RESTRICTED 
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/W/25 
FOR THE 6SS/W/8 
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 7 December 1994 
(94-2709) 
IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE 
8 DECEMBER 1994 
TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 
TRANSITIONAL CO-EXISTENCE OF THE AGREEMENT ON INTERPRETATION 
AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLES VI. XVI AND XXIII OF 
THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AND THE 
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
Draft Decision 
The PREPARATORY COMMITEE FOR THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
invites the Signatories to the Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI and 
XXIII of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade to take the following decision: 
The signatories to the Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII 
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement"), 
Noting that not all signatories to the Agreement meeting the conditions for original membership in 
the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO") will be able to accept the 
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO Agreement") as 
of its date of entry into force, and that the stability of multilateral trade relations would therefore be 
furthered if the Agreement and the WTO Agreement were to co-exist for a limited period of time; 
Considering that, during that period of co-existence, a signatory to the Agreement which has become 
a Member of the WTO should have the right to act in accordance with the WTO Agreement 
notwithstanding its obligations under the Agreement; 
Desiring to end the period of co-existence on a date agreed in advance so as to provide predictability 
for policy makers and facilitate an orderly termination of the institutional framework of the Agreement; 
Decide as follows: 
1. The signatories to the Agreement that are Members of the WTO may, notwithstanding the 
provisions of the Agreement, maintain or adopt any measure consistent with the provisions of the WTO 
Agreement. 
2. The dispute settlement provisions of the Agreement shall not apply: 
(a) to disputes brought against a signatory to the Agreement which is a Member of the 
WTO if the dispute concerns a measure that is identified as a specific measure at issue 
in the request for the establishment of a panel made in accordance with Article 6 of 
the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes in 
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Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement and the dispute settlement proceedings following that 
request are being pursued or are completed; and 
(b) in respect of measures covered by paragraph 1 above. 
3. The Agreement is herewith terminated one year after the date of entry into force of the WTO 
Agreement. In the light of unforeseen circumstances, the signatories may decide to postpone the date 
of termination by no more than one year. 