WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/L/494
18 October 2002
(02-5725)
ACCESSION OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Decision of 15 October 2002
The General Council,
Having regard to  paragraph 2 of Article XII and paragraph 1 of Article IX of the Marrakesh
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (the "WTO Agreement"), and the Decision-
Making Procedures under Articles IX and XII of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World
Trade Organization agreed by the General Council (WT/L/93),
Conducting  the functions of the Ministerial Conference in the interval between meetings
pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article IV of the WTO Agreement,
Taking note  of the application of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for accession
to the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization dated 9 December 1994,
Noting  the results of the negotiations directed toward the establishment of the terms of
accession of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the WTO Agreement and having
prepared a Protocol on the Accession of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Decides  as follows:
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may accede to the WTO Agreement on the
terms and conditions set out in the Protocol annexed to this Decision.
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 PROTOCOL ON THE ACCESSION OF
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Preamble
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
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
Taking note of the Report of the Working Pa rty on the Accession of the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia to the WTO Agreemen t reproduced in document WT/ACC/807/27, dated
26 September 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the "Working Party Report"),
Having regard to the results of the negotiations on the accession of the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia to the WTO Agreement,
Agree as follows:
PART I -  GENERAL
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol pursu ant to paragraph 8, the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia 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 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes shall be
the WTO Agreement, including the Explanatory Note s to that 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 Protocol.  This Protocol, which shall include the commitments referred to in
paragraph 255 of the Working Party Report, shall be an integral part of the WTO Agreement.
3. Except as otherwise provided for in para graph 255 of the Working Party Report, those
obligations in the Multilateral Trade Agreements  annexed to the WTO Agreement that are to be
implemented over a period of time starting with the entry into force of that Agreement shall be
implemented by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as if it had accepted that Agreement on
the date of its entry into force.
4. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may maintain a measure inconsistent with
paragraph 1 of Article II of the GATS provided that su ch a measure was recorded in the list of Article II
Exemptions annexed to this Protocol and meets th e conditions of the Annex to the GATS on Article II
Exemptions.
PART II - SCHEDULES
5. The Schedules reproduced in Annex I to th is Protocol shall become the Schedule of
Concessions and Commitments annexed to th e General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
(hereinafter referred to as the "GATT 1994") and the Schedule of Specific Commitments annexed to the
General Agreement on Trade in Services (hereinafter  referred to as "GATS") relating to The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.  The staging of the concessions and commitments listed in theSchedules shall be implemented as specified in the relevant parts of the respective Schedules.WT/L/494
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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 Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia until 31 March 2003.
8. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day upon which it shall
have been accepted by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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 by
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia thereto pursuant to paragraph 9 to each Member of the
WTO and to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
This Protocol shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter
of the United Nations.
Done in Geneva this fifteenth day of October two thousand and two in a single copy in the
English, French and Spanish languages, each text being authentic, except that a Scheduleannexed hereto may specify that it its authentic in only one of these languages.
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ANNEX I
SCHEDULE CLIV  – THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Authentic only in the English language.
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/807/27/Add.1)
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SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS ON SERVICES
LIST OF ARTICLE II EXEMPTIONS
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/807/27/Add.2)
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