RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG110/M/2
12 June 2002
(02-3249)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
Thirty-Second Session
EXAMINATION OF THE EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND ISRAEL
Note on the Meeting of 3 June 2002
Chairperson:  Ms. Margaret Liang (Singapore)
1. The meeting was convened in document WTO/AIR/1805.
2. Under Agenda Item D. II, the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements took up the
examination of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and Israel.
3. The Chairperson said that this was the second round of examination of the Agreement.  The
proceedings of the first round, which had taken place in the Committee's Session of February 2002,
could be found in document WT/REG110/M/1.  Since then, no written questions had been received on
the Agreement.
4. The representative of Australia noted that the first round of examination, the Parties had
indicated that the assessment on further agricultural liberalisation had been delayed, and that
negotiations were taking place with additional liberalization steps expected to come into force early
2003.  He asked whether these negotiations had been completed and what had been their outcome.
The representative of the European Communities indicated that the negotiations had not been
completed but were actively being pursued.
5. Noting that no additional questions had been posed, the Chairperson stated that it appeared
that the Committee had exhausted the factual examination.  She requested the Secretariat to begin
drafting the report for this examination.
6. The Committee took note of the comments made.
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