WORLD TRADE WT/L/100
24November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3670)
ACCESSION OFTHE STATE OFQATAR
Decision of15November 19951
TheGeneral Council
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 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 ofQatar havebeencompleted andaProtocol
ofAccession fortheState ofQatar hasbeenprepared,2
Decides ,inaccordance withArticle XIIoftheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization, thattheState ofQatar mayaccede totheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization ontheterms setoutinthesaidProtocol.
1Adopted inaccordance withtheProcedures onWTO Decision-Making under Articles IXandXIIoftheWTO Agreement
agreed bytheGeneral Council (WT/L/93).
2Reproduced inWT/L/101.