RESTRICTED 
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/W/16 
FOR THE 6SS/W/2 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 7 December 1994 
(94-2691) 
IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE 
8 DECEMBER 1994 
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 
AVOIDANCE OF PROCEDURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DUPLICATION 
Draft Decision 
The PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
Noting that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred to as "GATT 1947") 
and the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as 
"WTO Agreement") are legally distinct and that Members of the WTO may therefore remain contracting 
parties to the GATT 1947; 
Considering that contracting parties to the GATT 1947 and parties to the Tokyo Round Agreements 
that are also Members of the WTO should not be subjected to the inconvenience of having to notify 
and consult on their measures and policies twice; 
Desiring, therefore, that the bodies established under the GATT 1947, the Tokyo Round Agreements 
and the WTO Agreement coordinate their activities to the extent that their functions overlap; 
Decides to propose the following procedures for adoption by the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the 
GATT 1947, the Committees established under the Tokyo Round Agreements and the General Council 
of the WTO: 
In the period between the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement and the date of the termination 
of the legal instruments through which the contracting parties apply the GATT 1947 and of the 
Tokyo Round Agreements the following notification and coordination procedures shall apply under 
the GATT 1947, the Tokyo Round Agreements and the WTO Agreement: 
1. If a measure is subject to a notification obligation both under the WTO Agreement 
and under the GATT 1947 or a Tokyo Round Agreement, the notification of such a measure 
to a WTO body shall, unless otherwise indicated in the notification, be deemed to be also a 
notification of that measure under the GATT 1947 or the Tokyo Round Agreement. Any such 
notification shall be circulated by the WTO Secretariat simultaneously to the Members of the 
WTO and to the contracting parties to the GATT 1947 and/or the parties to the Tokyo Round 
Agreement. These procedures are without prejudice to any notification procedures applicable 
in specific areas. 
2. The coordination procedures set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 below shall apply in the 
relations between the bodies referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) below: 
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(a) The following Committees established under the GATT 1947 
or a Tokyo Round Agreement shall coordinate their activities with 
the corresponding Committees establ ished under the WTO Agreement : 
Committee on Trade and Development, 
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions, 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, 
Committee on Customs Valuation, 
Committee on Import Licensing, 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade. 
(b) The Committee on Tariff Concessions and the Technical Group 
on Quantitative Restrictions and Other Non-Tariff Measures of the 
GATT 1947 shall coordinate their activities with the WTO Committee 
on Market Access proposed to be established. 
(c) The Working Parties established under the GATT 1947 to 
examine a regional agreement or arrangement shall coordinate their 
activities with Working Parties of the WTO that examine the same 
regional agreement or arrangement.1 
(d) The GATT 1947 Council of Representatives shall coordinate 
its trade policy reviews with those of the WTO Trade Policy Review 
Body. 
3. The bodies established under the GATT 1947 or a Tokyo Round Agreement 
that are referred to in paragraph 2 above shall hold their meetings jointly or 
consecutively, as appropriate, with the corresponding WTO bodies. In meetings held 
jointly the rules of procedure to be applied by the WTO body shall be followed. The 
reports on joint meetings shall be submitted to the competent bodies established under 
the GATT 1947, the Tokyo Round Agreements and the WTO Agreement. 
4. The coordination of activities in accordance with paragraph 3 above shall be 
conducted in a manner which ensures that the enjoyment of the rights and the 
performance of the obligations under the GATT 1947, the Tokyo Round Agreements 
and the WTO Agreement and the exercise of the competence of the CONTRACTING 
PARTIES to the GATT. 1947, the Committees established under the Tokyo Round 
Agreements and the bodies of the WTO are unaffected. 
5. The CONTRACTING PARTIES to the GATT 1947, the Committees established 
under the Tokyo Round Agreements and the General Council of the WTO may decide 
independently to terminate the application of the provisions set out in paragraphs 1 
to 4 above. 
The Working Parties of the WTO include Working Parties originating from decisions of the CONTRACTING 
PARTES to the GATT 1947 that were adopted before the entry into force of the WTO Agreement and therefore form part 
of the GATT 1994. 