Article I of GATT 1994

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WTO law provision treaty provision

Article I of GATT 1994 is the provision that establishes the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) principle, requiring WTO members to extend any trade advantage granted to one country immediately and unconditionally to all other members.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
GATT 1994 Article I	2
GATT Article I:1	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO law provision ⓘ treaty provision ⓘ
abbreviation	MFN clause ⓘ
appliesTo	World Trade Organization members NERFINISHED ⓘ advantages granted through preferences in charges or fees ⓘ advantages granted through simplified customs procedures ⓘ advantages granted through tariff reductions ⓘ like products originating in or destined for different countries ⓘ
bindingOn	all WTO members ⓘ
centralPrincipleOf	non-discrimination in WTO trade in goods ⓘ
characterizedAs	cornerstone of the multilateral trading system ⓘ
covers	all matters referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article III of GATT 1994 ⓘ charges of any kind imposed on imports or exports ⓘ customs duties ⓘ methods of levying customs duties and charges ⓘ rules and formalities in connection with importation and exportation ⓘ
enshrines	most-favoured-nation clause in WTO goods regime ⓘ
establishesPrinciple	Most-Favoured-Nation treatment NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsPartOf	Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedInto	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
interpretedBy	WTO Appellate Body NERFINISHED ⓘ WTO panels NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasisFor	MFN obligation in trade in goods under WTO law ⓘ
legalNature	multilateral treaty obligation ⓘ
linkedTo	Article II of GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ Article III of GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ Article XXIV of GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ Enabling Clause in WTO law NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	to prevent trade discrimination among WTO members ⓘ
originatesFrom	Article I of the GATT 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ
prohibits	discrimination between WTO members with respect to customs duties and charges ⓘ discrimination between WTO members with respect to rules and formalities of importation and exportation ⓘ
requires	any advantage granted to a product of one country be accorded immediately to like products of all WTO members ⓘ any advantage granted to a product of one country be accorded unconditionally to like products of all WTO members ⓘ immediate extension of trade advantages to all WTO members ⓘ most-favoured-nation treatment for like imported products ⓘ non-discriminatory treatment among all WTO members with respect to covered measures ⓘ unconditional extension of trade advantages to all WTO members ⓘ
shortName	Article I GATT 1994 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	trade in goods ⓘ
subjectTo	exceptions under GATT 1994 ⓘ general exceptions in Article XX of GATT 1994 ⓘ security exceptions in Article XXI of GATT 1994 ⓘ
usedIn	WTO dispute settlement cases concerning MFN treatment ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Article III of GATT 1994 → relatedTo → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ

European Communities – Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products → legalBasisInvoked → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT Article I:1

DS512 → legalBasisInvoked → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1994 Article I

GATT 1994 Article V → relatedTo → Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ

this entity surface form: GATT 1994 Article I