WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG129/2
17 April 2002
(02-2131)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Terms of Reference of the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 4 December 2001
"To examine, in light of the relevant provisions of the GATT 1994, the Interim Agreement
between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to submit a
report to the Council for Trade in Goods".
Understanding read out by the Chairm an of the Council for Trade in Goods
at its meeting of 4 December 2001
It is understood that the understanding read out by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in
Goods under item 7 of the agenda of the mee ting of the Council for Trade in Goods on
20 February 1995, as contained in the attachment to document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis
mutandis  to the examination of the agreement.  It is also understood that, during the examination, due
account will be taken of the intrinsic differences between customs unions and free-trade areas.
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