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Background

A training Seminar on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Accessions Rules will take place from 4 to 15 February 2019 in Geneva. The Course is a "Level 2" specialized training activity implemented within the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ progressive learning framework⁽¹⁾ and it represents the second level of learning among °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ training activities. The objectives of the Seminar are to:

1. Review the accession acquis on Accession Protocols;
2. Provide in-depth explanations of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ legal disciplines at issue in each section of a Working Party Report (which also generally mirrors the structure of a Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime);
3. Familiarize participants with accession-specific documents that relate to certain °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ disciplines and that acceding Governments must complete, e.g. TBT Checklist, TRIPS Questionnaire, and Legislative Action Plans which summarize how acceding governments will develop °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ-consistent legal regimes;
4. Enhance the participants' knowledge of the content of recurring/typical commitment paragraphs contained in Article XII Members' Working Party Reports and how they relate to the legal disciplines at issue in those sections;
5. Prepare the participants for negotiations with Members concerning such commitment paragraphs;
6. Provide training on treaty interpretation, i.e. how commitment paragraphs are interpreted in the dispute settlement context; and
7. Expose the participants to Panel and Appellate Body Reports interpreting commitment paragraphs in Accession Protocols.

This Seminar will be delivered through a mix of lectures, interactive exercises, case-studies, and peer learning.

Programme

Please find attached the latest programme and presentations.

Notes:

1. For further details about the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ Progressive Learning Strategy, see the Biennial Technical Assistance and Training Plan 2018-2019 (WT/COMTD/W/227/Rev.1).  The TA Plan can also be accessed at here. back to text