SITUATION
OF SCHEDULES OF WTO MEMBERS
Note by the Secretariat[1]
Revision
It was agreed at the Market
Access Committee meeting of 22 June 1999 that Annex II of document _G/MA/63,
setting out the situation of schedules of WTO Members, would be updated
periodically.[2]
In this connection, please find attached an update of the status of Members'
schedules incorporating information up to 25 April 2025. The introductory text
contained in Annex II of the original document _G/MA/63
has been updated to take into account developments since the last revision.
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1 introduction
1.1. Each WTO Member has a Schedule of
concessions[3],
sometimes referred to as a "Goods Schedule", most of which are either
annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994 or to a Protocol of
Accession.[4] The
Uruguay Round Schedules of some Members incorporate by reference concessions
pre-dating the Uruguay Round or indicated that the new concessions are
"without prejudice" to their GATT Schedule and, as a result, many of
these concessions remain valid under the WTO.[5] Although it is frequent to refer to
"the" Schedule of a Member, tariff and other concessions can be
contained in several legal instruments that, together, set out that Member's
obligations.
[1] This document has been prepared
under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice to the
positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.
[2] See _G/MA/M/19, paragraph 4.1.
[3] Paragraph 1 of the Marrakesh
Protocol to the GATT 1994 provides: "The schedule annexed to this Protocol
relating to a Member shall become a Schedule to GATT 1994 relating to that
Member on the day on which the WTO Agreement enters into force for that
Member." This usage followed the convention in earlier GATT 1947 tariff
protocols under which a "Schedule" of proposed concessions became a
legally-binding "Schedule" upon its entry into force. See also
Article XI of the WTO Agreement.
[4] Certain commitments are not
directly reflected in the Schedules. For example, supporting Tables relating to
commitments on agricultural products (AGST Supporting Tables) and specifically
identified in Part IV of the Schedules annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol can be
found in WTO document series _G/AG/AGST. Supporting Tables of acceded Members are now
circulated in the _WT/ACC or _WT/ACC/SPEC document series. These documents can be
obtained from the WTO website http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/supporting_tables_e.htm.
[5] The situation of Pre-Uruguay Round
schedules can be found in GATT documents TAR/W/7 and TAR/W/85.