The WTO Agreements: The Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and its Annexes

550 Pages·2017·42.38 MB·English

by  World Trade Organization

THE WTO AGREEMENTS
This publication contains the text of the WTO’s founding agreement, the 1994
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, and its Annexes,
including all amendments and additions since its entry into force until September
2017. These include an amendment to the WTO’s intellectual property agreement
(TRIPS Agreement) aimed at improving developing countries’ access to medicines,
theWTO’sTradeFacilitationAgreement,whichenteredintoforceinFebruary2017,
an amendment adopted in July 2017 to extend the frequency of peer review periods
undertheTradePolicyReviewMechanismasof2019,andtheamendedGovernment
ProcurementAgreement.ThispublicationupdatesandreplacesTheLegalTexts:The
Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, which was first
printed in1994.

THE WTO AGREEMENTS
THE MARRAKESH
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION AND ITS
ANNEXES
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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THE WTO AGREEMENTS
This publication contains the text of the WTO’s founding agreement, the 1994
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, and its Annexes,
including all amendments and additions since its entry into force until September
2017. These include an amendment to the WTO’s intellectual property agreement
(TRIPS Agreement) aimed at improving developing countries’ access to medicines,
theWTO’sTradeFacilitationAgreement,whichenteredintoforceinFebruary2017,
an amendment adopted in July 2017 to extend the frequency of peer review periods
undertheTradePolicyReviewMechanismasof2019,andtheamendedGovernment
ProcurementAgreement.ThispublicationupdatesandreplacesTheLegalTexts:The
Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, which was first
printed in1994.

THE WTO AGREEMENTS
THE MARRAKESH
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION AND ITS
ANNEXES
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom
OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA
477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia
314 321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi 110025,India
79AnsonRoad,#06 04/06,Singapore079906
CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge.
ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof
education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.
www.cambridge.org
Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108423823
DOI:10.1017/9781108529471
©WorldTradeOrganization2017
Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception
andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,
noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten
permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.
Firstpublished1994
Secondedition2017
PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd.PadstowCornwall
AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.
ISBN9781108423823Hardback
ISBN9781108438438Paperback
CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy
ofURLsforexternalorthirdpartyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication
anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,
accurateorappropriate.
THE WTO AGREEMENTS
This publication contains the text of the WTO’s founding agreement, the 1994
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, and its Annexes,
including all amendments and additions since its entry into force until September
2017. These include an amendment to the WTO’s intellectual property agreement
(TRIPS Agreement) aimed at improving developing countries’ access to medicines,
theWTO’sTradeFacilitationAgreement,whichenteredintoforceinFebruary2017,
an amendment adopted in July 2017 to extend the frequency of peer review periods
undertheTradePolicyReviewMechanismasof2019,andtheamendedGovernment
ProcurementAgreement.ThispublicationupdatesandreplacesTheLegalTexts:The
Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, which was first
printed in1994.