Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation)

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Article III (National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation) is a core provision of the GATT that requires WTO members to treat imported products no less favorably than like domestic products in respect of internal taxes and regulations, thereby preventing protectionist use of domestic measures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf GATT provision ⓘ
WTO law concept ⓘ
adoptedIn 1947 ⓘ
appliesTo World Trade Organization members ⓘ
internal regulations affecting imported and domestic products ⓘ
internal taxes on imported and domestic products ⓘ
authenticLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
bindingOn all WTO members through GATT 1994 ⓘ
contains Article III:1 ⓘ
Article III:2 ⓘ
Article III:4 ⓘ
Article III:5 ⓘ
Article III:8 ⓘ
covers internal charges ⓘ
internal distribution measures ⓘ
internal taxes ⓘ
internal transportation measures ⓘ
laws affecting the internal sale of products ⓘ
regulations affecting the internal sale of products ⓘ
requirements affecting the internal sale of products ⓘ
field multilateral trading system ⓘ
incorporatedInto Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization via GATT 1994 ⓘ
interpretedBy WTO Appellate Body ⓘ
WTO panels ⓘ
keyConcept directly competitive or substitutable products ⓘ
less favorable treatment ⓘ
like products ⓘ
national treatment ⓘ
protection of domestic production ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea international trade law ⓘ
legalStatus multilateral treaty obligation ⓘ
notAppliesTo border tariffs ⓘ
customs duties ⓘ
objective to secure equality of competitive opportunities between imported and domestic products ⓘ
partOf GATT 1947 ⓘ
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
prohibits internal measures applied so as to afford protection to domestic production ⓘ
purpose to ensure national treatment for imported products in respect of internal taxation and regulation ⓘ
to prevent protectionist use of internal taxes and regulations ⓘ
to protect expectations of competitive conditions for imported products ⓘ
relatedTo Article I (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) ⓘ
Article XX (General Exceptions) ⓘ
requires treatment of imported products no less favorable than like domestic products ⓘ
setsOut general principle that internal measures should not afford protection to domestic production ⓘ

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