WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG63/3
18 November 1998
(98-4610)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreement
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
AND THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA
Terms of Reference for the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 1 October 1998
"to examine, in light of the relevant prov isions of the GATT 1994, the Free Trade Agreement
between the Slovak Republic and the Republic of  Estonia and to submit a report to the Council
for Trade in Goods".
Understanding read out by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in  Goodsat its meeting
of 1 October 1998
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.
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