RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/REG8/N/1
30June1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1805)
Original: English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
ESTONIA AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Communication from theEuropean Communities
TheEuropean Communities havethehonour toinform themembers oftheWTO andthe
Contracting Parties toGATT 1947 thataFreeTrade Agreement between Estonia andtheEuropean
Communities came intoforce on1January 1995.1
TheFreeTrade Agreement contains provisions relating totradeingoods thatareofrelevance
tothemembers oftheWTO andother signatories oftheFinal ActandtheContracting Parties to
GATT 1947.
TheFreeTrade Agreement establishes afree-trade areabetween theEuropean Communities
andEstonia inthesense ofArticle XXIV oftheGATT 1994 andGATT 1947. Duties andother
restrictive regulations ofcommerce have been eliminated onsubstantially alltrade between the
signatories.
1ThetextoftheAgreement iscirculated indocument WT/REG8/1.