LIST OF OFFICIAL MATERIAL RELATING TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE SIXTH EDITION - JULY 1954-

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1 LIST OF OFFICIAL MATERIAL RELATING TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE SIXTH EDITION - JULY The Text of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 2 The Geneva, Annecy and Torquay Schedules: the Consolidated Schedules. 3 Reports on the Development and Operation of the GATT 4- Other Reports published by the Contracting Parties 5 Basic Instruments and Selected Documents of the Contracting Parties 6 Documents issued on behalf of the Contracting Fart ies,, The International Trade News Bulletin 8 Mimeographed Information Papers 8 Note: All publications quoted in dollar prices may be obtained for equivalent amounts in other currencies from United Nations Sales Agents. Page Requests for copies of this list and for additional information should be sent to the Information Officer, GATT secretariat, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. M3T/12/54

2 - 2 - THE TEXT OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE (GATT) The text of the GATT was originally published by the United Nations in 1947 as the first of four volumes, the other three containing the Schedules of the Geneva tariff concessions. These volumes are available in English or French from United Nations Sales Agents, $5.00 the set. Since that time the text of the Agreement has been revised in part, by means of protocols. The up-to-date text of the GATT, containing all revisions, is published by the GATT secretariat in Basic Instruments and Selected Documents of the Contracting Parties, Volume I. See page 6 of this Checklist. The text of the GATT as amended to January 1950, is also available in English from the U.S. Department of State: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Amended Text) and Texts of Related Documents. Department of State Publication February The amended-text-is also-available-in- English.from-H.M. Stationery Office: Provisional Consolidated Text of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and-texts of Related Documents. Cmd, September Price: ls.6d. The French text of the GATT as amended is available' from the Imprimerie Nationale, Par is '. -Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce. Imprimerie Nationale ; 1950, No. J.H 'Two governments have published up-to-date texts of the GATT in the Spanish language, The Government of the Dominican Republic published the text in the Gaceta Oficial, No, 7117, Cuidad Trujillo, 29 April The Government of Uruguay published the text in the Diario Oficial, No , Montevideo, 19 December 1953.

3 - 3 - THE GENEVA, ANNECY AND TORQUAY SCHEDULES: THE CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULES The Schedules to the GATT record the bound rates of customs duties resulting from the concessions negotiated by the Governments, which are now contracting parties to the GATT, at the Geneva (1947), Annecy (1949) and Torquay ( ) tariff conferences. The three sets of schedules resulting from these conferences, which are annexed to the Agreement and to the Annecy and Torquay Protocols, together with the rectifications and modifications which have been made effective through Various protocols, up to and including those agreed at the Sixth Session; have been consolidated in a single text, namely The Consolidated Schedules of Tariff Concessions. The Consolidated Schedules of Tariff Concessions were published by the Contracting Parties in January 1952, There are 5 volumes, obtainable from United Nations Sales Agents, Price: $15.00 per set of 5 volumes, English or French. (GATT/1952-l)i (The complete Consolidated Schedules, together with the up-to-date text of the GATT, were published in German by the Bundesministerium fur Wirtschaft, Bonn, in Deutsches Handelsarehiv, 2 Oktober heft 1952.) The Schedules of the tariff concessions negotiated at Geneva in 1947 and incorporated in the Agreement are contained in Volumes II, III and IV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade published by the United Nations in 1947, as stated on page 2, English or French, Price: $5.00. ( ), The Annecy Schedules of Tariff Concessions and the Annecy Protocol of Terms of Accession are contained in a similar volume published by ICIT0 in 1949, and obtainable from United Nations Sales Agents, Price: $1,50, English or French. (GATT/1949-1). The Torquay Schedules of Tariff Concessions and the Torquay Protocol are contained in a similar volume published by"the Contracting Parties in 1951, and obtainable from United Nations Sales Agents, Price: $7.00. English or French. (GATT/1951-1).

4 - 4 - REPORTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AMD OPERATION OF THE GATT The following publications provide accounts of the work of the Contracting Parties to the GATT and place the operation of the GATT in the general perspective of world irade; all are available in English or French, and are obtainable from the secretariat or through United Nations Sales Agents. The Attack:on Trade Barriers: A progress report on the operation of the GATT from January 1948 to August pages. September Price: $0.15. (GATT/1949-2). Spanish and German editions obtainable from the secretariat only. The English edition is_out_of print. Liberating World Trade: Second report on the operation of the GATT. 29 pages. June Price: $0.25. (GATT/1950-2). Spanish and German editions obtainable from the secretariat only. GATT in Action: Third report on the operation of the GATT. 32 pages. February 1952, In addition there is a 12-page outline of the provisions of the GATT, explaining the salient points of each Article. Price: $0.50. (GATT/1952-2). Spanish edition available through the Consejo Interamericano de Comercio y Produccion, Montevideo^ Uruguay; or from the secretariat. German edition obtainable from the secretariat"." International Trade, 1952:- The first of a series of annual reports which presents the work of the" Contracting Parties against a comprehensive account of the main developments in international trade from 1948 to 1952, with extensive ( r statistical material.- Part One analyzes the structure of world trade in recent years. Part Two reviews the main developments in governmental action - tariffs, quota restrictions, subsidies and so forth, affecting the movement of world trade. Part Three describes the work of the Contracting Parties during 1952 and indicates some of the problems that lie ahead in :124 pages. June Price $1.50. (GATT/1953-2). International Trade, 1953: The second annual report, which follows the same pattern as the first annual report (see above). Part One analyzes developments since the Korean War in the structure of world trade; Part Two

5 - 5 - reviews the main developments in governmental action; Part Three describes the recent activities of the Contracting Parties and indicates the subjects likely to come up for discussion in pages. June Price $1.50. (GATT/l954-3). OTHER REPORTS PUBLISHED BY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES The following reports have been published by the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement. They are listed in date order of publication. All are available in English or French and are obtainable from the secretariat or through United Nations Sales Agents, unless otherwise stated. First Report by tho Contracting Parties on the Discriminatory Application of Import Restrictions under the Transition Period Arrangements of Article XIV. 28 pages. March Price $0.25. (GATT/ ). T^e_Engli_sh_edi_tion_is out ofjprintj. The Use of Quantitative Restrictions for Protective and other Commercial Purposes. 18 pages. July Price: $0.15. (GATT/1950-3). The_ English edition ls_out_of p_rint_. Standard Practices for Import and Export Restrictions and Exchange Controls, 4 pages. December Obtainable free from the secretariat. Also available in Spanish. The Use of Quantitative Restrictions to Safeguard Balances of Payments, incorporating the Second Report on the Discriminatory Application of Import Restrictions. 37 pages. November Price: $0.70. (GATT/1951-2). Report of a Withdrawal by the United States of a Tariff Concession under article XIX of the GATT. (Women's Fur Felt Hats and Hat Bodies). 41 pages. November Price: $0.35. (GATT/1951-3). Third Report on the Discriminatory application of Import Restrictions, incorporating a Report on the Consultations in 1952 on the Continuance of Discrimination. 28 pages. November Price: $0.25. (GATT/1952-5).

6 - G - Standard Practices for Documentary Requirements for the Importation of Goodso 4 pages» December 1952 Obtainable free from the secretariate Also available in Spanisïu Standard Practices for Consular Formalities^, 4 pages. December Obtainable free from -one secretariat,. Also available in Spanish. International Convent.1 on to Facilitate the Importation of Commercial Samples and Advertising, Haterial, 10 page;;* February Mimeographed, Obtainable free from the secrétariat A New Proposal for the Reduction of Customs Tariffs. A popular explanation of the French plan for tariff reduction, which was completed at the Eighth Session and submitted to governments. 16 pages* January 1954, Prices $0 o 15 (GATT/1954-l). German edition entitled Ein neuer Vorschlag zur Senkung der Zôlle, obtainable from the Deutscher Bundes-Verlag. Bonn,, Price DM 1. BASIC INSTRUMENTS ATO SELECTED DOCUMENTS: VOLUMES I AND II,.AND SUPPLEMENTS Two volumes containing a compilation of documentary material were published by the secretariat in May Volume Ij entitled^ Text of the.agreement and Other Instruments and Procedures, contains the texts of the General Agreement, i-he Annecy and Torquay Protocols; thj Protocol of Provisional Application, and the Final Acts of Geneva and Torquay. It also contains the Rules of Procedure for Sessions of the Contracting Parties (including procedures for intersessional meetings), Procedures for Tariff Negotiations, and lxsts of all the Protocols and the signatories thereto. Volume II contains selected Decisions, Declarations, Resolutions, Rulings and Reports of the Contracting Parties, as well as Reports of Working Parties 0

7 - 7 - These two volumes are obtainable in English or French from the secretariat or through United Nations Sales Agents: Volume I, 139 pages. Price: $1.50; Volume II, 228 pages, Pricej $2.00 (GATT/ and 4 respectively.) Two Supplements have been published. The First Supplement, published in March 1953, contains important Decisions, Resolutions, Recommendations and Working Party Reports which were adopted by the Contracting Parties between May and October The Second Supplement, published in January 1954, contains similar material for the period November 1952 to December Both Supplements are obtainable in English or French. First Supplement. 109 pages. Price: $1.50. (GATT/l953-l). Second Supplement. 121 pages. Price: $1.50. (GATT/1954-2). DOCUMENTS ISSUED ON BEHALF OF TEE CONTRACTING PARTIES Most of the documents issued during the Sessions of the Contracting Parties are derestricted a certain time after the end of each Session. Other documents pertaining to no particular Session or Issued between Sessions are also derestricted from time to time. The derestricted documents may be consulted at the headquarters of the GATT secretariat, Geneva, or at the United Nations Reference Library, New York. (^mong the documents which are not derestricted are all summary records and working papers.) The Decisions, Declarations and Resolutions of the Contracting Parties at their Sessions are usually derestricted at the close of each Session. ALL the Decisions, Declarations and Resolutions of the first eight Sessions have been derestricted. In respect of each Session, a mimeographed paper setting out the Decisions, etc., taken at that Session is available on request from the secretariat. The Decisions, etc., from the First to the Sixth Sessions inclusive, are reproduced in Basic Instruments and Selected Documents, Volume II (see previous page); the Decisions taken at the Seventh Session are reproduced in the First Supplement, and those taken at the Eighth Session in the Second Supplement.

8 - 8 - THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS BULLETIN The International Trade News Bulletin is published monthly by the secretariat of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and is obtainable on a subscription basis. The Trade News Bulletin is primarily a record of news reports on items related to the operation of the General Agreement. The Bulletin provides information concerning developments in commercial policy on a world-wide basis. It lists changes in customs tariffs, import duties and export duties and quantitative controls on imports and exports. The Bulletin also lists new trade agreements and other intergovernmental trade arrangements, for which a separate index is issued. An index to the Bulletin (excluding trade agreements) is issued annually. Persons or organizations wishing to obtain the Bulletin should request a specimen copy (English or French) and subscription form from the Gatt secretariat, Villa le Chêne, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. The cost of subscribing for one year post free is 12 Swiss francs (or 3 dollars U.S., or 1 pound sterling, whichever is convenient). The extra cost of airmail postage to countries outside Europe will be quoted on request. MIMEpGRAPHED INFORMATION PAPERS The following are available from the secretariat free of charge: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; what it is and what it has done. In French, L'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce: Ses Buts et ses Réalisations. 12 pages. In Spanish, El Acuerdo general sobre Aranceles y Comercio: Que es y que has hecho. 15 pages. An Outline of the Provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Mso in French, Analyse des Dispositions de l'accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce. 12 pages. GATT Bibliography: A list of books, pamphlets, articles in periodicals, newspaper reports and editorials, and miscellaneous items including texts of lectures, which refer to the GATT. 40 pages. English only.