제18959호                                            관                  보                        2017. 3. 2.(목요일)
                                               SECTION II
  SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT PROVISIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY
                   MEMBERS AND LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
                               ARTICLE 13: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1. The provisions contained in Articles 1 to 12 of this Agreement shall be implemented by
developing and least-developed country Members in accordance with this Section, which is based
on the modalities agreed in Annex D of the July 2004 Framework Agreement (WT/L/579) and in
paragraph 33 of and Annex E to the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(05)/DEC).
2. Assistance and support for capacity building16) should be provided to help developing and
least-developed country Members implement the provisions of this Agreement, in accordance with
their nature and scope. The extent and the timing of implementation of the provisions of this
Agreement shall be related to the implementation capacities of developing and least-developed
country Members. Where a developing or least-developed country Member continues to lack the
necessary capacity, implementation of the provision(s) concerned will not be required until
implementation capacity has been acquired.
3. Least-developed country Members will only be required to undertake commitments to the
extent consistent with their individual development, financial and trade needs or their
administrative and institutional capabilities.
4. These principles shall be applied through the provisions set out in Section II.
                                ARTICLE 14: Categories of provisions
1. There are three categories of provisions:
    (a) Category A contains provisions that a developing country Member or a least-developed
        country Member designates for implementation upon entry into force of this Agreement,
        or in the case of a least-developed country Member within one year after entry into
        force, as provided in Article 15.
    (b) Category B contains provisions that a developing country Member or a least-developed
        country Member designates for implementation on a date after a transitional period of
        time following the entry into force of this Agreement, as provided in Article 16.
    (c) Category C contains provisions that a developing country Member or a least-developed
        country Member designates for implementation on a date after a transitional period of
        time following the entry into force of this Agreement and requiring the acquisition of
        implementation capacity through the provision of assistance and support for capacity
        building, as provided for in Article 16.
2. Each developing country and least-developed country Member shall self-designate, on an
individual basis, the provisions it is including under each of the Categories A, B and C.
16) For the purposes of this Agreement, "assistance and support for capacity building" may take the form of technical, financial, or
any other mutually agreed form of assistance provided.
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