Annex 5. Documentation and Timeline for Completed Accessions

ANNEX 5. DOCUMENTATION AND TIMELINE FOR COMPLETED ACCESSIONS

5.1 Working Party Reports - Completed Accessions

In the order in which these were adopted.

Working Party Report / Goods Schedule / Services Schedule
1. / Ecuador / WT/L/77 & Corr.1 / Add.1 & Add.1/Corr.1, 2 / Add.2
2. / Bulgaria / WT/ACC/BGR/5 & Corr.1 / Add.1 / Add.2
3.- / Mongolia / WT/ACC/MNG/9 & Corr.1 / Add.1 & Add.1/Corr.1 / Add.2
4. / Panama / WT/ACC/PAN/19 & Corr.1 / Add.1 / Add.2
5. / KyrgyzRepublic / WT/ACC/KGZ/26 & Corr.1 / Add.1 / Add.2
6. / Latvia / WT/ACC/LVA/32 / Add.1 & Add.1/Corr.1 / Add.2
7. / Estonia / WT/ACC/EST/28 / Add.1 / Add.2 & Add.2/Corr.1
8. / Jordan / WT/ACC/JOR/33 & Corr. 1 / Add.1 / Add.2
9. / Georgia / WT/ACC/GEO/31 / Add.1 / Add.2
10. / Albania / WT/ACC/ALB/51 & Corr.1 / Add.1 / Add.2 & Add.2/ Corr.1, 2
11. / Oman / WT/ACC/OMN/26 / Add.1 / Add.2
12. / Croatia / WT/ACC/HRV/59 / Add.1 / Add.2 & Add.2/ Corr.1, 2
13. / Lithuania / WT/ACC/LTU/52 / Add.1 & Add.1/Corr.1 / Add.2
14. / Moldova / WT/ACC/MOL/37 & Corr.1-4 / Add.1 / Add.2
15. / China / WT/ACC/CHN/49 & Corr.1
WT/MIN(01)/3 / Add.1
Add.1 / Add.2
Add.2
16. / Chinese Taipei / WT/ACC/TPKM/18
WT/MIN(01)/4 / Add.1
Add.1 / Add.2
Add.2
17. / Armenia / WT/ACC/ARM/23 & Corr.1 / Add.1 / Add.2
18. / FYROM / WT/ACC/807/27 / Add.1 / Add.2
19. / Nepal / WT/ACC/NPL/16
WT/MIN(03)/19 / Add.1 / Add.2
20. / Cambodia / WT/ACC/KHM/21
WT/MIN(03)/18 / Add.1 / Add.2
21. / Saudi Arabia / WT/ACC/SAU/61 / Add.1 / Add.2
22. / Viet Nam / WT/ACC/VNM/48 / Add.1 / Add.2
23. / Tonga / WT/ACC/TON/17
WT/MIN(05)/4 / Add.1 / Add.2

5.2 Timeline for Completed Accessions

In order of date of WTO accession.

Ecuador / Bulgaria / Mongolia / Panama / KyrgyzRepublic
Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo
Application / 09/1992 / 09/1986 / 07/1991 / 08/1991 / 02/1996
Working Party Established / 10/1992 / 02/1990 / 10/1991 / 10/1991 / 04/1996
Memorandum / 05/1993 / 07/1993 / 01/1992 / 06/1993 / 08/1996
1st Meeting of Working Party / 07/1993 / 2 months / 07/1993 / 1 month / 06/1993 / 1 year / 04/1994 / 10 months / 03/1997 / 7 months
5 months
Draft Working Party Report / 10/1994 / 1 year / 05/1994 / 10 months / 12/1994 / 2 years / 05/1996 / 2 years / 04/1998 / 1 year
5 months / 11 months / 11 months / 8 months
Report Adopted by Working Party / 07/1995 / 2 years / 09/1996 / 2 years / 06/1996 / 4 years / 09/1996 / 2 years / 07/1998 / 1 year
2 months / 2 months / 5 months / 3 months / 11 months
Report Adopted by Council / 07/1995 / 2 years / 10/1996 / 3 years / 07/1996 / 4 years / 10/1996 / 3 years / 10/1998 / 2 years
2 months / 3 months / 6 months / 4 months / 2 months
Membership / 01/1996 / 2 years / 12/1996 / 3 years / 01/1997 / 5 years / 09/1997 / 4 years / 12/1998 / 2 years
8 months / 5 months / 3 months / 4 months
Total Time / 3 years 4 months / 10 years 3 months / 5 years 6 months / 5 years 1 month / 2 years 10 months
Latvia / Estonia / Jordan / Georgia / Albania
Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo
Application / 11/1993 / 03/1994 / 01/1994 / 07/1996 / 11/1992
Working Party Established / 12/1993 / 03/1994 / 01/1994 / 07/1996 / 12/1992
Memorandum / 08/1994 / 03/1994 / 10/1994 / 07/1997 / 01/1995
1st Meeting of Working Party / 03/1995 / 7 months / 11/1994 / 8 months / 10/1996 / 2 years / 03/1998 / 11 months / 04/1996 / 1 year
3 months
Draft Working Party Report / 12/1996 / 2 years / 11/1998 / 4 years / 04/1999 / 4 years / 02/1999 / 1 year / 07/1999 / 4 years
4 months / 8 months / 6 months / 10 months / 6 months
Report Adopted by Working Party / 09/1998 / 4 years / 04/1999 / 5 years / 11/1999 / 5 years / 10/1999 / 2 years / 07/2000 / 5 years
1 month / 1 month / 1 month / 6 months / 6 months
Report Adopted by Council / 10/1998 / 4 years / 05/1999 / 5 years / 12/1999 / 5 years / 10/1999 / 2 years / 07/2000 / 5 years
2 months / 2 months / 2 months / 6 months / 6 months
Membership / 02/1999 / 4 years / 11/1999 / 5 years / 04/2000 / 5 years / 06/2000 / 3 years / 09/2000 / 5 years
6 months / 8 months / 6 months / 2 months / 8 months
Total Time / 5 years 3 months / 5 years 8 months / 6 years 4 months / 4 years 1 month / 7 years 10 months
Oman / Croatia / Lithuania / Moldova / China
Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo
Application / 04/1996 / 09/1993 / 01/1994 / 11/1993 / 07/1986
Working Party Established / 06/1996 / 10/1993 / 02/1994 / 12/1993 / 03/1987
Memorandum / 06/1996 / 06/1994 / 12/1994 / 12/1996 / 02/1987
1st Meeting of Working Party / 04/1997 / 10 months / 04/1996 / 1 year / 11/1995 / 11 months / 06/1997 / 6 months / 10/1987 / 8 months
10 months
Draft Working Party Report / 03/1999 / 2 years / 08/1998 / 2 years / 06/1997 / 2 years / 07/1999 / 2 years / 12/1994 / 7 years
9 months / 2 months / 6 months / 7 months / 10 months
Report Adopted by Working Party / 09/2000 / 3 years / 06/2000 / 6 years / 10/2000 / 5 years / 12/2000 / 4 years / 09/2001 / 14 years
3 months / 10 months / 7 months
Report Adopted by Council / 10/2000 / 3 years / 07/2000 / 6 years / 12/2000 / 6 years / 05/2001 / 4 years / 11/2001 / 14 years
4 months / 1 month / 5 months / 9 months
Membership / 11/2000 / 3 years / 11/2000 / 6 years / 05/2001 / 6 years / 07/2001 / 4 years / 12/2001 / 14 years
5 months / 5 months / 5 months / 7 months / 10 months
Total Time / 4 years 7 months / 7 years 2 months / 7 years 5 months / 7 years 4 months / 15 years 5 months
Chinese Taipei / Armenia / FYROM / Nepal / Cambodia / Saudi Arabia
Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo
Application / 01/1992 / 11/1993 / 12/1994 / 05/1989 / 12/1994 / 06/1993
Working Party Established / 09/1992 / 12/1993 / 12/1994 / 06/1989 / 12/1994 / 07/1993
Memorandum / 10/1992 / 04/1995 / 04/1999 / 08/1998 / 06/1999 / 07/1994
1st Meeting of Working Party / 11/1992 / 1 month / 01/1996 / 9 months / 07/2000 / 1 year / 05/2000 / 1 year / 05/2001 / 1 year / 05/1996 / 1 year
3 months / 9 months / 11 months / 10 months
Draft Working Party Report / 03/1998 / 5 years / 03/1997 / 1 year / 05/2002 / 2 years / 06/2003 / 4 years / 03/2003 / 3 years / 01/2000 / 5 years
5 months / 11 months / 11 months / 10 months / 9 months / 6 months
Report Adopted by Working Party / 09/2001 / 8 years / 11/2002 / 6 years / 09/2002 / 3 years / 08/2003 / 5 years / 07/2003 / 4 years / 10/2005 / 11 years
11 months / 7 months / 5 months / 1 month / 3 months
Report Adopted by Council / 11/2001 / 9 years / 12/2002 / 6 years / 10/2002 / 3 years / 09/2003 / 5 years / 09/2003 / 4 years / 11/2005 / 11 years
1 months / 8 months / 6 months / 1 month / 3 months / 4 months
Membership / 01/2002 / 9 years / 02/2003 / 6 years / 04/2003 / 4 years / 04/2004 / 5 years / 10/2004 / 5 years / 12/2005 / 11 years
2 months / 10 months / 8 months / 4 months / 5 months
Total Time / 10 years / 9 years 3 months / 8 years 3 months / 14 years 11 months / 9 years 10 months / 12 years 6 months
Viet Nam / Tonga
Date / Time Since Memo / Date / Time Since Memo
Application / 01/1995 / 06/1995
Working Party Established / 01/1995 / 11/1995
Memorandum / 09/1996 / 05/1998
1st Meeting of Working Party / 07/1998 / 1 year / 04/2001 / 2 years
10 months / 11 months
Draft Working Party Report / 11/2004 / 8 years / 03/2003 / 4 years
2 months / 10 months
Report Adopted by Working Party / 10/2006 / 10 years / 12/2005 / 7 years
1 month / 7 months
Report Adopted by Council / 11/2006 / 10 years / 12/2005 / 7 years
2 months / 7 months
Membership / 01/2007 / 10 years / 07/2007 / 9 years
4 months / 2 months
Total Time / 12 years / 12 years 1 month

Source: WTO