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International Trade Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The conference which was concluded at Annecy August 13, 1949 consisted of two separate meetings: the third session of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and a series of tariff negotiations among the 23 contracting parties and eleven other governments which wished to accede to GATT.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: II. Specialized Agencies
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International Organization , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1950, pp. 136 - 138
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1950

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References

1 For summary of the conference, see International Organization, III, p. 718.

2 Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade stated: “(a) Any contracting party proposing to enter into a customs union shall consult with the CONTRACTING PARTIES and shall make available to them such information regarding the proposed union as will enable them to make such reports and recommendations to contracting parties as may be deemed appropriate.” and “(b) No contracting party shall institute or maintain any interim agreement…if, after a study of the plan and schedule proposed in such agreement, the CONTRACTING PARTIES find that such agreement is not likely to result in such a customs union within a reasonable length of time.”

3 For summary of the Czechoslovak complaint against the United States, see International Organization, III, p. 543.

4 For summary of discussion in the Executive Committee of ITO on the work of the Secretariat, see International Organization, III, p. 719.

5 Department of State Publication 3664.

6 Department of State Bulletin, XXI, p. 774Google Scholar.

7 The Times, London, 10 10, 1949Google Scholar.

8 Department of State Bulletin, XXI, p. 821Google Scholar.