WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/MNG/11
25July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2948)
ACCESSION OFMONGOLIA
On18July1996 theGeneral Council adopted aDecision (WT/ACC/MNG/10) totheeffect
thattheGovernment ofMongolia mayaccede totheWTO Agreement ontheterms setoutintheProtocol
fortheAccession ofMongolia, thetextofwhich wasapproved attheGeneral Council meeting on
18July1996. ThetextoftheProtocol isannexed hereto.WT/ACC/MNG/11
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ANNEX
PROTOCOL FOR THE ACCESSION OFMONGOLIA
TOTHE MARRAKESH 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 toasthe"WTO Agreement"), andtheGovernment
ofMongolia, (hereinafter referred toas"Mongolia"),
Taking noteoftheReport oftheWorking Party ontheAccession ofMongolia totheWTO
Agreement indocument WT/ACC/MNG/9 andAdd.1-2 (hereinafter referred toasthe"Working Party
Report"),
Having regard totheresults ofthenegotiations ontheAccession ofMongolia totheWTO,
Agree asfollows:
PartI-General
1. Upon entry intoforce ofthisProtocol, Mongolia accedes totheWTO Agreement pursuant
toArticle XIIofthatAgreement andthereby becomes aMember oftheWTO.
2. TheWTO Agreement towhich Mongolia accedes shallbetheWTO Agreement asrectified,
amended orotherwise modified bysuchlegalinstruments asmayhaveentered intoforce before the
dateofentry intoforceofthisProtocol. ThisProtocol, which shallcomprise thecommitments referred
toinparagraph 61oftheWorking Party Report, shallbeanintegral partoftheWTO Agreement.
3. Mongolia willnotify theSecretariat annually oftheimplementation ofthephased commitments
withdefinitive dates referred toinparagraphs 10,13,20,21,23,24,29,35,42,44,45,46,48,51,
54,59and60oftheWorking Party Report, andwillidentify anydelays inimplementation together
withthereasons therefore.
4. Except asotherwise provided forinthepreceding paragraph orintheparagraphs referred to
inparagraph 61oftheWorking Party Report:
(a)Those obligations intheMultilateral Trade Agreements annexed totheWTO Agreement
thataretobeimplemented overaperiod oftimestarting withtheentry intoforce ofthat
Agreement shallbeimplemented byMongolia asifithadaccepted thatAgreement onthedate
ofitsentry intoforce.
(b) Those notifications thataretobemade under theMultilateral Trade Agreements
annexed totheWTO Agreement within aspecified period oftimestarting withthedateof
entry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement shallbemade byMongolia within thatperiod oftime
starting withthedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol.
PartII-Schedules
5. TheSchedules annexed tothisProtocol shall become theSchedule ofConcessions and
Commitments annexed totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 (hereinafter referred toWT/ACC/MNG/11
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asthe"GATT 1994") andtheSchedule ofSpecific Commitments annexed totheGeneral Agreement
onTrade inServices (hereinafter referred toas"GATS") relating toMongolia. Thestaging ofthe
concessions andcommitments listed intheSchedules shallbeimplemented asspecified intherelevant
parts oftherespective Schedules.
6. Forthepurpose ofthereference inparagraph 6(a)ofArticle IIoftheGATT 1994tothedate
ofthatAgreement, theapplicable dateinrespect oftheSchedules ofConcessions andCommitments
annexed tothisProtocol shallbethedateofentry intoforce ofthisProtocol.
PartIII-Final Provisions
7. ThisProtocol shallbeopenforacceptance, bysignature orotherwise, byMongolia until31
December 1996.
8. ThisProtocol shallenter intoforce onthethirtieth dayfollowing thedayupon which itshall
havebeenaccepted byMongolia.
9. ThisProtocol shallbedeposited withtheDirector-General oftheWTO. TheDirector-General
oftheWTO shallpromptly furnish acertified copyofthisProtocol andanotification ofacceptance
byMongolia thereto pursuant toparagraph 7toeachMember oftheWTO andtoMongolia.
10. ThisProtocol shallberegistered inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 102oftheCharter
oftheUnited Nations.
Done atGeneva thiseighteenth dayofJulyonethousand ninehundred andninety six,ina
single copyintheEnglish, French andSpanish languages, eachtextbeing authentic.