WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/L/718 
13 February 2008 
 (08-0633) 
  
  
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF UKRAINE 
Decision of 5 February 2008 
 The General Council,  
 Having regard to  paragraph 2 of Article XII and pa ragraph 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 X II 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 Ukraine fo r accession to the Marrakesh Agreement 
Establishing the World Trade Orga nization dated 30 November 1993; 
 Noting  the results of the negotiations directed toward the establishment of the terms of 
accession of Ukraine to the WTO Agreement and having prepared a Draft Protocol on the Accession of Ukraine; 
 Decides  as follows: 
 Ukraine may accede to the WTO Agreement on the terms and conditions set out in the 
Protocol annexed to this Decision. WT/L/718 
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  PROTOCOL ON THE ACCESSION OF UKRAINE 
Preamble
 
 The World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "WTO"), pursuant to Article XII 
of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (hereinafter referred to as the 
"WTO Agreement"), and Ukraine,  
 Taking note  of the Report of the Working Part y on the Accession of Ukraine to the 
WTO Agreement reproduced in document WT/ACC/ UKR/152, dated 25 January 2008 (hereinafter 
referred to as the "Working Party Report"), 
 Having regard  to the results of the negotiations on the accession of Ukraine to the 
WTO Agreement,  
 Agree  as follows: 
PART I -  GENERAL 
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol pur suant to paragraph 8, Ukraine 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 Ukraine accedes  shall be the WTO Agreement, including the 
Explanatory Notes to that Agreement, as rectifie d, 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 para graph 512 of the Working Party 
Report, shall be an integral part of the WTO Agreement. 
3. Except as otherwis e provided for in paragraph 512 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 Ukraine as if it had accepted that Agreement on the date of its entry into force. 
4. Ukraine may maintain a measure inconsistent with paragraph 1 of Ar ticle II of the 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 Annex I to th is Protocol shall become the Schedule of 
Concessions and Commitm ents annexed to the General Ag reement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 
(hereinafter referred to as the "GATT 1994") and the Schedule of Specific Co mmitments annexed to the 
General Agreement on Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as "GATS") relating to Ukraine.  The 
staging of the concessions and commitm ents listed in the Schedules sha ll 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 Con cessions and Commitments 
annexed to this Protocol shall be the date  of entry into force of this Protocol.  WT/L/718 
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  PART III - FINAL PROVISIONS 
7. This Protocol shall be open for acceptance, by signature or otherwise, by Ukraine until 
4 July 2008. 
8. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day upon which it shall 
have been accepted by Ukraine.  
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 
Ukraine thereto pursuant to paragraph 9 to e ach Member of the WTO and to Ukraine.   
10. This Protocol shall be regist ered in accordance with  the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter 
of the United Nations.   
 Done at Geneva this fifth day of February two thousand and eight 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 its authentic  in only one of these languages. 
 WT/L/718 
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  ANNEX I 
SCHEDULE CLXII – UKRAINE 
Authentic only in the English language. 
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/UKR/152/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/UKR/152/Add.2)  
 
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