GATT1994在第11、12、13、18和19条中都对数量限制问题作了比较明确的规定。其中，第11和13条主要是针对数量限制问题所制定的禁止性规定，比较系统地体现了数量限制原则的要求。
1.第11条对普遍取消数量限制的规定
No prohibitions or restrictions other than duties, taxes or other charges, whether made effective through quotas, import or export licences or other measures, shall be instituted or maintained by any contracting party on the importation of any product of the territory of any other contracting party or on the exportation or sale for export of any product destined for the territory of any other contracting party.