10.6 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC MATERIALS
10.6.1 General form for official documents of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Element |
Title |
Document number |
Date |
Description of the document |
Pinpoint reference |
Example |
United States – Safeguard Measures on Imports of Fresh, Chilled or Frozen Lamb Meat from New Zealand and Australia |
WT/DS177/AB/R, |
1 May 2001 |
(Report of the Appellate Body) |
at [21] |
Eg United States – Safeguard Measures on Imports of Fresh, Chilled or Frozen Lamb Meat from New Zealand and Australia WT/DS177/AB/R, 1 May 2001 (Report of the Appellate Body) at [21].
Eg Transitional Review Mechanism Pursuant to Section 18 of the Protocol on the Accession of the People’s Republic of China G/ADP/W/436, 23 October 2003 (Questions from the United States) at [4].
Eg United States – Preliminary Determinations with Respect to Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada WT/DS236/R, 27 September 2002 (Report of the Panel).
Eg Australia – Measures Affecting the Importation of Apples from New Zealand WT/DS367/AB/R, 29 November 2010 (Report of the Appellate Body) at [230].
Where an annex to a WTO document is effectively a document in its own right, provide a reference to the annex and give its title in round brackets following the citation to the main document. Note that the following example includes an optional reference tag: see rule 1.1.7(c).
Eg Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization 1867 UNTS 3 (opened for signature 15 April 1994, entered into force 1 January 1995), annex 1C (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) [TRIPS Agreement], art 27.