Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements

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WTO legal instrument treaty annex

Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements is the section of the WTO legal framework that contains optional, issue-specific trade agreements binding only on those WTO members that choose to accept them.

Aliases (1)

Plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement ×1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO legal instrument → treaty annex →
adoptionDate	1994-04-15 →
appliesTo	WTO members that accept the relevant plurilateral agreement →
authenticTextStatus	equally authentic in English, French and Spanish →
enteredIntoForce	1995-01-01 →
governs	plurilateral trade commitments among subsets of WTO members →
hasCharacteristic	binding only on accepting members → issue-specific → optional for WTO members →
hasLegalNature	plurilateral trade agreements →
hasScope	trade-related matters agreed by subsets of WTO members →
hasTypeOfMembership	variable participation by WTO members →
isAnnexNumber	4 →
isBindingOn	WTO members that have accepted the relevant plurilateral agreement →
isDistinctFrom	Annex 1: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods → Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods → Annex 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services → Annex 1C: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights → Annex 2: Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes → Annex 3: Trade Policy Review Mechanism →
isFrameworkFor	plurilateral agreements negotiated under WTO auspices →
isLocatedIn	Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations →
isNotBindingOn	WTO members that have not accepted the relevant plurilateral agreement →
language	English → French → Spanish →
legalEffect	creates additional rights and obligations among participating WTO members only →
legalStatus	integral part of WTO Agreement →
partOf	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → WTO legal framework →
providesFrameworkFor	cooperation among subsets of WTO members on specific trade issues →
relatedTo	Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations → World Trade Organization →
requires	explicit acceptance by a WTO member to be bound →
subjectTo	WTO dispute settlement procedures where provided in the respective plurilateral agreements →
wasAdoptedWith	Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marrakesh Agreement → Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization →	includes
Uruguay Round (1986–1994) ("Plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement") →	producedAgreement