RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/REG2/3
13March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0877)
Original: English
INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND ROMANIA
Additional Protocols onTrade inTextile Products
Communication from theParties totheAgreement
Thedelegations oftheEuropean Communities andRomania havethehonour toinform the
members oftheWTO thattheAdditional Protocol onTrade inTextile Products between the
European Communities andRomania, foreseen inArticle 3oftheProtocol 1totheEurope Agreement,
hasapplied since 1May1993. ASecond Additional Protocol hasapplied since 1January 1995. To
takeaccount ofthechanges arising fromtheenlargement oftheCommunity, theAdditional Protocol
wasamended bytheAgreement intheformofanExchange ofLetters initialled on2December 1994.
Furthermore theAdditional Protocol hadforeseen amid-term review, theresults ofwhich became
applicable on1January 1996 astheAmendment totheAdditional Protocol.1
TheMembers oftheWTO willrecall thattheTrade inGoods aspect oftheEurope Agreement
(ascontained intheInterim Agreement) wasnotified under Article XXIV oftheGATT on
23December 1994 (document L/7618).2
1TheProtocols andAmendments referred tointhiscommunication havebeensubmitted tothe
Secretariat forconsultations byinterested Members (Office 3006).
2ThetextoftheInterim Agreement hasbeencirculated asdocument L/7618/Add.1.