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Reference: WLI/100  4 July 2023  
PROTOCOL AMENDING THE MARRAKESH AGREEMENT  
ESTABLISHING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
DONE AT GENEVA ON 17 JUNE  2022  
 
AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES  
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE  
 I have the honour to inform you that on 3 July 2023 , Japan  accepted the Protocol  Amending 
the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done  at Geneva on 
17 June 2022 (the "Protocol") . 
 
 In accordance with its paragraph  4, the Protocol shall enter into force for Japan  upon 
acceptance of the Protocol by two thirds of the Members .  
 
Pursuant to paragraph  1 of the Protocol, Annex 1A to the Marrakesh  Agreement Establishing 
the World Trade Organization shall, upon entry into force of the Protocol, be amended by the 
insertion of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies , as set out in the Annex to the Pro tocol, to be 
placed after the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures . 
 This notification is furnished in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Protocol.  
 
 
 
 
 
           Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala   
            Director -General  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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