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Petrashenko, V. V.
Distribution services in Ukraine's WTO accession [Text] [Текст] / V. V. Petrashenko
// The Ukrainian Journal of Business Law. – Kiev : ПрАТ "Юридична практика", 2011. – Vol. 9, № 10 : In focus: Trade & Distribution. – P. 34-35.
On 16 May 2008 Ukraine became the 152nd member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Ukraine’s Protocol of Accession was signed on 5 February 2008, ratified by the Parliament on 10 April 2008 and came into effect on 16 May 2008. In addition to the WTO Agreement, which sets out the WTO’s organizational structure, the WTO package includes 19 international agreements, most important of which are the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT 1994), General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU).
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