Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement

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Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement is the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, which sets out the legal framework and procedures for resolving trade disputes between World Trade Organization members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO agreement annex ⓘ
dispute settlement agreement ⓘ
international legal instrument ⓘ
administeredBy World Trade Organization ⓘ
adoptedAt Marrakesh ⓘ
adoptedBy Ministers of governments participating in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations ⓘ
adoptedOn 1994-04-15 ⓘ
appliesTo WTO Members ⓘ
appliesToAgreement GATS ⓘ
GATT 1994 ⓘ
TRIPS Agreement ⓘ
other WTO covered agreements ⓘ
citation Annex 2 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
containsProvisionOn arbitration under Article 25 ⓘ
confidentiality of panel and Appellate Body deliberations ⓘ
good offices, conciliation and mediation ⓘ
non-violation complaints ⓘ
sequencing of Article 21 and Article 22 procedures ⓘ
sequencing of compliance and retaliation ⓘ
special and differential treatment for developing country Members in dispute settlement ⓘ
standard terms of reference for panels ⓘ
surveillance of implementation by the Dispute Settlement Body ⓘ
third-party rights in panel proceedings ⓘ
timeframes for dispute settlement stages ⓘ
decisionMakingRule negative consensus for adoption of panel and Appellate Body reports ⓘ
negative consensus for authorization of suspension of concessions ⓘ
definesBody Appellate Body ⓘ
linked to: WTO Appellate Body

Dispute Settlement Body ⓘ
arbitrators ⓘ
panels ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1995-01-01 ⓘ
establishes Dispute Settlement Body ⓘ
governsProcedure appellate review ⓘ
compensation and suspension of concessions ⓘ
consultations between WTO Members ⓘ
establishment of panels ⓘ
implementation of rulings and recommendations ⓘ
panel proceedings ⓘ
hasArticleCount 27 articles ⓘ
hasPurpose to establish rules and procedures for the settlement of disputes between WTO Members ⓘ
to provide security and predictability to the multilateral trading system ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalNature binding on all WTO Members ⓘ
officialName Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ⓘ
partOf Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
replaced GATT 1947 dispute settlement practices ⓘ
scope disputes arising under the WTO covered agreements ⓘ
shortName DSU ⓘ
Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ

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DSB → establishedBy → Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement ⓘ
Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement → citation → Annex 2 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
linked to: Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement
PSI Agreement → partOf → Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization annexed agreements ⓘ
linked to: Annex 2 of the WTO Agreement