WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/L/715 
8 January 2008 
 (08-0074) 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE 
Decision of 18 December 2007 
 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 XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the 
General Council (WT/L/93), 
 Conducting  the functions of the Ministerial Confer ence in the interval between meetings 
pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article IV of the WTO Agreement, 
 Taking note of the application of the Republic  of Cape Verde for accession to 
WTO Agreement dated 3 November 1999, 
 Noting  the results of the negotiations directed toward the establishment of the terms of 
accession of the Republic of Cape Verde to the WT O Agreement and having prepared a Protocol on 
the Accession of the Republic of Cape Verde, 
 Decides  as follows: 
1. The Republic of Cape Verde 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 CAPE VERDE 
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 
Republic of Cape Verde,  
 Taking note
 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the Republic of 
Cape Verde to the WTO Agreement reproduced in document WT/ACC/CPV/30, dated 6 December 2007 (hereinafter referred to as the "Working Party Report"), 
 Having regard
 to the results of the negotiations on the accession of the Republic of Cape Verde 
to the WTO Agreement,  
 Agree  as follows: 
PART I -  GENERAL 
1. Upon entry into force of this Protocol pursuant to paragraph 8, the Re public of Cape Verde 
accedes to the WTO Agreement pursuant to Articl e XII of that Agreement and thereby becomes a 
Member of the WTO.  
2. The WTO Agreement to which the Republic of Cape Verde accedes shall be the 
WTO Agreement, including the Explanatory Notes to  that Agreement, as rectified, amended or 
otherwise modified by such legal in struments as may have entered into  force before the date of entry 
into force of this Protocol.  This Protocol, wh ich shall include the comm itments referred to in 
paragraph 269 of the Working Party Report, shall be an integral part of the WTO Agreement. 
3. Except as otherwise provided for in para graph 269 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 Cape Verde as if it  had accepted that Agr eement on the date of its 
entry into force. 
4. The Republic of Cape Verde may maintain a measure inconsistent with paragraph 1 of 
Article 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 the Republic of 
Cape Verde.  The staging of the concessions a nd commitments listed in the Schedules shall be 
implemented as specified in the releva nt 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/715 
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  PART III - FINAL PROVISIONS 
7. This Protocol shall be open for acceptance, by signature or otherwise, by the Republic of 
Cape Verde until 30 June 2008.   
8. This Protocol shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the day upon which it shall 
have been accepted by the Republic of Cape Verde.  
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 Cape Verde thereto pursuant to paragraph 9 to each Member of the WTO and to the Republic of Cape Verde.   
 This Protocol shall be register ed in accordance with the provisi ons of Article 102 of the Charter 
of the United Nations.   
 Done at Geneva this eighteent h day of December two thousand an d seven, in a single copy in 
the English, French and Spanish languages, each te xt being authentic, except that a Schedule annexed 
hereto may specify that it is authen tic in only one of these languages. 
 
 
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  ANNEX I 
SCHEDULE CLXI – THE REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE 
Authentic only in the English language. 
(Circulated in document WT/ACC/CPV/30/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/CPV/30/Add.2) 
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