RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG69/M/2
12 October 1999
(99-4285)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
Twenty-Fourth Session
EXAMINATION OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND
THEIR MEMBERS, AND TUNISIA
Note on the Meeting of 22 September 1999
Chairman: Mr. Guillermo González (Argentina)
1. This meeting was convened in document WTO/AIR/1166, dated 15 September 1999.  Under
Agenda Item B. XII, the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) took up the examination
of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and Their Member States,
and Tunisia.
2. The Chairman noted that the meeting was the second round of examination of this
Agreement.  The Committee had already considered it in the Agenda of its 23rd Session in July 1999
and the corresponding minutes of this meeting were  distributed (WT/REG69/M/1).  He noted that the
factual examination for this Agreement had just started and that the Standard Format would guide the
debate.
3. The representative of the United States stated that his delegation had several questions
reflected in the minutes of the last meeting, the answers to which they were awaiting.  He expected
that they would have follow-up questions on receipt of these answers.
4. The representative of the European Communities clarified that his delegation as well as that
of Tunisia were working on a set of answers to questions which they would submit shortly to the
Secretariat for circulation.  He regretted that these were not available before the meeting.  He alsonoted that his delegation had not received any fo llow-up questions in writing in the interim period
since the Committee last considered this Agreement.  If any of the Members had further questions
other than those found in the minutes of the last meeting, they could either submit them on that day or
in the next few weeks.
5. Noting that some answers were still to be provided by the European Communities, the
Chairman encouraged all Members to submit any further questions in writing before the end of
November and the replies to be provided by the Parties by the end of the year.  The Committee wouldthen be able to resume the examination of this Agreement early next year.
6. The Committee took note of the comments made.
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