 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG176/N/1/Rev.1 
27 August 2004 
 (04-3575) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   English 
  
 
PROTOCOL ON TRADE IN THE  
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 
 
Notification from Tanzania
 
 
Revision  
 
 The following communication, dated 2 August 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Tanzania.  
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  The Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania has the honour to notify the 
World Trade Organization that the respective aut horities of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sw aziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia 
and Zimbabwe subscribed to a Protocol on Trade which entered into force on 1
st September, 2000 and 
to an Amending Agreement to the Protocol which was signed in Blantyre Malawi on 14th August, 
2001, in the framework of the Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community 
signed at the Summit of Heads of State and Government in Windhoek Namibia, on the 17th August, 
1992.1 
 
 The Protocol on Trade and the Amending Protocol aim at establishing a free trade area within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, in  accordance with a plan and schedule which takes 
into account the differences in development, trade and financial status of the signatories. Other 
objectives of the Protocol are listed as follows:  
(i) To further liberalize intra-regional tr ade in goods and services on basis of 
fair, mutually equitable and beneficial trade arrangements, complemented by Protocols in other areas. 
(ii) To ensure efficient production within SADC reflecting the current and 
dynamic comparative advantages of its Members. 
(iii) To contribute towards the improvement of the climate for domestic, cross-
border and foreign investment. 
(iv) To enhance the economic development, diversification and industrialization 
of the Region. 
                                                     
 
1 The text of the Protocol will be circulated in document WT/REG176/1. The Amendment Protocol on 
Trade in the Southern African Development Commun ity will be circulated in document WT/REG176/2. 
Annexes have been submitted to the Secretariat for consultation by interested Members (office 1174). The 
Protocol and the Treaty are also available on the SADC Website: www.sadc.int   WT/REG176/N/1/Rev.1 
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 This notification is presented pursuant to part  (a) of paragraph 7 of Article XXIV of the 
GATT 1994 and the WTO Understanding on Interp retation of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994. 
The signatories to the SADC Protocol believe th at the goals of the multilateral trading system 
should be sufficiently enhanced by the Protocol's  programme of progressive lowering of tariff and 
non-tariff barriers to regional trade. 
The signatories are ready to contribute to the process of examination of the Protocols and to 
submit any other information in accordance with  the procedures agreed upon by the Committee on 
Regional Trade Agreements. 
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