WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/KGZ/29
23 October 1998
(98-4139)
ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
On 14 October 1998, the General Council adopted a Decision (WT/ACC/KGZ/28) to the
effect that the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic may accede to the WTO Agreement on the terms
set out in the Protocol for the Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic, the text of which was approved atthe General Council meeting on 14 October 1998 (WT/GC/M/31).  The  text of the Protocol is
annexed hereto.  The Schedules of Concessions on Goods and of Specific Commitments in Services
are reproduced in documents WT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.1 and Add.2, respectively.
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On 14 October 1998, the Head of the Interministerial Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic on
Negotiations with the WTO, Mr. Esengul Omuraliev, signed subject to ratification the Protocol ofAccession.WT/ACC/KGZ/29
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PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
TO THE MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
The World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO"), pursuant to the approval
of the General Council of the WTO accorded under Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization (hereinaft er referred to as "WTO Agreement"), and the
Kyrgyz Republic,
Taking note of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the
WTO in document WT/ACC/KGZ/26 (hereinafter re ferred to as the "Working Party Report"),
Having regard to the results of the negotiations  on the accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the
WTO,
Agree as follows:
Part I - General
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol, the Kyrgyz Republic accedes to the WTO Agreement
pursuant to Article XII of that Agreement and thereby becomes a Member of the WTO.
2. The WTO Agreement to which the Kyrgyz Re public accedes shall be the WTO Agreement as
rectified, amended or otherwise modified by such legal instruments as may have entered into force
before the date of entry into force of this Pr otocol.  This Protocol, which shall comprise the
commitments referred to in paragraph 173 of the Workin g Party Report, shall be an integral part of the
WTO Agreement.
3. Except as otherwise provided for in the paragra phs referred to in paragraph 173 of the Working
Party Report, those obligations in the Multilatera l Trade Agreements annexed to the WTO Agreement
that are to be implemented over a period of time star ting with the entry into force of that Agreement
shall be implemented by the Kyrgyz Republic as if  it had accepted that Agreement on the date of its
entry into force.
4. The Kyrgyz Republic may maintain a measure inc onsistent with paragraph 1 of Article II of the
GATS provided that such a measure is recorded in the list of Article II Exemptions annexed to this
Protocol and meets the conditi ons of the Annex to the GATS on Article II Exemptions.
Part II - Schedules
5. The Schedules annexed to this Protocol sh all become the schedule of Concessions and
Commitments annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (hereinafter referred to as
the "GATT 1994") and the Schedule of Specific Comm itments annexed to the General Agreement on
Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as "GAT S") relating to the Kyrgyz Republic.  The staging of
concessions and commitments listed in the Schedules shall be implemented as specified in the relevant
parts of the respective Schedules.WT/ACC/KGZ/29
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6. For the purpose of the reference in paragraph 6(a) of Article II of the GATT 1994 to the date of
that Agreement, the applicable date in respect of the Schedules of Concessions and Commitments
annexed to this Protocol shall be the date of entry into force of this Protocol.
Part III - Final Provisions
7. This Protocol shall be open for acceptance, by signature or otherwise, by the Kyrgyz Republic
until 1 December 1998.
8. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day of its acceptance.
9. This Protocol shall be deposited with the Dire ctor-General of the WTO.  The Director-General
of the WTO shall promptly furnish a certified copy of this Protocol and a notification of acceptance
thereto pursuant to paragraph 7 to each Me mber of the WTO and the Kyrgyz Republic.
10. This Protocol shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter
of the United Nations.
11. Done at Geneva this fourteenth  day of October one thousand nine  hundred and ninety eight, in a
single copy in the English, French and Spanish languages each text being authentic, except that a
Schedule annexed hereto may specify that it is authentic in only one or more of these languages.
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