WTO Analytical Index - Guide to WTO Law and Practice

Third edition (2012)

The Analytical Index is an edited compendium of key materials from the entire work of the WTO as an organization, arranged by topic and set into context by introductory summaries or remarks. Its coverage includes panel and Appellate Body reports, arbitral decisions and awards, and decisions and other significant activities of WTO Committees, Councils, and other WTO bodies.  

This edition of the WTO Analytical Index has been updated to reflect developments in WTO law and practice up to 30 September 2011. The previous edition of the Analytical Index was updated to cover panel and Appellate Body reports adopted up to the end of 2004. More than 120 new dispute settlement reports, awards and decisions totalling well over 30,000 pages have been circulated since the previous edition. WTO Committees have also been very active during this period, generating numerous decisions on a range of issues.

Many of the chapters in the third edition have been substantially updated and revised to reflect the considerable amount of new jurisprudence and other material developed since the end of 2004, including but not limited to the chapters on the WTO Agreement, the GATT 1994, the SPS Agreement, the TBT Agreement, the Anti-Dumping Agreement, the Customs Valuation Agreement, the SCM Agreement, and the Agreement on Government Procurement. The chapter on the DSU (which also covers the Working Procedures for Appellate Review and the Rules of Conduct) has nearly doubled in length from the previous editions, and includes many new tables as well as a new section covering principles and concepts of general international law invoked in WTO dispute settlement.

 

Second edition (2004)

The WTO Analytical Index is the authoritative guide to the interpretation and application of findings and decisions of WTO panels, the WTO Appellate Body and other WTO bodies. These official reports are part of the trade dispute settlement system, which is administered by the WTO and which rules on trade disputes brought by its 149 Members. The book assists anyone working with WTO disputes to make a link between the findings for each case and specific articles in the WTO Agreements. This is a unique work produced by the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO Secretariat with inputs from other Divisions of the Secretariat and the Appellate Body Secretariat. The second edition of the WTO Analytical Index covers developments in WTO law and practice through to the end of December 2004.


- Each of the WTO Agreements is described clearly by specialists for the benefit of the reader
- Chronological listing of the WTO disputes which have been dealt with under each Agreement provides comprehensive context
- Covers huge area in detail - there are over 30 WTO Agreements, Decisions and Declarations within the body of agreements which constitute the Results of the Uruguay Round

Contents

Volume 1: Introduction; Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization; General Interpretative Note to Annex 1A; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; Agreement on Agriculture; Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; Agreement on Textiles and Clothing; Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures; Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; Agreement on Preshipment Inspection; Agreement on Rules of Origin.

Volume 2: Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures; Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures; Agreement on Safeguards; General Agreement on Trade in Services; Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes; Trade Policy Review Mechanism; Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft; Agreement on Government Procurement; International Dairy Agreement; International Bovine Meat Agreement.
 

First edition (2003)

The first edition of the WTO Analytical Index provides a guide to the interpretation and application of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ('WTO Agreement'), drawing on the jurisprudence of panel, Appellate Body and arbitration reports, and on decisions of WTO bodies. The material covers the period 1 January 1995 to 30 June 2001. It is expected that this material will be updated with annual supplements. Although this new volume does not incorporate the material contained in the GATT Analytical Index: Guide to GATT Law and Practice, Updated 6th Edition (1995), appropriate cross-references are made to this earlier work.

The material is organized into 22 chapters with a separate chapter for each of the Agreements. Within each chapter, there are sections organized on an article by article basis.

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