GATT 1994 Article V

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GATT 1994 Article V is a core WTO provision that guarantees freedom of transit for goods across members’ territories, prohibiting unjustified restrictions and discrimination in transit routes and charges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf GATT article ⓘ
WTO legal provision ⓘ
allows charges for transportation or administrative expenses in transit ⓘ
reasonable conditions for transit for safety or administrative reasons ⓘ
appliesTo goods in transit ⓘ
means of transport in transit ⓘ
transit through the territory of WTO members ⓘ
beneficiaries WTO members ⓘ
bindingOn all WTO members ⓘ
citationForm Article V of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
linked to: GATT 1994 Article V
enteredIntoForceWith Marrakesh Agreement 1995 ⓘ
linked to: Marrakesh Agreement
guarantees freedom of transit ⓘ
interpretedBy WTO dispute settlement bodies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect creates binding obligations on WTO members ⓘ
legalSystem World Trade Organization law ⓘ
linked to: WTO agreements
objective to ensure freedom of transit through the territory of WTO members ⓘ
to prevent disguised restrictions on international trade via transit measures ⓘ
partOf General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
predecessor GATT 1947 Article V ⓘ
linked to: GATT 1994 Article V
prohibits discrimination in transit charges ⓘ
discrimination in transit routes ⓘ
unnecessary delays in transit ⓘ
unnecessary restrictions on transit ⓘ
unreasonable restrictions on traffic in transit ⓘ
regulates conditions of passage for goods in transit ⓘ
transit through routes most convenient for international transit ⓘ
relatedTo GATT 1994 Article I ⓘ
GATT 1994 Article III ⓘ
cross-border transport ⓘ
landlocked countries’ access to the sea ⓘ
trade facilitation ⓘ
requires most-favoured-nation treatment for traffic in transit ⓘ
national treatment for traffic in transit with respect to charges and regulations ⓘ
non-discriminatory transit regulations ⓘ
non-discriminatory treatment between traffic in transit to or from different WTO members ⓘ
publication of transit regulations and charges in a transparent manner ⓘ
reasonable transit charges ⓘ
scope transit across the territory of one or more WTO members ⓘ
transit to or from the territory of other WTO members ⓘ
subjectMatter freedom of transit ⓘ
transit of goods ⓘ

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Russia – Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit (DS512) → agreementInvoked → GATT 1994 ⓘ
linked to: GATT 1994 Article V
DS512 → legalBasisInvoked → GATT 1994 Article V ⓘ
GATT 1994 Article V → predecessor → GATT 1947 Article V ⓘ
linked to: GATT 1994 Article V
GATT 1994 Article V → citationForm → Article V of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ
linked to: GATT 1994 Article V