WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG11/11
27 April 1999
(99-1694)
Committtee on Regional Trade Agreements
CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT –
ACCESSION OF BULGARIA
Terms of Reference for the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 25 March 1999
"to examine, in light of the relevant prov isions of the GATT 1994, the Agreement on Accession
of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Central European Free Trade Agreement and to submit a
report to the Council for Trade in Goods".
Understanding read out by the Chairman of th e Council for Trade in Goods at its meeting of
25 March 1999
It is understood that the understanding read out  by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in
Goods under item 7 of the Agenda of the meeting of the Council on 20 February 1995, as contained in
document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to the examination.  It is also understood that,
during the examination, due account will be taken of  the intrinsic differences between customs unions
and free-trade areas.  For practical reasons the examination of this Agreement will be carried out jointlywith the examination of the Central European Free Trade Agreement itself, which is currently underway
in the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements.
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