It is the responsibility of the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Incopesca), in accordance with the competencies established in Ley 7384, of March 16, 1994, to execute the powers established for Members in Articles 4 and 5 of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies referred to in Article 1 of this law. The foregoing is without prejudice to Incopesca being responsible for executing other powers established for Members in said Agreement.
I certify that the foregoing text is a true copy of the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, done at Geneva, on June 17, 2022, the original text of which is deposited with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, done at Geneva on June 17, 2022, sending of authenticated copy.
I have the honor to send you herewith an authenticated copy of the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, done at Geneva on June 17, 2022 (the "Protocol"), in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Protocol.
In accordance with paragraph 4 of the Protocol and Article X.3 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (the "WTO Agreement"), the Protocol shall take effect for Members that have accepted it 21 Including the rules and procedures of the after its acceptance by two thirds of the Members, and thereafter for each other Member upon its acceptance by it.
Pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Protocol, Annex 1A of the WTO Agreement shall be amended, upon the entry into force of the Protocol in accordance with its paragraph 4, by the insertion of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which appears in the Annex to this Protocol, to be placed after the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.
I hereby confirm that the certified true copy (authenticated) of the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, done at Geneva on June 17, 2022, was distributed to the Members of the World Trade Organization on July 13, 2022, under document WT/Let/1580.
As indicated on the final page of the certified true copy (authenticated) of the Protocol distributed and signed by the Director-General, she, in her capacity as Depositary, stated:
I certify that the foregoing text is a true copy of the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, done at Geneva, on June 17, 2022, the original text of which is deposited with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
ROBERTO GAMBOA CHAVERRI, DIRECTOR OF THE DIRECTORATE OF LEGAL ADVISORY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE, CERTIFIES:
That the foregoing photocopies, numbered from one to eleven, which bear the stamp of the Directorate of Legal Advisory of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, are faithful to the original text certified on October twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-two, by Mr. John Adank, Director of the Legal Affairs Division of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, and authenticated by Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, through document referenced WLI/ONE-ZERO-ZERO dated July thirteenth, two thousand twenty-two, of the "Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done at Geneva on June 17, 2022 and its Annex: Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies", which is held in the institutional archives of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. IT CONFORMS.
This certification is issued in the city of San José, at eleven o'clock on the twentieth day of October of the year two thousand twenty-three.
Takes effect upon its publication.
Done at the Presidency of the Republic, San José, on the thirteenth day of September of the year two thousand twenty-four.