World Trade Organization

A Handbook on Accession to the Wto

A Wto Secretariat Publication

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Produced by the WTO Secretariat, this handbook explains the process whereby governments become Members of the WTO.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780521425940
• ISBN-10: 0521425948
• Artikelnr.: 23593466

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and summary
1. Accession in perspective
2. The basic rules
3. Technical assistance and training for acceding countries
4. The accession process: the procedures and how they have been applied
5. Substance of accession negotiations
Annexes: Annex 1. Statistical survey
Annex 2. WTO provisions on accession
Annex 3. Ministerial declarations (accession-related paragraphs)
Annex 4. Guidelines for accession of least-developed countries
Annex 5. Documentation and timeline for completed accessions
Annex 6. Basic factual information to be supplied
Annex 7. Supplementary factual information
Annex 8. Formats for initial tariff offer and for schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods
Annex 9. Drafting a services schedule
Annex 10. Text of decisions on accession and accession protocols
Annex 11. List of WTO agreements and associated legal instruments
Annex 12. Overview of protocol commitments
Annex 13. Suggested formats for legislative action plans and transitional periods for LDC
Annex 14. Agricultural tariff rate quotas and special safeguards
Annex 15. Sectoral initiatives.