Article III of GATT 1994

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Article III of GATT 1994 is a core provision of the WTO legal framework that establishes the national treatment obligation, requiring WTO members to treat imported products no less favorably than like domestic products in respect of internal taxation and regulation.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO law provision ⓘ
treaty provision ⓘ
appliesTo domestic products ⓘ
imported products ⓘ
bindingOn WTO members ⓘ
concerns internal taxes and other internal charges ⓘ
laws regulations and requirements affecting internal sale offering for sale purchase transportation distribution or use ⓘ
corePrinciple non-discrimination ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo border measures such as customs duties ⓘ
enteredIntoForceWith WTO Agreement in 1995 ⓘ
establishes national treatment obligation ⓘ
hasParagraph Article III:1 ⓘ
Article III:10 ⓘ
Article III:11 ⓘ
Article III:12 ⓘ
Article III:2 ⓘ
Article III:3 ⓘ
Article III:4 ⓘ
Article III:5 ⓘ
Article III:6 ⓘ
Article III:7 ⓘ
Article III:8 ⓘ
Article III:9 ⓘ
hasShortName GATT Article III ⓘ
interpretedBy WTO Appellate Body ⓘ
WTO panels ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect creates enforceable obligations in WTO dispute settlement ⓘ
legalSystem World Trade Organization legal framework ⓘ
objective to prevent protectionism through internal measures ⓘ
originatesFrom Article III of GATT 1947 ⓘ
partOf GATT 1994 ⓘ
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
prohibits higher internal taxes on imported products than on like domestic products ⓘ
internal taxes applied so as to afford protection to domestic production ⓘ
less favorable treatment of imported products than like domestic products in respect of internal regulation ⓘ
provides exceptions for government procurement ⓘ
exceptions for subsidies and government support of domestic producers ⓘ
regulates internal regulation ⓘ
internal taxation ⓘ
relatedPrinciple most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
relatedTo Article I of GATT 1994 ⓘ
Article XX of GATT 1994 ⓘ
requires treatment of imported products no less favorable than like domestic products ⓘ
scope internal measures applied to products after importation ⓘ
setsOut general principle of national treatment on internal taxation and regulation ⓘ
subjectMatter national treatment on internal taxation and regulation ⓘ

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Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade → category → GATT rules on border measures ⓘ
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United States – Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline → legalProvisionInvoked → GATT 1994 Article III:4 ⓘ
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China – Measures Affecting Imports of Automobile Parts → WTOAgreementInvoked → GATT 1994 Article III ⓘ
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GATT 1994 Article V → relatedTo → GATT 1994 Article III ⓘ
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