GATT 1994 Article V

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GATT 1994 Article V is a core WTO provision that guarantees freedom of transit for goods across members’ territories, prohibiting unjustified restrictions and discrimination in transit routes and charges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf GATT article
WTO legal provision
allows charges for transportation or administrative expenses in transit
reasonable conditions for transit for safety or administrative reasons
appliesTo goods in transit
means of transport in transit
transit through the territory of WTO members
beneficiaries WTO members
bindingOn all WTO members
citationForm GATT 1994 Article V self-linksurface differs
surface form: Article V of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
enteredIntoForceWith Marrakesh Agreement
surface form: Marrakesh Agreement 1995
guarantees freedom of transit
interpretedBy WTO dispute settlement
surface form: WTO dispute settlement bodies
language English
French
Spanish
legalEffect creates binding obligations on WTO members
legalSystem WTO agreements
surface form: World Trade Organization law
objective to ensure freedom of transit through the territory of WTO members
to prevent disguised restrictions on international trade via transit measures
partOf General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
predecessor GATT 1994 Article V self-linksurface differs
surface form: GATT 1947 Article V
prohibits discrimination in transit charges
discrimination in transit routes
unnecessary delays in transit
unnecessary restrictions on transit
unreasonable restrictions on traffic in transit
regulates conditions of passage for goods in transit
transit through routes most convenient for international transit
relatedTo Article I of GATT 1994
surface form: GATT 1994 Article I

Article III of GATT 1994
surface form: GATT 1994 Article III

cross-border transport
landlocked countries’ access to the sea
trade facilitation
requires most-favoured-nation treatment for traffic in transit
national treatment for traffic in transit with respect to charges and regulations
non-discriminatory transit regulations
non-discriminatory treatment between traffic in transit to or from different WTO members
publication of transit regulations and charges in a transparent manner
reasonable transit charges
scope transit across the territory of one or more WTO members
transit to or from the territory of other WTO members
subjectMatter freedom of transit
transit of goods

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Russia – Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit (DS512) agreementInvoked GATT 1994 Article V
this entity surface form: GATT 1994
DS512 legalBasisInvoked GATT 1994 Article V
GATT 1994 Article V predecessor GATT 1994 Article V self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: GATT 1947 Article V
GATT 1994 Article V citationForm GATT 1994 Article V self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Article V of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994