WORLD TRADE WT/REG38/N/1
26August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3485)
Committee onRegional Trade Agreements Original: English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND CHILE
Notification from theParties totheAgreement
Thefollowingcommunication,dated30July1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofCanada andthePermanent Mission ofChile withtherequest thatitbedistributed toWTO Members.
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ThePermanent Mission ofCanada andthePermanent Mission ofChile totheWTO, pursuant
toArticle XXIV:7 (a)oftheGATT 1994andtheUnderstanding ontheInterpretation ofArticle XXIV
ofGATT 1994, hereby notify theWTO Council forTrade inGoods thattheirauthorities haveentered
intoafreetrade agreement within themeaning ofArticle XXIV ofGATT 1994.
TheCanada-ChileFreeTradeAgreementwassignedon5December1996,andwassubsequently
ratified byourrespective legislatures before entering intoforce on5July1997.
Asummary oftheAgreement wasprovided toMembers inacommunication totheCommittee
onRegional Trade Agreements (WT/REG/38/1) dated 10April 1997.
AcopyoftheAgreement willfollow.