South Africa

Schedule XVIII (18)

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11 WTO Procedures

10 under 1980 Procedures

1 Initial HS transposition

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Secret/284 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/240 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/282 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/236 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/277 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/234 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/318 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/271 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/222 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Secret/306 Pre-WTO>Article XXVIII Concluded
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Additional information

  • At the meeting of the Committee on Market Access that took place on 2 May 2017, the representative of South Africa noted that all its pre-UR renegotiations should be considered to be concluded, as provided by Paragraph 7 of the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994, which acknowledges that special procedures had been followed by South Africa and three other members during the Uruguay Round.  See G/MA/M/65, para. 92
  • During the Uruguay Round, South Africa followed special procedures to modify concessions in its GATT Schedule that are deemed to have taken place under Article XXVIII of the GATT.  See paragraph 7 of the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 1994.