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Russian Federation

The Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation was established on 16 June 1993. The accession package was adopted in the Working Party on 10 November 2011, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Stefán Jóhannesson (Iceland). The Working Party will send its accession recommendation to the 15 - 17 December 2011 Ministerial Conference, where Ministers are expected to approve the documents and accept Russia as a WTO Member.

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For an explanation, see: “How to become a member of the WTO

1.

Application Received June 1993

2.

Working Party Established
Chairperson:
H.E. Mr. Stefan Haukur Jóhannesson
(Iceland, Dec 2003 —)
Mr. Kare Bryn
(Norway, Jul 2000 — Dec 2003)
Mr. W. Rossier
(Switzerland, Oct 1993 — Jul 2000)

16-17 June 1993

3.

Memorandum 1 March 1994
27 October 1995
25 October 1995
7 April 1997

4.

Questions and Replies 2 June 1995

5.

Meetings of the Working Party 17-19 July and 4-6 December 1995
30-31 May and 15 October 1996
15 April, 22-23 July and 9-10 December 1997
29-30 July and 16-17 December 1998
25-26 May and 18-19 December 2000
26-27 June 2001
23-24 January, 25 April, 20 June and 16 December 2002
10 January, 6 March, 10 April, 10 July and 30 October 2003
5 February, 2 April,
16 July and 8 November 2004
17 February, 15 April, 24 June and 19 October 2005
23 March 2006

6.

Recently submitted documentation
(a) Additional Questions & Replies 24 January 2005
(b) Information on agriculture (WT/ACC/4) 18 March 2008
(c) Information on services (WT/ACC/5) 25 October 1995
(d) SPS/TBT checklists (WT/ACC/8) 10 July 1997 (TBT)
26 June 2007 (SPS)
(e) TRIPS checklist (WT/ACC/9) 25 October 2000
(f) Legislative Action Plan 14 August 2007

7.

Market Access Negotiations
Goods Offer

(a) initial
(b) latest


16 February 1998
15 February 2001
Services Offer

(a) initial
(b) latest


8 October 1999
15 February 2001
8. Factual Summary  
9. Draft Working Party Report
latest revision
28 March 2002
15 October 2004

All unrestricted documents on accession of Russian Federation    help

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