WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/HRV/61
19 September 2000
(00-3172)
ACCESSION OF CROATIA
On 17 July 2000 the General Council adopted a decision (WT/ACC/HRV/60) to the effect
that the Government of Croatia may accede to the WTO Agreement on the terms set out in the
Protocol for the Accession of Croatia, the text of which was approved at the General Council meeting
on 17 July 2000 (WT/GC/M/57).  The text of the Protocol is annexed hereto.  The Schedules ofConcessions on Goods and of Specific Commitmen ts in Services are reproduced in documents
WT/ACC/HRV/59/Add.1 and WT/ACC /HRV/59/Add.2 and Corrigenda 1 and 2, respectively.
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On 17 July 2000, the Minister of Economy of Croatia, Mr. Goranko Fizulic, subject to
ratification the Protocol of Accession.WT/ACC/HRV/61
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PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF CROATIA
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
Republic of Croatia (hereinafter referred to as "Croatia"),
Taking note of the Report of the Working Pa rty on the Accession of Croatia to the WTO in
document WT/ACC/HRV/59 (hereinafter referre d to as the "Working Party Report"),
Having regard to the results of the negotiations on the accession of Croatia to the WTO,
Agree as follows:
Part I – General
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol, Cr oatia 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 Croatia 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 225 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 225 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 Croatia as if it had accepted that Agreement on the date of its entry into force.
4. Croatia 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 "GAT S") relating to Croatia.  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.
Part III - Final Provisions
7. This Protocol shall be open for acceptance, by signature or otherwise, by Croatia until
31 October 2000.
8. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day of its acceptance.WT/ACC/HRV/61
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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 Croatia.
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 seventeenth day of  July  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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