RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/REG4/2
WT/REG6/2
ORGANIZATION WT/REG11-18/1
18July1995
(95-2061)
WORKING PARTIES ONAGREEMENTS NOTIFIED
UNDER ARTICLE XXIV OFGATT 1947
These common terms ofreference wereadopted, foreachofthefollowing Working Parties,
inthemeeting oftheGeneral Council heldon11July1995, along withtheUnderstanding readout
bytheChairman oftheCouncil forTrade inGoods atthatsame meeting:
- North American FreeTrade Agreement
- FreeTrade Agreements between Switzerland
andEstonia, Latvia andLithuania
- Central European FreeTrade Agreement
- EFTA -Bulgaria FreeTrade Agreement
- EFTA -Hungary FreeTrade Agreement
- EFTA -Israel FreeTrade Agreement
- EFTA -Poland FreeTrade Agreement
- EFTA -Romania FreeTrade Agreement
- FreeTrade Agreements between theCzech Republic
andSlovenia, andtheSlovak Republic andSlovenia
- Interim Agreements between theEuropean Communities
andCzech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary andPoland
Terms ofReference
"Toexamine, inlightoftherelevant provisions oftheGATT 1994, (name ofthe
agreement) andtosubmit areport totheCouncil forTrade inGoods."
Understanding readoutbytheChairman oftheCouncil ofTrade inGoods
atthemeeting oftheGeneral Council -11July1995
Itisunderstood thatthestatement readoutbytheChairman oftheCouncil forTrade inGoods
under item7oftheAgenda ofitsmeeting on20February 1995, ascontained indocument WT/REG3/1,
applies mutatis mutandis tothese working parties. Itisalsounderstood that,during theexamination,
dueaccount willbetaken oftheintrinsic differences between customs unions andfree-trade areas.