WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/LTU/54
15 January 2001
(01-0175)
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
On 8 December 2000 the General Council adopted a decision (WT/ACC/LTU/53) to the
effect that the Government of the Republic of Lithuania may accede to the WTO Agreement on theterms set out in the Protocol for the Accession of the Republic of Lithuania, the text of which was
approved at the General Council meeting on 8 December 2000 (WT/GC/M/61).  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/LTU/52/Add.1 and Corrigenda 1 and
WT/ACC/LTU/52/Add.2 respectively.
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On 8 December 2000, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, H.E. Mr. Valdas Adamkus
signed, subject to ratification, the Protocol of Accession.WT/ACC/LTU/54
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PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF LITHUANIA
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 (hereinafter  referred to as the "WTO Agreement"), and the
Republic of Lithuania (hereinaft er referred to as "Lithuania"),
Taking note of the Report of the Working Part y on the Accession of Lithuania to the WTO in
document WT/ACC/LTU/52 (hereinafter referred to as the "Working Party Report"),
Having regard to the results of the negotiations on the accession of Lithuania to the WTO,
Agree as follows:
Part I - General
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol, L ithuania 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 Lithuania accedes shall be the WTO Agreement as rectified,
amended or otherwise modified by such legal instrume nts as may have entered into force before the date
of entry into force of this Protocol.  This Protoc ol, which shall include the commitments referred to in
paragraph 189 of the Working Party Report, shall be an integral part of the WTO Agreement.
3. Except as otherwise provided for in the paragr aphs referred to in paragraph 189 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 Lithuania as if it had acc epted that Agreement on the date of its entry into
force.
4. Lithuania may maintain a measure inconsistent  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 conditions 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 "GATS" ) relating to Lithuania.  The staging of concessions
and commitments listed in the Schedules shall be impl emented as specified in the relevant parts of the
respective Schedules.
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.WT/ACC/LTU/54
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Part III - Final Provisions
 7. This Protocol shall be open for acceptance, by signature or otherw ise, by Lithuania until
1 May 2001.
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 Member of the WTO and Lithuania.
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 eighth day of  December  two thousand, 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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