Article XXVI-6
6.
"The Panel held that since Jamaica had acceded to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade under the provisions of Article XXVI:5(c) it had acquired the rights and obligations which had previously been accepted by the United Kingdom in respect of the territory of Jamaica. This meant that Jamaica assumed the rights and obligations involved in the aplication to it of the General Agreement by the United Kingdom before Jamaica became independent. On 6 August 1962, the day Jamaica became inde- pendent, Article 1:4 formed part of the General Agreement as it had been applied by the United Kingdom on behalf of the territory of Jamaica. The provision of Article 1:4 establishing 10 April 1947 as the base date for permissible margins of pre- ference was therefore applicable to Jamaica.
Accession under Article XXVI:5(c)
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Of the 90 (1985) GATT contracting parties, the following 38 acceded on the basis of Article XXVI:5(c):
p.187
para.13
Date of independence
Date of
admission as contracting
party
Barbados Belize
30.11.1966
15.2.1967
15S/59
21.9.1981
7.10.1983
30S/7
Benin
1.8.1960
12.9.1963
12S/33
Burkina Faso
5.8.1960
3.5.1963
12S/34
Burundi
1.7.1962
13.3.1965
13S/12
Cameroon
1.1.1960
3.5.1963
12S/33
Central African
14.8.1960
3.5.1963
12S/33
Empire
Chad
11.8.1960
12.7.1963
12S/33
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Congo Cyprus Gabon Gambia
Ghana Guyana Indonesia
15.8.1960
3.5.1963
12S/33
16.8.1960
15.7.1963
12S/33
17.8.1960
3.5.1963
12S/33
18.2.1965
22.2.1965
13S/12
6.3.1957
17.10.57
26.5.1966
5.7.1966
6S/9 14S/13
27.12.1949
24.2.1950
1S/6
August 1985