Reference: WLI/100                                                                                     26 March 2024

PROTOCOL AMENDING THE MARRAKESH AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION

DONE AT GENEVA ON 17 June 2022

Agreement on Fisheries subsidies

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

        I have the honour to inform you that on 27 February 2024, the Philippines accepted the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done at Geneva on 17 June 2022 (the "Protocol").

        In accordance with its paragraph 4, the Protocol shall enter into force for the Philippines upon acceptance of the Protocol by two thirds of the Members.

Pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Protocol, Annex 1A to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization shall, upon entry into force of the Protocol, be amended by the insertion of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, as set out in the Annex to the Protocol, to be placed after the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

        This notification is furnished in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Protocol.

                                                                                   Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

                                                                                       Director-General