 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG172/N/1 
27 July 2004 
 
 (04-3230) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   English 
  
 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN 
 
Notification from Armenia
 
 
 The following communication, dated 17 June 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Armenia. 
 
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Notification under Article XXIV: 7 of GATT 1994  
  The WTO Notification Agency in the Republic of Armenia has the honour to inform Members of the WTO that a Free Trade Agreemen t between the Government of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of  Armenia was concluded. The Agreement entered 
into force on December 25, 2001.
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 The Free Trade Agreement contains provisions re lating to trade in goods that are of relevance 
to the Members of the WTO. The Agreement estab lishes a free-trade area between the Republic of 
Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sense of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and the 
Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XX IV. Duties and other restrictive regulations of 
commerce have been eliminated on substantially all trade between the signatories. 
 
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1 The text of the Agreement will be circulated in document WT/REG172/1. 