WT/ACC/AFG/38  
 
28 January 2016  
(16-0634)  Page: 1/6  
Working Party on the Accession of the  
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan    
 
 ACCESSION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AFGHANISTAN 
DERESTRICTION OF DOCUMENTS 
In accordance with the Decision of the General Council of 14 May 2002 on "Procedures for 
the Circulation and Derestriction of WTO Documents" (WT/L/452), the negotiating documents on 
the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan to the WTO, as listed thereunder, are 
hereby derestricted.    
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WT/ACC/AFG Document Series 
WT/ACC/AFG/1 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Re public of Afghanistan - The Tr ansitional Islamic State of 
Afghanistan - Request for Accession Pursuant to Article XII 15/04/2003 
WT/ACC/AFG/2 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - 
Request for Accession Pursuant to Article XII 02/12/2004 
WT/ACC/AFG/3 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Membership and Terms of Reference 23/02/20 05 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.1 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 27/01/2006 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.10 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 29/07/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.11 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 19/12/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.12 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 29/07/2014 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.2 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 03/06/2009 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.3 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 04/02/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.4 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 13/04/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.5 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 04/05/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.6 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 25/06/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.7 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 30/01/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.8 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 19/03/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/3/Rev.9 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Membership and Terms of Reference 
- Revision 26/04/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/4 Working Party on the Access ion of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime 31/03/2009 
WT/ACC/AFG/5 Working Party on th e Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Questions 
and Replies 26/07/2010 
WT/ACC/AFG/5/Add.1 Working Party on  the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additiona l 
Questions and Replies - Legislation - Addendum 27/07/2010 
WT/ACC/AFG/6 Working Party on the Access ion of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Information on Implementation  and Administration of the Customs Valuation Agreement 26/07/2010 
WT/ACC/AFG/6/Rev.1 Working Party on the Ac cession of the Islamic Republic of Af ghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Information on Implementation an d Administration of the Customs Valuation Agreement - Revision 25/04/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/6/Rev.2 Working Party on the Ac cession of the Islamic Republic of Af ghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Information on Implementation an d Administration of the Customs Valuation Agreement - Revision 23/11/2012  
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WT/ACC/AFG Document Series 
WT/ACC/AFG/7 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies 28/10/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/7/Add.1 Working Party on the Ac cession of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan -   
Additional Question s and Replies - Legislation - Addendum 28/10/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/7/Add.2 Working Party on the Ac cession of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan -   
Additional Questions and Replies - Consultation document - Addendum 28/10/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/8 Working Party on the Access ion of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 28/10/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/8/Rev.1 Working Party on the Ac cession of the Islamic Republic of Af ghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) - Revision 19/11/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/9 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - A ccession of Afghanistan -   
Legislative Action Plan   28/10/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/9/Rev.1 Working Party on the Ac cession of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan -   
Legislative Action Plan - Revision 06/06/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/9/Rev.2 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislati ve 
Action Plan - Revision 05/12/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/10 Working Party on the Access ion of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Questionnaire on Import Licensing Procedures 08/11/2011 
WT/ACC/AFG/10/Rev.1 Working Party on the Ac cession of the Islamic Republic of Af ghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - 
Questionnaire on Import Licensing Procedures - Revision 28/06/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/11 Working Party on th e Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Checklist 
of Illustrative Sanitary and Phytosanitary (S PS)  Issues for Consideration in Accessions 06/02/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/11/Add.1 Working Party on  the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Af ghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Checklis t 
of Illustrative Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Is sues for Consideration in Accessions - Addendum 07/06/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/12 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 07 /02/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/13 Working Party on th e Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Checklist 
of Illustrative Technical Barriers to Trade (T BT) Issues for Consideration in Accessions 26/04/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/14 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 25 /04/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/15 Working Party on th e Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Note on 
General Transparency 06/06/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/16 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 07 /06/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/17 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies 31/10/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/18 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - A ccession of Afghanistan -   
Consultation document 9/11/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/19 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - A ccession of Afghanistan -   
Legislation 14/11/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/20 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 15 /11/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/21 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 19 /11/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/22 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 22 /11/2012  
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WT/ACC/AFG Document Series 
WT/ACC/AFG/23 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation  2 6/11/2012 
WT/ACC/AFG/24 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Re public of Afghanistan - Access ion Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies 10/04/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/25 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 13 /05/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/26 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 23 /05/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/27 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies 07/06/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/28 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies 27/06/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/29 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies    02/07/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/30 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislative 
Action Plan 15/07/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/30/Rev.1 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislat ive 
Action Plan – Revision 31/10/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/30/Rev.2 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislat ive 
Action Plan - Revision 03/03/2014 
WT/ACC/AFG/30/Rev.3 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghanis tan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislat ive 
Action Plan - Revision 19/10/2015 
WT/ACC/AFG/31 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation  1 0/10/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/32 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies 14/10/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/33 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 18 /10/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/34 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Additional 
Questions and Replies 21/10/2013 
WT/ACC/AFG/35 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Legislation 03 /03/2014 
WT/ACC/AFG/36; WT/MIN(15)/6 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Report of the Working Party  on the 
Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 13/11/2015 
WT/ACC/AFG/36/Add.1; 
WT/MIN(15)/6/Add.1 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Report of the Working Party on the 
Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Sc hedule CLXX - The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - 
Addendum 13/11/2015 
WT/ACC/AFG/36/Add.2; 
WT/MIN(15)/6/Add.2 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Report of the Working Party on the 
Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Services - List of Article II (MFN) Exemptions - Addendum 13/11/2015 
WT/ACC/AFG/37 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Re public of Afghanistan - Access ion of Afghanistan – Summary 
of the Fifth and Final Meeting of the Working Party 15/01/2016 
WT/ACC/AFG/38 Working Party on the Access ion of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan – Accession of Afghanistan - 
Derestriction of documents 28/01/2016  
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Symbol Title Document Date 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG Document Series 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/1 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Acce ssion of Afghanistan - Initial 
Offer on Specific Commitments on Services 13/06/2012 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/2 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan -    
Domestic Support and Export Subsid ies in the Agricultural Sector 29/10/2012 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/3 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Access ion of Afghanistan - Elements 
of a Draft Working Party Report 09/11/2012 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/3/Corr.1 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan -    
Elements of a Draft Working Party Report - Corrigendum 14/11/2012 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/3/Rev.1 Working Party on the Accession of the Is lamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Elem ents 
of a Draft Working Party Report - Revision 24/06/2013 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/3/Rev.2 Working Party on the Accession of the Is lamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Elem ents 
of a Draft Working Party Report - Revision 29/10/2013 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/3/Rev.3 Working Party on the Accession of the Is lamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Elem ents 
of a Draft Working Party Report - Revision 03/03/2014 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/4 Working Party on the Accession of the Isla mic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan -  
Initial Offer on Goods 14/11/2012 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/5 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Draft 
Specific Commitment Paragraphs  Proposed by Afghanistan 24/06/2013 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/6 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Draft 
Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods  14/02/14 
 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/6/Rev.1 Working Party on the Accession of the Is lamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Draf t 
Schedule of Concessions and Co mmitments on Goods - Revision 03/03/2014 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/7 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Draft 
Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Serv ices - Draft List of Article II (MFN) Exemptions 13/02/2014 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/8 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Draft 
Report of the Working Party on the Accessio n of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan  19/10/2015 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/9 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Draft 
Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods 19/10/2015 
WT/ACC/SPEC/AFG/10 Working Party on the Acce ssion of the Islamic Republic of Afghan istan - Accession of Afghanistan - Draft 
Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Serv ices - Draft List of Article II (MFN) Exemptions 19/10/2015  
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Symbol Title Document Date 
JOB/ACC Document Series  
JOB/ACC/28 Working Party on th e Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afgh anistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Factual 
Summary of Points Raised    03/05/2012 
JOB/ACC/38 Working Party on the Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Accession of Afghanistan - Plurilateral 
Meeting on Agriculture - 25 July 2013 25/07/2013 
 
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