Article III:8

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Article III:8 is a provision of the GATT 1994 that sets out specific exceptions to the national treatment obligations on internal taxation and regulation, particularly for government procurement and subsidies.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf exception clause
provision of the GATT 1994
provision of the GATT 1994
provision of the GATT 1994
provision of the GATT 1994
adoptedIn GATT 1947
appliesIn trade in goods
appliesTo national treatment on internal taxation and regulation
bindingOn WTO Members
carriedOverTo GATT 1994
citationForm GATT 1994, Article III:8
governs scope of national treatment disciplines for certain governmental measures
hasKeyword government procurement exception
internal regulation
internal taxation
national treatment
subsidy exception
hasLegalNature exception to obligations rather than an independent obligation
hasPurpose to allow screen quotas for the exhibition of cinematograph films
to exclude certain government procurement from the application of Article III
to exclude the payment of subsidies from the application of Article III under specified conditions
to set out specific exceptions to national treatment obligations on internal taxation and regulation
hasSection Article III:8(a)
Article III:8(b)
Article III:8(c)
interpretedBy WTO dispute settlement bodies
interpretedIn WTO Appellate Body reports
WTO panel reports
language English
French
Spanish
legalEffect limits the scope of national treatment obligations in Article III
legalSystem World Trade Organization law
partOf Article III of GATT 1994
Article III:8
Article III:8
Article III:8
GATT 1994
relatedTo Article III:1 of GATT 1994
Article III:2 of GATT 1994
Article III:4 of GATT 1994
relatesTo cinematograph films
government procurement
government procurement
internal regulations
internal taxes
payment of subsidies
subsidies
subjectMatter internal measures affecting imported and domestic products

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