ACCESSIONS
Vanuatu
This page gathers key information on Vanuatu's negotiations to join the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ. Vanuatu became the 157th °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Member on 24 August 2012.
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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ accession process in brief
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Vanuatu's Timeline
I. Overview | |||||||
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Application received | 07/06/1995 | ![]() |
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Accession Working Party established | 11/07/1995 | ![]() |
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Terms of reference & accession Working Party membership | 23/04/1996 | ![]() ![]() |
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Chairperson of the Accession Working Party | |||||||
2011 |
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1st | 07/1996 — 10/ 2001 | ![]() |
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Formal Meetings of the Working Party | Date of the meeting | Convening notice/fax | Statement(s) by the Head of the Delegation | Statement(s) by Working Party members | Delegation list | Other documents for the meeting | News item |
1st | 03/07/1996 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2nd | 02/05/2011 | — | — | — | — | News item | |
Informal Meetings of the Working Party | Date of the meeting | Convening fax | Statement(s) by the Head of the Delegation | ||||
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Plurilateral Meetings | Date of the meeting | Convening fax | Statement(s) by the Head of the Delegation | ||||
— | — | — | II. Multilateral Negotiations | ||||
Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) | 30/11/1995 | ![]() |
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Initial cycle(s) of Questions and Replies, following the circulation of the MFTR | 09/05/1996 | ![]() |
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13/05/1996 | ![]() |
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27/10/1997 | ![]() |
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11/05/1998 | ![]() ![]() |
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Factual Summary of Points Raised | — | — | |||||
Additional Questions & Replies | — | — | |||||
Elements of a Draft Report of the Working Party | — | — | |||||
Draft Report of the Working Party | 22/09/1999 | ![]() |
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~revised | 03/11/2010 | ![]() ![]() |
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~revised | 16/10/2001 | ![]() ![]() |
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~revised | 11/05/2011 | ![]() |
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Agriculture (WT/ACC/22/Add.1), including Questions and Replies | 22/09/1999 | ![]() ![]() |
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SPS Checklist (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | — | — | |||||
TBT Checklist (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | 16/03/2001 | ![]() |
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TRIPS Questionnaire (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | — | — | |||||
Import Licensing Procedures Questionnaire (WT/ACC/22 + revisions) | — | — | |||||
Customs Valuation Checklist (WT/ACC/22 + revisions) | — | — | |||||
State-Trading Questionnaire (WT/ACC/22 + revisions) | — | — | |||||
Draft Subsidies Notification (WT/ACC/22/Add.2) | — | — | |||||
Comprehensive Legislative Action Plan (LAP) | 03/11/2010 | ![]() ![]() |
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Rule-specific Action Plans | — | — | |||||
Legislation and implementing regulations | Click for details | Legislation notice | Notified legislation | ||||
11/05/1998 | ![]() |
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26/11/1998 | ![]() |
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22/09/1999 | ![]() |
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30/09/1999 | ![]() |
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15/10/1999 | ![]() |
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15/02/2001 | ![]() |
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18/06/2001 | ![]() |
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10/10/2001 | ![]() |
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12/10/1999 | ![]() |
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03/11/2010 | ![]() |
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25/11/2010 | ![]() |
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26/11/2010 | ![]() |
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15/03/2011 | ![]() |
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27/04/2011 | ![]() |
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02/05/2011 | ![]() |
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Consultation documents | Click for details | Consultation notice | Notified consultation document | ||||
10/07/1996 | ![]() |
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25/05/1998 | ![]() |
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11/05/1998 | ![]() |
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12/10/1999 | ![]() |
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03/09/1998 | ![]() |
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29/05/1996 | ![]() |
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12/10/2001 | ![]() |
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15/04/2011 | ![]() |
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21/04/2011 | ![]() |
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09/11/1999 | ![]() ![]() |
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19/07/2011 | ![]() |
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III. Bilateral Market Access Negotiations | ||||
Goods Offer(s) | 03/11/1997 | ![]() ![]() |
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Services Offer(s) | 03/11/1997 | ![]() ![]() |
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Register of Bilateral Market Access Agreements | |||||||
Draft Goods Schedule | 03/11/2010 | ![]() |
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~revised | 11/05/2011 | ![]() |
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Draft Services Schedule | 03/11/2010 | ![]() |
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~revised | 11/05/2011 | ![]() |
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Goods and Services Technical Verification Meetings | — | — | IV. Summary of Final Meeting of the Working Party | ||||
— | — | — | V. Accession Package (“Terms of Accession”, de-restricted) | ||||
Ministerial Conference/General Council Decision on the Accession | 26/10/2011 | ![]() |
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Protocol of Accession | 26/10/2011 | ![]() |
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Report of the Working Party | 11/05/2011 | ![]() |
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Goods Schedule (Schedule of Concessions and Commitments Annexed to the GATT 1994) | 11/05/2011 | ![]() |
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Services Schedule (Schedule of Specific Commitments Annexed to the GATS) | 11/05/2011 | ![]() |
VI. Accessions Commitments Database (ACDB) | ||||
Specific Accession Commitments | ![]() |
VII. Instrument of Acceptance | |||||
Notification of Acceptance and Entry Into Force of the Protocol of Accession | 25/07/2012 | ![]() |
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VIII. Date of Membership | |||
24/08/2012 | ![]() |
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IX. Since 1995, this is the… | ||||
29th economy that joined the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ pursuant to Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement. |
Note:
The de-restriction of documents is a key component of the transparency obligations of the Multilateral Trading System. Paragraphs 1 and 2(e) of the Ministerial Council Decision WT/L/452 of 14 May 2002 provide that “documents relating to working parties on accession shall be restricted and shall be automatically de-restricted upon the adoption of the report of the working party” by the Ministerial Conference/General Council. The time of completion of the de-restriction process depends on the amount and complexities of the documents involved. Prior to 2002, the de-restriction of accession-related documents was governed by a different set of rules (i.e. General Council Decision WT/L/160/Rev.1 of 26 July 1996), which only affect documents circulated prior to 2002.