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TEXT OF THE AGREEMENTS

Official citations

The official citations for the GATT are: TIAS 1700; 55 UNTS 194. Its Protocol of Provisional Application is located at TIAS 1700; 55 UNTS 308.

The WTO agreement has been published in several volumes of UNTS -- 1867, 1868, and 1869. Consult these volumes for the exact pages that you need.

Sources for the text of GATT and WTO Agreements

• Text of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Geneva: GATT, 1986) [INTL KZ5185 1986].
  
  
• Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round (Geneva: GATT, 1993) [INTL KZ5185 1987 .A3 1993].
  
  
• Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (BISD) (Geneva: GATT, 1953-) [INTL KZ5185 .A4 1947]. Also available on CD-ROM in INTL Media.
  
  
• Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Negotiations: The Legal Texts (Geneva: GATT, 1994) [INTL REF KZ5185 1987.A4 G44 1994].
  
  
• 33 International Legal Materials 1 (1994). [INTL KZ64 .I58].
  
  
• Lexis (ITRADE; GATT). If you are using the web version, select "International Trade" from the Source Directory.
  
  
• Westlaw (IEL database). If you are using the web version, select "International/Worldwide Materials" from the Directory, then click on "Multi-National Materials" and then click on "Legislation."
  
  
• WTO web site
  
• Results of the Uruguay Round CD-ROM [INTL Media].

Implementing Legislation

Uruguay Round Agreements Act , Pub. L. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809 (1994), 19 USC 3501. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see "Short Title" note in the code.

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Revised August 2005