WT/MIN(13)/24  
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5 December 2013  
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 ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN 
DECISION OF 4 DECEMBER 2013 
 The Ministerial Conference, 
 Having regard to  paragraph 2 of Article XII and paragraph 1 of Article IX of the Marrakesh 
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Orga nization (the "WTO Agreement"), and the 
Decision-Making Procedures under Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the 
General Council (WT/L/93), 
 Taking note of  the application of the Republic of Yemen for accession to the WTO Agreement 
dated 12 April 2000, 
 Noting  the results of the negotiations directed toward the establishment of the terms of 
accession of the Republic of Yemen to the WTO Ag reement and having prepared a Protocol on the 
Accession of the Republic of Yemen, 
 Decides  as follows: 
1. The Republic of Yemen 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 REPUBLIC OF YEMEN 
Preamble 
 The World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO"), pursuant to the approval 
of the Ministerial Conference 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 Yemen,  
 Taking note of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the Republic of Yemen to 
the WTO Agreement reproduced in document WT/ACC/YEM/42, dated 4 October 2013 (hereinafter 
referred to as the "Working Party Report"), 
 Having regard to  the results of the negotiations on the accession of the Republic of Yemen to 
the WTO Agreement,  
 Agree  as follows: 
PART I - GENERAL 
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol pursuant to paragraph 8, the Republic of Yemen 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 Republic of Yemen accedes shall be the WTO Agreement, 
including the Explanatory Notes 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 286 of the Working Party Report, shall be an integral part of the WTO Agreement. 
3. Except as otherwise provided for in paragraph 286 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 Republic of Yemen as if it had accepted that Agreement on the date of its entry 
into force. 
4. The Republic of Yemen may maintain a measure inconsistent with paragraph 1 of Article II of 
the General Agreement on Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as "GATS") provided that such a 
measure was 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 reproduced in the Annex to this Protocol shall 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 Commitments annexed to 
the GATS relating to the Republic of Yemen.  The staging of the concessions and commitments listed 
in the Schedules shall be implemented 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 the Republic of 
Yemen until 2 June 2014 or such later date as may be decided by the Ministerial Conference. 
8. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day upon which it shall 
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  9. This Protocol shall be deposited with the Director-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 Republic of Yemen thereto pursuant to paragraph 7 to each Member of the WTO and to the Republic of Yemen.   
10. This Protocol shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter 
of the United Nations.   
 Done at Bali, Indonesia, this fourth day of December two thousand and thirteen, in a single 
copy in the English, French and Spanish language s, each text being authentic, except that a 
Schedule annexed hereto may specify that it is authentic in only one of these languages, and the Working Party Report is authentic in English only. 
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  ANNEX 
SCHEDULE CLXIX - THE REPUBLIC OF YEMEN 
Authentic only in the English language. 
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/YEM/42/Add.1) 
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SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS ON SERVICES 
LIST OF ARTICLE II EXEMPTIONS 
Authentic only in the English language. 
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/YEM/42/Add.2) 
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