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:: Volume 1, Issue 4 (Interdisciplinary Legal Research, Jan 2020) ::
ILR 2020, 1(4): 49-60 Back to browse issues page
Specific Commitments of WTO Members under GATS and its Comparisons with Iranian law
Ahad Gholizadeh Manghutay1 , Dina Tavasoli Nia 2
1- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Law, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
2- Faculty of Literature, Department of Law, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran. (Coresponding Author)
Abstract:   (2058 Views)
Background and Aim: The General Agreement on Trade in Services, as one of the three main agreements attached to the WTO Agreement, contains two categories of general and specific obligations. General obligations are obligations that members are required to comply with when joining the organization. Specific commitments include market access, national behavior, and additional commitments, which are determined and negotiated through national tables appropriate to the terms and level of each member's commitments.
Materials and Methods: The research method in this paper is descriptive-analytical.
Ethical Considerations: Ethical considerations regarding the writing of texts as well as references to sources were observed.
Findings: WTO members are required to align their domestic laws with WTO requirements. In Iranian law, there are cases of conflict with the requirements of GATS specific obligations that need to be resolved in accordance with the rules of the organization.
Conclusion: Articles 81 and 82 of the Constitution, the rules of investment and tenders in Iranian law are in conflict with the specific obligations of the World Trade Organization.
Keywords: Specific Commitment, Market Access, National Treatment, GATS
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Received: 2020/11/18 | Revised: 2021/01/22 | Accepted: 2020/12/13 | Published: 2021/01/1
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