GATS Annexes
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The GATS Annexes are supplementary legal texts to the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services that provide detailed rules and disciplines for specific service sectors and regulatory issues.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GATS Annex on Financial Services | 2 |
| GATS Annexes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GATS Annexes Context triple: [WTO Council for Trade in Services in Special Session, legalBasis, GATS Annexes]
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A.
Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement
Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement is the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, which sets out the legal framework and procedures for resolving trade disputes between World Trade Organization members.
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B.
GATT 1994 Article XXI
GATT 1994 Article XXI is the World Trade Organization provision that allows members to take trade-restrictive measures they consider necessary for the protection of their essential security interests.
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C.
GATT Article XIX
GATT Article XIX is the safeguard provision in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that allows countries to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
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D.
Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods
Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods is the core WTO legal framework governing international trade in goods, encompassing key agreements such as the GATT 1994 and various sectoral and rules-based trade disciplines.
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E.
Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GATS Annexes Target entity description: The GATS Annexes are supplementary legal texts to the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services that provide detailed rules and disciplines for specific service sectors and regulatory issues.
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A.
Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement
Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement is the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, which sets out the legal framework and procedures for resolving trade disputes between World Trade Organization members.
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B.
GATT 1994 Article XXI
GATT 1994 Article XXI is the World Trade Organization provision that allows members to take trade-restrictive measures they consider necessary for the protection of their essential security interests.
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C.
GATT Article XIX
GATT Article XIX is the safeguard provision in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that allows countries to temporarily restrict imports to protect domestic industries from serious injury caused by sudden import surges.
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D.
Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods
Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods is the core WTO legal framework governing international trade in goods, encompassing key agreements such as the GATT 1994 and various sectoral and rules-based trade disciplines.
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E.
Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WTO legal instrument
ⓘ
supplementary legal text ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | World Trade Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
WTO Members’ measures affecting trade in services
ⓘ
trade in services ⓘ |
| authenticTextStatus | equally authentic in English, French and Spanish ⓘ |
| basedOn | Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bindingOn | all WTO Members ⓘ |
| citation | Annexes to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clarifies |
application of GATS general obligations to specific sectors
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conditions for temporary entry and stay of natural persons supplying services ⓘ limitations on coverage of air transport services ⓘ prudential measures in financial services ⓘ regulatory safeguards in telecommunications ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce | 1995 ⓘ |
| function |
clarify disciplines on regulatory issues in services trade
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provide detailed rules for specific service sectors ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | multilateral ⓘ |
| includes |
Annex on Air Transport Services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Annex on Article II Exemptions NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Financial Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Financial Services Second Annex ⓘ Annex on Maritime Transport Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Movement of Natural Persons Supplying Services Under the Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Negotiations on Maritime Transport Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Telecommunications NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on the Movement of Natural Persons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalNature | binding on WTO Members ⓘ |
| modeOfSupplyCovered |
commercial presence
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consumption abroad ⓘ cross-border supply ⓘ presence of natural persons ⓘ |
| negotiatedDuring | Uruguay Round NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
General Agreement on Trade in Services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Trade Organization legal framework ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
GATS MFN exemptions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GATS schedules of specific commitments ⓘ |
| scope | specific service sectors and modes of supply ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
market access conditions for services
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most-favoured-nation treatment exemptions in services ⓘ national treatment disciplines in services ⓘ regulatory transparency in services ⓘ sector-specific disciplines in services ⓘ |
| usedBy |
WTO Appellate Body
NERFINISHED
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WTO dispute settlement panels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: GATS Annexes Description of subject: The GATS Annexes are supplementary legal texts to the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services that provide detailed rules and disciplines for specific service sectors and regulatory issues.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
GATS Annex on Financial Services
this entity surface form:
GATS Annex on Financial Services