WTO义务减让表的解释问题

On the Interpretation of the Schedule of Concession in WTO

本文论述WTO减让表的法律解释问题。专家组和上诉机构对减让表的解释仅仅局限于《维也纳条约法公约》31、32、33条的运用,而忽略了减让表谈判、草拟、缔结的单边性,导致减让表的解释面临重重困境。本文梳理了专家组、上诉机构在个案中解释减让表的具体步骤,指出减让表解释目前面临困境的根源,提出减让表解释可以援用其他的解释方法。减让表解释的研究意义主要在于开阔眼界,认识到发挥WTO裁判机构司法能动性的重要意义,促进法律解释学的发展以及国际法最终体系化的发展。

This article addresses the interpretation of the Schedule of Concession in WTO. The panel and the appellate body limit their interpretation only to application of articles 31,32,33of VCLT, but ignore or neglect the unilateral nature of the Schedule in terms of their negotiation, drafting and conclusion, leading the interpretation to difficult situation. This article sets out the steps of panel and appellate body from the cases they dealt, finds out the causes why the interpretation face difficulties, and argues that other methods such as in interpreting a unilateral declaration. Research on the interpretation of the schedule can broaden our horizon and realizing the importance of judicial activism, and eventually promoting the development of legal interpretation and systemizing of international law.