Final Act of the International Conference and Decision by the Energy Charter Conference in respect of the amendment to the trade-related provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty - Joint Declarations - Annex I: Amendment to the Trade-Related Provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty - Annex II: Decisions in connection with the Adoption of the Amendment to the Trade-Related Provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty
Date: 1998-04-24
Institutions: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Community, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan
Subjects: European Energy Charter, GATT, World Trade Organisation, energy policy, international conference, trade policy

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FINAL ACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND DECISION BY THE
ENERGY CHARTER CONFERENCE IN RESPECT OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE
TRADE-RELATED PROVISIONS OF THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY

FINAL ACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
AND DECISION OF THE ENERGY CHARTER CON-
FERENCE

the Kingdom of Denmark,

the Republic of Armenia, Australia,

I. Between 17 December 1994 and 18 December 1997
the Provisional Energy Charter Conference met to
negotiate an amendment to the trade-related provi-
sions of the Energy Charter Treaty. A Conference to
adopt the amendment was held at Brussels on 23 and
24 April 1998. Representatives of the Republic of
Albania,
the
Republic of Austria, the Azerbaijani Republic, the
the Republic of Belarus,
Kingdom of Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria,
the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Cyprus, the
Czech Republic,
the
Republic of Estonia, the European Communities, the
Republic of Finland, the French Republic, the Re-
public of Georgia, the Federal Republic of Germany,
the Hellenic Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Iceland, Ireland, the Italian Republic,
Japan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of
Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Latvia, the Principality of
Liechtenstein, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Malta, the
Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Nether-
the Republic of
lands,
Poland,
the
Russian Federation, the Slovak Republic, the Repub-
lic of Slovenia, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom
of Sweden, the Swiss Confederation, the Republic of
Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia,
the Republic of Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Uzbekistan
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the representatives') parti-
cipated in the Conference, as did invited observers
from certain countries and international organiza-
tions.

the Portuguese Republic, Romania,

the Kingdom of Norway,

II. The Energy Charter Conference, which was defini-
tively established on the entry into force on 16 April
1998 of the Energy Charter Treaty 1994, also met on
23 and 24 April 1998 to consider adoption of the
amendment to the Trade-Related Provisions of the
Energy Charter in accordance with the provisions of
the Energy Charter Treaty.

Annex I and Decisions with respect thereto which are
set out in Annex II were adopted in accordance with
the modalities of the international conference called
for this purpose and under the Energy Charter Treaty
in accordance with the procedure provided for in the
Treaty.

UNDERSTANDINGS

IV. The following understandings with respect

to the

Amendment were adopted:

1. understanding with respect to Article 29(2)(a)

and Annex W:

Notwithstanding the listing of paragraph 6 of
Article XXIV of
the GATT 1994 in Annex
W(A)(1)(a)(i), any signatory affected by an increase
in customs duties or other charges of any kind
imposed on or in connection with importation or
exportation referred to in the first sentence of that
paragraph, is entitled to seek consultations in the
Charter Conference.

2. understanding with respect to Article 29(7):

In the case of a signatory, not a member of the
WTO, which is listed in Annexes BR or BRQ or
both, any concession offered formally in the
process of its accession to the WTO with respect
to energy materials or products listed in Annex
EM II or energy-related equipment
listed in
Annex EQ II shall, for the purpose of this Article,
be regarded as a commitment under the WTO.

3. understanding with respect to Articles 29(6)

and (7) and 34(3)(o):

The Charter Conference shall conduct an annual
review with respect to any possibility of moving
items of energy materials and products or energy-
related equipment from Annexes EM I or EQ I to
Annexes EM II or EQ II.

AMENDMENT TO THE TRADE-RELATED PROVI-
SIONS OF THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY

DECLARATIONS

III. The text of the Amendment to the Trade-Related
Provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty (hereinafter
referred to as the ‘Amendment') which is set out in

V. The following Declarations were made with respect

to the Amendment:

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Joint declaration on trade-related intellectual
property rights

Joint declaration by the Russian Federation and
the European Union

Signatories confirm their commitment
effective protection of
following the highest international standards.

to provide
intellectual property rights

Intellectual property rights include for the purpose of
this declaration in particular copyright and related
rights (including computer programmes and data
bases), trademarks, geographical indications, patents,
designs, topographies of semiconductor products and
undisclosed information.

The Russian Federation has raised the issue of trade
in nuclear materials. The Russian Federation and the
EU agreed that
the partnership and cooperation
agreement between the Russian Federation, the Euro-
pean Union and its Member States, which entered
into force on 1 December 1997, is the appropriate
framework to deal with this issue, as confirmed in the
conclusions of 27 January 1998 Cooperation Council.

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ANNEX I

AMENDMENT TO THE TRADE-RELATED PROVISIONS OF THE ENERGY CHARTER
TREATY

Article 29 of the Treaty shall be replaced by the following text:

Article 1

‘Article 29

Interim provisions on trade-related matters

The provisions of this Article shall apply to trade in energy materials and products and energy-related

1.
equipment while any Contracting Party is not a member of the WTO.

2.

(a) Trade in energy materials and products and energy-related equipment between Contracting Parties at
least one of which is not a member of the WTO shall be governed, subject to subparagraph (b) and to
the exceptions and rules provided for in Annex W, by the provisions of the WTO Agreement, as
applied and practised with regard to energy materials and products and energy-related equipment by
members of the WTO among themselves, as if all Contracting Parties were members of the WTO;

(b) Such trade of a Contracting Party which is a State that was a constituent part of the former Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics may instead be governed, subject to the provisions of Annex TFU, by an
agreement between two or more such States, until 1 December 1999 or the admission of that
Contracting Party to the WTO, whichever is the earlier;

3.

(a) Each signatory to this Treaty, and each State or regional economic integration organisation acceding to
this Treaty before 24 April 1998, shall on the date of its signature or of its deposit of its instrument of
accession provide to the Secretariat a list of all customs duties and charges of any kind imposed on or in
connection with importation or exportation of energy materials and products, notifying the level of
such customs duties and charges applied on such date of signature or deposit. Each signatory to this
Treaty, and each State or regional economic integration organisation acceding to this Treaty before 24
April 1998, shall on that date provide to the Secretariat a list of all customs duties and charges of any
kind imposed on or in conncection with importation or exportation of energy-related equipment,
notifying the level of such customs duties and charges applied on that date;

(b) Each State or regional economic integration organisation acceding to this Treaty on or after 24 April
1998, shall, on the date of its deposit of its instrument of accession, provide to the Secretariat a list of all
customs duties and charges of any kind imposed on or in connection with importation or exportation
of energy materials and products and energy-related equipment, notifying the level of such customs
duties and charges applied on such date of deposit.

Any changes to such customs duties or charges of any kind imposed on or in connection with
importation or exportation shall be notified to the Secretariat, which shall inform the Contracting
Parties of such changes.

Each Contracting Party shall endeavour not to increase any customs duty or charge of any kind imposed

4.
on or in connection with importation or exportation:

(a)

in the case of the importation of energy materials and products listed in Annex EM I or energy-related
equipment listed in Annex EQ I and described in Part I of the Schedule relating to the Contracting Party
referred to in Article II of the GATT 1994, above the level set forth in that Schedule, if the Contracting
Party is a member of the WTO;

(b) in the case of the exportation of energy materials and products listed in Annex EM I or energy-related
equipment listed in Annex EQ I, and that of their importation if the Contracting Party is not a member of
the WTO, above the level most recently notified to the Secretariat, except as permitted by the provisions
made applicable by subparagraph (2)(a).

5. A Contracting Party may increase such customs duty or other charge above the level referred to in
paragraph (4) only if:

(a)

in case of a customs duty or other charge imposed on or in connection with importation, such action is
not inconsistent with the applicable provisions of the WTO Agreement, other than those provisions of the
WTO Agreement listed in Annex W; or

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(b) it has, to the fullest extent practicable under its legislative procedures, notified the Secretariat of its
proposal for such an increase, given other interested Contracting Parties reasonable opportunity for
consultation with respect to its proposal, and accorded consideration to any representations from such
Contracting Parties.

6.
In respect of trade between Contracting Parties at least one of which is not a member of the WTO, no
such Contracting Party shall increase any customs duty or charge of any kind imposed on or in connection
with importation or exportation of energy materials and products listed in Annex EM II or energy-related
equipment listed in Annex EQ II above the lowest of the levels applied on the date of the decision by the
Charter Conference to list the particular item in the relevant Annex.

A Contracting Party may increase such customs duty or other charge above that level only if:

(a)

in case of a customs duty or other charge imposed on or in connection with importation, such action is
not inconsistent with the applicable provisions of the WTO Agreement, other than those provisions of the
WTO Agreement listed in Annex W; or

(b) in exceptional circumstances not elsewhere provided for in this Treaty, the Charter Conference decides to
waive the obligation otherwise imposed on a Contracting Party by this paragraph, consenting to an
increase in a customs duty, subject to any conditions the Charter Conference may impose.

7. Notwithstanding paragraph 6, in the case of trade referred to in that paragraph, Contracting Parties listed
in Annex BR in respect of energy materials and products listed in Annex EM II, or in Annex BRQ in respect
of energy-related equipment listed in Annex EQ II, shall not increase any customs duty or other charge above
the level resulting from their commitments or any provisions applicable to them under the WTO Agreement.

8. Other duties and charges imposed on or in connection with importation or exportation of energy
materials and products or energy-related equipment shall be subject to the provisions of the understanding on
the interpretation of Article II: 1(b) of the GATT 1994 as modified according to Annex W.

9. Annex D shall apply:

(a) to disputes regarding compliance with provisions applicable to trade under this Article;

(b) to disputes regarding the application by a Contracting Party of any measure, whether or not it conflicts
with the provisions of this Article, which is considered by another Contracting Party to nullify or impair
any benefit accruing to it directly or indirectly under this Article; and

(c) unless the Contracting Parties parties to the dispute agree otherwise, to disputes regarding compliance with

Article 5 between Contracting Parties at least one of which is not a member of the WTO;

except that Annex D shall not apply to any dispute between Contracting Parties, the substance of which arises
under an agreement that:

(i) has been notified in accordance with and meets the other requirements of subparagraph (2)(b) and Annex

TFU; or

(ii) establishes a free-trade area or a customs union as described in Article XXIV of the GATT 1994.'

The Treaty shall be amended as follows:

Article 2

In the Preamble, paragraph 7, replace ‘General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and its Related Instruments'
with ‘Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation'.

In the Preamble, paragraph 8, replace ‘related equipment' with ‘energy-related equipment'.

In the Preamble, paragraph 9, replace ‘General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade' and ‘parties thereto' with
‘World Trade Organisation' and ‘members thereof'.

In the Preamble, paragraph 10, replace ‘parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and its Related
Instruments' with ‘members of the World Trade Organisation'.

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In Article 1, replace the text of paragraph (4) with:

‘4. “Energy materials and products”, based on the Harmonised System of the World Customs Organisation
and the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities, means the items included in Annexes
EM I or EM II.'

In Article 1, after the text of paragraph 4 insert:

‘4a. “energy-related equipment”, based on the Harmonised System of the World Customs Organisation, means

the items included in Annexes EQ I or EQ II.'

In Article 1, replace the text of paragraph 11 with:

‘11.

(a) “WTO” means the World Trade Organisation established by the Agreement Establishing the World

Trade Organisation;

(b) “WTO Agreement” means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation, its Annexes
and the decisions, declarations and understandings related thereto, as subsequently rectified, amended
and modified from time to time;

(c) “GATT 1994” means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as specified in Annex 1A to the
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation, as subsequently rectified, amended or mod-
ified from time to time.'

In Article 3, after ‘energy materials and products' insert ‘and energy-related equipment'.

In Article 4, title, replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement' and in the text of Article 4,
replace ‘parties to the GATT' with ‘members of the WTO' and replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with
‘WTO Agreement'.

In Article 5, paragraph 1, insert ‘1994' following ‘Articles III and XI of the GATT' and replace ‘GATT and
related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement'

In Article 14, paragraph 6, replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement'.

In Article 20, paragraph 1, replace ‘GATT and relevant related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement' and after
‘energy materials and products' insert ‘energy-related equipment'.

In Article 21, paragraph 4, replace ‘Article 29(2) to (6)' with ‘Article 29(2) to (8)'.

In Article 25, paragraph 3, replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement'.

In Article 34, paragraph 3, add after subparagraph (m):

‘(n) consider and approve the listing of signatories in Annexes BR or BRQ or in both these Annexes;

(o) consider and approve the addition of items to Annex EM II from Annex EM I with the corresponding
deletion of those items from Annex EM I and consider and approve the addition of items to Annex EQ II
from Annex EQ I with the corresponding deletion of those items from Annex EQ I;'.

In Article 34, paragraph 3, replace the denomination of subparagraph ‘(n)' with subparagraph ‘(p)'.

In Article 36(1)(d), replace ‘G' with ‘W'.

In Article 36, in paragraph 1, after subparagraph (f) add:

‘(g)

approve the addition of items to Annex EM II from Annex EM I with the corresponding deletion of
those items from Annex EM I and approve the addition of items to Annex EQ II from Annex EQ I with
the corresponding deletion of those items from Annex EQ I.'

In Article 36, paragraph 4, replace ‘(f)' with ‘(g)'.

In the ‘Table of Contents' of Annexes to the Energy Charter Treaty, rename ‘Annex EM' as ‘Annex EM I',
insert as 2 to 4 the additional Annexes ‘Annex EM II energy materials and products (In accordance with
Article 1(4))', ‘Annex EQ I List of energy-related equipment (In accordance with Article 1(4a))' and ‘Annex EQ
II list of energy-related equipment (In accordance with Article 1(4a))'.

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In 9. Annex G, replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement', and rename ‘Annex G' as
‘Annex W'.

Renumber Annexes 2 to 10 as Annexes 5 to 13. Insert as 14 and 15 the additional Annexes ‘Annex BR list of
contracting Parties which shall not increase any customs duty or other charge above the level resulting from
their commitments or any provisions applicable to them under the WTO Agreement (In accordance with
Article 29(7))' and ‘Annex BRQ list of Contracting Parties which shall not increase any customs duty or other
charge above the level resulting from their commitments or any provisions applicable to them under the
WTO Agreement (In accordance with Article 29(7))'.

Renumber Annexes 11 to 14 as Annexes 16 to 19.

In respect of Annex D, replace ‘(In accordance with Article 29(7))' with ‘(In accordance with Article 29(9))'.

In Annex EM, rename ‘EM' as ‘EM I'.

In Annex TRM, paragraph (1)(a) and (b) and in paragraph (3)(a) and (b), replace ‘party to the GATT' with
‘member of the WTO'.

In Annex TFU, paragraphs (2)(c),
instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement'.

(4), first sentence, and (6), first sentence, replace ‘GATT and related

Annex D of the Treaty shall be amended as follows:

Article 3

In the heading replace ‘(In accordance with Article 29(7))' with ‘(In accordance with Article 29(9))'.

At the end of paragraph 1(a), delete the period and add thereafter following ‘29':

‘, or about any measures that might nullify or impair any benefit accruing to a Contracting Party directly or
indirectly under the provisions applicable to trade under Article 29.'

In paragraph 1(b), at the end of the first sentence, delete the period and insert thereafter following ‘29':

‘, or any measure that might nullify or impair any benefit accruing to a Contracting Party directly or indirectly
under the provisions applicable to trade under Article 29.',

and in the second sentence, replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement'.

In paragraph 1(d), insert after the comma before ‘the Contracting Parties':

‘or to nullify or impair any benefit accruing to it directly or indirectly under the provisions applicable to trade
under Article 29,'.

In paragraph 2(a), second sentence, replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement'.

In paragraph 3(a), second sentence, replace ‘GATT and related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement',

and replace the penultimate sentence with:

‘Panels shall be guided by the interpretations given to the WTO Agreement within the framework of the
WTO Agreement and shall not question the compatibility with Article 5 or 29 of practices applied by any
Contracting Party which is a member of the WTO to other members of the WTO to which it applies the
WTO Agreement and which have not been taken by those other members to dispute resolution under the
WTO Agreement.'

In paragraph 4(b), first sentence, replace ‘GATT or a related instrument' with ‘WTO Agreement'.

In paragraph 5(c), replace ‘GATT or related instruments' with ‘WTO Agreement'.

In paragraph 7, first sentence, replace ‘party to the GATT', with ‘member of the WTO'

and replace ‘panellists currently nominated for the purpose of GATT dispute panels' with:

‘persons whose names appear on the indicative list of governmental and non-governmental individuals,
referred to in Article 8 of the understanding on rules and procedures governing the settlement of disputes
contained in Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement or who have in the past served as panellists on a GATT or
WTO dispute settlement panel.'

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Add after paragraph 9:

‘10. Where a Contracting Party invokes Articles 29(9)(b), this Annex shall apply, subject to the following

modifications:

(a) the complaining party shall present a detailed justification in support of any request for consultations
or for the establishment of a panel regarding a measure which it considers to nullify or impair any
benefit accruing to it directly or indirectly under Article 29;

(b) where a measure has been found to nullify or impair benefits under Article 29 without violation
thereof, there is no obligation to withdraw the measure; however, in such a case the panel shall
recommend that the Contracting Party concerned make a mutually satisfactory adjustment;

(c) the arbitral panel provided for in paragraph (6)(b), upon the request of either party, may determine the
level of benefits that have been nullified or impaired, and may also suggest ways and means of
reaching a mutually satisfactory adjustment; such suggestions shall not be binding upon the parties to
the dispute.'

The following Annex shall replace Annex G of the Treaty:

‘Annex W

Article 4

EXCEPTIONS AND RULES GOVERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF
THE WTO AGRREMENT

(In accordance with Article 29(2)(a))

A. Exceptions to the application of the provisions of the WTO Agreement.

The following provisions of the WTO Agreement shall not be applicable under Article 29(2)(a):

1. Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation

All except Article IX, paragraphs 3 and 4 and Article XVI, paragraphs 1, 3 and 4

(a) Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement:

Multilateral Agreements on trade in goods:

(i)

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

II.

IV.

XV.

XVIII.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

Schedules of concessions, paragraphs (1)(a), (1)(b, first sentence), (1)(c) and (7)

Special provisions relating to cinematographic films

Exchange arrangements

Governmental assistance to economic development

Consultation

Nullification and impairment

Customs unions and free-trade areas, paragraph 6

Joint action by the contracting parties

Acceptance, entry into force and registration

Withholding or withdrawal of concessions

Modification of schedules

XXVIIIa.

Tariff negotiations

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

The relation of this agreement to the Havana Charter

Amendments

Withdrawal

Contracting Parties

Accession

Non-application of the agreement between particular Contracting Parties

Principles and objectives

XXXVII.

Commitments

XXXVIII.

Joint action

Appendix H Relating to Article XXVI

Appendix I Notes and supplementary provisions (related to the abovementioned GATT

provisions)

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Understanding on the interpretation of Article II: 1(b) of the GATT 1994

2.

4.

6.

8.

Date of incorporation of other duties and charges into the schedule.

Challenges,

(first sentence only).

Dispute settlement.

Supersession of BISD 27S/24.

Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994

1.

5.

Only the phrase “for review by the working party to be set up under paragraph
(5)”.

Working Party on State trading.

Understanding on the balance-of-payments provisions of the GATT 1994

5.

7.

8.

13.

Committee on balance-of-payments restrictions, except last sentence.

Review by the Committee, the phrase “or under paragraph 12(b) of Article
XVIII”.

Simplified consultation procedures.

Conclusions of balance-of-payments
third
sentence: the phrase “and XVIII: B, the 1979 Declaration” and last sentence.

consultations,

sentence,

first

Understanding on the interpretation of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994

All except paragraph 13

Understanding in Respect of Waivers of Obligations under the GATT 1994

3.

Nullification and impairment.

Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994

Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994

(ii)

Agreement on agriculture;

(iii) Agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures;

(iv)

Agreement on textiles and clothing;

(v)

Agreement on technical barriers to trade.

Preamble (paragraphs 1, 8, 9)

1.3

10.5

10.6

10.9

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

General Provisions.

The words “developed country” and the words “French or Spanish” which shall
be replaced by “Russian”.

The phrase “and draw attention of developing country Members . . . interest to
them.”

Information about technical regulations, standards and certification systems
(languages).

Technical assistance to other Parties.

Special and differential treatment of developing countries.

The Committee on technical barriers to trade.

Consultation and dispute settlement.

Final provisions (other than 15.2 and 15.5).

Annex 2

Technical expert groups;

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(vi)

Agreement on Trade-related investment measures;

(vii) Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (Anti-dumping)

15.

16.

17.

18.

Developing country members.

Committee on anti-dumping practices.

Consultation and dispute settlement.

Final provisions, paragraphs 2 and 6;

(viii) Agreement on implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994 (customs valuation)

Preamble, paragraph 2, the phrase “and to secure additional benefits for the international trade
of developing countries”.

14.

18.

19.

20.

21.

23.

24.

Application of Annexes (second sentence except as far as it refers to Annex III,
paragraphs 6 and 7).

Institutions (Committee on customs valuation).

Consultation and dispute settlement.

Special and differential treatment of developing countries.

Reservations.

Review.

Secretariat.

Annex II

Technical Committee on customs valuation.

Annex III

Extra provisions (except paragraphs 6 and 7);

(ix)

Agreement on preshipment inspection

Preamble, paragraphs 2 and 3

3.3

6.

7.

8.

Technical assistance.

Review.

Consultation.

Dispute settlement;

(x)

Agreement on rules of origin

Preamble, eighth indent

4.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Institutions.

Review.

Consultation.

Dispute settlement.

Harmonisation of rules of origin.

Annex I

Technical Committee on rules of origin;

(xi)

Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures

1.4. (a)

2.2.

3.5. (iv)

4.

6.

7.

8.

General provisions (last sentence).

Automatic import licensing (footnote 5).

Non-automatic import licensing (last sentence).

Institutions.

Consultations and dispute settlement.

Review (except paragraph 3).

Final provisions (except paragraph 2);

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(xii) Agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

24.

26.

27.

29.

30.

31.

Remedies (except paragraphs 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3).

Adverse effects, last sentence.

Serious prejudice (paragraphs 6.6, the phrases “subject to the provisions of
paragraph 3 of Annex V” and “arising under Article 7, and to the panel
established purusuant to paragraph 4 of Article 7”, 6.8 the phrase “, including
information submitted in accordance with the provisions of Annex V” and 6.9).

Remedies (except paragraphs 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3).

Identification of non-actionable subsidies, paragraph 8.5 and footnote 25.

Consultations and authorised remedies.

Committee on subsidies and countervailing measures and subsidiary bodies.

Surveillance.

Special and differential treatment of developing country members.

Transformation into market economy, paragraph 29.2 (except first sentence).

Dispute settlement.

Provisional application.

32.2, 32.7
and 32.8

(only insofar as it refers to Annexes V and VII) Final provisions.

Annex V

Procedures for developing information concerning serious prejudice.

Annex VII Developing countries;

(xiii) Agreement on safeguards

9.

12.

13.

14.

Developing country members.

Notification and consultation, paragraph 10.

Surveillance.

Dispute settlement
Annex exception

(b) Annex 1B to the WTO Agreement:

General Agreement on trade in services

(c) Annex 1C to the WTO Agreement:

Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights

(d) Annex 2 to the WTO Agreement:

Understanding on rules and procedures governing the settlement of disputes

(e) Annex 3 to the WTO Agreement:

Trade policy review mechanism

(f) Annex 4 to the WTO Agreement:

Plurilateral trade agreements:

(i)

Agreement on trade in civil aircraft;

(ii) Agreement on government procurement

(g) Ministerial decisions, declarations and understanding:

(i)

(ii)

Decision on measures in favour of least-developed countries;

Declaration on the contribution of the WTO to achieving greater coherence in global
economic policy making;

(iii) Decision on notification procedures;

(iv) Declaration on the relationship of the WTO with the IMF;

(v)

Decision on measures concerning the possible negative effects of the reform programme on
least-developed and net food-importing developing countries;

(vi) Decision on notification of first integration under Article 2.6 of the Agreement on textiles

and clothing;

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(vii) Decision on review of the ISO/IEC information centre publication;

(viii) Decision on proposed understanding on WTO-ISO standards information system;

(ix) Decision on anti-circumvention;

(x)

Decision on review of Article 17.6 of the Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the
GATT 1994;

(xi) Declaration on dispute settlement pursuant to the Agreement on implementation of Article
VI of the GATT 1994 or Part V of the Agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures;

(xii) Decision regarding cases where customs administrations have reason to doubt the truth or

accuracy of the declared value;

(xiii) Decision on texts relating to minimum values and imports by sole agents, sole distributors

and sole concessionaires;

(xiv) Decision on institutional arrangements for the GATS;

(xv) Decision on certain dispute settlement procedures for the GATS;

(xvi) Decision on trade in services and the environment;

(xvii) Decision on negotiations on movement of natural persons;

(xviii) Decision on financial services;

(xix) Decision on negotiations on maritime transport services;

(xx) Decision on negotiations on basic telecommunications;

(xxi) Decision on professional services;

(xxii) Decision on accession to the Agreement on government procurement;

(xxiv) Decision on the application and review of the understanding on rules and procedures

governing the settlement of disputes;

(xxv) Understanding on commitments in financial services;

(xxvi) Decision on the acceptance of and accession to the agreement establishing the WTO;

(xxvii) Decision on trade and environment;

(xviii) Decision on organisational and financial consequences following from implementation of

the Agreement establishing the WTO;

(xxix) Decision on the establishment of the preparatory committee for the WTO.

2. All other provisions in the WTO Agreement which relate to:

(a) governmental assistance to economic development and the treatment of developing countries, except
for paragraphs 1 to 4 of the Decision of 28 November 1979 (L/4903) on differential and more
favourable treatment, reciprocity and fuller participation of developing countries;

(b) the establishment or operation of specialist committees and other subsidiary institutions;

(c) signature, accession, entry into force, withdrawal, deposit and registration.

3. All agreements, arrangements, decisions, understandings or other joint action pursuant to the provisions

listed as not applicable in paragraphs 1 or 2.

4. Trade in nuclear materials may be governed by agreements referred to in the Declarations related to this

paragraph contained in the Final Act of the European Energy Charter Conference.

B. Rules governing the application of provisions of the WTO Agreement

1. In the absence of a relevant interpretation of the WTO Agreement adopted by the Ministerial Con-
ference or the General Council of the World Trade Organisation under paragraph 2 of Article IX of the
WTO Agreement concerning provisions applicable under Article 29(2)(a), the Charter Conference may
adopt an interpretation.

2. Requests for waivers under Article 29(2) and (6)(b) shall be submitted to the Charter Conference, which
shall follow, in carrying out these duties, the procedures of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article IX of the WTO
Agreement.

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3. Waivers of obligations in force in the WTO shall be considered in force for the purposes of Article 29

while they remain in force in the WTO.

4. The provisions of Article II of the GATT 1994 which have not been disapplied shall, without prejudice

to Article 29(4),

(5) and (7), be modified as follows:

(i) All energy materials and products listed in Annex EM II and energy-related equipment listed in
Annex EQ II imported from or exported to any other Contracting Party shall also be exempt from
all other duties or charges of any kind imposed on or in connection with importation or exporta-
tion, in excess of those imposed on the date of the standstill referred to in Article 29(6), first
sentence, or under Article 29(7), or those directly and mandatorily required to be imposed thereafter
by legislation in force in the importing or exporting territory on the date referred to in Article 29(6),
first sentence;

(ii) Nothing in Article II of the GATT 1994 shall prevent any Contracting Party from imposing at any

time on the importation or exportation of any product:

(a) a charge equivalent to an internal tax imposed consistently with the provisions of paragraph 2 of
Article III of GATT 1994 in respect of the like domestic product or in respect of an article from
which the imported product has been manufactured or produced in whole or in part;

(b) any anti-dumping or countervailing duty applied consistently with the provisions of Article VI of

GATT 1994;

(c) fees or other charges commensurate with the cost of services rendered.

(iii) No Contracting Party shall alter its method of determining dutiable value or of converting curren-
cies so as to impair the value of the standstill obligations provided for in Article 29(6) or (7);

(iv) If any Contracting Party establishes, maintains or authorises, formally or in effect, as monopoly of
the importation or exportation of any energy material or product listed in Annex EM II or in
respect of energy-related equipment listed in EQ II, such monopoly shall not operate so as to afford
protection on the average in excess of the amount of protection permitted by the sandstill
obligation provided for in Article 29(6) or (7). The provisions of this paragraph shall not limit the
use by Contracting Parties of any form of assistance to domestic producers permitted by other
provisions of this Treaty;

(v)

(vi)

If any Contracting Party considers that a product is not receiving from another Contracting Party
the treatment which the first Contracting Party believes to have been contemplated by the sandstill
obligation provided for in Article 29(6) or (7), it shall bring the matter directly to the attention of the
other Contracting Party. If the latter agrees that the treatment contemplated was that claimed by the
first Contracting Party, but declares that such treatment cannot be accorded because a court or other
proper authority has ruled to the effect that the product involved cannot be classified under the
tariff laws of such Contracting Party so as to permit the treatment contemplated in this Treaty, the
two Contracting Parties, together with any other Contracting Parties substantially interested, shall
enter promptly into further negotiations with a view to a compensatory adjustment of the matter;

(a) The specific duties and charges included in the Tariff Record relating to the Contracting Parties
members of the International Monetary Fund, and margins of preference in specific duties and
charges maintained by such Contracting Parties, are expressed in the appropriate currency at the
par value accepted or provisionally recognised by the Fund at the date of the sandstill referred to
in Article 29(6), first sentence, or under Article 29(7). Accordingly, in case this par value is
reduced consistently with the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund by
more than twenty per cent, such specific duties and charges and margins of preference may be
adjusted to take account of such reduction; provided that the Conference concurs that such
adjustments will not impair the value of the sandstill obligation provided for in Article 29(6) or
(7) or elsewhere in this Treaty, due account being taken of all factors which may influence the
need for, or urgency of, such adjustments;

(b) Similar provisions shall apply to any Contracting Party not a member of the Fund, as from the
date on which such Contracting Party becomes a member of the Fund or enters into a special
exchange agreement in pursuance of Article XV of GATT 1994.

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(vii) Each Contracting Party shall notify the Secretariat of the customs duties and charges of any kind
applicable on the date of the standstill referred to in Article 29(6), first sentence. The Secretariat
shall keep a tariff record of the customs duties and charges of any kind relevant for the purpose of
the standstill on customs duties and charges of any kind under Article 29(6) or (7).

5. The Decision of 26 March 1980 on “Introduction of a loose-leaf system for the schedules of tariff
concessions” (BISD 27S/24) shall not be applicable under Article 29(2)(a). The applicable provisions of
the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article II:1(b) of the GATT 1994 shall, without prejudice to
Article 29(4),

(5) or (7), apply with the following modifications:

(i)

In order to ensure transparency of the legal rights and obligations deriving from paragraph 1(b) of
Article II of GATT 1994, the nature and level of any “other duties or charges” levied on any energy
materials and products listed in Annex EM II or energy-related equipment lsited in Annex EQ II
with respect to their importation or exportation, as referred to in that provision, shall be recorded in
the tariff record at the levels applying at the date of the standstill referred to in Article 29(6), first
sentence, or under Article 29(7) respectively, against the tariff item to which they apply. It is
understood that such recording does not change the legal character of “other duties or charges”;

(ii)

“Other duties or charges” shall be recorded in respect of all energy materials and products listed in
Annex EM II and energy-related equipment listed in Annex EQ II;

(iii) It will be open to any Contracting Party to challenge the existence of an “other duty or charge”, on
the ground that no such “other duty or charge” existed at the date of the standstill referred to in
Article 29(6), first sentence, or the relevant date under Article 29(7), for the item in question, as well
as the consistency of the recorded level of any “other duty or charge” with the standstill obligation
provided for by Article 29(6) or (7), for a period of one year after the entry into force of the
Amendment to the trade-related provisions of this Treaty, adopted by the Charter Conference on 24
April 1998, or one year after the notification to the Secretariat of the level of customs duties and
charges of any kind referred to in Article 29(6), first sentence, or Article 29(7), if that is the later;

(iv) The recording of “other duties or charges” in the tariff record is without prejudice to their
consistency with rights and obligations under GATT 1994 other than those affected by subpara-
graph (iii) above. All Contracting Parties retain the right to challenge, at any time, the consistency of
any “other duty or charge” with such obligations;

(v)

“Other duties or charges” omitted from a notification to the Secretariat shall not subsequently be
added to it and any “other duty or charge” recorded at a level lower than that prevailing on the
applicable date shall not be restored to that level unless such additions or changes are made within
six months of the notification to the Secretariat.

6. Where the WTO Agreement refers to “duties inscribed in the Schedule” or to “bound duties”, there shall
be substituted “the level of customs duties and charges of any kind permitted under Article 29(4) to (8)”.

7. Where the WTO Agreement specifies the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement (or an
analogous phrase) as the reference date for an action, there shall be substituted the date of entry into
force of the Amendment to the trade-related provisions of this Treaty adopted by the Charter Con-
ference on 24 April 1998.

8. With respect to notifications required by the provisions made applicable by Article 29(2)(a):

(a) Contracting Parties which are not members of the WTO shall make their notifications to the
Secretariat. The Secretariat shall circulate copies of the notifications to all Contracting Parties.
Notifications to the Secretariat shall be in one of the authentic languages of this Treaty. The
accompanying documents may be solely in the language of the Contracting Party;

(b)

such requirements shall not apply to Contracting Parties to this Treaty which are also members of
the WTO which provides for its own notification requirements.

9. Where Article 29(6)(a) or (6)(b) applies, the Charter Conference shall carry out any applicable duties that

the WTO Agreement assigned to the relevant bodies under the WTO Agreement.

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10.

(a) Interpretations of the WTO Agreement adopted by the Ministerial Conference or the General
Council of the WTO under paragraph 2 of Article IX of the WTO Agreement insofar as they
interpret provisions applicable under Article 29(2)(a) shall apply;

(b) Amendments to the WTO Agreement under Article X of the WTO Agreement that are binding on
all members of the WTO (other then those under paragraph 9 of Article X) insofar as they amend or
relate to provisions applicable under Article 29(2)(a), shall apply unless a Contracting Party requests
the Charter Conference to disapply or modify such amendment. The Charter Conference shall take
the decision by a three-fourths majority of the Contracting Parties and determine the date of the
disapplication or modification of such amendment. A request for the disapplication or modification
of such amendment may include a request that the application of the amendment be suspended
pending the decision of the Charter Conference.

A request to the Charter Conference made under this paragraph shall be made within six months of
the circulation of a notification from the Secretariat that the amendment has taken effect under the
WTO Agreement.

(c) Interpretations, amendments, or new instruments adopted by the WTO, other than the interpreta-

tions and amendments applied under paragraphs (a) and (b) shall not apply.'

The following Annexes shall be inserted in the Annexes to the Treaty:

Article 5

‘2. Annex EM II

ENERGY MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

(In accordance with Article 1(4))'.

‘3. Annex EQ I

LIST OF ENERGY-RELATED EQUIPMENT

(In accordance with Article 1(4a))

For the purpose of this Annex, “Ex” has been included to indicate that the product description referred to does
not exhaust the entire range of products within the World Customs Organisation Nomenclature headings or
the Harmonised System codes listed below.

ex 3919

Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or
not in rolls.

ex 3919 10

– In rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm

– – To be used for oil and gas pipelines and sea lines protection

ex 7304 (*)

Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel.

7304 10

– Line pipes of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines

– Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind used in drilling for oil or

7304 21 (1)

7304 29 (1)

gas: (1)

– Drill pipe

– Other

ex 7305

Other tubes and pipes (for example, welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular
cross-sections, the external diameter of which exceeds 406,4 mm, of iron or steel.

– Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines:

7305 11

7305 12

7305 19

7305 20

– Longitudinally submerged arc welded

– Other, longitudinally welded

– Other

– Casing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas

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ex 7306 (*)

Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or welded, riveted or
similarly closed), of iron or steel.

7306 10

7306 20

– Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines

– Casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas

7307

Tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel.

ex 7308

Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading No 9406) and parts of structures (for
example, bridges, and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-
works, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades,
pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like,
prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel.

7308 20

7308 40

– Towers and lattice masts

– Equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pitpropping

ex 7308 90

– Other

– – Parts for oil and gas drilling platforms

ex 7309

Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material (other than compressed or
liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or
heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment.

ex 7309 00

– – For liquids

– – Of a capacity exceeding 1 000 000 litres, where specially

designed for strategic oil reserves

– – Heat insulated

ex 7311

Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel.

– – Of more than 1 000 litres

ex 7312 (*)

Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not elec-
trically insulated.

ex 7312 10

– Stranded wires, ropes and cables

– – Ropes and cables coated, non-coated or zinc coated of a kind

used in the energy sector

ex 7326

Other articles of iron or steel.

ex 7326 90

– Other

– – Connectors for optical fibre cables

ex 7613

Aluminium containers for compressed or liquefied gas.

– – Of more than 1 000 litres

ex 7614

Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated.

ex 7614 10

– With steel core

– – Of a kind used in electricity generation, transmission and

distribution

ex 7614 90

– Other

– – Of a kind used in electricity generation, transmission and

distribution

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ex 7806

Other articles of lead.

– – Containers with an anti-radiation lead covering, for the transport

or storage of highly radioactive materials

ex 8109

Zirconium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap.

ex 8109 90

– Other

– – Cartridges or tubes for nuclear fuel elements

ex 8207

Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine-tools
(for example,
threading, drilling, boring,
broaching, milling, turning or screw driving), including dies for drawing or extruding metal,
and rock drilling or earth boring tools.

stamping, punching,

for pressing,

tapping,

– Rock drilling or earth boring tools:

8207 13 (2)

– With working part of cermets

8207 19

– Other, including parts

ex 8307 (*)

Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without fittings.

– – For exclusive use in oil and gas wells

8401

8402

Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery
and apparatus for isotopic separation.

Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers
capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers.

8403

Central heating boilers other than those of heading No 8402.

8404

8405

Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading No 8402 or 8403 (for example, economisers,
super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam or other vapour power
units.

Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers; acetylene gas generators
and similar water process gas generators, with or without purifiers.

ex 8406

Steam turbines and other vapour turbines.

– Other turbines (3):

8406 81 (3)

– Of an output exceeding 40 MW

8406 82 (3)

– Of an output not exceeding 40 MW

8406 90

– Parts

ex 8408 (*)

Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines).

ex 8408 90

– Other engines

– – New, of a power exceeding 50 kW

ex 8409

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading No 8407 or 8408

8409 99

– Other

8410

Hydraulic turbines, water wheels, and regulators therefor.

8411 (*)

Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines.

8413 (*)

Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquids elevators.

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ex 8414 (*)

Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods
incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters.

– Fans:

ex 8414 59

– Other

– – For use in mining and power plants

8414 80

– Other

8414 90

– Parts

8416

Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverised solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stockers,
including their grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances.

ex 8417

Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, non-electric.

ex 8417 80

– Other

– – Exclusively waste incinerators, laboratory furnaces and ovens

and uranium sintering ovens

ex 8417 90

– Parts

– – Exclusively for waste incinerators,
ovens and uranium sintering ovens

laboratory furnaces and

ex 8418 (*)

Refrigerators, freezers, and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat
pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No 8415.

8418 61

8418 69

– Other refrigerating or freezing equipment; heat pumps:

– Compression type units whose condensers are heat exchangers

– Other

ex 8419 (*)

Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the
treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating,
cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating,
vapourising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for
domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric.

8419 50

– Heat exchange units

8419 60

– Machinery for liquefying air or other gases

– Other machinery, plant and equipment:

8419 89

– Other

ex 8421 (*)

Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for
liquids and gases.

– Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids:

8421 21

– For filtering or purifying water

– Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases:

8421 39

– Other

ex 8425 (*)

Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans;

jacks.

8425 20

– Pit-head winding gear; winches specially designed for use under-

ground

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ex 8426 (*)

Ships’ derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and
works trucks fitted with a crane.

ex 8426 20

– Tower cranes

– – For offshore platforms and onshore rigs

– Other machinery:

ex 8426 91

– Designed for mounting on road vehicles

– – Lifting equipment for repairing and completion of wells

ex 8429

Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, ex-
cavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers.

– Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders:

ex 8429 51

– Front-end shovel loaders

– – Loaders specially designed for underground use

ex 8430

Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or
boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snow-ploughs
and snow-blowers:

– Coal or rock cutters and tunnelling machinery:

8430 31

8430 39

– Self-propelled

– Other

– Other boring or sinking machinery:

ex 8430 41

– Self-propelled

– – For the discovery or exploitation of deposits of oil and gas

ex 8430 49

– Other

– – For the discovery or exploitation of deposits of oil and gas

ex 8431

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of heading Nos 8425 to 8430

– – Only for machinery covered

8471 (*)

Automatic data-processing machines and units
readers,
machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing
such data, not elsewhere specified or included

thereof; magnetic or optical

ex 8474

Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or
kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste)
form; machinery for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste,
unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste
form; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand:

8474 10

8474 20

– Sorting, screening, separating or washing machines

– Crushing or grinding machines

ex 8474 90

– Parts

– – Of cast iron or cast steel

ex 8479 (*)

Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included
elsewhere in this Chapter (4)

– Other machines and mechanical appliances:

ex 8479 89

– Other

– – Mobile hydraulic powered mine roof support

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ex 8481

Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like,
including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves

8481 10

8481 20

8481 40

8481 80

8481 90

– Pressure-reducing valves

– Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions

– Safety or relief valves

– Other appliances

– Parts

ex 8483

Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings
and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed
changers,
including pulley blocks;
clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)

including torque converters;

flywheels and pulleys,

ex 8483 40

– Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and
roller
including torque

other
screws; gear boxes and other speed changers,
converters

transmission elements presented separately; ball or

– – Transmission elements exclusively for use in sucker-rod

pumping units in the oil and gas industry

ex 8484 (*)

Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more
layers of metal; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in composition,
put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings; mechanical seals

8484 10

– Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other

material or of two or more layers of metal

8484 20 (5)

– Mechanical seals

8501 (*)

Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

8502 (*)

Electric generating sets and rotary converters

8503 (*)

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading No 8501 or 8502

ex 8504 (*)

Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors

– Liquid dielectric transformers:

8504 21

8504 22

– Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kVA

– Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not

exceeding 10 000 kVA

8504 23

– Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10 000 kVA

– Other transformers:

8504 33

– Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not

exceeding 500 kVA

8504 34

8504 40

8504 50

8504 90

– Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA

– Static converters

– Other inductors

– Parts

ex 8507 (*)

Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including
square)

– – Excluding the use for non-energy sectors

8514

Industrial or laboratory electric (including induction or dielectric) furnaces and ovens; other
industrial or laboratory induction or dielectric heating equipment

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ex 8526 (*)

Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus.

8526 10

– Radar apparatus

– Other:

8526 91

– Radio navigational aid apparatus

8531 (*)

Electric sound- or visual-signalling apparatus (for example bells, sirens, indicator panels,
burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading Nos 8512 or 8530

ex 8532

Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set)

8532 10

– Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a
reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0,5 kVar (power
capacitors)

8535

8536

Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections
to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters,
surge suppressors, plugs,

junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1 000 volts

Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections
to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs,
sockets, lamp-holders,

junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 volts.

ex 8536 10

– Fuses

– – Exceeding 63 A

ex 8536 20

– Automatic circuit breakers

– – Exceeding 63 A

ex 8536 30

– Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits

– – Exceeding 16 A

– Relays:

8536 41

8536 49

– For a voltage not exceeding 60 V

– Other

ex 8536 50

– Other switches

– – For a voltage exceeding 60 V

8537

8538

ex 8541

Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more
apparatus of heading No 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity,
including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical
control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading No 8517

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8535, 8536 or
8537

Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices,
including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels;
light emitting diodes; mounted piezo-electric crystals:

ex 8541 40

– Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells
whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light
emitting diodes:

– – Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic
cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into
panels

ex 8544

Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other
insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables,
made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors
or fitted with connectors

8544 60

8544 70

– Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1 000 V

– Optical fibre cables

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ex 8545

Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of
graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes

8546

8547

8545 20

– Brushes

Electrical insulators of any material

Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of
insulating material apart from any minor components of metal (for example, threaded
sockets) incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly, other than insulators
of heading No 8546; electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with
insulating material

ex 8704

Motor vehicles for the transport of goods:

– Other, with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine

(diesel or semi-diesel):

ex 8704 21

– gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes

– – Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive

materials

ex 8704 22

– gvw exceeding 5 tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes

– – Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive

materials

ex 8704 23

– gvw exceeding 20 tonnes

– – Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive

materials

– Other, with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine:

ex 8704 31

– gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes

– – Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive

materials

ex 8704 32

– gvw exceeding 5 tonnes

– – Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive

materials

ex 8705

Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of
persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries,
fire-fighting vehicles,
concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile
radiological units)

8705 20

– Mobile drilling derricks

ex 8709

Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used
in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors
of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles:

– Vehicles:

ex 8709 11

– Electrical

– – Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive

materials

ex 8709 19

– Other

– – Specially designed for the transport of highly radioactive

materials

ex 8905

Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, and other vessels the navigability of which
is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks; floating or submersible drilling or
production platforms

8905 20

– Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms

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ex 9015

Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceangraphic, hydro-
logical, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses;
rangefinders:

ex 9015 80

– Other instruments and appliances

– – Geophysical instruments only

9015 90

– Parts and accessories

ex 9026 (*)

Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other
variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat
meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading Nos 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032:

– – Except for use in the water distribution industry

9027

Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example polarimeters,
refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus
for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instru-
ments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including
exposure meters); microtomes

9028

Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor

ex 9029 (*)

Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like;
speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading No 9014 or 9015; strobo-
scopes:

ex 9029 10

– Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers,

pedometers and the like

– – Production counters

ex 9029 90

– Parts and accessories

– – For production counters

ex 9030 (*)

Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or
instruments and
checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading No 9028;
apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising
radiations.

ex 9030 10

– Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radia-

tions

– – For use in the energy sector

– Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage,

current, resistance or power, without a recording device:

9030 31

9030 39

– Multimeters

– Other

– Other instruments and apparatus

ex 9030 83 (6)

– Other, with a recording device

– – For use in the energy sector

ex 9030 89

– Other

ex 9030 90

– Parts and accessories

– – For use in the energy sector

– – For use in the energy sector

9032 (*)

Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus.

(*) Except products for use in civil aircraft.
(1) Covered by 7304 20 20 in the 1992 version.
(2) Covered by 8207 11 and 12 in the 1992 version.
(3) Covered by 8406 19 in the 1992 version.
(4) Chapter 84.
(5) Not covered by separate subheading in the 1992 version.
(6) Covered by 9030 81 in the 1992 version'.

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‘4. Annex EQ II

LIST OF ENERGY-RELATED EQUIPMENT

(In accordance with Article 1(4a))'.

‘14. Annex BR

LIST OF CONTRACTING PARTIES WHICH SHALL NOT INCREASE ANY CUSTOMS DUTY
OR OTHER CHARGE ABOVE THE LEVEL RESULTING FROM THEIR COMMITMENTS OR
ANY PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THEM UNDER THE WTO AGREEMENT

(In accordance with Article 29(7))'.

‘15. Annex BRQ

LIST OF CONTRACTING PARTIES WHICH SHALL NOT INCREASE ANY CUSTOMS DUTY
OR OTHER CHARGE ABOVE THE LEVEL RESULTING FROM THEIR COMMITMENTS OR
ANY PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THEM UNDER THE WTO AGREEMENT

(In accordance with Article 29(7))'.

Article 6

Provisional application

1.
Each signatory which applies the Energy Charter Treaty provisionally in accordance with Article 45(1)
and each Contracting Party agrees to apply this amendment provisionally pending its entry into force for such
signatory or Contracting Party to the extent that such provisional application is not inconsistent with its
constitution, laws or regulations.

2.

(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1):

(i)

any signatory which applies the Energy Charter Treaty provisionally or Contracting Party may
deliver to the Depositary within 90 days of the date of the adoption of this amendment by the
Charter Conference a declaration that it is not able to accept the provisional application of this
amendment;

(ii) any signatory which does not apply the Energy Charter Treaty provisionally in accordance with
Article 45(2) may deliver to the Depositary not later than the date on which it becomes a
Contracting Party or begins to apply the Treaty provisionally a declaration that it is not able to
accept the provisional application of this amendment.

The obligation contained in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a signatory or Contracting Party making
such a declaration. Any such signatory or Contracting Party may at any time withdraw that declaration
by written notification to the Depositary.

(b) Neither a signatory or Contracting Party which makes a declaration in accordance with subparagraph (a)
nor investors of that signatory or Contracting Party may claim the benefits of provisional application
under paragraph (1).

3.
Any signatory or Contracting Party may terminate its provisional application of this amendment by
written notification to the Depositary of its intention not to ratify, accept or approve this amendment.
Termination of provisional application for any signatory or Contracting Party shall take effect on the
expiration of 60 days from the date on which such signatory’s or Contracting Party’s written notification is
received by the Depositary. Any signatory which terminates its provisional application of the Energy Charter
Treaty in accordance with Article 45(3)(a) shall be considered as also having terminated its provisional
application of this amendment with the same date of effect.

Article 7

Status of the Decision

The Decision adopted in connection with the adoption of this amendment is an integral part of the Energy
Charter Treaty.

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ANNEX II

DECISIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE
TRADE-RELATED PROVISIONS OF THE ENERGY CHARTER TREATY

1. A signatory which does not apply the amendment adopted on 24 April 1998 provisionally may at the time
that it takes action to apply that amendment, whether on a definitive or a provisional basis, notify the
secretariat in writing that until it is listed in Annexes BR and BRQ, it will apply the amendment as if all
items of energy materials and products and of energy-related equipment continued to be listed in Annexes
EM I and EQ I.

The amendment shall apply accordingly to such a signatory.

Any signatory may at any time withdraw the notification referred to above in writing to the secretariat.

2. The final provisions of the amendment shall be based on Part VIII, in particular Article 42, of the Energy

Charter Treaty so far as relevant.