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Órgano de Apelación
2016 fue un año de intensa actividad para el Órgano de Apelación: se apelaron 8 informes de Grupos Especiales y se distribuyeron 6 informes del Órgano de Apelación. Además, en 2016 se llevó a cabo un arbitraje relativo al plazo prudencial para la aplicación de las recomendaciones y resoluciones del Órgano de Solución de Diferencias (OSD). El OSD nombró a dos nuevos Miembros del Órgano de Apelación: la Sra. Hong Zhao (China) y el Sr. Hyun Chong Kim (Corea). Al final de 2016, el Órgano de Apelación había distribuido 144 informes.
Report by Montenegro
Government of Montenegro applied for membership of the WTO on 23 December 2004, in line with Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO. The General Council established Working Party (WP) on accession of Montenegro on 15 February 2005. The WP adopted the Report on its work and made the recommendation on accession of Montenegro to the WTO on 5 December 2011 after eight meetings had been held, and finished the work under its mandate. Accession of Montenegro was approved by the Ministerial Conference during its eight meeting. The Protocol on accession was signed on 17 December 2011 in Geneva. Montenegro became a full-fledged WTO Member on 29 April 2012.
Foreword by the WTO Director-General
Trade is sometimes viewed as an economic activity that only favours larger companies. Certainly it is undeniable that trading internationally is often much more costly and difficult for micro, small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs). The smaller the business, the bigger the barriers can seem.