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WTO DOCUMENTS
All WTO official documents bear a unique document number constructed as follows:
94-1234
94 = 1994 ; 1234 = a sequential document number
Examples:
95-3452 (1995)
00-0965 (2000)
11-1342 (2011)
Do not confuse the document number with the document symbol! The document symbol is made up of letters and numbers which, when taken together, provide a broad indication of subject content. The document number is always a sequential number.
GATT DOCUMENTS
GATT official documents were attributed a document number from 1983 - 1994 only.
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Search by full title, phrases or keywords in the title. Searching is not case sensitive. You can also use Boolean operators when searching – see the help file on full text searching for more details.
Full title
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Survey on the Electronic Facilities Available in National Enquiry Points - Supplement
Phrases
"radio equipment and systems" – enclose in " " to retrieve the exact phrase otherwise titles containing all the words in any order will be retrieved
Keywords
frequency and national : the title must contain both search criteria
ventilation and buildings not Finland : the title must
not contain Finland
cooling or lighting : the title must contain either cooling or lighting
radio near short : the title must contain "radio" within 5 words of "short"
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This function enables you to search for words, expressions or exact phrases within the actual text of a document. Boolean and proximity search operators, phrase searching, nesting and stemming can be used in this search field.
Boolean Operators
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Returns documents containing either of the terms |
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Example: coffee OR cacao |
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| AND |
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Returns documents containing both terms |
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Example: beer AND wine |
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| NOT |
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Excludes documents containing the term following NOT |
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Example: copper NOT steel |
Proximity Search Operators
The following proximity search operators can be used with words, exact phrases and nested Boolean queries.
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Returns documents in which the first term is within N words of the second term. By default N is 5 words. |
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Example: Smuggling NEAR3 tobacco |
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This case searches for the term smuggling within 3 words of tobacco. |
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Returns documents in which the first term is within N words of the second term and in the indicated order. |
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Example: cinnamon DNEAR4 cocoa |
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This case searches for the term cinnamon within 4 words of cocoa and in the specified order. |
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| BEFORE |
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Returns documents in which the first term comes before the second term |
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Example: railway BEFORE locomotives |
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| AFTER |
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Returns documents in which the first term comes after the second term |
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Example: form AFTER customs |
Wildcards
The following wildcards are available to replace one or many characters within a word. The asterisk (*) is used to replace zero, one or more characters. The question mark (?) is used to replace one character.
Examples:
labo?r
will retrieve documents containing the term labour or labor
engin*
will retrieve documents containing the terms engine or engineering or engineered, etc.
Stemming
Stemming is automatically applied by the search engine and allows for the retrieval of words that have a common stem.
Examples:
Fish
will retrieve fish, fisher, fishing etc. It is not necessary to write "fish" OR "fisher" OR "fishing".
Phrases
Exact phrases can be searched for by using quotation marks (" ").
Examples:
"tariff schedules"
will retrieve documents containing the exact term tariff schedules
Note: The application will automatically search for all documents containing the terms tariff and schedules if no quotation marks are used.
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This function enables you to search for words, expressions or exact phrases within the actual text of a document. Boolean and proximity search operators, phrase searching, nesting and stemming can be used in this search field.
Boolean Operators
| OR |
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Returns documents containing either of the terms |
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Example: coffee OR cacao |
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| AND |
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Returns documents containing both terms |
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Example: beer AND wine |
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| NOT |
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Excludes documents containing the term following NOT |
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Example: copper NOT steel |
Proximity Search Operators
The following proximity search operators can be used with words, exact phrases and nested Boolean queries.
| NEARN |
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Returns documents in which the first term is within N words of the second term. By default N is 5 words. |
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Example: Smuggling NEAR3 tobacco |
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This case searches for the term smuggling within 3 words of tobacco. |
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| DNEARN |
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Returns documents in which the first term is within N words of the second term and in the indicated order. |
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Example: cinnamon DNEAR4 cocoa |
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This case searches for the term cinnamon within 4 words of cocoa and in the specified order. |
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| BEFORE |
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Returns documents in which the first term comes before the second term |
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Example: railway BEFORE locomotives |
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| AFTER |
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Returns documents in which the first term comes after the second term |
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Example: form AFTER customs |
Wildcards
The following wildcards are available to replace one or many characters within a word. The asterisk (*) is used to replace zero, one or more characters. The question mark (?) is used to replace one character.
Examples:
labo?r
will retrieve documents containing the term labour or labor
engin*
will retrieve documents containing the terms engine or engineering or engineered, etc.
Stemming
Stemming is automatically applied by the search engine and allows for the retrieval of words that have a common stem.
Examples:
Fish
will retrieve fish, fisher, fishing etc. It is not necessary to write "fish" OR "fisher" OR "fishing".
Phrases
Exact phrases can be searched for by using quotation marks (" ").
Examples:
"tariff schedules"
will retrieve documents containing the exact term tariff schedules
Note: The application will automatically search for all documents containing the terms tariff and schedules if no quotation marks are used.
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This function enables you to search for words, expressions or exact phrases within the actual text of a document. Boolean and proximity search operators, phrase searching, nesting and stemming can be used in this search field.
Boolean Operators
| OR |
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Returns documents containing either of the terms |
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Example: coffee OR cacao |
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| AND |
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Returns documents containing both terms |
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Example: beer AND wine |
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| NOT |
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Excludes documents containing the term following NOT |
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Example: copper NOT steel |
Proximity Search Operators
The following proximity search operators can be used with words, exact phrases and nested Boolean queries.
| NEARN |
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Returns documents in which the first term is within N words of the second term. By default N is 5 words. |
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Example: Smuggling NEAR3 tobacco |
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This case searches for the term smuggling within 3 words of tobacco. |
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| DNEARN |
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Returns documents in which the first term is within N words of the second term and in the indicated order. |
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Example: cinnamon DNEAR4 cocoa |
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This case searches for the term cinnamon within 4 words of cocoa and in the specified order. |
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| BEFORE |
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Returns documents in which the first term comes before the second term |
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Example: railway BEFORE locomotives |
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| AFTER |
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Returns documents in which the first term comes after the second term |
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Example: form AFTER customs |
Wildcards
The following wildcards are available to replace one or many characters within a word. The asterisk (*) is used to replace zero, one or more characters. The question mark (?) is used to replace one character.
Examples:
labo?r
will retrieve documents containing the term labour or labor
engin*
will retrieve documents containing the terms engine or engineering or engineered, etc.
Stemming
Stemming is automatically applied by the search engine and allows for the retrieval of words that have a common stem.
Examples:
Fish
will retrieve fish, fisher, fishing etc. It is not necessary to write "fish" OR "fisher" OR "fishing".
Phrases
Exact phrases can be searched for by using quotation marks (" ").
Examples:
"tariff schedules"
will retrieve documents containing the exact term tariff schedules
Note: The application will automatically search for all documents containing the terms tariff and schedules if no quotation marks are used.
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WTO DOCUMENTS
Documents can be either public (available to the general public) or
restricted (reserved for the use of WTO Members and some Observers). Most restricted documents are
derestricted and released to the public by means of a regular process of derestriction
Documents circulated after 15 May 2002
Revised procedures for the circulation and derestriction of WTO documents
(WT/L/452) were adopted by the General Council on 14 May 2002 and apply to all WTO documents circulated after 15 May 2002
Documents circulated before 15 May 2002
Procedures for the circulation and derestriction of WTO documents (WT/L/160/Rev.1) were adopted by the General Council on 18 July 1996 and applied retroactively to all WTO documents circulated after the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement and before 15 May 2002
GATT DOCUMENTS
The General Council of the World Trade Organization (the successor organization to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) decided on 15 May 2006 to derestrict unconditionally the GATT document collection
(WT/L/647)
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