Title:General Agreements, Uurguay Round Protocol GATT MTN/FA II-A1A-2 Page 1 URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL GATT 1994 URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL TO THE URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 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. MTN/FA II-A1A-2 Page 2 URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL GATT 1994 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. MTN/FA II-A1A-2 Page 3 URUGUAY ROUND PROTOCOL 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 Appendix I SCHEDULE ... (Name of Member) SCHEDULE ... This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language 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 Descriptio Base Bound rate Implementat Special Initial Other item n of rate of of duty ion period safeguard negotiatin duties and number products duty from/to g right charges 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PART I (continued) __________________ SECTION I - B Tariff Quotas ___________________________ Description Tariff Initial Final quota Implementati Initial Other terms of Products item quota quantity and on period negotiating and number(s) quantity and in-quota from/to right conditions in-quota tariff rate tariff rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appendix II Appendix II SCHEDULE ... - (Name of Member) SCHEDULE This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language. This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language. PART I - MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF ____________________________________ SECTION II - Other Products ___________________________ Tariff item Description of Base rate of Bound rate of Initial Other duties number products duty (U/B) duty negotiating and charges right 1 2 3 4 5 6 00.00.00 Manufactured 24% [U] [B] 12% CA (at etc. ... appropriate level) Appendix III Appendix III SCHEDULE ... - (Name of Member) SCHEDULE PART II - PREFERENTIAL TARIFF _____________________________ (If applicable) Appendix IV Appendix IV SCHEDULE . . . - (Name of Member) SCHEDULE PART III - NON-TARIFF CONCESSIONS _________________________________ Tariff item number Description of products Concessions Appendix V Appendix V SCHEDULE ... (Name of Member) SCHEDULE ... This schedule is authentic only in the [English] [French] [Spanish] language 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 Relevant Supporting Tables and commitment levels document reference 199X - 200Y 1 2 3 PART IV (continued) SECTION II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments ___________________________________________________________________________________ Description Base Calendar/o Annual and Base Calendar/ Annual and Relevant of products outlay ther year final outlay quantit other final Supporting and tariff level applied commitment y year quantity Tables and item numbers levels 199X applied commitment document at HS six - 200Y levels reference digit level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PART IV (Continued) SECTION III: Commitments Limiting the Scope of Export Subsidies ________________________________________________________________ Description of Nature of commitments products 1 2