RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/COMTD/W/27
9June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2379)
Committee onTrade andDevelopment
AGREEMENTS NOTIFIED UNDER THE ENABLING CLAUSE
Note bytheSecretariat
AttheSixteenth Session oftheCommittee onTrade andDevelopment, theSecretariat was
asked toprepare alistofregional tradeagreements notified totheCommittee under theEnabling Clause.
Thefollowing isanupdated listofsuchAgreements:
Agreement (Unofficial title) Notification Text
Date Reference oftheagreement
1.TheTripartite Agreement (Egypt, India,
Yugoslavia)23.02.68 L/2980 L/2980/Add.1
2.Protocol relating toTrade Negotiations
among Developing Countries9.11.61 C/M/84
(L/3598)185/11 (BISD)
3.Bangkok Agreement 2.11.76 L/4418 L/4418 andCorr.1
4.ASEAN Preferential Trading
Arrangements Preferential Tariff Scheme
fortheASEAN Free trade area(AFTA)1.11.77 L/4581 L/4581
5.South Pacific Regional Trade Cooperation
Agreement (SPARTECA)20.2.81 L/5100 L/5100
6.Latin American Integration Association,
"LAIA"1.7.82 L/5342 L/5342
WT/COMTD/7
7.Gulf Cooperation Council 11.10.84 L/5676 L/5676
8.GSTP 25.9.89 L/6564 Add.1 --
9.Lao-Thailand Trade Agreement 26.11.91 L/6947 L/6947
10.MERCOSUR 5.3.92 L/6985 L/7370/Add.1
11.Preferential Tariffs among members ofthe
Economic Cooperation Organization22.7.92 L/7047 L/7047
12.Andean Pact 12.10.92 L/6737 -
13.South Asian Preferential Trade
Arrangement (SAPTA)22.9.93 C/M/266 WT/COMTD/10
14.Common Market forEastern andSouthern
Africa (COMESA)29.6.95 WT/COMTD/N3 --