Annex on Air Transport Services

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The Annex on Air Transport Services is a specialized WTO legal text that clarifies how the General Agreement on Trade in Services applies to international air transport and related services, while carving out core traffic rights from its coverage.


Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO legal text
international agreement annex
administeredBy World Trade Organization
adoptedAt Marrakesh
adoptedBy World Trade Organization
surface form: WTO Members
adoptedIn 1994
appliesTo air transport services
aircraft repair and maintenance services
computer reservation system services
international air transport services
selling and marketing of air transport services
basedOn principles of the General Agreement on Trade in Services
bindingOn all WTO Members
category air transport law
international trade law
citation Annex on Air Transport Services self-linksurface differs
surface form: Annex on Air Transport Services to the General Agreement on Trade in Services
clarifies application of GATS disciplines to air transport services
scope of GATS in air transport sector
enteredIntoForce 1995
excludes air transport services directly related to the exercise of traffic rights
cabotage traffic rights
freedoms of the air
traffic rights
governs certain air transport-related services under GATS
language English
French
Spanish
legalBasis Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
legalStatus binding international treaty provision for WTO Members
linkedTo bilateral air services agreements
objective to delineate GATS coverage in the air transport sector
to preserve states’ sovereignty over traffic rights
partOf General Agreement on Trade in Services
WTO agreements
surface form: World Trade Organization legal framework
preserves existing rights and obligations under bilateral and multilateral air services agreements regarding traffic rights
recognizes special characteristics of the air transport sector
regulates market access commitments for covered air transport-related services
national treatment commitments for covered air transport-related services
relatedTo Convention on International Civil Aviation
surface form: Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
reviewedBy Council for Trade in Services
surface form: WTO Council for Trade in Services
scope measures affecting trade in air transport services as specified in the annex
sector air transport
services
shortName Annex on Air Transport Services self-linksurface differs
surface form: GATS Annex on Air Transport Services
subjectTo periodic review by WTO Council for Trade in Services

Referenced by (4)

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

Annex on Air Transport Services citation Annex on Air Transport Services self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Annex on Air Transport Services to the General Agreement on Trade in Services
General Agreement on Trade in Services contains Annex on Air Transport Services
Committee on Trade in Financial Services legalBasis Annex on Air Transport Services
this entity surface form: Annex on Financial Services to GATS
Annex on Air Transport Services shortName Annex on Air Transport Services self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GATS Annex on Air Transport Services