthatPlurilateral Trade Agreement.
5. Before accepting theWTO Agreement, participants which arenotcontracting parties tothe
General Agreement onTariffs andTrade must firsthaveconcluded negotiations fortheiraccession
totheGeneral Agreement andbecome contracting parties thereto. Forparticipants which arenot
contracting parties totheGeneral Agreement asofthedateoftheFinal Act,theSchedules arenot
definitive andshall besubsequently completed forthepurpose oftheir accession totheGeneral
Agreement andacceptance oftheWTO Agreement.
6. ThisFinal Actandthetextsannexed hereto shallbedeposited withtheDirector-General to
theCONTRACTING PARTIES totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade whoshallpromptly
furnish toeachparticipant acertified copythereof.
DONE atMarrakesh thisfifteenth dayofApril onethousand ninehundred andninety-four,
inasingle copy, intheEnglish, French andSpanish languages, eachtextbeing authentic.G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.1
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MINISTERIAL DECISIONS, DECLARATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING
DECISION ONMEASURES INFAVOUR OF
LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Ministers,
Recognizing theplight oftheleast-developed countries andtheneedtoensure theireffective
participation intheworld trading system, andtotakefurther measures toimprove their trading
opportunities;
Recognizing thespecific needs oftheleast-developed countries intheareaofmarket access
wherecontinuedpreferentialaccessremainsanessentialmeansforimprovingtheirtradingopportunities;
Reaffirming theircommitment toimplement fullytheprovisions concerning theleast-developed
countries contained inparagraphs 2(d),6and8oftheDecision of28November 1979onDifferential
andMore Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity andFuller Participation ofDeveloping Countries;
Having regard tothecommitment oftheparticipants assetoutinSection B(vii) ofPartIof
thePunta delEsteMinisterial Declaration;
1. Decidethat,ifnotalreadyprovidedforintheinstrumentsnegotiatedinthecourseoftheUruguay
Round, notwithstanding theiracceptance ofthese instruments, theleast-developed countries, andfor
solongastheyremain inthatcategory, while complying withthegeneral rulessetoutintheaforesaid
instruments, willonlyberequired toundertake commitments andconcessions totheextent consistent
withtheirindividual development, financial andtrade needs, ortheiradministrative andinstitutional
capabilities. Theleast-developed countries shallbegiven additional timeofoneyearfrom15April 1994
tosubmit theirschedules asrequired inArticle XIoftheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization.
2. Agree that:
(i) Expeditious implementation ofallspecial anddifferential measures taken infavour
ofleast-developed countries including those taken within thecontext oftheUruguay
Round shallbeensured through, interalia,regular reviews.
(ii) Totheextent possible, MFN concessions ontariff andnon-tariff measures agreed in
theUruguay Round onproducts ofexport interest totheleast-developed countries may
beimplemented autonomously, inadvance andwithout staging. Consideration shall
begiven tofurther improve GSPandother schemes forproducts ofparticular export
interest toleast-developed countries.
(iii) Therules setoutinthevarious agreements andinstruments andthetransitional
provisions intheUruguay Round should beapplied inaflexible andsupportive manner
fortheleast-developed countries. Tothiseffect, sympathetic consideration shallbe
given tospecific andmotivated concerns raised bytheleast-developed countries in
theappropriate Councils andCommittees.
(iv) Intheapplication ofimport relief measures andother measures referred toin
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ofGATT 1994, special consideration shall begiven totheexport interests of
least-developed countries.
(v) Least-developed countries shallbeaccorded substantially increased technical assistance
inthedevelopment, strengthening anddiversification oftheirproduction andexport
bases including those ofservices, aswellasintrade promotion, toenable them to
maximize thebenefits from liberalized access tomarkets.
3. Agree tokeepunder review thespecific needs oftheleast-developed countries andtocontinue
toseektheadoption ofpositive measures which facilitate theexpansion oftrading opportunities in
favour ofthese countries.