AGLC4 Rule 13.2.1: Official GATT Documents

Official GATT documents are cited like official WTO documents under rule 13.1.2, with the GATT document number where there is one. A description is given only where the document shows one, and a full date inside the description is removed. A reference to Basic Instruments and Selected Documents (GATT BISD) follows the date where the document is reproduced there. Pinpoints are to paragraphs, or to pages where there are no paragraph numbers.

AGLC4 page 188

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 188
GATT BISD Volume No/Starting Page
GATT BISD Supplement NoS/Starting Page

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • Order: italic title, comma, GATT Doc and the number, space, full date in round brackets, space, description in round brackets, then any GATT BISD citation, then the pinpoint.
  • GATT Doc is roman with no full stop.
  • Where the document has no number, the number and the comma after the title are both omitted, so the title is followed directly by the date brackets.
  • Where the description would repeat the full date, the date is dropped from the description.
  • A GATT BISD citation follows the date (or the description) after a space: for the original volumes, GATT BISD, a Roman numeral volume, an unspaced slash and the starting page; for supplements, GATT BISD, the supplement number immediately followed by S, an unspaced slash and the starting page.
  • There is no punctuation between the date and the pinpoint, except that a comma comes before the pinpoint where a GATT BISD citation is included.
  • Pinpoints follow rule 13.1.2, but are bare page numbers where the document has no paragraph numbers, with an en dash for a range.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 188
  1. 14
    Communication from the Republic of the Philippines — Revised Conditional Offer by the Philippines on Initial Commitments on Trade in Services, GATT Doc MTN.GNS/W/131/Rev.1/Corr.1 (16 October 1992) (Corrigendum).
  2. 15
    Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft — Status of Acceptances on 1 July 1980, GATT Doc AIR/12 (2 July 1980) (Note by the Secretariat) 2–3.
  3. 16
    Waiver in Respect of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (8 September 1948) (Decision) GATT BISD II/9 para 2.
  4. 17
    Report on the 1993 Consultation with the Republic of South Africa, GATT Doc BOP/R/211 (30 July 1993) [5].
  5. 18
    European Communities — Transitional Measures to Take Account of the External Economic Impact of German Unification, GATT Doc L/6792 (13 December 1990) (Decision) GATT BISD 37S/296. [Not: … L/6792 (Decision of 13 December 1990) …]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 188
  • … L/6792 (Decision of 13 December 1990) …
    the date is already given in the date brackets, so it is removed from the description

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 188
  • ‘GATT BISD I/120’
  • ‘GATT BISD 31S/114’
  • ‘IR’

Elements of an official GATT document

Quoted from the Guide, page 188
ElementExample
Document TitleMeeting of 19–20 October 1983,
Document NumberGATT Doc CG.18/W/77
Full Date(24 October 1983)
Document Description(Opening Remarks by Chairman)
Pinpoint[4]

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.