Compilation of Legal Instruments on China's WTO Accession

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Compilation of Legal Instruments on China's WTO Accession

China has become a formal WTO membership Tuesday. Following is the compilation of the legal instruments on China's accession to the World Trade Organization. For more information, please visit: http://www.moftec.gov.cn

China has become a formal WTO membership Tuesday. Following is the compilation of the legal instruments on China's accession to the World Trade Organization.

Decision: Accession of the People's Republic of China

Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China

-Annex 1A: Information to be Provided by China in the Context of the Transitional Review Mechanism

-Annex 1B: Issues to be Addressed by the General Council in Accordance with Section 18.2 of China's Protocol of Accession

-Annex 2A1: Products Subject to State Trading (Import)

-Annex 2A2: Products Subject to State Trading (Export)

-Annex 2B: Products Subject to Designated Trading

-Annex 3: Non-Tariff Measures Subject to Phased Elimination

-Annex 4: Products and Services Subject to Price Controls

-Annex 5A: Notification Pursuant to Article XXV of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

-Annex 5B: Subsidies to be Phased Out

-Annex 6: Products Subject to Export Duty

-Annex 7: Reservations by WTO Members

-Annex 8: Schedule CLII - People's Republic of China:

   Part I: Most-Favored Nation Tariff

      Section I: Agricultural Products

      Section I-A: Tariffs

      Section I-B: Tariff Quotas

      Section II: Other Products

   Part II: Preferential Tariff (if applicable)

   Part III: Non-Tariff Concessions

      Section A: Tariff-rate Quotas on Fertilizer and Wool Tops

      Section B: Other Non-tariff Concessions

   Part IV: Agricultural Products: Commitments Limiting Subsidization

      Section I:Domestic Support: Total AMS Commitments

      Section II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments

      Section III: Commitments Limiting the Scope of Export Subsidies

      Attachment B

      Annex I: Staging Matrix for Section I-A(Agricultural Tariffs)

      Annex II: Staging Matrix for Section II(Other Products)

-Annex 9: Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services
List of Article II MFN Exemptions

Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China

For more information, please visit: http://www.moftec.gov.cn

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