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7.35 … Article 31(2) of the Vienna Convention provides that the context for the purpose of treaty interpretation comprises the text of the agreement, including its preamble and annexes. By the same token, determining the object and purpose of an agreement implies an examination of the text of the agreement and of its preamble. Consequently, we consider that the context of the chapeau of Article ⅩⅩ cannot be distinguished from that of Article ⅩⅩ as a whole. Furthermore, as the WTO Agreement is an integrated system including GATT 1994 , we shall consider as the context of the chapeau and of Article ⅩⅩ as a whole not only the other relevant provisions of GATT 1994 together with its preamble and annexes, but also the WTO Agreement, including its preamble and its other annexes. For the same reasons, the object and purpose to be considered is not only that of GATT 1994, but that of the WTO Agreement as a whole.