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WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/ECU/6
22August 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2473)
ACCESSION OFECUADOR
On16August 1995theGeneral Council adopted aDecision (WT/ACC/ECU/5) totheeffect
thattheGovernment ofEcuador mayaccede totheWTO Agreement ontheterms setoutintheProtocol
fortheAccession ofEcuador, thetextofwhich wasapproved attheGeneral Council meeting on
31July1995 (GC/M/6). ThetextoftheProtocol isannexed hereto.
TheProtocol isopenforacceptance intheOffice oftheDirector oftheAccessions Division,
Room 2079.WT/ACC/ECU/6
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PROTOCOL FOR THE ACCESSION OFTHE REPUBLIC OFECUADOR
TOTHE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TheWorld Trade Organization (hereinafter referred toasthe"WTO"), pursuant totheapproval
oftheGeneral Council oftheWTO accorded under Article XIIoftheMarrakesh Agreement Establishing
theWorld Trade Organization (hereinafter referred toas"WTO Agreement"), andtheRepublic of
Ecuador (hereinafter referred toas"Ecuador"),
Taking noteoftheReport oftheWorking Party ontheAccession ofEcuador totheWTO
indocument WT/L/77 (hereinafter referred toasthe"Working Party Report"),
Having regard totheresults ofthenegotiations ontheaccession ofEcuador totheWTO,
Agree asfollows:
PartI-General
1. Upon entry intoforce ofthisProtocol, Ecuador accedes totheWTO Agreement pursuant to
Article XIIofthatAgreement andthereby becomes aMember oftheWTO.
2. TheWTO Agreement towhich Ecuador accedes shallbetheWTO Agreement asrectified,
amended orotherwise modified bysuchlegalinstruments asmayhaveentered intoforce before the
dateofentry intoforceofthisProtocol. ThisProtocol, which shallcomprise thecommitments referred
toinparagraph 81oftheWorking Party Report, shallbeanintegral partoftheWTO Agreement.
3. Except asotherwise provided forintheparagraphs referred toinparagraph 81oftheWorking
Party Report, those obligations intheMultilateral Trade Agreements annexed totheWTO Agreement
thataretobeimplemented overaperiod oftimestarting withtheentry intoforce ofthatAgreement
shallbeimplemented byEcuador asifithadaccepted thatAgreement onthedateofitsentry intoforce.
4. Thestaging ofthedismantling oftheTariff Adjustment Mechanism shall beimplemented
according tothetime-table inAnnex IIofthisProtocol.
PartII-Schedules
5. TheSchedules annexed tothisProtocol shall become theSchedule ofConcessions and
Commitments annexed totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 (hereinafter referred to
asthe"GATT 1994") andtheSchedule ofSpecific Commitments annexed totheGeneral Agreement
onTrade inServices (hereinafter referred toas"GATS") relating toEcuador. Thestaging ofthe
concessions andcommitments listed intheSchedules shallbeimplemented asspecified intherelevant
parts oftherespective Schedules.
6. Forthepurpose ofthereference inparagraph 6(a)ofArticle IIoftheGATT 1994tothedate
ofthatAgreement, theapplicable dateinrespect oftheSchedules ofConcessions andCommitments
annexed tothisProtocol shallbethedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol.WT/ACC/ECU/6
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PartIII-Final Provisions
7. ThisProtocol shall beopen foracceptance, bysignature orotherwise, byEcuador until
31December 1995.
8. ThisProtocol shallenter intoforce onthethirtieth dayfollowing thedayofitsacceptance.
9. ThisProtocol shallbedeposited withtheDirector-General oftheWTO. TheDirector-General
oftheWTO shallpromptly furnish acertified copyofthisProtocol andanotification ofacceptance
thereto pursuant toparagraph 7toeachMember oftheWTO andtoEcuador.
10. ThisProtocol shallberegistered inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 102oftheCharter
oftheUnited Nations.
DONE atGeneva thissixteenth dayofAugust onethousand ninehundred andninety-five,
inasingle copyintheEnglish, French andSpanish languages eachtextbeing authentic, except that
aSchedule annexed hereto mayspecify thatitisauthentic inonlyoneormore ofthese languages.