RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/L/101
24November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3671)
ACCESSION OFTHE STATE OFQATAR
On15November 1995theGeneral Council adopted aDecision (WT/L/100) totheeffect that
theGovernment ofQatar mayaccede totheWTO Agreement ontheterms setoutintheProtocol for
theAccession ofQatar, thetextofwhich wasapproved attheGeneral Council meeting on
15November 1995.
TheProtocolisopenforacceptancebyQatarintheofficeoftheDirector,LegalAffairsDivision,
telephone 739.52.52WT/L/101
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PROTOCOL OFACCESSION OFTHE STATE OFQATAR
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"), andtheStateofQatar,
Recalling thatcertain contracting parties which became contracting parties totheGATT 1947
during thecourse of1994 were unable 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 oftheState ofQatar havebeencompleted,
Agree asfollows:
PartI-General
1. Upon entry intoforce ofthisProtocol, theState ofQatar accedes totheWTO Agreement
pursuant toArticle XIIofthatAgreement andthereby becomes aMember oftheWTO.
2. TheWTO Agreement towhich theState ofQatar accedes shallbetheWTO Agreement as
rectified, amended orotherwise modified bysuchlegal instruments asmayhaveentered intoforce
before thedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol. ThisProtocol shallbeanintegral partoftheWTO
Agreement.
3. (a) ThoseobligationsintheMultilateralTradeAgreementsannexedtotheWTOAgreement
thataretobeimplemented overaperiod oftimestarting withtheentry intoforce ofthatAgreement
shallbeimplemented bytheStateofQatar asifithadaccepted thatAgreement onthedateofitsentry
intoforce.
(b) ThosenotificationsthataretobemadeundertheMultilateralTradeAgreementsannexed
totheWTO Agreement within aspecified period oftimestarting withthedateofentry intoforce of
theWTO Agreement shallbemade bytheState ofQatar within thatperiod oftimestarting withthe
dateonwhich itaccepts thisProtocol orby31December 1996, whichever isearlier.
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
theState ofQatar. Thestaging ofconcessions andcommitments listed intheSchedules shall be
implemented asspecified intherelevant parts oftherespective Schedules.WT/L/101
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5. Forthepurpose ofthereference inparagraph 6(a)ofArticle IIoftheGATT 1994tothedate
ofthatAgreement, theapplicable dateinrespect oftheSchedules ofConcessions andCommitments
annexed tothisProtocol shallbethedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol.
PartIII-Final Provisions
6. ThisProtocol shallbeopenforacceptance, bysignature orotherwise, bytheState ofQatar
until90daysafteritsapproval 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 andtotheState ofQatar.
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.