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8November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3463)
ACCESSION OFSAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
Draft Decision
TheGeneral Council
Recalling thatcertain contracting parties which became contracting parties totheGATT 1947
during thecourse of1994 wereunable tocomplete thenegotiations ontheirschedules totheGATT
1994 andtheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices (hereinafter referred toasthe"GATS"),
Recalling further thattheGeneral Council decided on31January 1995thatthese contracting
parties totheGATT 1947should beabletoaccede totheWTO Agreement inaccordance withspecial
procedures under which theGeneral Council 'sapproval oftheschedules totheGATT 1994 andthe
GATS shallbedeemed tobetheapproval oftheirterms ofaccession,
Noting thatthenegotiations ontheschedules ofhave been completed andaProtocol of
Accession forSaint KittsandNevis hasbeenprepared,1
Decides ,inaccordance withArticle XIIoftheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization, thatSaint KittsandNevis mayaccede totheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization intheterms setoutinthesaidProtocol.
1Reproduced intheAnnex.WT/GC/W/23
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ANNEX
DRAFT PROTOCOL OFACCESSION SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
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"), andSt.KittsandNevis,
Recalling thatcertain contracting parties which became contracting parties totheGATT 1947
during thecourse of1994 were unable tocomplete thenegotiations ontheirschedules totheGATT
1994 andtheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices (hereinafter referred toasthe"GATS"),
Recalling further thattheGeneral Council decided on31January 1995thatthese contracting
parties totheGATT 1947should beabletoaccede totheWTO Agreement inaccordance withspecial
procedures under which theGeneral Council 'sapproval oftheschedules totheGATT 1994 andthe
GATS shallbedeemed tobetheapproval oftheirterms ofaccession,
Noting thatthenegotiations ontheschedules ofSaint KittsandNevis havebeencompleted,
Agree asfollows:
PartI-General
1. Upon entry intoforce ofthisProtocol, Saint KittsandNevis accedes totheWTO Agreement
pursuant toArticle XIIofthatAgreement andthereby becomes aMember oftheWTO.
2. TheWTO Agreement towhich Saint KittsandNevis accedes shallbetheWTO Agreement
asrectified, amended orotherwise modified bysuchlegalinstruments asmayhaveentered intoforce
before thedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol. ThisProtocol shallbeanintegral partoftheWTO
Agreement.
3. (a) ThoseobligationsintheMultilateralTradeAgreementsannexedtotheWTOAgreement
thataretobeimplemented overaperiod oftimestarting withtheentry intoforce ofthatAgreement
shallbeimplemented bySaint KittsandNevis asifithadaccepted thatAgreement onthedateofits
entry intoforce.
(b) ThosenotificationsthataretobemadeundertheMultilateralTradeAgreementsannexed
totheWTO Agreement within aspecified period oftimestarting withthedateofentry intoforce of
theWTO Agreement shallbemade bySaint KittsandNevis within thatperiod oftimestarting with
thedateonwhich itaccepts thisProtocol orby31December 1996, whichever isearlier.WT/GC/W/23
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PartII-Schedules
4. 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 totheGATS relating to
Saint KittsandNevis. Thestaging ofconcessions andcommitments listed intheSchedules shallbe
implemented asspecified intherelevant parts oftherespective Schedules.
5. Forthepurpose ofthereference inparagraph 6(a)ofArticle IIoftheGATT 1994 tothedate
ofthatAgreement, theapplicable dateinrespect oftheSchedules ofConcessions andCommitments
annexed tothisProtocol shallbethedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol.
PartIII-Final Provisions
6. ThisProtocol shallbeopenforacceptance, bysignature orotherwise, bySaintKittsandNevis
until90daysafteritsapproval bytheGeneral Council.
7. ThisProtocol shallenter intoforce onthethirtieth dayfollowing thedayofitsacceptance.
8. ThisProtocol shallbedeposited withtheDirector-General oftheWTO. TheDirector-General
oftheWTO shallpromptly furnish acertified copyofthisProtocol andanotification ofacceptance
thereto pursuant toparagraph 6toeachmember oftheWTO andtoSaint KittsandNevis.
9. ThisProtocol shallberegistered inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 102oftheCharter
oftheUnited Nations.
Done atGeneva this...dateof...onethousand ninehundred andninety-five, inasingle copy
intheEnglish,FrenchandSpanishlanguageseachtextbeingauthentic,exceptthattheSchedulesannexed
tothisProtocol areauthentic onlyinthe[English/French/Spanish] language.