MTN/FA
                                                15 December 1993
                                                Special Distribution

                                                (UR-93-0246)

                                                








                 FINAL ACT EMBODYING THE RESULTS OF THE
            URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS


                                    

Note:

      This Final Act embodies all the results of the Uruguay Round of 
Multilateral Trade Negotiations.  
      By signing this Final Act at the Marrakech Ministerial Meeting, the 
      participants will establish  the texts set out in the Annexes, in 
      accordance with international treaty practice.  Schedules are 
      authentic and definitive only for those participants who are 
      contracting parties to the GATT 1947 as of the date of the Marrakech 
      Meeting.  

      Article 10 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties establishes 
      that:

      "The text of a treaty is established as authentic and definitive:

      (a)  by such procedure as may be provided for in the text or agreed 
           upon by the States participating in its drawing up;  or

      (b)  failing such procedure, by the signature, signature ad referendum 
           or initialling by the representatives of those States of the text 
           of the treaty or of the Final Act of a conference incorporating 
           the text."

                    MOST COMMONLY-USED ABBREVIATIONS


BOP:       Balance-of-Payments 
DS:        Dispute Settlement
DSU:       Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement 
           of Disputes
GATS:      General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT:      General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP:       Government Procurement
ISO:       International Standards Organization
ISO/IEC:   ISO/International Electrotechnical Commission
LLDCS:     Least-Developed Countries
MTO:       Multilateral Trade Organization
PSI:       Preshipment Inspection
SCM:       Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
SPS:       Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
TBT:       Technical Barriers to Trade
TRIMS:     Trade-Related Investment Measures
TRIPS:     Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 
           Including Trade in Counterfeit Goods
TPRM:      Trade Policy Review Mechanism