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URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL TO THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Members,
Having carried out negotiations within the framework of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947, pursuant to the Ministerial Declaration
on the Uruguay Round,
Hereby agree as follows:
1. The schedule annexed to this Protocol relating to a Member shall
become a Schedule to the GATT 1994 relating to that Member on the day on
which the Agreement Establishing the MTO enters into force for that Member.
Any schedule submitted in accordance with the Ministerial Decision on
measures in favour of least-developed countries shall be deemed to be
annexed to this Protocol.
2. The tariff reductions agreed upon by each Member shall be implemented
in five equal rate reductions, except as may be otherwise specified in a
Member's Schedule. The first such reduction shall be made effective on the
date of entry into force of the Agreement Establishing the MTO, each
successive reduction shall be made effective on 1 January of each of the
following years, and the final rate shall become effective no later than the
date four years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
Establishing the MTO, except as may be otherwise specified in that Member's
Schedule. Unless otherwise specified in its Schedule, a Member that accepts
the Agreement Establishing the MTO after its entry into force shall, on the
date this Agreement enters into force for it, make effective all rate
reductions that have already taken place together with the reductions which
it would under the preceding sentence have been obligated to make effective
on 1 January of the year following, and shall make effective all remaining
rate reductions on the schedule specified in the previous sentence. The
reduced rate should in each stage be rounded off to the first decimal. For
agricultural products, as defined in Article 2 of the Agreement on
Agriculture, the staging of reductions shall be implemented as specified in
the relevant parts of the schedules.
3. The implementation of the concessions and commitments contained in the
schedules annexed to this Protocol shall, upon request, be subject to
multilateral examination by the Members. This would be without prejudice to
the rights and obligations of Members under Agreements in Annex 1A of the
Agreement Establishing the MTO.
4. After the schedule annexed to this Protocol relating to a Member has
become a Schedule to the GATT 1994 pursuant to the provisions of paragraph
1, such Member shall be free at any time to withhold or to withdraw in whole
or in part the concession in such Schedule with respect to any product for
which the principal supplier is any other Uruguay Round participant the
schedule of which has not yet become a Schedule to the GATT 1994. Such
action can, however, only be taken after written notice of any such
withholding or withdrawal of a concession has been given to the Council for
Trade in Goods and after consultations have been held, upon request, with
any Member, the relevant Schedule relating to which has become a Schedule to
the GATT 1994 and which has a substantial interest in the product involved.
Any concessions so withheld or withdrawn shall be applied on and after the
day on which the schedule of the Member which has the principal supplying
interest becomes a Schedule to the GATT 1994.
5. (a) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 4:2 of the
Agreement on Agriculture, for the purpose of the reference in
Article II:1(b) and (c) of the GATT 1994 to the date of that
Agreement, the applicable date in respect of each product which
is the subject of a concession provided for in a schedule of
concessions annexed to this Protocol shall be the date of this
Protocol.
(b) For the purpose of the reference in Article II:6(a) of the GATT
1994 to the date of that Agreement, the applicable date in
respect of a schedule of concessions annexed to this Protocol
shall be the date of this Protocol.
6. In cases of modification or withdrawal of concessions relating to
non-tariff measures as contained in Part III of the schedules, the
provisions of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 and the Procedures for
Negotiations under Article XXVIII (BISD 27S/26) shall apply. This would be
without prejudice to the rights and obligations of Members under the GATT
1994.
7. In each case in which a schedule annexed to this Protocol results for
any product in treatment less favourable than was provided for such product
in the Schedules of the General Agreement 1947 prior to the entry into force
of this Protocol, the Member to whom the schedule relates shall be deemed to
have taken appropriate action as would have been otherwise necessary under
the relevant provisions of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1947 or 1994. The
provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the Schedules of Members listed
by agreement in the Annex to this Protocol.
8. The Schedules annexed hereto are authentic in the English, French and
Spanish language as specified in each Schedule.
9. The date of this Protocol shall be the date of the adoption of the
Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade
Negotiations.
Appendix I
SCHEDULE ... (Name of Member)
This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language
PART I MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF
SECTION I Agricultural Products
SECTION I - A Tariffs
Tariff item numberDescription of productsBase rate of dutyBound rate of
dutyImplementation period
from/to Special
safeguard
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g
t
r
s
d
s
1 2 3 4 5 6
7
8
PART I (continued)
SECTION I - B Tariff Quotas
Description of ProductsTariff item number(s)Initial quota quantity and
in-quota tariff rateFinal quota quantity and
in-quota tariff
rateImplementati
on period
from/to
l
g
t
r
s
d
s
1 2 3 4 5
6
7
Appendix II
SCHEDULE ... - (Name of Member)
This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language.
PART I - MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF
SECTION II - Other Products
Tariff item
number Description of productsBase rate of duty (U/B)Bound rate
of duty
Init
ial
nego
tiat
ing
righ
t
r
s
d
s
1 2 3 4 5
6
00.00.00
(at appropriate level)Manufactured etc. ...24% [U] [B]12% CA
Appendix III
SCHEDULE ... - (Name of Member)
PART II - PREFERENTIAL TARIFF
(If applicable)
Appendix IV
SCHEDULE . . . - (Name of Member)
PART III - NON-TARIFF CONCESSIONS
Tariff item number Description of products
Conc
essi
ons
Appendix V
SCHEDULE ... (Name of Member)
This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language
PART IV: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS: COMMITMENTS LIMITING SUBSIDIZATION
(Article 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture)
SECTION I - Domestic Support: Total AMS Commitments
BASE TOTAL AMS Annual and final bound commitment levels
199X - 200Y
Rele
vant
Supp
orti
ng
Tabl
es
and
docu
ment
refe
renc
e
1 2 3
PART IV (continued)SECTION II:
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products and tariff item numbers at HS six digit levelBase
outlay levelCalendar/other year appliedAnnual and final
outlay commitment levels 199X -
200YBase
quantityCale
dar/other
year applied
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1 2 3 4 5 6
7
8
PART IV (Continued)SECTION III: Commitments Limiting the Scope of Export
Subsidies
Description of products Nature of commitments
1 2
