Technical Note on the Accession Process - Note by the Secretariat - Revision
- WTO Secretariat
- 2010/01/19
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- WT/ACC/10/Rev.4
World Trade
Organization WT/ACC/10/Rev.4
11 January 2010 (10-0086)
TECHNICAL NOTE ON THE ACCESSION PROCESS
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
The present paper has been updated by the Secretariat to reflect recent accessions. This paper was originally produced in response to a request by the General Council for a Technical Note on the Accession Process (WT/GC/M/32).
This paper contains information on completed accessions. Information on current accessions applications and Working Parties is contained in document WT/ACC/11 and subsequent revisions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. OVERVIEW 1
II. RELEVANT WTO PROVISIONS 3
III. THE ACCESSION PROCESS 4
1. General 4
(a) Procedures 4
(b) Status of Accession Working Parties 5
2. Establishment of Working Party 9
3. Collection of Factual Information 10
(a) Memorandum 10
(b) Copies of legislation 10
(c) Data on applied duty rates 11
(d) Data on agricu