A handbook on accession to the WTO

Introduction and summary 1. Accession in perspective 2. The basic rules 3. Technical assistance and training for acceding countries 4. The accession process: the procedures and how they have been applied 5. Substance of accession negotiations Annexes: Annex 1. Statistical survey Annex 2. WTO provisions on accession Annex 3. Ministerial declarations (accession-related paragraphs) Annex 4. Guidelines for accession of least-developed countries Annex 5. Documentation and timeline for completed accessions Annex 6. Basic factual information to be supplied Annex 7. Supplementary factual information Annex 8. Formats for initial tariff offer and for schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods Annex 9. Drafting a services schedule Annex 10. Text of decisions on accession and accession protocols Annex 11. List of WTO agreements and associated legal instruments Annex 12. Overview of protocol commitments Annex 13. Suggested formats for legislative action plans and transitional periods for LDC Annex 14. Agricultural tariff rate quotas and special safeguards Annex 15. Sectoral initiatives.