RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/L/97
24November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3667)
ACCESSION OFGRENADA
On15November 1995 theGeneral Council adopted aDecision (WT/L/96) totheeffect that
theGovernment ofGrenada mayaccede totheWTO Agreement ontheterms setoutintheProtocol
fortheAccession ofGrenada, thetextofwhich wasapproved attheGeneral Council meeting on
15November 1995.
TheProtocol isopenforacceptance byGrenada intheoffice oftheDirector oftheLegal Affairs
Division (telephone 7395252).WT/L/97
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DRAFT PROTOCOL OFACCESSION OFGRENADA
TOTHE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TheWorld Trade Organization (hereinafter referred toasthe"WTO"), pursuant totheapproval
oftheGeneral Council oftheWTO accorded under Article XIIoftheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing
theWorld Trade Organization (hereinafter referred toas"WTO Agreement"), andGrenada,
Recalling thatcertain contracting parties which became contracting parties totheGATT 1947
during thecourse of1994 wereunable tocomplete thenegotiations ontheirschedules totheGATT
1994 andtheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices (hereinafter referred toasthe"GATS"),
Recalling further thattheGeneral Council decided on31January 1995 thatthese 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 ofGrenada havebeencompleted,
Agree asfollows:
PartI-General
1. Upon entry intoforce ofthisProtocol, Grenada accedes totheWTO Agreement pursuant to
Article XIIofthatAgreement andthereby becomes aMember oftheWTO.
2. TheWTO Agreement towhich Grenada accedes shallbetheWTO Agreement asrectified,
amended orotherwise modified bysuchlegalinstruments asmayhaveentered intoforce before the
dateofentry intoforceofthisProtocol. ThisProtocol shallbeanintegral partoftheWTO Agreement.
3. (a) ThoseobligationsintheMultilateralTradeAgreementsannexedtotheWTOAgreement
thataretobeimplemented overaperiod oftimestarting withtheentry intoforce ofthatAgreement
shallbeimplemented byGrenada asifithadaccepted thatAgreement onthedateofitsentry into
force.
(b) ThosenotificationsthataretobemadeundertheMultilateralTradeAgreementsannexed
totheWTO Agreement within aspecified period oftimestarting withthedateofentry intoforce of
theWTO Agreement shallbemade byGrenada within thatperiod oftimestarting withthedateon
which itaccepts thisProtocol orby31December 1996, whichever isearlier.WT/L/97
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PartII-Schedules
4. TheSchedules annexed tothisProtocol shall become theSchedule ofConcessions and
Commitments annexed totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 (hereinafter referred to
asthe"GATT 1994") andtheSchedule ofSpecific Commitments annexed totheGATS relating to
Grenada. Thestaging ofconcessions andcommitments listed intheSchedules shallbeimplemented
asspecified intherelevant parts oftherespective Schedules.
5. Forthepurpose ofthereference inparagraph 6(a)ofArticle IIoftheGATT 1994 tothedate
ofthatAgreement, theapplicable dateinrespect oftheSchedules ofConcessions andCommitments
annexed tothisProtocol shallbethedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol.
PartIII-Final Provisions
6. ThisProtocol shallbeopen foracceptance, bysignature orotherwise, byGrenada until90
daysafteritsapproval bytheGeneral Council.
7. ThisProtocol shallenter intoforce onthethirtieth dayfollowing thedayofitsacceptance.
8. ThisProtocol shallbedeposited withtheDirector-General oftheWTO. TheDirector-General
oftheWTO shallpromptly furnish acertified copyofthisProtocol andanotification ofacceptance
thereto pursuant toparagraph 6toeachmember oftheWTO andtoGrenada.
9. ThisProtocol shallberegistered inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 102oftheCharter
oftheUnited Nations.
Done atGeneva thisfifteenth dayofNovember onethousand ninehundred andninety-five,
inasingle copyintheEnglish, French andSpanish languages eachtextbeing authentic, except that
theSchedules annexed tothisProtocol areauthentic onlyintheEnglish language.